Ninety-Nine Photos from the End of October

using long tweezers to pluck sunflower seeds out of 

a fresh sunflower head from the Farmer's Market

place value to the millions place with the Bank Game material

our beautiful pure white angora fiber from Homestead Happenings

we marvel at how soft it is

it's just absolutely beautiful

finding the membrane under the raw duck egg shell

putting a chicken egg and a duck egg in vinegar to see what happens...

alphabetical order in Word Study

adding final details to the HHS

using oil pastels to do a watercolor resist of < dendrite >

as part of our SWI study of < tree > and *deru 

getting ready to do paintings of our sunflower head

in the style of Vincent van Gogh

paint...

more paint... 

and a bit more paint...

we loved how van Gogh laid his paint down so thickly!

shaking cream to make butter

a jar full of whipped cream,

about to become delicious butter and buttermilk

outdoor play with sticks

here, the sticks are becoming fire hoses

the fire truck responds to the scene

happy times spent in the magnolia tree

lunch in the tree, lunch under the tree

some examples of Zac's early understanding of morphology

morphological relatives share a base

etymological relatives share a root

thank you to Miss Aliya for being a wonderful Stone Soup helper!

learning about the health benefits of each vegetable

giving Miss Aliya handfuls of veggies to add to the pot

this little rabbit is making himself a carrot sandwich

dividing with fractions

dividing with the Stamp Game material

after outside play time we have board game time while 

we wait for the parents and grandparents to come...

Snail's Pace Race is a steady favorite

our study of < Halloween > and < Samhain > in SWI

goes nicely with our Haunted Houses of Speech and

the pumpkins we decorated & donated to the Pumpkin Glow

Zac's painted pumpkin, "Night"

pumpkins, pumpkins, everywhere 

the house is festively decorated for Autumn

with a long row of heritage pumpkins along the sidewalk

dropping off our contributions to the Pumpkin Glow night-time hike 

our SWI brainstorm of words which contain the bound base < struct >

a visit from Albus... so tiny and adorable

doing the final steps in the oil pastel cardinal artwork

bird research for Science Club

we won several prizes in the Pumpkin Glow decorating contests!

Zac and Becca's decorated book character pumpkins for the library contest

Zac did a "Wild Thing"

Becca did "Ginny Weasley"

Natalie's spider all lit up

watercolor resist spider web artwork

sprinkling salt on wet watercolor paint

wait... the trash truck is going by!

writing a rough draft for the main lesson book

the Montessori math materials organized in our Math area

Activity Sets allow students to work as independently as possible 

to practice skills which have already been taught

working at their own pace and self-checking their daily Math work

adding the Montessori Grammar Symbols to the MLB

putting the Table of Contents in the finished books

and decorating the front and back covers

Zac is ready to go trick-or-treating in his awesome dragon cape

Happy Halloween from Witchamaroo the pocket witch!

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