Homeschool Preschool Week 15

We began our week with a trip to the Georgia mountains to hike with my sister and Ellie's cousins! We visited Preacher's Rock which was a beautiful outlook over the Georgia mountains and we also visited the highest point in Georgia, Brasstown Bald. At Brasstown Bald we hiked up a short but steep paved hike to an observatory platform built in which we were able to see Georgia and North Carolina mountain ranges. It was so good to get out and explore and be together even though we nearly froze. Ha! 

We also made Christmas memories this week by visiting my parents to make special Christmas cookies with Mimi and G-Daddy! My parents have always given me the best memories and Christmases and I wanted to take the opportunity to learn their recipes and give Ellie this special time with them I always enjoyed as well. My husband was even able to join in as he worked from home this one day. It was a really special afternoon. 

We continued with our nightly Advent readings. 

We also did forest school! We studied the winter solstice to prepare for the arrival of winter next week. We went on an icy nature walk which was so much fun! We dressed very warmly so we were nice and comfortable. We discovered piles and piles of ice covered leaves, we pretended to ice skate on ice covered bridges and boardwalks, and then as Ellie and I were reading books about winter and the winter solstice, the sun was warming the ice on the leaves in the trees above and they dripped little balls of ice down around us. Ellie and I chased them as they fell and picked them up. Ellie ate some. It was the perfect icy morning for our winter study! 

The rest of the week was just full of outdoor play, walks, reading, counting as we read and did advent and read scripture. Reading has actually been a great outlet for practicing math as we get creative with it. 

A nice, easy, peaceful week of play and learning!