Homeschooling Fun Continued

Math Fun

We dug out the pattern blocks and worked on fractions - then just had fun!

 

 

Science Fun

Science is about asking questions.
Why is the pile of dirt always BIGGER than the hole?

Now I just have to get him to FILL the holes!

PAPER LIGHT SABERS!

(Physics AND art class)

 



Some days you just have to bring out the Jedi inside ;-)

 

 

Aerodynamics

(airplanes!)

There is a paper airplane somewhere!  
We made planes from different materials and
determined card stock flies the best. (tin foil - not so much!)
We also played with the elevators and made our planes
do all kinds of tricks.
(Next week's project - botony - what kills the weeds in our back yard!)

Look how high they go!

 

 

 

I have been homeschooling for over 13 years now.  It has been a blast watching my kids explore and learn and have fun.  We have built a pirate ship and sailed the "seven seas" (that's what canoes and swimming pools are for!). We have exploded volcanoes and dug dungeons (yep - really BIG holes in the back yard!).  We have made giant bubbles, built pyramids, made Egyptian wigs, and oh so many other wonderful things.  We have had a great time building wonderful memories, but sadly I do not have many pictures or videos to document these great things.  I have to be the world's worst journal keeper.  I don't enjoy writing, so I make excuses not to do it.  I love to take pictures, but hate putting them in scrap books. *sigh*  But this year I am going to try to do better.  So in my efforts here are some pictures and videos for our first week of "school" in 2014.

 

To study centripetal force and inertia we built "marble runs"

 

 

 

Centripetal force and inertia

 

For Art and History

 

Vanessa painted a "fresco" like the ancient Greeks



Raphael painted a shield like the Ancient Romans