Week 31

Monday was the solar eclipse and we were ready!  We had already done a field trip about it and had the glasses ready.  Samuel has been very interested in it so him and I sat outside and had a perfect view.  We attempted a picture with an old phone but it didn’t do it justice!

The rest of the week was pretty normal.  We did a successful science lab!  We separated the hydrogen from water, as pictured in the glass of water.  It’s the little bubble like things by the copper wires.  Easy to do and it worked—love those labs!  We started an art project and just kept on with our other subjects!!

 

Week 30

We had a successful science lab this week!  We made the LED light turn on using lemons, washers and wires that Nathan stripped the coating off of.  We also had an optional art activity.  It was optional because it was using bleach to draw a picture.  I hate using bleach but Nathan wore an apron as a precaution and was successful drawing a cat.  For history, we played a gold rush game because we just finished a lesson on that.  Nathan won the most gold!  I can’t tell if the boys are loving the read aloud but I enjoy it!  I have no idea on the mystery part of it.  

 

Week 29

We had a few days of school this week before Easter break.  We did an Oregon Trail game—not the game I grew up with in school but it was still fun!  Nathan beat Samuel to Oregon and had the most money in the end.  Both of them lost most of their family, animals and supplies along the way, though.  

 We had a family Easter celebration on Good Friday because of work schedules.  We dyed eggs, found hidden Easter baskets, played Uno, watched a movie and ate pizza.  It was nice to have a little time together.  

Week 28

 

Our science experiment involved making an arch dam.  We were supposed to use mud and gravel, as well as the clay provided, but we got 5 inches of snow!  So, we just used clay and tested them out.  

This is the inflatable planetarium we visited for our field trip this week.  We were also given solar eclipse glasses so we’re ready for the upcoming eclipse!

This was our black and white art project.  This took us a few art classes but this was a good week to get it done.  I am still recovering and can’t read for very long so this kept them busy instead!

A short week is coming up for an Easter break.  We’re actually so close to the end of the year!  Amazing!

Week 27

 No pictures this week.  We had a shorter week to make it more like spring break and to give me a break because I ended up sick by Friday.  We still had plenty of work time and I’ll try to be on picture duty this week!  

Week 26

 

This week, we had a science lab where we experimented on different materials to see if they were waterproof.  It ended up being a hilarious time.  Nothing ever turns out as expected!  Haha.  We also started the first steps in our art project.  Everything else was the usual.  Our new read aloud is pretty good, I think.  We’ll see what happens in the story!  Next week should be fun because most schools here are on spring break but we are not taking a week off!  They will be thrilled.  I may let them have a shorter week but not a whole week!

Week 25

 

This week in art, we did another monochromatic project but this time with oil pastels and watercolors. We also did a science lab but I forgot to take pictures!!  We were measuring how far a rubber band stretched to lift a bag of beans vertically up to a stack of books vs. up an inclined plane to the top.  It was a simple lab but it worked out!  We also did an extra reading and comprehension questions about Frederick Douglass for History.  It was a full week!  We finished our read aloud and I am already looking for more books by Richard Peck because this one was hilarious!