We do a baking day where we bake something related. For apples, we made applesauce and then applesauce muffins since no one likes applesauce plain LOL. We made the rice krispie birds nests for N. You get the idea. We also bought 4 different apples and tasted them and wrote down our "critiques " of t...

My K student does occupational therapy for some sensory processing issues. One of our home suggestions was to have her walk or crawl with something heavy on her back. So I tied it in with the turtle assignment. We put a 5 lb bag of rice in a backpack on her back and she crawled around like a turtle....

Well, we certainly don't need letter retention. However, I am seeing the wisdom in doing K even though she reads at (let me gasp and brag a bit here) an older 3rd or early 4th grade level!!! Her attention span and interest level is that of a early 5 year old still. Even doing the reading test, I cou...