Not every day can be rain-kissed flowers, thoughtful lessons with nature, and awe-inspiring art projects. That's just not how we roll 24-7, and if we are all honest with ourselves, none of us are spot on ready every day. Still, life marches on and the little lessons around us keep on teaching us new things.
It took me six tries before I finally gave up and settled on a closed-eyed photo in the parking lot of our grocery shopping adventure, haha! As you can see our adventures are not exactly glamorous, but they do go a long way toward teaching math and home economics. We discussed the idea of planning menus ahead of time so that we make sure we have enough food on hand for each person for two weeks. Her favorite part was getting to push the cart through the produce section.
Once we got home, Anna parked on the porch with her Mammy and learned some new songs. Mammy is always good at telling stories and teaching new things that childhood should bring. Anna is never lacking for interesting activities when mammy is around!
This is the workbook that we use for skills review. It is filled with fun and interesting worksheets that cover a wide range of skills for second grade. I picked my copy up at Costco for a whopping $11.99, and let me tell you that it is worth its weight in gold. It has checklists of specific skills kids need to learn for second grade for Language Arts, Social Studies, Science, and Math. I really like the lists, since they give me a simple guide to work from to ensure we are covering the skills she needs to learn in second grade. What I try to do is take those skills and find unique activities we can do to help learn them, so we aren't just using the workbook. While we don't use it every day, it really is wonderful to check on her skills and learning comprehension. It is also a great way to take work with us on a busy day.
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