J is for Jewels

After learning about rocks and the letter R, we moved onto jewels and the letter J. We made our own jewels with dots of glue dried on tin foil, which we colored and peeled off, then glued onto a crown of tin foil. Here's some pics of the beautiful crown! You can't really tell in the pictures, but the jewels are clear and colored like crystals and gems.

Volcano Fun

We had fun while learning about the letter R and rocks for lesson 20 in My Father's World Kindergarten. Since most of the rocks around here are igneous (volcanic) rocks, and we live near an active volcano, Haridas is naturally fascinated with volcanoes. So, we made a model volcano out of clay, painted it, and made it erupt with baking soda and vinegar mixed with red paint. Haridas is with his good friend Karika watching it erupt.

P Is For Penguin

We spent 2 weeks learning about the letter P and penguins. We were surprised to learn that male Emperor penguins can be 4 feet tall and weigh 100 lbs! So, we drew a life size one and measured how tall the boys would be in comparison. Their heights are the red lines. Haridas helped color and draw our penguin friend.



We also made penguins out of play-doh. We learned a lot from these austere animals that are so tolerant and go through so much for their loved ones.

Haridas Loves Reading!

Something recently shifted in Haridas and now he's really into reading and wants to learn more all the time! It's so exciting for all of us! Here's a video of him reading 15 words, many ending with ck, all by himself. We're on Lesson 17 with My Father's World From A to Z, and we have 90 days left!

E Is For Elephant

Haridas made this elephant mask as we are studying the letter E. He made it all by himself by drawing and cutting out the ears and trunk and gluing them onto a paper plate. Then he covered it with black and white finger paint to make a grey color. I cut out the eyes and tied on the rubber band and that was all I did. He then put on his grey elephant shirt and was all set to go as an elephant!

H is for Haridas and Horses

We've been studying the letter H and horses, and our 6th week on farm animals. Haridas got really good at drawing horses! We also made horses out of modeling beeswax. Here's a picture and video:

Making Homemade Butter

We've been studying the letter 'C', and the theme is cows, (and how God's words help our souls grow like how milk helps our bodies grow). So we made our own butter by shaking a jar of whipping cream for about 20 minutes. It was pretty amazing how the chemical change just happened. It was like whipped cream, and then became like butter. We had a lot of fun with this lesson! Here's pics:

Love Bugs

Here's some more recent pics I took. Navin is modeling some shorts and hat that I made, which will be on the flyer at the store and on the website. Haridas is smiling with the play-doh ladybug we made in school.

Little Bugs

We've been learning about insects for the past 2 weeks. Here's the boys trying out their new antennae! Navin is a red ant!

100 Days Of School!

We've made it to the 100th day of school! We just finished learning about ocean animals, and we have mastered the letters S, L, M, A, N, D, and O, the numbers 1-9, and three letter words like man, mat, sat, sun, mom, dad, nut, mud, dot, Dan, Don, and more. We're celebrating with 100 licks of ice cream! Here's some recent pictures of Haridas's hard school work:

T Is For Turtle

Here's a video of the boys. Please forgive Haridas's shy moment when he realized I was videotaping him.


We're having so much fun everyday with pre-school. This week we are studying the letter T and turtles and perseverance and patience. Haridas painted this turtle made out of a paper plate. Thank you, Grammy Sharon and Grampy Dan for the paints and paper and plates.

My Father's World From A To Z (Kindergarten)

We're in our 6th week of homeschool now and loving it! Here's Haridas with our 100s chart. Everyday we put a straw in the cup and write the number. When we have 10 straws, we put a rubber band around them and put them in the 10s cup. Below is a calendar we draw a shape on each day to make a pattern. I will update more as I can since have been recording everything. So far we have spent two weeks on S-sun, M-moon, and L-leaf. This picture shows the tree and sun he made with pattern blocks, something we did for fun.