While we were sitting in doctor's offices, Belle and William hung-out with Shelby (one of my best friends!) while Russell and James hung-out with Papa Miller for the first half of the day. Shelby bravely took all four for the second part of the day - I'm so lucky to have such an amazing friend!Other than the broken-bone fiasco, I've been pretty pleased with how the trial period has gone. We completed 3 math lessons, are close to finishing a writing lesson, and learned the answer to the question "what is science?". Specifically, the kids learned about the scientific method, different types of scientific instruments, various synonyms of the word "hypothesis", and how we use our senses as a scientist. We've also done various experiments in which they have had to think through the scientific method.
Today we did the penny experiment - the kids had to make a hypothesis about how many drops of water would fit on the side of a penny. Belle and Russell hypothesized 20-21, James hypothesized 61, and I hypothesized 6... after three trials, we confirmed that 20 drops is the answer!
Using the dropper gave the kids practice with their fine motor skills as well, and they had so much fun with it, I had to bribe them with lunch to get them to put it away!
(YES! I made them look at the penny and smile!)We promised the kids that one of the benefits of homeschooling is that we would get to go on more field trips; so, to finish off our trial period we've planned a field trip to a lake for Monday. The educational part of the day will revolve around observing and recording what we find. The part the kids are really looking forward to is the picnic lunch and swimming in the lake!
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