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Another side of Tibet...

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Weekly Report-Week 26

This week we started reading The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, which princess was sure she was going to hate because she didn't like the movie. Well, she has been totally mesmorized by the book, go figure! Otherwise, we had a regular week, which was nice. Here's a summary...

LA: This week we started working on memorized the poem "Work" from FLL. It has been interesting to hear all the version princess is coming up with! I'm glad that she is enjoying it though. She has been doing well with the HOP green book and learning long vowels, ETC has really been reinforcing what she has been learning.

Math: We began the 1A workbook again this week and have flown through it, we just finished Ex. 19 today. This time around princess has been able to most of the work on her own, so I am glad that we decided to review it again before moving on. I feel like she is really getting it all this time around.

History: We have spent this week reading about mountians. Today we read about Sir Hillary and his ascent on Everest. Princess was familiar with Everest because I am addicted to the show Expedition Everest on Discovery. I dream that one day I will have what it takes to summit Everest, but I doubt it! Anyways, it's been a fun reading about mountians.

Science: We have talked about seeds and fruit this week. Princess found it amazing that a seed contians a tiny plant waiting to grow. It's so neat to see the joy of discovery on her face!

Here's another butterfly picture from our trip last week.

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A princess's version of homeschool!

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Weekly science experiment...

This week experiment can be found through this link http://www.kids-science-experiments.com/spinningball.html. It will help you to see how you can defy the laws of gravity.

First talk about forces, especially gravity and centripital force, as these are the two forces you will be working with. You could also read about forces from a book from the library. Then get the ball and jar and put the ball inside the upside down jar and slide it to the edge of the table, which way does the ball fall? Ask, what force is at work here? Next, follow the directions for the experiment found in the link. What happens to the ball now? Ask, what force is at work this time? Hope you enjoy!

Weekly Report--Week 25 Core C

Not to much to report this week as we spent most of it in Washington, DC. We walked around and saw the monuments, went to several musuems and to the zoo. Princess and I are working on creating a book about our trip, so I guess that counts as school! We were able to keep up with our History and Read-Alouds, but we took the natural approach the math and LA this week. Here are some of the highlights from our trip...


At the Natural History Musuem we got to go into the butterfly dome. There were hundreds of butterflies and we got some really great pictures. Here's one of the best shots...




Princess's favorite animals at the zoo were the snakes, the panda and the girl lions!


At the art musuem princess wanted to copy every painting, so we took lots of pictures and let her copy her favorite one, The Dancer by Monet. Here's her version and the real thing(Guess it's time to start Drawing with Children!)...

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Like father, like daughter...

Science Experiment of the Week

Waxy Coating: This was a favorite of ours from several weeks ago...

• paper towel, cut in the shape of two leaves
  
• wax paper, one about 6"x11", folded in half
  
• paper clip

Wet both the paper towel leaves. Cover one with the wax paper and use the paper clip to secure it. Put both in a dish and set it in the sun. Check them after 40 min. The leaf in the wax paper should still be damp while the other leave should be dry. This shows how the waxy coating on leaves in the desert helps them to retain water. You could check out a book from the library about the desert(such as Desert Plants), read it and then do the experiment. Hope you enjoy!

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