What's In the Box Wednesday - 3rd/ 4th Grade

I have got to get back on the ball! I have several half finished blogs in drafts and I have just not had much follow-through lately, it seems. I have been so far behind on my work for school that it is crazy. We have had snow days for half of our classes since college started and that leaves me confused and unsure about how much I need to do and how much is going to be made up in class. I put in several hours of work yesterday (another snow day) and hope to finish getting caught up today and re-establish some routine and schedule to my own life. I even have plans of making a daily schedule for myself like the one I have for the kids!

Today's blog is What's in the box Wednesday. I decided to start splitting up Bella and Alex's so that it is less cluttered. First, Bella's!

Box 1 - Math (Singapore Math)

Box 2 - Language Arts (Learning Language Arts Through Literature and Handwriting Without Tears)

Box 3 - Art (Penguins and Mittens, I also used it for math today)

Box 4 - Science (Animal Neighbors Fox, Fox lapbook)

Box 5 - Bible (Willing to Wait, JBQ)

Box 6 - More Science! (Exploring Creation with Zoology 2)

Box 7 - Sewing (We are making a purse)

If you are interested in more resources for this grade, 

check out my Amazon recommendations in the link on the left hand side! 

Penguin Art, Volume 1

We have taken the Penguin plunge! (By the way, doesn't that sound like some fun zoo exhibit where you get to swim with the penguins? I wish it were real!) At any rate, we started our penguin studies this week and we are loving them! We just want to be a part of the cool crowd, I guess, because everyone is studying penguins and Antarctica right now.

See that baby? It is Alex on his first Halloween. He was so ahead of the penguin trend. 

Here are our current penguin-y resources:

Expedition Earth from Erica at

Which has about a million ideas for crafts, snacks, games, etc. because has several penguin unit studies in it (It covers such books as Tacky the Penguin and Mr. Popper's Penguins)

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Finally, I have also been dabbling over at the website of
Love2LEarn2Day where they are also doing a penguin study right now and there are tons of fun ideas and links!

We have been having so much fun! Anyone who knows my Alex knows he has a love for all things penguin, and that is what actually made me decide to take a brief interlude from my other studies to do some penguin studies with the kids. I just knew
he would truly enjoy it. Also, I am going to be getting surgery on my foot next Friday so I didn't want to start a new chapter in our science or Little House in the Big woods. I will be posting this week to finish up the chapters we were working on, but then I will take a week off and post about other things as I will be laid up for about 7-10 days.

And now, onto our penguin art for this week!

First, we have this lovely penguin made from a balloon, cardstock, and scotch tape. Isn't he handsome? We call him Mr. Waddles. But he mostly just falls over, so don't get your hopes up in that department.

Up next we have some lovely penguins made out of toilet paper tubes. Everyone loves to have something to do with those empty tubes once they have removed all of the precious TP, right? Well today, you are in luck! You can turn them into a cute little penguin! Male and female versions are available, just change out your bow!
You can find the template here, at DLTK's Penguin Crafts for Kids

And for our final craft of the week, a delicious one. 

Enjoy! We did!