Climbing to Good English

Climbing to Good English

Pathway Readers Overview

Pathway Readers Overview

The Basketball Champ...Nothing But Net!

Ready to take a shot

Taking the shot

Will it make it?

Going

Going

Gone....Nothing' but NET!!!

Way to Go Rootbeer :-)

Rootbeer & The Artist

Rootbeer has many awesome qualities. However, one of his most awesome qualities is the ability to talk with anyone, anywhere, at anytime. He is extreemly social, friendly, outgoing, and inquisitive. I just love the way he can walk up to complete strangers and ask them just about anything. Now that is a great skill to have.

The picture shows how, while we were on our co-op field trip, he saw a lady painting and proceeded to converse with her about her painting. She was eager to answer any question that he had. Proudly fulfilling his inquisitive mind.

Homeschool Co-Op/Japanese Garden Day Stroll @ The Botanical Gardens

One of the many Chinese Decorations at the  Botanical Garden

A Beautiful Waterfall

Feeding the Koi

The Koi are Huge

Talking with a friend

Introducing the Story

Listening to the Story

Reading the Japanese Story of Momotoro the Peach Boy

The Story of Momotoro the Peach Boy

Butterflies
 http://everydaylearning.handinhandhomeschool.com/butterflies/

Butterflies

Posted on April 20, 2012 by admin

Your kids already know some of the basic facts about the life cycle of the butterfly and how you should never touch their wings. Take your love for butterflies a step further with some new learning ideas.

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How You Can Explore the Day:

1. Science:
   Begin your butterfly exploration with the Florida Museum of Natural History’s Butterfly Discovery Game. You’ll find some basic facts and then your kids can use the free online interactive to create their own butterfly. The neat part about this learning tool is that after they get to mix and match body shape, wing shape and color pattern, they’ll see how it matches up to one of 20,000 real butterfly species.
    
2. Science:
   Migration or hibernation? The University of Minnesota’s MonarchLab offers some of the most kid-friendly explanations about butterfly migration. As you read about the butterfly’s sun compass behavior, get your own magnetic compass out for a bit of orienteering with your kids.
     Of course, not all butterflies leave their habitat for the winter. Most of them hibernate, much like a bear. The Butterfly Lab is not that kid-friendly of a site but it will help you learn some basic facts about hibernation behaviors and butterflies.
3. Geography:
   Monarchs are known for their migratory flights from Canada to Mexico. Grab a map and identify these countries. Better yet, visit the Monarch Migration website and use their historic data to track migratory patterns. Poke around the site because they have excellent images, activity ideas, and science journaling prompts to help your budding naturalist think like a scientist.
    
4. Science and Latin:
   Butterflies belong to the scientific order Lepidoptera. Help your kids be a word sleuth and break down what it means. Hint: It’s two words, lepido and ptera.
     Start with this Wikipedia chart of Latin and Greek root words commonly used in scientific names. Brainstorm other animals that may have scales and wings. Do they share the same Latin root words? (Think about certain dinosaurs and snakes.) Print out pictures of different animals and organize them in ways that show how they are similar and how they are different.

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Butterflies Posted on April 20, 2012 by admin Your kids already know some of the basic facts about the life cycle of the butterfly and how you should never touch their wings. Take your love for butterflies a step further with some new learning ideas. How You Can Explore the Day: 1. Science: Begin your butterfly exploration with the Florida Museum of Natural History’s Butterfly Discovery Game. You’ll find some basic facts and then your kids can use the free online interactive to create their own butterfly. The neat part about this learning tool is that after they get to mix and match body shape, wing shape and color pattern, they’ll see how it matches up to one of 20,000 real butterfly species. 2. Science: Migration or hibernation? The University of Minnesota’s MonarchLab offers some of the most kid-friendly explanations about butterfly migration. As you read about the butterfly’s sun compass behavior, get your own magnetic compass out for a bit of orienteering with your kids. Of course, not all butterflies leave their habitat for the winter. Most of them hibernate, much like a bear. The Butterfly Lab is not that kid-friendly of a site but it will help you learn some basic facts about hibernation behaviors and butterflies. 3. Geography: Monarchs are known for their migratory flights from Canada to Mexico. Grab a map and identify these countries. Better yet, visit the Monarch Migration website and use their historic data to track migratory patterns. Poke around the site because they have excellent images, activity ideas, and science journaling prompts to help your budding naturalist think like a scientist. 4. Science and Latin: Butterflies belong to the scientific order Lepidoptera. Help your kids be a word sleuth and break down what it means. Hint: It’s two words, lepido and ptera. Start with this Wikipedia chart of Latin and Greek root words commonly used in scientific names. Brainstorm other animals that may have scales and wings. Do they share the same Latin root words? (Think about certain dinosaurs and snakes.) Print out pictures of different animals and organize them in ways that show how they are similar and how they are different.

Awesome Outdoors/Boys and Sticks!!

Boys and Sticks!!

I suppose it is just the simplicity of it all that I love the best, boys and their sticks!! I tried for many years to NOT let him play with sticks. The whole, you'll poke your eye out concept. But by and by, that is the only thing that he was truly interested in, while playing outside! He twirls, jumps, flies through the air, marches, and so on. Just he and his stick! I don't know if it's just a mom thing, but oh how I love to just simply sit and watch, my boy with his stick. I just happily gaze out the window to see what he will do next, with that stick and incredible imagination of his.

Gifts to and from Nature/Pine-Cone Bird Feeder

Rootbeer applying the peanut-butter to his pine-cone. He made the pine-cone feeder at the Department of Conservation Program-Gifts to and from Nature earlier today.

Rolling the peanut-buttered pine-cone into the bird seed.

Hanging up his bird feeder. Enjoy birds!!