ALL ROLLED INTO ONE

Today we did a little Astronomy. After we finished our reading & written work it was time for some hands-on learning.  Somehow that flowed into a Christmas craft. The kids were very happy with both. =) 

Enjoying some hands-on fun.

Making craters to simulate how they are made on Mercury's surface.

Craters

Next I made some salt dough & the boys made their own models of Mercury.

Here he is making the craters on the surface.  After they were finished we put them aside to dry.

Since we had already made a mess making the dough for the models I thought it would be a good time to make our salt dough ornaments.  I found our recipe and got to work.

They made a snowman together.

Getting down to work on their ornaments.

After he made his cut-out ornaments he started making a snowman for his shelf.

My big girl does it all by herself.

Ready for the oven!

We filled up 2 cookie sheets.

All finished!

Now they are baking in the oven.  We'll paint them either tomorrow or maybe Saturday.  

Lesson Planning for Science

I started our lesson plans for Science tonight. I was able to get 14 weeks (28 days) planned so far. Hooray! I am using 2 books this year. We hope to start sometime this summer & keep going through the school year. I don't know yet how long it will be but I do know it's going to be lots of fun. I can't remember the last time I was this excited about lessons. It's a great feeling.  I can hardly wait to get started especially with the hands-on experiments & field trips!


If you have any fantastically fun ideas that you used with this topic of study please feel free to share with me.  I love hearing from other homeschoolers! 

Night School

We wanted to study Astronomy with the kids but couldn't see how we'd fit into our schedule this fall. Dave agreed to teach them in the evenings over the summer. The plan is to fit as much in before school starts back up and then continue on into the fall. This way we can have a leisurely pace if needed. I don't know about you but our fall is always jam packed.

Dave started the first lesson with the kids tonight. They loved it! Boo & Elvis each have a notebook that goes along with the book. They are using Apologia. Boo studied space before when we were doing KONOS but it was years ago and she was quite little. I don't think she remembers much of it. Bugs sits and listens in and I know he picks up facts here and there. He's only 4 so I'm not worried about him. We'll do the official course with him when he is older. Maybe Princess will join him! =0)

Listening to Daddy read aloud.

They could hardly wait to work on the first lesson in their new workbooks!

We love Apologia!