We didn’t do a ton of ‘lessony’ things this week.† Yes I know ‘lessony’ isn’t a word!† But it is my blog and I can make up words if I want to!
We had begun an experiment on mummified apples.† You can find the details here. One week ago Kei started the experiment.
Seven days later..[give or take a day]
She discovered that the salt did the best and the baking soda/Epsom salt mixture did the worst.
Here is a quick rundown on some of the things we did this week.
Monday
Copy Work
Math Subtracting fractions
Watched King Tut’s Final Secrets and discovered that King Tut died from a battle wound.† This was a fascinating documentary!!
Made world map
Wrote in blog
Made Banana bread
Spent time here
Read Ivy and Bean and Harry Potter Goblet of Fire
Of course I HAD to show her Steve Martin’s “King Tut”. 🙂
Worked on play <wrote, directed, acted, edited>
Tuesday
Copy Work
Wrote in blog
Did some Egyptian Math
Subtracting Fractions with lower fractions
Worked on play <wrote, directed, acted, edited>
Wednesday
Copy Work
Egyptian Math
Critical Thinking WS <deductive reasoning, directions, planning>
Read Snap and Goblet of Fire
Played Spliterature
Worked on play <wrote, directed, acted, edited> This was set in the 1960’s.† She wore a Leave it to Beaver dress and pearls.† I just cracked up.† Daddy has an old rotary phone and she loves playing with it.† She set my Iphone for ‘old fashioned’ phone for the ringing.
Listened to Beethovenís Wig http://www.amazon.com/Beethovens-Wig-Sing-Along-Symphonies/dp/B000060OLA
Watched the Top 10 King Tut videos on the web http://heritage-key.com/blogs/malcolmj/top-10-best-king-tut-videos-web
Physics ñ Mass, inertia, movement
Thursday
Critical thinking worksheets
Ran errands/bought groceries
Edited play
Watched King Tut DVD We are now officially experts on King Tut!
Chan spent the night which meant playing, exploring, talking, laughing, watching TV, eating lots of Halloween candy and more.
Collected creek water and examined it under microscope.
Checked and compared apple slices from Mummy experiment
Read Snap
Put on Webkinz play
Finger knitted with loops and yarn.† She loves doing this!† She has made purses, hats, scarves, bracelets, pom pom’s and more!
Today we had our homeschool Skate Day.† We always have such fun there!
Tomorrow is supposed to be COLD!† We intend on staying in and doing a lot of nothing!
Enjoy your weekend.
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Abbey did the same apple experiment last week with her Adventures in Science in class. The only bad part was that we didn’t put the apples outside so the un-mummified one attracted a few gnats before we set it on the porch! HA!! I always love reading your blog & your are such an inspiration to this homeschooling newbie! We miss you & Kei
Sounds like a wonderful week full of lots of diversity. We went roller skating at a homeschool roller skating day today too!