Library Haul
We got a great and diverse haul from the library today.
Some we’ve had before, some are new-to-us and some we’ve already started diving into!
The kids spent the better part of the morning creating a variety of machines from this book – some straight out of it, some from their imagination. The one below was from their own imagination, many edits took place, the linking cubes were added as weight to make the pencil line darker. Lots of other…
Rae is one of those kids that runs out of time each day for all the ideas she has. She may get this trait from me . . . Today she is leading them in a twist on some games. We have a number of games we like to play together as a family and…
What started as an attempt to make a robot out of old laminator and remote control car pieces quickly turned into a rabbit err . . . kitty trail . . . We went from this video of a cardboard robot to this video of a cardboard ATM to this video of a cardboard gumball…
While it’s disappointing when a fun toy breaks, being able to take it apart makes it less sad! Some time was spent taking apart this remote control car today. Ephraim got a few tools for Christmas and he’s been using them to take apart a number of different things. Now if we could just figure…
I really love the homeschooling community and how willing people are to share their knowledge. Today the kids got the chance to try skateboarding for the first time thanks to a homeschool dad who was willing to share not only his knowledge but also his board. Since we are parents who have not yet bought…
One of the sections I included on the weekly record sheet of my mini planner was “Best Quote” because I knew there were some great quotes being said each week but because I want writing them down I was forgetting them. This was my favorite from last week, it still makes me laugh every time…