The First Week

Well the first week of school was a success!  I will say I did make a few changes for this new week however.  Tweaking was a must! 

We started our first week filled with stories in history, both Biblical and secular.  We also filled our days with Science projects, Geography lessons, Math class, English, Art, Bible, Reading, Narration, Dictation, Copywork, Nature Study, etc.  It was a busy week but we had so much fun!

 

Below you will find one of our Science experiments.  We were learning about Dolphins and Whales and how they are mammals just like us!



First we pulled out the Shortening

We coated one hand on each child with the shortening.  This was suppose to represent "blubber".  We learned that God gave Dolphins and Whales blubber (fat) to protect them in cold water.

We filled a sink with ice cold water

Each child was to then place both of their hands in the ice cold water for one minute... This did not last that long!  They were freezing within 15-20 seconds!  After they pulled both hands out they were suppose to notice that the hand with the fake "blubber" was warmer than the one with no blubber.  We then talked about how the fat keeps the mammals warm.
Over all it was a pretty "cool" experiment!

On Friday we did a Nature Study.  We will be getting together with another homeschooling family every Friday to have our Nature Group.  This was a fun time for the kids to learn not only about Science and Nature, but also for them to learn to appreciate God's Creation as well as work on their artistic abilities by drawing things they found in their nature journals. 
I must say all of the kids weren't as excited about it as the moms were, but in time I'm sure they will learn to love it too!
I will post pictures of our nature group in a later post.