This was really fun. For some extra practice with fractions, they were given 'recipe' sheets (found in a Math Art book). Each recipe added up to one teaspoon and they had to fill in the missing fraction, measure the amounts out in colored playdough, then blend to make a new color and note what they discovered. They had a blast doing it, and although I think it was just fun for Jake, Chase really got a lot out of the activity.
We spent most of February studying Lewis and Clark. One day they went into the back yard and collected 'specimens' to draw and describe for President Jefferson.
A field trip to the Shenandoah Caverns. Our guide was amazing and went out of her way to make sure the kids learned a little geology while we were there!
Route 11 Potato Chip factory. A quick stop, but really fun to watch the whole process of how they make the chips. Of course there were samples, which really improved the experience . . .
The cherry blossoms came early this year, so we spent an afternoon in early March painting them. By making the background and trees out of watercolor and then adding acrylic with q-tips for the blossoms, we got a kind of layered effect that looked very cool when finished.
Mandan boats! While reading about Lewis and Clark we learned about bull boats and decided to try making a model with wet paper bags as the buffalo hide and tag board as the willow frame.
When they were finished we painted them with sealer to make them water tight. Very fun project!
The boys found an ipad app for Leia. The child lives a charmed life.
Another field trip, this one to the Richmond Zoo! We had a great time enjoying the Spring weather!
All right, so we HAVE done some cool stuff. Good. Now I don't feel so badly about all of the slave driving that's been going on around here.
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