DutchInLaw

 October 2021 Quick post about October to catch up on our months! We had Picasso, Tchaikovsky, and space themes. For Picasso, we read library books and did an art craft.    Picasso book For Tchaikovsky we listened to the 1812 overture (and I think the Nutcracker suite?) and wrote a report on the composer himself.  We had a mini-coop class with some fellow learners, which gave us the excuse to really have fun with the space theme. An astronaut 'hand scanner' by the door, edible marshmallow constellations, create your own planet and rocket crafts... am of course some Star Wars music playing in the background. 

If you can't find something online... try making it yourself.  I love the canva.com website for making my own printables when I can't find what I need somewhere else. In this case it was all-in-one pages of 12 top composers, artists, and science unit studies for this year. I already had some printouts from various websites for those areas, but all the loose pieces of paper floating around and a lack of a central list meant that we weren't as consistent last year in our unit studies as I wanted to be. We listened to classical musical occasionally, checked out some library books on famous artists, and had nature walks and watched science movies, and that was all good! But this year, with Bloom and Pippin a year older, some extra structure should help us learn more effectively and have fun along the way. And since we're expecting a third little human to arrive at our home this summer, I am allll about organizing now while I still have energy and time! Another change I made...