Homespun Homeschool Week #23

Week 23 of Homeschool: We practiced concepts of symmetry, created chain reactions with legos, named parts of the human body and drew pictures of them, learned the layers of tropical rainforests, studied the life of George Washington, learned how to add tens and ones with regrouping, studied King Richard and the Crusades, cooked fajitas, studied music theory, played “Allowance!” (again), learned about how the human body eats and drinks, made pop-ups, read “The Peanut-Butter Hamster,” and made a fun froggy craft! Oh – and rested… we were sick 🙁

Homespun Homeschool Week #22

Week 22 of Homeschool: We studied desert habitats, made an archery bracer, used doubles to subtract, studied countries of central Europe, built a castle in our lego class, studied the Design Spectrum, studied the human body using our squishy model, wrote with Egyptian hieroglyphics, learned the area of a triangle, took a tour of Roseville Fire Station #1 with our CC friends, studied recycling & natural resources, learned how lightning travels & cumulus clouds form tornadoes, practiced perspective by drawing legos, made a story about the human body with Story Cubes, learned Newton’s 3rd Law of Motion, and cooked 2 Hello Fresh meals together!

Homespun Homeschool Week #21

Week 21 of Homeschool: We read about Sweden, learned the area of a square, studied Newton’s 2nd Law of Motion, read 2 chapters in The Wind In The Willows, built a bridge out of index cards and experimented with the strength of various structure designs, gave a presentation on why we love homeschooling, created art like Degas, made Valentine’s cards for friends & family, studied breathing and circulation, read books with friends on a rainy day, transformed a hard-boiled eggshell into a bendable one, took a field trip with Classical Conversations to the Aerospace Museum of California to see Machines in Motion, and met Leonardo DaVinci!

Homespun Homeschool Week #20

Week 20 of Homeschool: We drew geometric solids, finished reading George MacDonald’s “The Wise Woman,” learned all about currency and made an origami money-butterfly, explored the solar system with our 3D Viewmaster, presented Amazing Grace and its history to our CC class, learned the area of a rectangle, studied the crusades and made a flip book showing the conquest & reconquest of Spain, studied Newton’s First Law of Motion, painted a Monet landscape, learned about Plymouth Rock, and made change playing the board game “Allowance!”