We homeschool on an alternative schedule and have been on break the last few months. Taryn spent a chunk of that time creating this DIY Star Wars Mandalorian costume. The entire thing, even the helmet, is created with cardboard! I’m so impressed with her, the detail is really amazing right down to the intentional dents – it was so much work! She even made the blaster and carved the knife herself. Her costume is based on a character named Vhipir.
Dear new homeschoolers everywhere:
Long time homeschoolers are bored out of their minds too. This is not how this usually works. We miss parks, museums and the adventures that usually come along with the freedom of learning outside of a classroom. Please don’t judge us too harshly when this feels miserable. We are struggling for the same reasons too. Long live craft projects that keep kids busy for a whole 10 minutes! Today that looked like peanut butter, birdseed and pinecone bird feeders thanks to my mom.
My mom is an artist – that means we have almost unlimited craft supplies at our disposal while we are here! 🙌🏻 My crafty crew loves it! We’ve been painting rocks to hide while we are out on the road this year. Here are a few favorites I created this morning. It’ll be fun to use the #lifeinmotionrocks hashtag and see who finds them and where they end up! Have you ever found a painted rock? Did you keep it or move it and re-hide it? We love finding painted rocks during our adventures!
She writes fiction novels (her current book has 22 chapters and counting), she draws, paints, crochets, sews. She’s always creating something. I worried that downsizing our stock of creative supplies would be hard for her but she’s risen to the challenge. Today she made a bow and arrow. A few days ago she made Jonah a fishing pole. Give that girl some string and some nature and she’s good to go.
The kids and I made homemade candles with beeswax and essential oils for Christmas gifts.
Zoo week fell during a time that it was raining and flooding something fierce here in Texas. We were lucky enough to find *one* day out of ten where it was a low chance of rain. We booked our booties up to Waco on that one day and it held off! Then back home to more and more and more rain. Thankfully, we had lots of indoor zoo activities to keep us busy while stuck inside. Thank God for gluten free play doh!
| Daily Devotional | Jesus Calling / 365 |
| Bible Verse | Colossians 3:12 |
| Character | Patience |
| Letter of the Week | Oo |
| Number of the Week | 15 |
| Shape | Circle |
| Color | Yellow |
| Theme / Science | Zoo Animals |
| Physical Education | Stomping |
| Health / Food | Peaches |
| Sensory | Zoo Sensory Bin |
| Art | Z is for Zibra |
| Music | Let’s go yo the Zoo |
| Story Time | The View at the Zoo |
| Play / Game | Zoo Foam Masks |
| Movie | Madagascar |
| Field Trip | The Waco Zoo |
| Additional Resources: | |
| Giraffe Finger Prints | |
| Fork Lions | |
| Alligator Bubble Wrap | |
| Playdoh Zoos | |
| Paper Chain Snake | |
| Paper Bag Frogs | |
| Zoo Jumbo Puzzle | |
| Sneaky Puzzles | |
| Hape Zoo Blocks | |
| Zoo Treat Boxes | |
| Safari Stamps | |
| Make a Zoo Stickers | |
| 123 To The Zoo |