Ken was off work last week, and we postponed most the regular school work to focus on hands-on projects! 

They built a solar powered hopping frog:





They did fizzy experiments:

They played palaeontologist  and found "dinosaur bones" in a rock.  (This kit said "hours of fun", and meant it!  They still haven't finished getting all the bones out, but have indeed been having fun.  It takes a lot of patience to carve away the rock without damaging fragile fossils within!)






Keegan received a tool box with real (albeit small scale) tools.  He's been perfecting his hammering skills and put together this little train (from a kit).  While the girls and I worked on beading, Keegan painted his handiwork.




Tomorrow it is back to business as usual.  The projects are fun, but I'll enjoy being back to the normal routine--except for the part about Ken going back to work--that part is tough.