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Aug. 14, 2007
Bees, Bees, and more Bees
We continued our bee unit today and it was another very successful day of homeschooling. Some of the highlights involved:
- me dancing around the room and the children determining from my dance where the nectar was
- Thomas (drone), Naomi Ruth (worker bee) and me (queen :-D) describing ourselves as bees
- animated discussion about what would happen if any of those 3 categories decided they didn't feel like cooperating any more with the rest of the hive - and then how that applies to a family working together
- search in the yard for different kinds of flowers and then we found the pollen in them
- created a little swamp cooler - we fanned ourselves over a large bowl of cold water to see how the water affected the way the air felt (bees use the technique of bringing water into the hive and then fanning it with their wings to cool down the hive)
- learned and then labeled the different parts of the bee
We received our box from Rod & Staff with the ABC Preschool workbooks for Hannah (5). I have used those with all of the children and they have all really enjoyed them. We're just waiting on our order from Queens Homeschool to arrive now. It will have our language arts material.
I realized that I did not correctly understand the placement test that I did yesterday with Naomi Ruth (8). The level she scored at indicated that she had mastered those levels. So she has mastered 2nd grade math (perfect as she's just starting 3rd grade) and has mastered 6th grade reading. Go Naomi Ruth! I tested Thomas (10) today and was thrilled with his results, too. He's just starting 5th grade this year. He has mastered 7th grade reading and 8th grade math. :-D Homeschooling is awesome!
Love, Dawn |
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Renee