Week 2

Wow, ten days down and 170 to go! :)  Our main focus this year is World History.  Right now, we are learning about Ancient Egypt.  We are reading The Story of the World Vol. 1 and the Kingfisher Encyclopedia.  During read aloud time, I am reading The Trojan War.  For science, we are reading Evolution:  The Grand Experiment and Cool Stuff 2.0.  For experiments, we are using TOPS: Cohesion.  Here are a few pictures from the week.

Pyramids made out of LEGOS!

 

 

Cohesion experiment #2.

 

 

Look at the water on the penny!  We learned that water has strong cohesion.

 

 



 



First week...DONE!

We have survived the first week of middle school!  Our new schedule is working well.  I'm sure I'll do some tweaking here and there, but mostly it's working.  Here are a few pictures from our week.

Trying out their new bean bag chairs.  They are going to be flat as pancakes in no time. LOL  (The chairs, not the kids.)

Taking a break!

Justin found a comfortable spot to work on vocabulary.

Megan chose to sit at her new desk.

Our first science experiment...cohesion.

                                             It was tough counting 50 drops of each liquid.

Justin's turn.  Look at that concentration! HaHa





Where has the summer gone?

Well, it's that time of the year again.  Our first day of school for the 2012-2013 school year is Monday, August 13th.  We are starting middle school this year which is exciting and scary.  High school is just around the corner!  This year our focus will be on World History part 1.  We'll start with Ancient history and see how far we get.  The goal this year is "independence".  I would like for Justin and Megan to be able to do more without me "hovering" over them.  I will be available for questions/corrections etc., but I would like for them to take a little more responsibility for their learning.  We'll see how it goes.

Below are some pictures of our renovated school room.  We have new hardwood floors, new desks for the kids and me, new tv stand, new rug, new bean bag chairs, new BIG whiteboard!  Basically a total redo!