Potty Time

Clack used the potty today!!! She's not yet potty training, but I am getting her acquainted with the terms, the look, and feel of the potty. It just so happened that I'd undressed her in preparation for bathtime but didn't unbraid her hair. I used this opportunity to sit her on the potty, and she actually used it. This caused an uproar of celebration in the house!

Today's Homeschool Schedule - Week 15

Classical Music - This week's composer is Joseph Haydn.

Saxon Math 1 - Lesson 42. We spent a lot of time on math today. Click had to cover a design 4 different ways and then map & color the shape. He has mastered his doubles, +1, and +0 facts (0-9).

Reading - Click read Tales from the Waterhole by Bob Graham. I read one chapter of Kingdom of the Sun - The Sun by Jacqueline Mitton; Insects Do The Strangest Things by Leonora Hornblow. We covered the water strider, the caddisfly, the water boatman and the backswimmer, and the mosquito and the housefly. I also read a few poems from Poetry for Young People - Langston Hughes by David Roessel and Poetry for Young People - Animal Poems by John Hollander.

Memory Work - Books of the Bible, New Testament, 1 John - Revelation

Science - Apologia Zoology Chapter 1 - Airfoil & Drag. We completed Experimenting With Glider Design. We built 2 gliders with different wings (long & narrow and short & wide) and tested which glider would fly the farthest. Click's hypothesis was that the "long narrow glider will fly farther because it has the longest wing." He was correct. We flew the planes 15 times. The long, narrow wing averaged 8.6 feet. The short, wide wing averaged 8.2 feet.


What about Clack?
She was unusually busy today, just into everything. She played with pennies, putting them in and out of cups, bowls, bags, and on the scale. She played with clay. She spread leapfrog cards all over the living room. She did everything but take a nap during school time!