This week of homeschool went by in a blur! T and Seuss each had a half-day of preschool to welcome them back, and I volunteered to help both days. Also, we are busy getting our church play group up and running. Next week, T and Seuss will have their first full week of preschool. I guess this means summer is officially over. (Sniff!!)
I’m short on time tonight, but I wanted to do a quick homeschool wrap-up…
History:
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| Field Trip! Portsmouth, NH harbor cruise! We loved checking out the naval yard. |
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| Portsmouth, NH |
Geography:
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| This week we participated in our first “Homeschool Swap Box” swaps. We send a box full of fun facts about NH and, in exchange, we receive boxes from other states. So we researched our state and then will learn about four others! IL, GA, NY, AR here we come! (Thanks to Maryanne for the awesome idea!!) |
Science:
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| Sand dollar observations. Later in the week, Leo’s grandparents gave him two other sand dollars (one from MA and one from SC) and he later added notes on the differences between the three. |
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| This game is called Kilter. It is funny, and it’s an introduction to levers. Physics! |
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| Leo’s composting experiment: One cup has a spinach leaf in it, one has a piece of plastic bag. |
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| Monkfish observation. |
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| Leo planted wildflowers and has been taking notes in his journal daily. He was thrilled that they sprouted 10 days faster than it said on the back of the seed package. |
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| Leo has started recording sunrise, sunset, high temperature, and low temperature each day. He intends to make a graph of it at some point. So I guess this counts as math, too. |
STEM:
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| Look at this super-cool model plane that Leo and his Papa worked on today! |
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| Recreation of the ship we were on in Portsmouth. |
Reading:
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| Always. Reading. |
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| This is our current read- aloud book. |
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| Reading a science book. |
Writing:
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| Leo did his daily journaling. |
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| In addition to journaling, he wrote a letter to a penpal, and wrote songs for his siblings. |
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| We also dabbled in Bravewriter’s Partnership Writing curriculum, and we started with picto-codes and ciphers. I cannot let you view all the messages because they are top secret. |
Art:
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| “Autumn Whimsy” |
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| This week, Leo created a photo series titled, “Dr. K’s Wild Adventures in the Backyard” He is in the process of making a coffee table book with the photos taken. Did I mention the Dr. K doll is our pediatrician’s action figure?? HILARIOUS. |
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| Dr. K in a Red Solo Cup. |
And… we had a lot of fun outside:
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| Cannon ball!! |
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| On Seuss’ birthday, we watched the big yellow bus drive away and then we headed to the BEACH. Perfection. |
And, there was plenty of sediment in the tub!
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| Dirty piggies = happy piggies! |
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When you teach a child something you take away forever his chance of discovering it for himself.
~ Jean Piaget
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