There are a lot of things I truly love about homeschool. One of my favorites is getting to customize our lessons based on the things that Jaeger is interested in. It’s obviously more fun to learn when the subject is something you love. Jaeger is really fascinated with bugs right now and his favorite bug is the praying mantis. Last week, we had a “praying mantis” day and it was SO much fun. Well worth the extra time planning it.
These are the t-shirts we made with iron on transfers, super simple and so cute.
The only lesson I could find about praying mantis’ was meant for a 4th grade level. I decided to print it out and had intended to simplify it for Jaeg but it completely held his attention as written. He already knew most of their characteristics thanks to the insect portion of our animal encyclopedia. (I know I’m sounding all braggy…but we have seriously found him in his room pouring over his encyclopedia!)
It was such a great day in school. I am definitely glad we got through the core subjects first, after the paper praying mantis’ were made there was no room for silly things like math 
That is so Jag, love the look on Jaydn’s face in her pictures too. I can see that the both enjoyed doing the artwork,but then they have a great teacher. They are both so proud of their art projects. Hope to see them soon.
Now rhar’s what I call “school work”……… What a great job you did Rach, proud of you as a mom AND teacher! The kids LOVED this and the shirts to go along with the super fun day!
Sorry, that’s the Tylenol PM speaking…. the previous comment was supposed to say “that’s”, not “rhar’s”……(slapping my forehead)
Wow! What a great school! I loved the shirts too:)
How did I miss this cute post! Thanks for all the great homeschool ideas!:)