Month: March 2017

Week 27 of Homeschool: We gave a presentation on Snap Circuits, watched our radishes, carrots and chard begin sprouting, learned the Commutative Law, studied the fall of Communism, made Tiramisu and enjoyed the fruit of our labors (yum!), studied Handel’s life some more, learned the 3 Characteristics of Light, studied more nutrition labels, analyzed the music of Dvorak, practiced story-telling by writing titles, learned about Coordinating Conjunctions, studied our Catechism, did more forces in motion experiments, drilled for Memory Master, and did all 101 of our Snap Circuit’s projects!

Week 26 of Homeschool: We learned how to read nutrition labels, used pattern blocks to play out math concepts, planted seeds in our root viewer, worked on Spanish vocabulary, studied Central American geography, read some more about Handel, worked on our numbers and letters with Francis, studied the Third Law of Thermodynamics, had a “birds and bees” conversation :0, learned the Associative Law, used conjunctions, studied physics by building a bridge out of straws, analyzed Brahms’ music, made bunny and an apple crafts, and performed too many forces in motion experiments to count!

Week 25 of Homeschool: We studied fractions, read all about medieval castles, documented soundscapes, studied appositives, drew a picture of our Yamaha PSR-3000 keyboard, learned the circumference of a circle, watched the great British baking show and discussed prospective recipes, studied Southcentral Asia, learned about the Vietnam War, wrote a song for Mommy, studied the life of Handel, analyzed Beethoven’s 5th Symphony, experimented with forces in motion, drew the Great Seal of the United States, and planted seeds for our Spring garden!

 

Week 24 of Homeschool: We learned about Southeastern Asia, gave a presentation on the human body, studied 1950’s history and the Korean War, practiced our alphabet (Franny), learned pi and the area of a circle, worked more on the concept of symmetry, created an abstract clay-art piece, wrote out the notes to the Alphabet Song, learned the 3 Laws of Thermodynamics, performed an original song for our CC friends, played a parts-of-the-body scavenger hunt game, studied the number 4 (Franny), learned what a Gerund is, took a cooking class and learned how to make homemade ricotta and baked pasta, talked about foods that come from the rainforest, and shared all about the Beam Family with our CC friends!