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WHY? Our Journey Into Homeschooling
Thursday, September 21, 2006
Apples and Geography
Okay, so I'm not an everyday blogger, but
I'm trying to update a little more regularly. I'm doing this partly for
my own records but also to let you all know what we're doing out there.
The evening after I wrote the last blog entry, A.J. picked up one of his recent editions of Which Way, USA?
that he gets compliments of Grandma R, and together, we did almost the
whole puzzle book (this one on South Carolina). This surprised me a
little as he hasn't shown them much interest in a while, but you never
know. He's worked on the Indiana one a little bit, too. His favorite
facts from the South Carolina book were that apparently South Carolina
has over 380 golf courses (wow), and once someone caught a 109.4 pound
catfish in one of its rivers!
He also really seems to enjoy his subscription to National Geographic Kids,
which he gets for free right now (we had a certificate). I might
resubscribe since he likes it so much. They have another magazine that
looks really cool called National Geographic Explorer, but it's sold only in bulk for classroom use. Bummer. Their web site is always fun, though.
Tuesday, we went apple picking (our annual playgroup jaunt) at a nearby
orchard. We picked red delicious, Macintosh, golden delicious,
Jonathans, and my favorites for this time of year, Grimes golden. The
kids especially loved the very friendly, laid back dogs that are always
there. They all took some time petting them and playing around in the
pumpkin patch. A.J. was ready to leave before I was, but he was very
patient while I chatted with friends that I hadn't seen in about a
month.
We made apple cake together yesterday, a more domestic, but still
learning activity. A.J. did most of the measuring and even cracked the
eggs and helped chop the apples! He's getting much better at the finer
motor skills. The cake turned out yummy. We plan on making apple pie
soon, too.
A.J. has also been working on a deep-water ocean (sort of as a take off
of the coral reef we made). So far, he's drawn on blue posterboard a
sperm whale, an octopus, and a couple of deep-sea anglerfish, complete
with bright lure to attract prey!
We've been talking a lot about the baby's upcoming birth, and he's been
joking with me that she might weigh 16 pounds! That's not even
funny...but he thinks it's great! ;)
Well, I'll sign off for now as A.J. is drawing fish (remoras in particular).
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Math
G Is for Googol by David Schwartz
Science
Usborne First Nature: Fishes by Alwyne Wheeler
Usborne Discovery: Sharks by Jonathan Sheikh-Miller
Usborne Discovery: Whales and Dolphins by Susanna Davidson
The Nature Company EcoXplorer Series: Under the Sea by Priscilla Wrubel et al.
Questions and Answers: Mighty Machines by Stephen Angel
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Emeril's There's a Chef in My World by Emeril Lagasse
Emeril's There's a Chef in My Soup by Emeril Lagasse
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Minimus Pupil's Book: Starting Out in Latin by Barbara Bell and Helen Forte
Sign With Your Baby by Joseph Garcia
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