There seems to be such a trend on the blogs I read to explore “Interest Led Learning”.† I am so excited where this has led us.† Thank you to all who inspire me in blogland; Christina, Susan, Jenn, and more.†
1.††††††††††† Keilee at the eye doctor.† She is farsighted and needed glasses only for close up work.† Since she has had them her headaches have completely gone!
2.††††††††††† Kei, Chan and Jake at our Chinese New Year party!† We had such a great time with all the Moms and kids.† Great food and great friends.† Keilee is the “Year of the Dragon” so this is her year!
3.††††††††††† 2 Ingredient Strawberry Fudge.† Kei made this to take to the Chinese New Year party.† Very easy and very yummy!
Ingredients
- 1 (16 oz) can of strawberry frosting
- 1 12 oz bag of white chocolate chips
How to Make
- Prepare a 9×9 pan by spray lightly with cooking spray.
- Over a double boiler, or in the microwave, melt your white chocolate chips.
- When chips are melted, remove from heat and stir in your strawberry frosting, evenly.
- Spread in your prepared pan and place in fridge to set for 30 minutes.
- Cut into squares to serve.
Notes
Store in an airtight container for up to a week.
4.††††††††††† This is candy that my brother got when they cleaned out a Fallout Shelter on the Arsenal.† It came in a 55 pound can.† The label said, ìCarbohydrate Supplementî.† It was from 1963!† He looked it up and they said it was fine as long as the can was still whole and sealed.† Which it was. We shared it with our friends at the Chinese New Years Party.† So everyone ate 49 year old candy!
5.††††††††††† Keilee at Wizard of Oz practice.† With the Scarecrow, Cowardly Lion and a Winged Monkey
6.††††††††††† Keilee with her new glasses playing a Critical Thinking game on iPad.
7.††††††††††† Working on a craft in our cleaned up Homeschool Room.† Keilee cleaned off this table and it is now her ëCraft Tableî.
8.††††††††††† At Sci Quest exploring ìLightî
Keilee took 2 Science classes this week at Sci Quest.† Each class was 2 hours long so she got tons of good Science instructions.† Which is great because I am a little lacking in the whole ‘hands on science stuff’.† The first one was on Newton’s Laws.† They talked about the 3 laws and did lots of experiments.
All of these pictures are ones Keilee took during class on her iPhone.† She kept texting me pictures showing what they were doing! 🙂 I trained her well.
The second class was on Arthropods.† It was a dissection class.† Kei has never shown any interest in dissection but decided she would like this one because they dissected a crayfish.† She did not stop talking about it for 24 hours.† She learned so much.† They examined several Arthropods, did worksheets and then dissected a crayfish.† She got her own one to do all by herself.† She loved everything about it but the smell.† Remember that smell? I do!
†While Keilee was doing her 4 hours of science I got to sit in the break room and talk to Moms.† That place was full of HS Moms.† You could almost feel the ideas and resources bouncing around!† One of my great friends Stacey and her daughter Makalia [who decided not to take a class this time] brought this game called “10 Days In the USA”† We played it for about an hour and I loved it.† I mean loved it so much I ordered it from Amazon yesterday.
This game is my Resource of the Week.† Another Resource I found this week and LOVED is K12 Open Ed.† There are FREE ebooks for most subjects.
Happily linking up with Mary at “Collage Fridays“
and Susan at “Favorite Resources“
This has been an amazing week.† Tonight Keilee is going to a spend the night party so I expect to do a lot of reading on the couch with my doggie.† Keilee has made me promise she can Face Time me before she goes to bed.† Isn’t technology wonderful?
Homeschooling ROCKS!
Karen
“Equipped with his five senses, man explores the universe around him and calls the adventure Science.” ~Edwin Powell Hubble, The Nature of Science, 1954
“Research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I’m doing.”† ~Wernher Von Braun
Thanks for the resource mention – I’m going to check it out !!
10 Days In the USA
The science classes look like lots of fun! (OK, the dissection looks icky but also fun!) Very glad to hear that the glasses have solved the headaches…starting to wonder if we need to look into that for Dude. He complains about headaches and he doesn’t like to read small print.
Wondering what the carbohydrate supplement was made of! That stuff must be indestructible! Funny!
Sounds like you are staying busy and having fun!
That game looks great…I’ve been looking for a US states game, and this one sounds really fun!
I am madly in love with all the 10 Days … games and have blogged about them often. 😉 I love reading your posts. Kei seems to have such a rich, wonderful life. I’m glad she got her glasses and the headaches are resolved.
Every time I read your post I feel like I just had a great visit and walked away learning something! How I wish we lived closer. (did I tell you we are planning a trip to TN in May….!!!!) I am totally going to get that game…we need a few new ones. And I am going to check out the free ebooks site. Greg has been leaving the iPad for us to use during the week but we have not taken advantage of it!
You have also inspired me to take more pictures. I am good at taking events but not the day to day things that make for excellent posts.
YOU inspire me!!!
A beautiful week of following interests. Love all the science photos:) Don’t know how I am going to handle dissections…Yuck! Hope I can find a great outside resource like you’ve done.
Love the quote-
ìResearch is what Iím doing when I donít know what Iím doing.î ~Wernher Von Braun
That needs to be my new motto:)
(BTW, I am honored to be listed as one of those who inspire you! )
Seems like it was a good week, full of fun and lots of learning! Keilee looks great in her new glasses! I’m glad it took care of the headaches. I get a LOT of headaches myself, and no amount of eye wear fixes them (I wear contacts most of the time…I am super near-sighted).
Thanks for linking up with Favorite Resources. I have heard of that game series before, but I’ve never played it. I’m not sure we’re in need of a new game right now, but I do love a good game! It’s tempting 😉
I feel really,really honored that posts inspire you. I get so many great ideas and inspiration from your blog and all the other blogs that I read where kids get so much freedom to enjoy their learning.
I just want to say, I think Kei has the greatest sense of style! She always looks so cool in the pictures you post.
Ohh, a new game. I’ll have to be on the look out for it. 🙂
One of our homeschool friends brought that game to something just before Christmas…there is an Africa one too and she said they are both great. I had actually forgotten about it — so thanks for the reminder!!
Keilee looks great in glasses!
What a great week…49 year old candy and dissection all in the same week! LOL The Newton’s Laws class looks fascinating! Hugs to you both from your friends in Maryland.
That USA game looks EXCELLENT! My 8 and 6 year old love anything US geography related, so I bet they would love that game. Thanks for stopping by my blog today!
I want that game!!! Seriously, I really do. Sadly, however, I just scored for Valentine’s Day (I’m so excited) a Bowed Psaltry (look it up – it’s very cool) that we will be learning to play. So, I think I’m banned from spending any more money on school stuff. It’s really an addiction. 😉
I’m glad Keilee’s headaches are gone – amazing how the glasses fixed it. I love her glasses, too.
have a great weekend – you inspire me!
How nice. Enjoy the evening to yourself! 🙂