Week 15-16- Homeschooling With a Toddler

*Two weeks together to stay with the My Tech Schedule. 

What you do every day matters more than what you do once in a while.

Gretchen Rubin

Exploring Tech- Kiwi Crate on Stars and Space 

 

Legos

Science- Magnetism, Prisms, and a Gyroscope

PE- Dad is doing a 3,000 push up challenge the month of November, so the kids have been joining him in doing a few sets. Also climbing the walls Ninja.

When it's cold outside, the walls become the playground.

Music- It's November! Which means it's time for music appreciation in the form of Silver Bells, Jingle Bells, Silent Night, and more. J talks about Christmas 12 months of the year and since July she has been counting down the days.

Art- There is a good reason this isn't one of our core subjects, but the two older kids have both planned painting projects they have wanted to do for awhile. I've been putting it off since something about paint and four young kids gives me anxiety. In the end, it was only the two-year-old who we affectionately nicknamed "Kyle", from Studio C, that created any chaos. Kylina dumped paint on her own paper and kept coming back for more once she was all cleaned up. Suppressing the urge to hyperventilate,  I desperately tried to clean up all the paint before the toddler painted anymore of the table, or the cat.  

Threw in science for K by mixing colors.

Craft Club- Made a flag for Veterans' Day.

History-State quiz and learning about WWI

J also learned about women's right to vote on the same week as elections. In our close family, we have Republicans, Democrats, Unaffiliated, Forever Trumpers, Never Trumpers, I Don't Care's, Wake Me Up When It's Over's and Where's the Write in For Heaven Help Us All. So elections- and talking about and studying politics- is always insightful.

Ballot art work courtesy of Kylina

Over the past weeks, we talked a lot about the election. We had constitutional amendments and other items to vote for. Friends had strong opinions on whether their school district should be spilt. We reviewed candidates for political office and other county offices, such as sheriff and county auditor. We talked about what is traditionally Republican or Democrat issues and when the letter behind someone's name doesn't really matter as much as who's the best for the job (ex: sheriff). 

Math- A finished measurements and J finished order of operations. They both had reviews.

LA-  A's spelling words in the sand.

Favorite Madib

Hi my name is Mr. Vice President, but my friends call me Zany Potato. My favorite color is the color of dragons and my favorite thing to do is trip. My parents were a pig farmer and a pooper scooper, which is why we lived in Walmart. You probably know me from my TV commercial for kittens. I'm the one who says, 'please pass the cat' at the very end!

Stay Curious

Do wolves snore? Wild wolves usually don't fall into a deep enough sleep to snore. Pups and older captive wolves are more likely to snore. 

Do ants sleep? All animals sleep. Ants sleep in mini power naps. Some species take about 8 minutes of rest every 12 hours, while others take 1 minute power naps up to 250 times a day. Queen ants get more sleep. In one study a queen ant slept for 6 minutes up to 90 times a day.

All about K

This month's joy is the joy of curiosity. Preserving a child's natural curiosity is one of the greatest gift we can give them. It is more important for success in life than all the college prep and extra curriculars you can heap on. It is one of the most important traits of those who have changed the world.

 

Fine sand- exploring texture

Fine motor play dough, which turned into a science experiment with Kylina

Beans with hidden dinosaurs.

K's a ninja too

K also helps with creating our monthly calendar so he learns the numbers 1-30.

Special- All about "Kylina"- whenever there's trouble, it's K and Kylina leading the charge. Here's some of her "school" work.

Art-

Science- 

Nutrition- 

Science not picture is Kylina studying the properties of water by dumping a gallon of water on the floor, and learning about air resistance by throwing 50+ pages of curriculum on the school room floor. At least we can celebrate that she's curious.