Monday night we did go to the local orchestra performance in the park and the kids really seemed to enjoy it. They sat and listened quietly for the most part and I didn't expect them to be quite so engaged. On the other hand, they might have been pretty tired... Hmm, we'll go with "engaged."
Tuesday we continued with our science theme and did an experiment cleaning pennies with different substances: hand soap and water; vinegar; and dish soap and water. Vinegar worked best. We went over the scientific method to do the experiment. It went over well.
Wednesday was a special day because I hosted a new homeschooling moms brunch and we had a speaker from my friend Sarah's church. It was a great time of adult conversation and good encouragement from a veteran. The kids all played in the basement together while we met. That afternoon we spent just reading library books and relaxing. It was sort of our day off instead of Friday this week.
Thursday we went back to Classical Conversations (CC) in the morning and Colin's class time went really well. There are 4 boys in his class and he seems to like them a lot. They are pretty wiggly, as boys can be, but his teacher does a great job of keeping them active as part of the lessons. He commented to me that he remembers when I used to "just drop him off" at preschool and I think he's not sure how he feels about me being in class with him. I gather it's because I try to "remind" him to pay attention and not goof off. I think I might need to give him a bit more space so he can feel that sense of independence and maybe it'll help for him to be corrected by his teacher instead of me. After class we stuck around for lunch and CC even has a recess time that he was thrilled to be a part of. We ended up doing our homeschool time late in the afternoon which I thought would not go over well but it actually went fine. I'm sure I was more tired from the morning than they were.
On Friday we did school in the morning and then went to a park to meet up with other homeschoolers from our church. The science experiment of the day was about evaporation. We painted in water on the driveway and then observed what happened over time. We tried "painting" on a shady spot and then a sunny spot to see what dried up first. Of course, they just liked playing with water but I think the "evaporation" concept sunk in with Colin.
We're continuing with our science theme for a few more days until we go to Boonshoft Discovery Museum on Wednesday. There's a planetarium there that I can't wait for Colin to experience. The following week we're visiting a farm so we'll change to a farm theme next Thursday and visit a farmers market on Saturday morning as part of our "study."
Here are some pictures from our week:
Anna's color of the week was green so we decided to make green milk using yellow and blue food coloring. Colin said "GROSS!!" and Anna said "MMMM, it's GOOD, Mama!"
The evaporation experiment.
The penny cleaning experiment.
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