Rose completed her egg experiment by leaving it to soak in coloured water & then after a few days, bursting it. We talked about osmosis & she was utterly fascinated. And it was messy – always a bonus!
Maths is coming along…Rosie is working steadily through Graded Work In Arithmetic, a vintage text which is very solid. This is done orally, or on our whiteboard. It is working right now…
Greek Myths have taken a back seat this week & lots of Grimm’s Fairy Tales have been read. LOTS. She loves the gore…
Plus lots of non-fiction reading from her favourite series:Usborne Beginners
Ellie is really enjoying her reading…The Children Of Odin (Norse Mythology – her favourite) & she is still reading & enjoying Anne Frank: The Diary Of A Young Girl.
We made more ice-cream this week, in honour of our read aloud, Anne Of Green Gables. Essentially, you just make a custard & freeze it. It was utterly delicious!
Rose went through the box in which I keep special items for our nature table. She re-discovered the wooden eggs we have & promptly decided to build a bird’s nest. She wrapped up one of the eggs in cling-film, popped it in the nest & has put the nest in a tree in our garden to see if a bird will use it. I love that child…
Rose cut up the last of the seeds from her bean experiment & added a wee booklet to her notebook (Parts of a seed shape book)
There have been lots of froggy goings on in the garden, with Rose keeping a close eye on them
She has observed them, sketched them, & generally just enjoyed being with them, dancing around with glee each time a new globe of frogspawn appears.
Elianna has been drawing a lot…still inspired greatly by mythology…
This week I tentatively invited two friends of Elianna to join us for science once a week. This week one of them was poorly, so I was eased into it with just one extra student! We began with states of matter. The girls worked hard & it all went well. Everyone is really looking forward to these lessons as this week I ordered a bunsen burner! Yay!
More molecule modelling from Elianna….
All the regulars, English, maths & Latin & another week is over.
Some of the books we have been reading this week;
Rose:
Favourite Poems Old & New – this is my most favourite poetry book, of all that we own!
Gazzilions of the Usborne Beginners
Elianna:
The Annotated Anne Of Green Gables
Anne Frank: The Diary Of A Young Girl
I am finding these ‘teacher guides’ helpful:
A Guide For Using D’allaire’s Greek Myths In The Classroom
Anne Of Green Gables Teacher Guide
Anne Of Green Gables Teacher’s PDF
We are meeting with our home ed groups this afternoon…
Happy Weekend!
I love the molecule models-it makes chemistry so much more visual.
Thank you for listing the books-I love to see what others are reading and, of course, sometimes we copy!
thank you Sarah Elisabeth!
Thank you for this brilliant blog. I’m wondering how on earth you got the egg in vinegar thing to work. We have tried and failed four times now!
oh, hello there!
hmmm, we just stuck our egg in lots of vinegar & it did its thing… 🙂
What went wrong with yours? Did the shell not dissolve?
Lx