Read The Glorious Flight, A Wizard From the Start about Thomas Edison, and the Story of Inventions (Usborne book)
Started FIAR with Clown of God, discussed setting for the book (Sorrento, Italy), miracles, orphans, and the meaning of the word "maestro"
Studied swallows in the North American Field Guide
Monday, May 30, 2011
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Wednesday May 25
Ballet and Bee Bop
Read Let the Whole Earth Sing Praise, the Berenstain Bears and the Homework Hassle, The Very Clumsy Click Beetle, Mirette & Bellini Cross Niagara Falls, and The Prince Won't Go To Bed!
Read Let the Whole Earth Sing Praise, the Berenstain Bears and the Homework Hassle, The Very Clumsy Click Beetle, Mirette & Bellini Cross Niagara Falls, and The Prince Won't Go To Bed!
Tuesday May 24
Show and Tell co-op at Gotha Park- learned about seedlings and how they grow!
Playground time
Playground time
Friday, May 20, 2011
Thursday May 19
Downtown Homeschool Enrichment Classes:
Yoga
Story Writing
Humane Education
Pirateology
Yoga
Story Writing
Humane Education
Pirateology
Wednesday May 18
Elle completed Lesson 3 in Explode the Code book 3!
Lesson 21 in Right Start Math Level A
Ballet and Bee Bop
Lesson 21 in Right Start Math Level A
Ballet and Bee Bop
Tuesday May 17
Co-op at Keene Park- shot off foam rockets with a launcher!
Elle completed Lesson 2 in Explode the Code book 3
Elle completed Lesson 2 in Explode the Code book 3
Monday May 16
Started Explode the Code Book 3 Lesson 1
Finished FIAR with the Glorious Flight- talked about onomatopoeia, choosing a title for the story, family relationships and what the family enjoys doing together, geography of the English Channel, the process of invention and aircraft
Read Young Thomas Edison, My Brothers' Flying Machine (about the Wright brothers), and Everyone Needs a Friend
Finished FIAR with the Glorious Flight- talked about onomatopoeia, choosing a title for the story, family relationships and what the family enjoys doing together, geography of the English Channel, the process of invention and aircraft
Read Young Thomas Edison, My Brothers' Flying Machine (about the Wright brothers), and Everyone Needs a Friend
Saturday May 14
Thursday May 12
Downtown Homeschool Enrichment Classes
Yoga
Story Writing
Humane Education
Pirateology
Yoga
Story Writing
Humane Education
Pirateology
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Sunday May 8
FIAR with the Glorious Flight- discussed making reparations after you make a mistake or have an accident, perspective in art and the different perspectives displayed in the book, the geography of the English Channel, onomatopoeia, and inventors
Read the Berenstain Bears and Sunday School, Baby Makes Five, Jobs Around Town, and the Boy Who Painted Dragons
Read the Berenstain Bears and Sunday School, Baby Makes Five, Jobs Around Town, and the Boy Who Painted Dragons
Friday May 6
Field trip to Pinocchio's Marionette Theater
FIAR with the Glorious Flight- discussed the use of italics in a story, roman numerals, the process of invention and discussed different inventors like Thomas Edison, the beginnings of flight, and the French flag and culture
Read Sue MacDonald Had a Book, the Berenstain Bears and Jobs Around Town and Clean House, and Arthur's Pet Business
Elle read the Berenstain Bears and the Spooky Old Tree
FIAR with the Glorious Flight- discussed the use of italics in a story, roman numerals, the process of invention and discussed different inventors like Thomas Edison, the beginnings of flight, and the French flag and culture
Read Sue MacDonald Had a Book, the Berenstain Bears and Jobs Around Town and Clean House, and Arthur's Pet Business
Elle read the Berenstain Bears and the Spooky Old Tree
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Sunday May 1
Started FIAR with the Glorious Flight- discussed the age of the story and copyright, the geography of France and England and the English Channel and found it on the globe, talked about motorcars from that era and flying machines and the evolution of the airplane, the weather in England versus France, identified the French flag, and inventors like Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison and their many tries before finding out how their inventions would work
Read the Berenstain Bears and the Spooky Tree, The Search for the Perfect Child, One Morning in Maine, Anansi and the Talking Melon and Anansi and the Moss Covered Rock
Watched Jeff Corwin DVD about Florida and its reptiles and other wildlife
Read the Berenstain Bears and the Spooky Tree, The Search for the Perfect Child, One Morning in Maine, Anansi and the Talking Melon and Anansi and the Moss Covered Rock
Watched Jeff Corwin DVD about Florida and its reptiles and other wildlife
Saturday April 30
Visited a you-pick blueberry farm and picked blueberries while Justin captured bugs
Went to the farmers market
Visited the Winter Garden Railroad Museum and talked to the members of the Florida Morse Code club, Elle learned to tap her name in morse code, learned what it was used for, and heard it being used to communicate with others around the country and in Canada, and explored the museum
Went to the farmers market
Visited the Winter Garden Railroad Museum and talked to the members of the Florida Morse Code club, Elle learned to tap her name in morse code, learned what it was used for, and heard it being used to communicate with others around the country and in Canada, and explored the museum
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