http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2010/31mar_sunsetplanets.htm?list1117156
This is totally cool. I will be looking.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
England
We are using My Father's World and one of the hardest things I've found this year is the amount of time we spend studying a certain country. I think for an older grade it would be fine, but, I find with my 3rd grader, she is ready to move on after a week or so.
Today we left France, (partly, there are still a few more things to do, but I will use them in review instead of as part of her lesson now, like building our Eiffel Tower)and entered England. We will stay there for the rest of this week and then we are off to Germany.
Today we learned about the flag and where it came from, St. George. I did not know that. We are still utilizing Iknowthat.com and all that they have as games for my daughter. She has even enjoyed playing the math games.
Today we left France, (partly, there are still a few more things to do, but I will use them in review instead of as part of her lesson now, like building our Eiffel Tower)and entered England. We will stay there for the rest of this week and then we are off to Germany.
Today we learned about the flag and where it came from, St. George. I did not know that. We are still utilizing Iknowthat.com and all that they have as games for my daughter. She has even enjoyed playing the math games.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
A Homeschool Day in the Sun at the Zoo
Sometimes we just need to put the books aside and remind ourselves why we home school. Well, one of the reasons we home school, flexibility.
Today my husband took off of work and we slept in (we all really needed it before the Easter holiday hits) and then went to the Philadelphia Zoo as they were offering discount tickets and free parking!
Unfortunately, my daughter still hasn't seen an elephant in person. We've been to three. But she did get to learn that they are endangered by the graph they used to show the dwindling numbers. They had two tubes set up. One side was filled with tons of little elephants showing the numbers from years past. On the right was a similar tube and to see how many little elephants are in there you have to look under the table. That's a really hard lesson to learn for a 8 year old. How we as humans destroy the environment that God has given us. How we take advantage of our surroundings sometimes (and when I say we here I'm not referring to any particular person, haha, long story). When we studied South America we took a really in depth look at the endangered species of the Rain Forest. I think seeing the tube really helped! I do have a picture somewhere and when I get to it I will add it to this blog. It is definitely something that could be reproduced in the home.
The weather today was a warm as I can handle it being so I am very happy we took the time to get outside after all this rain we have had.
Today my husband took off of work and we slept in (we all really needed it before the Easter holiday hits) and then went to the Philadelphia Zoo as they were offering discount tickets and free parking!
Unfortunately, my daughter still hasn't seen an elephant in person. We've been to three. But she did get to learn that they are endangered by the graph they used to show the dwindling numbers. They had two tubes set up. One side was filled with tons of little elephants showing the numbers from years past. On the right was a similar tube and to see how many little elephants are in there you have to look under the table. That's a really hard lesson to learn for a 8 year old. How we as humans destroy the environment that God has given us. How we take advantage of our surroundings sometimes (and when I say we here I'm not referring to any particular person, haha, long story). When we studied South America we took a really in depth look at the endangered species of the Rain Forest. I think seeing the tube really helped! I do have a picture somewhere and when I get to it I will add it to this blog. It is definitely something that could be reproduced in the home.
The weather today was a warm as I can handle it being so I am very happy we took the time to get outside after all this rain we have had.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
The End of Norway- Land of the Midnight Sun
This week we are packing our bags, grabbing our passports and saying goodbye to Norway. I have always loved learning and find it fascinating the facts you remember and relearn through homeschooling in elementary. We learn so much through school.
This is just a list of some of the facts we learned (and for me, re-learned) concerning Norway:
1. The bodies of water surrounding Norway are the Norwegian Sea and the North Sea.
2. Part of Norway lie on the Arctic Circle, or as we say, brrrr.
3. Aurora Borealis, Northern Lights. I find them absolutely incredible. If there is something I would want to do before I pass, it's see the Northern Lights in person.
4. The Olympics were held in Lillehammer in 1984 (so happens as we studied Norway the Olympics were being held in Vancouver).
Books-
We really enjoyed reading the book The Day Hans Got His Wiay by David Lewis Atwell. I can see us reading it again in the future. It has a very good life lesson as well.
Welcome Back Sun by Michael Emberley. A story about the dark months from September through March and how the people try to hasten to arrival of spring and the sun.
Recipes-
Friday we are cooking making two recipes from Norway-
1. Fruit Soup and 2. KRAM.
Music-
We have also been singing a Norwegian Song in our Wee Sings book. (Music from around the world) Row, Row Little Frogs. Jana has even started to sing it on her own. No song does she sing as much as Going Over The Sea, which is a song we learned studying Canada.
Next stop...................France. Jana wants to learn French and we are starting now that we are arriving in France next week. Hopefully that will "all come back" as well. It's been years since I've spoken French.
This is just a list of some of the facts we learned (and for me, re-learned) concerning Norway:
1. The bodies of water surrounding Norway are the Norwegian Sea and the North Sea.
2. Part of Norway lie on the Arctic Circle, or as we say, brrrr.
3. Aurora Borealis, Northern Lights. I find them absolutely incredible. If there is something I would want to do before I pass, it's see the Northern Lights in person.
4. The Olympics were held in Lillehammer in 1984 (so happens as we studied Norway the Olympics were being held in Vancouver).
Books-
We really enjoyed reading the book The Day Hans Got His Wiay by David Lewis Atwell. I can see us reading it again in the future. It has a very good life lesson as well.
Welcome Back Sun by Michael Emberley. A story about the dark months from September through March and how the people try to hasten to arrival of spring and the sun.
Recipes-
Friday we are cooking making two recipes from Norway-
1. Fruit Soup and 2. KRAM.
Music-
We have also been singing a Norwegian Song in our Wee Sings book. (Music from around the world) Row, Row Little Frogs. Jana has even started to sing it on her own. No song does she sing as much as Going Over The Sea, which is a song we learned studying Canada.
Next stop...................France. Jana wants to learn French and we are starting now that we are arriving in France next week. Hopefully that will "all come back" as well. It's been years since I've spoken French.
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