Winter Break has come to an end

All of the male Mais are out of the house this morning. Andrew is back to work after the holiday and the boys returned to school after a long winter break. The morning went fairly well getting ready, considering it had been over two weeks.
Gabriel had obvious anxiety. He wouldn't wear his coat even though it was 49 degrees. At least I was able to send it with him without a battle. It probably helped that he had a green coat.
Alex was in a good mood. I think he likes school this year. He got ready without any complaints.

I found this cute printout for the teachers. I laminated it and sent to the boys teachers. I hope they get a chuckle out of it.
Hopefully they have good days. I never know what the day will bring, especially after a long break. I'm crossing my fingers!

Playing Homeschool

Besides the many crafts we finished this winter break, we worked on a lot of homework. I found great themes for the kids to work on and I am grateful for people who are willing to share their themes and units with the internet world.

2teachingmommies.com has a wonderful candy cane unit available. The kids worked on patterns, sorting, spelling, and fine motor control. I was able to give each of the kids something to do from this unit.

1plus1plus1equals1 has an angry bird theme that was pefect for the boys. They LOVE angry birds. We worked on sight word recognition, matching, fractions, number lines, and rhyming. We also colored cute red angry birds.

teachingblogaddict.com had cute mazes to print. The boys need to practice their fine motor and this was a fun and easy way to work on fine motor control.
The list Alex brought home for winter break homework is extensive. He had to write the alphabet, 50 sight words, his numbers, and more. The list included 18 items and took up a lot of our time but we made the most of it.
On top of their homework, the boys had a computer game to complete. They had to answer math and reading questions and then play a sports related game. They had to earn 5000 points during the break. It took hours for us to complete this task. I'm glad it's done.

gingersnapstreatsforteachers posted a super cute idea about snow globes. I printed "If I lived in a snow globe..." The kids each drew a picture and the boys wrote what they would do if they lived in a globe.