A Very Special Start to Autumn

Today we continue the celebration of the Autumn Equinox along with the "Official" day Kai starts Kindergarten homeschooling. I know it sounds odd that I would even have a start date. Homeschooling is everyday from morning until night living life. The boys do not experience any drab learning that is for sure. Anyways, I thought it would be good to have a note of a start/finish of each year i guess more for legal matters ;)

Kai woke up to a special table decorated for the fall time and we all sat for breakfast together. I set out in front of him some blooming tea and as we watched the petals unfold I mentioned how he also is "unfolding" and growing. I then presented him with a basket with some Mercurius art supplies. After clean up Arly left for work and the boys and I started our Morning Circle.
I may change up and take out a verse and add in a movement song instead.

Opening:
Sally Go Round the Sun
Wild Goose Flight - This is one of our favorites and the boys enjoyed doing the paddling movements while i played the recorder.

Midline:
Woodcutters- We broke this up in parts and started pretending we were getting our lumberjack clothing on and picking up our ax. We repeated this one 2xs.

Base Sense: (both I am going to change out)
Trees in the Wind- they enjoyed this verse but This evening I am going to look to replace this with a movement song to really get them moving tomorrow morning
Squirrels Bound- They both got a kick out of lifting their bottoms up and wiggling.

Fingerplay- Little Squirrels- this one was great for Sage and finger isolation.

Closing/Graces:
Mother Earth Secrets

After circle I prepared snack for the boys and i picked up while they finished. We then took a special trip to buy a Barbados Cherry Tree. We still are not sure where in the front yard we are planting it but what Is important is that we will soon have a yummy harvest of cherries! I also plan on taking a picture of the boys each year next to the tree I guess you can say it will be their "school" picture.
After checking out fruit trees, watching Sage gather up fruit that was on the ground we headed back home for lunchtime. The boys enjoyed a yummy and colorful falltime bean soup Arly made the night before. It was then time for some Storytelling of the Dutchess of Autumn and then naptime.

The Garbage Monsters

Yesterday the boys constructed what they called The Beach Garbage Monsters.
Sounds scary? Nah! I gave them each a garbage bag and they drew body parts and attached them to the bag. When Arly arrived home from work we all headed down to the beach and fed those Silly Monsters. The boys really enjoyed seeing all the things they could find however they saw the reality of what happens when people do not recycle or properly throw their trash away. Wrapped in some garbage and seaweed was a dead baby sea turtle. Kai and Sage took some time holding it and then they buried him along with a Heart Sea Bean we found. Another little boy thanked Kai for cleaning up our beaches and placed a piece of garbage in his bag. Kai especially enjoyed picking up since he wants to make sure our local birds eat fish and plants and not plastic bottle caps. The boys ended their adventure for the day with a nice swim in the Ocean.