Week 9: Playing the Forest Equaled Playing with Math

This week we spent another morning in the woods where K measured sticks and other objects (math) to see if they would work for building a fort (Engineering/Science). He had to learn to communicate with a partner (LA). Between hauling sticks- and each other- the kids got their PE in, too. 

Week Eight: Clubs and Learning Outdoors

While last week was full steam ahead, we took it a little slower this week. It was cold and rainy for most of the week so we enjoyed plenty of indoor reading time along with Legos. 

K looks forward to his new I Brick build every week. This week was a sloth. 

Week 7: Back to at Home School

Some I Brick builds came available while K was away at Legoland. The first thing he did when he got home was do the lessons on those builds.

Drag racecar

Rescue helicopter

Week 6: Trip to San Diego

When our kids are between the ages of 8-10, we like to take them on a special trip to some place they choose.  J chose to go to Mount Rushmore, A1 went to Seattle, and K chose to explore Legoland. 

Week 4/5: We Found Friends!

 *To be consistent with the OpenEd weekly logs, this week is labeled 4/5.

And we found Ed (OpenEd's horse mascot) a friend, too

Last year, the homeschool community in our rural part of the world, frankly, didn't exist. However, we've had new families move in and new families begin homeschooling. There are now many, many families around.

Week Three: What is Normal Education?

 

This year, most of my kid are in public school. I've decided I'm not a very good at being a traditional school parent. Not only do I cringe at all the over priced PTA activities, book fairs, and picture day packets, but none of my kids are getting the "traditional" education of going to school for 7 hours and then coming home, doing homework, maybe a sport, and then repeating every day.  

Week Two: The Dog Needs Surgery!?

“Man himself cannot express love and humility by external signs so plainly as does a dog when, with drooping ears, hanging lips, flexuous body, and wagging tail, he meets his beloved master.” – Charles Darwin

School was briefly interrupted when the PE coach (AKA- the dog) got injured why chasing a tennis ball. We took her to the vet and learned she tore her CCL (Equivalent to the ACL in humans) . The only way to heal that was with a specialized surgery...