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Jul. 16, 2009
Fingerprints
Charlotte has been participating in the Summer Reading Program at our local Library (this is such a wonderful (and free) activity for kids to participate in). Each day they do new and interesting things .... for example, on Tuesday they took the kids fingerprints and told them that on Wednesday (yesterday) they were going to blow them up so that they would be easier to see. When Charlotte told me about this, I was figuring that they were going to somehow put them under a microscope so that the kids could see them enlarged. Nope, that isn't what they did - they put the kids fingerprints on a white balloon (on Tuesday) and when the ink was dry (on Wednesday) they blew the balloons up so that the fingerprints were enlarged!!!!!! How cool is that????? The kids still had to be careful with the fingerprints because the ink still smeared a bit - but what a neat way for them to be able to see their fingerprints more clearly. 
Today, they are going to try putting a wooden skewer through a blown up balloon - not sure how that one will work for them, but they're going to give it a try. 
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School Starts
~August 4 - 09~
- a work in progress section -
*****DISCLAIMER*****
~Not all of the curriculum listed will be used completely~
Joshua 2009/2010
≈ Bible - a Handbook for Followers of Jesus
≈ Math - MMS
≈ Math Games ...
... To the Top (board game)
... Math Blaster (on PC)
... Quarter Mile Math (on PC)
... Equate (board game)
≈ Language Arts ...
... Jump In
... Painless Grammar
... Novel Studies (Silverwing by Kenneth Oppel)
≈ Blogging
≈ Spelling Games ...
... Jarnac (board game)
... Upwords (board game)
... Scrabble (board game & on PC)
... Reading Blaster (on PC)
≈ Exploring Creation - General Science
≈ Read & Report
≈ Home Ec for Homeschoolers
≈ Hand Crafts
Joshua's Independent Reading List 2009/2010
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Charlotte 2009/2010
≈ Bible - a Handbook for Followers of Jesus
≈ Math - Jump
≈ Math Games ...
... To the Top (board game)
... Math Blaster (on PC)
... Quarter Mile Math (on PC)
... Equate (board game)
≈ Language Arts ...
... Painless Grammar
... Novel Studies (Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery)
≈ Blogging
≈ Spelling Games ...
... Jarnac (board game)
... Upwords (board game)
... Scrabble (board game & on PC)
... Reading Blaster (on PC)
≈ Considering God's Creation
≈ Read & Report
≈ Home Ec for Homeschoolers
≈ Hand Crafts
Charlotte's Independent Reading List 2009/2010
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Extras the Kids Have Participated In 2009/2010
≈Digital-Photography Course≈ Mondays & 1 Tuesday June 22, 29 & July 7 - 2009
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≈Summer Reading Program≈ Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays & 2 Saturdays July 4, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 25 - 2009
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