we experience our first really rainy day,
so it's perfect for reading Thunder Bunny by Barbara Helen Berger
the older children play Ravine, a cooperative strategy card game
the younger children do a watercolor painting experience with two blues,
she keeps her colors carefully side by side and does not blend them
he paints the Thunder Bunny
then brings the sky closer and closer and closer
and ends up blending his colors in a joyful swirl
look, the rain filled our pots and pans!
running along the street watching the rainwater go into the storm drain
walking a magnolia cone "doggie" on a piece of string along in the water
we find little rivulets running in the yard as well
the Dot Exercise paper and a card from the Dot Exercise activity set
on these sturdy plastic cards, the math problem is on the front and the answer is on the back, acting as the control of error
I love the activity sets by Nienhuis Montessori and have a lot of them!
the results of dyeing yarn with avocado skins & pits
we are trying tea bags next
winding hanks of yarn for dyeing
and carefully tying them so they don't tangle while in the dye pot
a crockpot with wool yarn and tea bags simmering
a new color experience: mixing two primary colors
this is a daffodil-inspired painting
rinsing the brush very carefully between colors to keep them clean
Prussian blue and yellow make the best green
we see that the rinse water turns a lovely green...
what happens if we mix the colors on the paper?
she places a bit side by side
she's very hesitant to mix them!
at last we see the green!
ultramarine and red make the best purple
this is a crocus-inspired painting
the around the world trip of Nellie Bly
resulting colors from avocado (right) and tea bags (left)
both are wool yarns dyed in a crockpost with vinegar as the mordant
thank you to the family who lent us the double hammock
this beautiful vintage canvas hammock is 82 years old!
we start each day by reading in the Canteen Tent
then we have school meeting and then it's off to play!
in the afternoons we have our main lesson time,
and the children write in everything we do each day in the plan books
everyone comes to see the Bouncing Egg Experiment
(after soaking raw eggs in vinegar overnight to remove their shells,
how high will the "naked eggs" bounce?)
the new hammock is an enormous hit
everyone gathers around it as the hang-out spot
and friends take turns pushing each other
today it is warmer
so we dye yarn with coffee grounds using the Sun Jar method
the next day we hang the yarn to dry in the sunshine
and we discover that each brand of coffee makes a slightly different color
adding the Braille alphabet to the MLB for Helen Keller
finding a quiet spot and writing a rough draft
look what I found, Ms. Renee
worms!
shoebox weaving small tapestries in Desert Southwest colors
dyeing rice with vinegar and food coloring
shaking up the bags is so much fun!
measuring is an important part of the work as well
color mixing... one drop of green and two drops of pink
our beautiful finished rainbow of colors
we spread them out to dry overnight
a portion of each of the colors (some are hidden under others)
even the bits of rice left on the Art Table are beautiful together!
who can resist sensory play with this?
researching the Desert Southwest and the Diné people
practicing the state names with the USA Puzzle Map
learning the oil pastel transfer technique for making maps
in our study of Georgia O'Keeffe,
we do a piece of bug's-eye view artwork
draw the flower and trace the lines with black glue (glue + India ink)
after letting it dry overnight, add in the colors with chalk pastel
practicing gently blending the chalk pastels
getting the colors exactly right
blending tiny specks of many colors to get it just right
beautiful!
an extra bunkie board becomes the frame for the Water Wall project
can you create a design using loose parts that will sucessfully transport water from the top of the structure to the bottom?
an SWI lesson on the ground
what is in the family? what is not in the family?
the family of < one >
the six parts of the Backyard Biome:
energy from the sun (solar panel jar), water, air, earth, plants, animals
can you take a jar and collect this item from our yard?
he carefully demonstrates how to catch AIR in the jar
the key is to put the lid on really really fast :-)
there! we got it!
our SWI conversation about < nature >
the base is < nate > and these words have a sense of birth
here, we see what happens when prefixes and suffixes are added
< signature > is NOT in the family, as its base is < sign >
it seemingly has a spelling connection but notice that it does not have a meaning connection (and, to be in a family, a word must have both)
walking the snail spiral
as we go in and out to visit the house of snail, we carefully move as different animals; the children watching have to guess which animal is being acted out
drawing their own spirals with chalk
drawing long long wavy lines
our new Silver table for the Silver group
and our new Gold table for the Gold group
these lightweight collapsible camping dining tables from ALPS Mountaineering are absolutely awesome!
monoprinting with the gelatin printing plates
trying to design a pulley with a tree branch, yarn, and a pail
it works!
it is finally beginning to feel like Spring
helping a younger friend
our newest Montessori material... Turn Over
Zac, age 5 draws an older friend (left)
and the older friend, age 10, draws him in return (right)
the mixed-age play is real benefit to being in a homeschool co-op, and the children are so enjoying being together after a year of isolation!!
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