Sunday, April 9, 2023

Week 36

Science (part 1)- Over the past couple weeks, we've been watching our orchid bloom.

 


Math- Rounding, multiplying, and dividing decimals for J, money subtraction for A

LA- Onomatopoeias, antonyms and synonyms, meaning of common sayings

Social Studies- Physical features of United States, for A oceans and continents

Art- Circle drawings



Exploring Tech- Crunch Lab- floating ball

The best lessons are the ones where you can incorporate many subjects into one activity. For this week's, science/ PE/ Social studies, we joined our cousins and did some hiking in Canyonlands.

Pothole Point

There's life in these potholes


little tadpole almost in the center


Cave Springs


Old Cowboy Camp

Cave Springs

pictographs

This little guy had no hesitation in leading the group up the ladders.





After Canyonlands we stopped by "The Falls"
 





We were told the red in the rock is fossils

looks like a shell


Took some time to climb on Hamburger Rock





Saw a lizard

The next day our tour guide (AKA Grandpa) showed us some special petroglyphs. The kids did a great job following instructions to treat them with respect. 










Native Pottery Shards

Bonus Fun
Easter Egg Hunt

Friday, March 31, 2023

Week 34-35

 Craft Club- Making native bee homes


Science- Planet Earth 2 

LA- Descriptive writing. Without saying what it was, the kids had to describe a noun.

A's

Its roar reaches high in the sky.

When it stomps, the earth shakes.

With its long nose, it sniffs out fresh meat.

Its short arms and long, powerful, tail help it swim.

Its teeth, the size of bananas, help it crush bone.

The ancient mighty king reigned with terror.








J's

I am a collage of orange, black, cream, and brown.

I purr, meow and patter about.

I hunt silently, a shadowy figure in the night.

I am silky with pointed ears, and I smell like a warm furry blanket.

My eyes are the color of the ocean water.

 I am ferocious one moment, and cuddly the next.

Who am I?








Math- Adding money and a review

Social Studies- The physical characteristics of the US.

Exploring Tech- A new Kiwi Crate showed up


All About K and A2

Kinetic sand, making bee homes, and, thanks to my brother, a Kiwi Crate just for them about things that float.


Sunday, March 26, 2023

Week 33

This week the kids were sick, which isn't too surprising since our field trip last week was playing in germ infested museums. Still, we got a good number of things done.

Math- A is learning about money.  He set up a mini store with J to practice making change.


Can you tell which flavor they value the most? :)

Language Arts-Lessons on imagery, personification, metaphors, and similes. They began writing descriptive pieces. 

We also finished Little Town on the Prairie. J is still very much interested in the series with Almanzo coming into the picture. On the other hand, all the growing up stuff caused A to lose interest in the story after the perilous Long Winter. After this series, we may move back to Harry Potter.

Science- J wanted to mix two cake mixes together. It was a new experience for everyone.


We have also been watching our plants grow and comparing those in food coloring to the one without.

Lastly, A and I are watching Blue Planet, a documentary series on the oceans.

Art- By the end of the week, J was feeling better to go to craft club.  Galaxy in a jar. 

Music- A is enjoying learning the piano though an app. Lots of Let it Go and Halleluiah.

Exploring Tech- Mark Rober put out a new YouTube video on drones.

Social Studies- I civics is still a favorite.

PE- learning proper stretches from the neck down to our toes.

Health- Lessons on body changes for J. We've always been pretty open about answering questions the kids asked. When I was pregnant with my youngest, J was old enough to ask a lot of questions. Additionally, one of our favorite shows, Relative Race, also brought up questions, such as how a dad might not know he had a child. But over the past little while, we dove deeper into many changes teens and preteens begin to experience, physically, socially, emotionally, and mentally.  It's a lot of change!

All About K and A2

When not wiping their noses, we read books, had sensory time with dried beans and then play dough, danced to music, and played many round of the game Outfoxed.