Noo got this awesome Young Scientist Kit from Edukits from us for his birthday on the 3rd and is totally in love with his lab coat ♥
Here we did a snow making experiment (also from Edukits) which Noo and Koko totally loved.
A snow heart for Mommy from Noo ♥
Koko’s hand print
I’ve been experiencing some problems with Photobucket, hence the late post 🙁
As part of our Astronomy Theme for July, I decided to put a Space travel lapbook together to add a little fun and interest during our lessons. Our space ship will be flying through our solar system and we will map our “trip” on our solar system poster we received from The South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) as we get to learn all about it.
Our Space Travel lapbook is also in the shape of a rocket ship.
Our rocket cover I created.
Our sequencing pocket I created.
The worksheets inside the rocket from Lapbook Lessons and Homeschool Share.
This week we focussed on the skeleton (our theme for the week) and went over the basic functions of the bones.
Monday we did an overview of the Skeleton (see the post below)
Tuesday we did the Skull and Ear
Wednesday we did the Rib Cage and Spine
Thursday we did the Arm and Hand
Friday (today) we did the Foot and Knee
I am exceptionally happy with Noo’s progress over the last week. His reading has improved 10 fold as well as his over attitude towards his work.
This week I also managed to sort out our book shelf. Some of Noo’s “school” books are on the top shelf as well as Koko’s puzzles and some craft supplies that need to be sorted and repacked into the craft drawer. Our reading and story books are on the second shelf and our files are on the bottom shelf with the Practica activities.
It’s international astronomy year, so on Thursday I contacted Sivuyile Manxoyi (sivuyile@saao.ac.za) from The South African Astronomical Observatory in Cape Town to get some information from them and the he said he will mail brochures, posters, an Astro CD and hands on activities that they do at the observatory to me today FREE of charge. I’m thrilled, can you tell. Now I’ll have allot of information straight from the source, so to speak, when we do the solar and star systems.