What we are reading ~
Me ~ Weapons of Mass Instruction
La ~ Percy Jackson Series- The Lightening Thief & Finished Brewster's Courage
Chris ~ The Creature from Jekyll Island
Morning Read Aloud ~ The Horse & His Boy
Evening Read Aloud ~ Gulliver's Travels
Around the House ~
This week I made my grandmother's sticky buns! Making these made me miss her. She passed away about a year and a half ago. before that she suffered from Alzheimer's Disease for many years. I do wish I had asked her to show me how to make these when I could have!
Out & About Learning ~
We had homes school class at the South Summit Aquatic & Fitness center as usual. I don't think I have been including that in my wrap-ups. It was Playground Games this week. Always a very fun & social time!
Friday we went to the Bug Brigade at the Utah Museum pf Natural History. Out study of microorganisms has led to an interest in bugs. So off we went! La held a few bugs & had a confrontation with a praying mantis.
Study Time ~
We decided to not make a lot of plans this week and let study time flow. We still accomplished so much! - La made a Lunch Menu with prices & we used it at lunch time to practice counting money, making change, etc...
- La planned her project for India to be done at the next Firefly Corps meeting.
- Continued with Latin & Spelling
- Learned about the Tower of Hanoi puzzle & played it. Tough logic puzzle!
- La got curious about where yeast comes from & what it is. No doubt due to my recent fascination with baking. We looked it up which lead to thre days of learning about microorganisms.
- We watched videos about amoebas & cell division. La made a model of a cell out out of Ziploc bag, water, a marble (nucleus), pencil cushion (contractile vacuole) & an eraser (food vacuole).
- sketched some insects. Do you know what makes an arachnid different from other insects? We do!
Afternoons ~
We either continued studies or La played outside. She has been catching newts. They look like small black & green salamanders & we have lots of them. La & the neighbor kids love them!
Next week we have Firefly Corps Meeting on Tuesday. Should be fun!
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