I’m not very good at remembering to take pictures of our school day—much of what we do isn’t that interesting to see anyway. But recently the kids have had some fun and I’ve remembered to take pictures.
First, Russ got us to watch a National Geographic volcano special with him. Now I’m a total volcano lover (a lava lover, really) but this was the little kids’ first real exposure to volcanoes. They thought the movie was great, and as soon as it was done started planning how they could make their own volcanoes. Over the next couple of days they constructed their volcanoes out of wadded up paper and tape, then paper mache. At that point Jared seemed to run out of steam but the girls kept going and painted theirs, then added streaks of lava.
Several days later we were ready for the explosion. As you can see, they also added a witness to the destruction.
We were all pretty excited to see what would happen.
It was totally awesome!
In the last week the girls have found a new fun game. They call it “Elegant Lunches,” and they’ve done it every day. Whatever they’re going to eat they serve in multiple courses, and they use our nicest glasses.
Moments like these make me love homeschooling…
Posts
Tell the girls I am SO impressed by their lava-streaked paint job!!! And I love the Elegant Lunches!
ReplyDeleteSo cute:). When I was little, and my parents had dinner parties, my mom would give me milk in a wine glass and call it "white wine". When I have a little more cabinet space someday soon, one of the first things I'll buy is some wine glasses (In fact when we go to the beach, if the house has them, I always use them- I got teased once for drinking gatorade out of a martini glass!).
ReplyDeleteLove the elegant lunches! My mother started real herb tea parties and now we gotta do that one all the time.
ReplyDelete