May 10, 2011

We went to the Children's Museum in Indy and we:

rode the carousel twice
saw frogs
saw Sarah Fisher's racing uniform/outfit worn by a CM employee and felt the fireproof material
saw the CM Store with loads of science, art, and fun things to buy


Went to the Science Port and made a Triceratops out of rocks, glue, and crayon on paper, Made a T-Rex out of  pipe cleaners, made three slides of fossils, we used the "smart board" and made our own dinosaur creation, we looked at micro and macro fossils under a microscope that was viewed on a screen.

Went to the Science Lab and did an experiment where we made cheese from milk and some liquid that is from a cow's belly; but is now artificially produced.  We also got to look under their microscopes and see a variety of things (fern, skin, pine needle...)

We went to the "Barbie" exhibit and did some drawings, draped some mannequins, and the like.

We went into the Dino Sphere and saw lots of dino's in their 'natural habitat'.  We were given a small dish of rock and fossil pieces and tweezers and we hunted for various fossils.  The amber pieces were very beautiful; as were the fish scales (they were shiny black).  This area of the museum is very cool.  The dome is like you are walking back in time.

We went through the "Take Me There: Egypt".  First we boarded an airplane and the screen showed how we arrived in Africa/Egypt.  Puddin got taught how to juggle by a Egyptian man.  She participated in the presentation - celebration the employees did welcoming a new baby by jumping over the baby 7 times.  There are workers in the exhibit who act like real Egyptians and talk and explain and demonstrate various activities throughout.  Dd got to bang on a drum and walk in the presentation.  She loves making the silver band bracelet each time we go.

That about sums up our visit in a nut shell.  We saw a huge bag of pink cotton candy in the dining area that was very tempting; but we managed to keep walking.

May 8, 2010 Shades Park for Mother's Day

With her homemade Bow & Arrow

May 4, 2011

Watched: Keeping The Promise

This video is based on the novel we recently read titled: The Sign of the Beaver.

Hands and Hearts Early American History Kit

We have been enjoying our Hands and Hearts Early American History Kit.   I broke down each project into a clear bag with the paperwork that described what and how to do the project along with all the materials needed.  That split the kit up into neat and tidy portions that I could use in the order I wanted to do them in.

The first project we started was the Trading Beads.  These Authentic beads were very beautiful to look at.  There was a little dust on the surface; from the clay cores, so we wiped them all down.  Then we split them up depending upon their color.  Then we put them in a vertical line from most valuable to least and calculated their total worth.  The paperwork listed how much each color was worth.  Then we figured out how many days we could pay an Indian guide and how much corn meal we could buy.  We eventually used the trade beads to play restaurant and purchased our own things with each other.

The second project we did was the Bowling game.  My daughter had difficulty painting the round, flat circles.  We were to only paint one side; but somehow there was paint on both sides.  I am suggesting we paint the underside white; but that hasn't been decided yet.  We played a few rounds of this game and enjoyed it.

We made rubbings off of our Tea Brick.  We had fun experimenting with all sorts of different materials trying to find the perfect medium for these rubbings.  After all sorts of charcoals and pencils we found the old fashioned crayon worked best!  How funny!  We haven't made the tea yet b/c we want to make more rubbings.

We put our bamboo flute together.  I do wish the leather straps were a little bit longer; maybe 2 inches longer would be good.  I liked the flute, but wanted to do more with it.  I wonder if we painted the flute if that would do any harm?  I is nice to have a penny whistle (rural ) flute, but the project was almost too simple.  Maybe a song could have been included?

That is as far as we have gotten so far.  We are enjoying this kit!

Our Union soldiers 2011

SL Core D- Week 10 May 2, 2011

I love this old picture of my Dd.  She was a flower girl !  I just had to put it in somewhere!

Happy May! I love May-it is my favorite month! (and my birthday month!)

We had a really productive week, last week. We were on a LOW and managed 3 weeks of SL Science. We also worked on one of the sets in our Young Scientist Series focusing on egg experiments. We had a blast with it. We are still working on SL Science 2; but only have maybe 5 'weeks' left. We can do one week in about one day usually.

We read some great books and enjoyed listening to SOTW. For those of you that do SOTW, how do you do it? We just read it and listen to it and that is it. Do you do anything besides that? We especially like listening during our drives.

I think we are suppose to finally start The Witch of Blackbird Pond 'officially' this week. We are on Week 10. We are really getting a good feel for the Roanoke, Jamestown, Plymouth colonies and how life went during that time. I had bought a bunch of books about this period and was hoping that we would get a chance; or make an opportunity for us to read these and we are actually fitting them in. Anyone have any book suggestions that go with The Witch of Blackbird Pond?

We read The Bears on Hemlock Mountain by Alice Dalgliesh and Helen Sewell today. It was suppose to be dd's reader; but she has already started:

My America: The Starving Time: Elizabeth's Jamestown Colony Diary, Two - Mass Market Paperback (May 1, 2002) by Patricia Hermes

She read Book One and Book Three that we owned; so I had to borrow Book Two from our library. She read them out of order; but she doesn't mind. I am glad I got to hear The Bears of Hemlock Mountain - I am glad she is enjoying reading to herself but I miss hearing all the stories from each core.


TT (teaching textbooks) is going great. Dd doesn't complain-at all- about doing her math anymore. What a blessing! What a wonderful blessing. I still miss MUS and I really liked that program; but this suits dd better and I guess she is the student-not me.

We had planted a bunch of seedlings and they were ready to be planted outside; but our weather here is so bad and rainy that they are staying inside and we have lost a few of the seedlings as a result. I may have to plant them in the rain.

Third Grade Picture 2010

Christmas 2006

Christmas 2006 (Angelina Ballerina)

2008

2007 and Christmas scarf made by my mom--in pink

2007

2007