We had a good, but busy, week. We had to be out of the house more than usual due to extra theater practice-our homeschool co-op's play performance is this coming week. I can't wait to see Doodles & Bug & their friends perform "Beauty is a Beast." After this coming week, our co-op will be on summer break. When we return in September, I get to teach...YAY!!! I'll be teaching Five in a Row to K-2nd grade. If you look back in the early years of my blog, you will see that I used FIAR with Doodles & Bug in their younger years. It was so much fun, and it provided some of our best learning experiences. I am so excited about sharing it with a new group of children! Meanwhile, though, here are the highlights of this week's learning and life experiences:
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| Treat of the week |
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| Bug's vampire bat project for his co-op science class |
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| Bug read about signs of a hard winter as part of his Narnia unit study |
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| More signs of a hard winter |
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| Bug learned about eels as part of his Narnia unit study |
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| Bug wanted to learn more about the slender giant moray eel |
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| Yum! Pics of eel dishes |
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| Recipe for fried eel...no, we didn't cook this! |
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| Bug's illustration of a slender giant moray eel |
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| Bug and I used dice to study probability in Saxon Math |
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| Bug completed a worksheet about St. Paul's Dome and Stonehenge as part of his Narnia unit study. |
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| Bug summarized "The Fox and the Stork" |
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| Doodles read about Confucius as part of her study of ancient China in Oak Meadow 6 |
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| Doodles wrote a paragraph about how one of her friendships relates to Confucius' teaching on harmony in relationships |
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| Doodles also studied the teaching of Lao Tzu and wrote this paper about the three treasures in modern society |
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| Doodles studied plant reproduction this week. We picked a camelia to use with this topic. |
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| Doodles identified the parts of the camelia... |
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| and she took it apart to look at & identify the inside parts. |
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| Doodles used a magnifying glass to study a picture in art... |
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| and so did I. |
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| If you look closely, you will see a dry erase marker number line on our ceramic tile floor. I used this to help Doodles' understand addition and subtraction with negative numbers. |
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| Doodles uses her "free study time" to read about the FBI. She is interested in detective work. |
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| This is Doodles' copy of part of the picture we studied in art this week |
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| Painting this week: I joined in & this is my rainbow. |
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| This is Doodles' rainbow |
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| This is Bug's rainbow |
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| This is Baby Girl's painting |
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| Bug used his "free study time" to read about video game design |
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| I surprised the kiddos with some freshly-baked chocolate chip cookies |
2 comments:
Love the paintings!
I don't know how you can bake those cookies without eating them! And we are looking forward to my girls doing FIAR with you at co-op next year, too!
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