Another Day in Paradise

Boy did I wake up on the WRONG side of the bed this morning! But, like Connor yesterday, I had to tell myself to put on my big girl panties and get going!

I absolutely kicked Connor's butt in math today. He is really having a difficult time with parts and wholes. He wants to use his fingers even though he has pasta pieces in front of him. He just doesn't see that no matter how you split up the pieces, they will always equal the whole. We'll be practicing this a lot more.

We continued with our study of air today by making parachutes.

Question: What makes a parachute float?

Hypothesis: The wind.

First we collected our materials.

Then we designed our parachutes.

Then we made little clay men and attached them to our parachutes.

Then it was time to go outside and try out our experiment:

(You can tell by the sound of my voice that I was just not into this today.)

Results: Our hypothesis was SORT OF correct. It was air pushing against the inside of our parachute that helps it to float.

So we tried it again in the house:

But we didn't stop there. We talked about how gravity works on an object and used a balled up piece of clay to show what happens when it is dropped at various heights. The kids enjoyed watching it get flattened!

For Spanish I had Connor label index cards with the names of the colors and tape them to corresponding-colored items in the living room.

Since I wasn't having a super day, we read books together for reading and read scriptures. We worked on directions (north, south, east, west) for social studies and identified the states that our relatives live in. I have started teaching them "The United States" song so that will be fun to record and post :)

I am continually amazed at how many times I hear Connor ask, "Is it time for homeschool yet?" or "Is it 9:00 yet?" He can't wait to get going and learn. It is just so fun for us. The learning never really ends because there are constant questions and explorations to be made. I'm rightfully exhausted, (as I haven't built up my teaching stamina again yet) but it is so worth it!