This week we are learning about angiosperms in botany. We learned that Seeds are held in containers, for instance apples, cherries, pears, cucumbers, acorns, pinecone and so on and so forth. The lesson for science is to disect a lily. Below Kaarina is pulling the petals off to glue to her science journal! We are… Continue reading Dissecting a Lily
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Ketchup
Today we discussed measuring and following a recipe! This is my first time I have made ketchup so I did most of the work. We chopped onions, vine, and cherry tomatoes put them in the instant pot together to stew. https://www.mountainfeed.com/blogs/learn/40577089-how-to-make-old-fashioned-ketchup-preservative-and-additive-free The above link is the recipe I followed. Well I followed to a point.… Continue reading Ketchup
Pinnacle National park
This time while we were driving north to the pinnacle national park the kids noticed the environment. I took the opportunity to talk about the different biomes and explained that where we are living at this moment is considered the desert biome. That the Joshua National park is also part of the desert biome. I… Continue reading Pinnacle National park
Learning New Things!
Three weeks ago I made some sour kraut for the first time! What I learned is even the the jar is full cram more in there! I pack it in way to loosely. So yesterday I put them all into one jar this way I did not need to reach all the way in to… Continue reading Learning New Things!
Boredom
I am quite impressed with my son right now! Being bored all day long with nobody to see and nowhere to go. He finally decides on his own to get a book and read! The impressive part is that it is his history that he chose to read! Right now he is learning about the… Continue reading Boredom
My daughters ❤ story
Far away in a little village, there was a little boy who loved to juggle. His favorite place to juggle is at the market. Where there are all kinds of different fruits and vegetables. He loved to juggle at the market because there are people there everyday. Everybody wore different colored clothes. The ones who… Continue reading My daughters ❤ story
Redo week 1 day 2 couch to 5k/10k Plus homeschool
Today our rhythmic exercise was our 5k training! We were actually able to get out for our run by 9am. Not even a quarter of the way through the training Charlie started to complain that it was to hard and she couldn’t do it. I said that it is no wonder that it is too… Continue reading Redo week 1 day 2 couch to 5k/10k Plus homeschool
School Today
We started with rhythmic movement therapy, ate breakfast, and washed dishes. With a little help Kaarina willingly read three pages book today, afterwards she did her math without a hitch. The link below is a video that we followed through for our rhythmic movement therapy. https://youtu.be/kGAZ7K9pS3U Instead of sitting with her and overseeing every aspect… Continue reading School Today
Homeschool Couch to 5k/10 week 3 day 2
Man time has gotten by me! Yesterday we did our five K ten K training and Charlie had a bit of a hard time regulating her breathing with how fast she was going. We all slowed down for her and she felt way better and sounded better as well (we let her set the pace… Continue reading Homeschool Couch to 5k/10 week 3 day 2
Group Couch to 5k/10k week 3 day 1/school
The last couple days have been a little rough for my middle daughter. She has a hard time with math and reading! I am being more consistent with having her read and do her math workbook instead of just doing mental math. Yesterday was pretty hard with some fighting and unwillingness to do her work… Continue reading Group Couch to 5k/10k week 3 day 1/school
Everything and Anything 