Week Two Photos

These photos go with the post Week Two Notes (week of Sep 12).

we wondered what would happen if the celery stalk was split and put into two different colors... would they blend?

no, the color seems to stay on one side of the celery!

it's interesting too to see celery with its root

sketching chrysalides

choosing professions to research

and gathering relevant resources (these are for the Apothecary)

time to make some pawpaw recipes!

we carefully save the seeds for germinating

I'd love to have a few pawpaw trees in my yard!

meanwhile, in the Art Room, the younger children come up with the idea of making fairies

so I hand them a few peg doll blanks and my box of colorful paper scraps

they really are quite adorable

an assessment... I ask the children to write the capital letters A to Z as best as they can remember them

the letter J is the one most often reversed, so we focus on it this week

organization - caddies

organization - plan books

sundial experiments

orienteering pacing

sketching the pawpaws before we cut them up for salsa

exterior view

interior view 

helping a friend

checking the "Wristwatch as a Compass" trick

this works best when the sun is low in the sky

align the hour hand with the direction of the sun

find the shortest curve between the hour hand and the 12 (either direction)

the midpoint of that curve is SOUTH

the daily notes for the plan books; the blank space is for children to write in their individual choices during Independent Work Time

I find 6 more of my favorite vintage circular protractors on eBay - NOS!

I love how they have North, South, East, and West on them

I'm keeping track this year of exactly how much I spend on supplies:

https://switzerite.blogspot.com/2022/06/homeschool-co-op-expenses-2022-2023.html

looking at the circle so closely is a great opportunity to review reading an analog clock

this is the Montessori Teaching Clock from Hello Wood

practicing shoe tying

getting handwork baskets organized for knitting

this is Pattern Play from Mindware

an experiment from Anno's Sundial

spaghetti angles!

I learned this lesson years ago (2001) when I was teaching 4th grade

it is so perfect here...

they had a semicircular protractor and had to do the math for angles greater than 180... then they could check their work against the circular protractor

this is the Water Cycle Mat from Waseca Biomes

match the colored side of the arrows with the artwork on the mat

then flip them over and read the steps in the cycle

testing acidity with litmus paper

the Miracle Berry Experiment

sneaking in a quick knitting lesson at the end of the day!

this turtle was heading 240 degrees at a brisk pace

and the children found it at the perfect time, right when I was introducing how to use a compass

the Coin Game

experimenting with wire sculptures after learning about Alexander Calder

pipe cleaners are great for a "rough draft"

and they will have beautiful colored crafting wire to work with on Monday

the pawpaw shape abstracted as a symmetrical drawing

this child is also working with symmetry in his counted cross-stitch design

casting on for the Horse pattern

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