Today is…Wednesday June 29 2011
The boys got dressed, and snuggled up for a read:
Giant and I played a game of catch (in the house?! What was I thinking!):
We started our learning day with a Gospel Message about how all good comes from God:
Then we tried some yoga from a terribly cute abc yoga book we just got from scholastic:
Good job Ettin!
We brought out games for a little while:
Then looked at our Nature Experiment book after snacks. We learned about how water flows through a tree, and read about the heartbeat of a tree (the sound of water flowing through).
We went outside for our experiment, wrapping some leaves with plastic wrap to catch the water. We’ll check back tomorrow to see how it’s doing:
And we tried to hear the hearbeat of a tree. I’m not sure if we heard it or just heard the branches rustling, but it was a neat experience (how often have you listened to a tree?):
Ettin was rather more entranced with the diggers working in the field next to our house:
And Galoot was just happy being outside:
After lunch we read stories:
And PROGRAMMED OUR ROBOT!
I thought I could attempt this while Galoot was still awake…
…but it became rather trickisome to test the robot and corral the baby:
So the baby went for a nap, and we got back to programming our shark hunter (pictured below, not above 😉 ):
With much re-programming in Enchanting, we came up with a robot that would run its motors, text “Oh No Sharks!”, play the Jaws song while dodging left and right while spinning a “shark getter”, then play a triumphant tune and text “I did it!” (it didn’t actually sense the tire ‘sharks,’ but we pretended it did):
This was sooo much fun!
Later, the boys were colouring before supper. Giant drew and labeled a “Mouse Veggie Truck” [vejEz]:
I sense Richard Scarry inpiration 😉 .