Week 7

This week decided we needed more concrete family expectation (aka rules). We brain stormed things that are expected as members of the family and then narrowed it down to three categories. We picked three words for our rules: Peace, Respect, and Responsibility.

Peace includes things like- appropriate voices, be nice, show love to each other.

Respect includes- No means no, obey parents, take care of other people's thing you use.

Responsibility includes- daily chores, schoolwork, take care of your own things, be where you are supposed to be.

Highlights

A- My highlight of the week was defeating the titan on Prodigy (math) with J.

J- My highlight of the week was playing Prodigy with A.

Other Learning

Art- I started to learn a new skill that I shared with the kids: Water coloring. Works in progress:

LA- "I Spy" Adjective Game- Using only adjectives, describe any noun. (Does not have to be in the room) The other person tries to guess what it is. (Can do object in the room for younger kids)

Social Studies by J- Martin Van Buren had two tiger cubs as pets and was the second shortest president. William Harry Harrison had the shortest term and was the first president to die in office. John Tyler was the first vice president to become president because of the death of a former president. James Polk promised to serve only one term and achieve 4 goals. He achieved all four goals and kept his promise. Zachary Taylor would not accept any letters if the postage hadn't been paid. Because of this, he didn't know about his own nomination as a presidential candidate until weeks later. Millard Fillmore was the last president of the Whig party. After that, all presidents were either Republican or Democrat. 

PE- Swimming.  

Science-Creating compasses. We magnetized a needle and, by putting it through the bottom of a plastic cup and placing it water, allowed it to freely spin. 

The kids watched the needles spin around until they were both pointing in the same direction. We then labeled the compasses. They were able to place then in the water pointing any direction and watch them realign with the earth's magnetic field. 

Exploring Tech- Legos and hinges

In progress

Stay Curious

We wanted to follow up with the cat eye color data they collected a few weeks ago and find out what breed our Dragon was. After studying different breeds, their eye color and temperament, we decided he is most likely a Berman mix.   

His mom (who was a stray) has the same coloring. That leaves us with Dragon's sister, Artemis. Who looks most like a brown tabby.  What we found in her gorgeous green eyes is quite possibly two colors (blue and green) making her true eye color dichromatic which is the rarest of all cat eye colors. Whether it's truly two different colors or a trick of lighting in the picture, she's still a beautiful cat.