School was still a little random this month. I had several huge deadlines at work, plus we spent two weeks at the beach.
Kid #1
- Music: Practiced his saxophone some and saw a really amazing performance (with an exceptional saxophone player) of Big Bad Voodoo Daddy.
- LA: Learned about adverbs in excruciating detail, did a lot of madlibs with his sisters. Read Found by Haddix and listened to Harry Potter 6 with his sisters. Writing practice with Druidawn.
- Social Studies: Watched a documentary about American before Columbus, read a chapter about the age of exploration.
- Science: Read the sections of biology about atoms, ions and molecules; the properties of water, and carbon-based molecules. Did two labs to learn how to use a microscope and mount slides. Used an online simulator to investigate molecule polarity. Learned a lot about hurricanes this month, too! We also got out the telescope and looked at sunspots and learned about the solar wind and stuff like that.
- Math: did a few more sections of the algebra book. Learned about probability and statistics.
- PE: Homeschool soccer started! Mini-golf, hiking.
- Health: Grilled chicken, hotdogs, hamburgers. Visited the Life Saving Station Museum in Ocean City.
- Art: Made pottery and glass art.
Kid #2
- Science: Cell types, cell specialization. Lab to learn to use microscope and make slides. Learned a lot about hurricanes and marine biology this month, too!
- History: Read a chapter about castles, read a bunch of books about castles and knights, made a family crest and a samurai hat.
- LA: Listened to Harry Potter 6 with her siblings, did a lot of Madlibs. Studied some word origins and linguistics.
- Math: Worked a few problems from Teaching Textbooks 5.
- Music: Watched Big Bad Voodoo Daddy.
- Health: Worked more on eating healthily. Swimming and ocean safety. Cooked a fruit tar with custard and fruit, cooked chicken. Visited the Life Saving Station Museum in Ocean City.
- Japanese: Learned more about Japanese with her dad.
- PE: Homeschool soccer started! Mini-golf, hiking.
- Art: Painted pottery, made decorated baked goods, chalk art.
Kid #3
- History: Read a chapter about castles, read a bunch of books about castles and knights, made a family crest and a samurai hat.
- LA: Listened to Harry Potter 6 with her siblings, did a lot of Madlibs.
- Math: Worked a few sections of Teaching Textbooks 3.
- Science: Studied blood and made a model of it using candies and beans. Learned a lot about hurricanes and marine biology this month, too!
- Music: Watched Big Bad Voodoo Daddy.
- Health: Swimming and ocean safety. Visited the Life Saving Station Museum in Ocean City.
- Art: Made things with beads, chalk art, painted pottery.
- PE: Homeschool soccer started! Mini-golf, hiking.