Week 34-35

 We got to go bowling with our aunt and uncle. It was really fun. Max got second highest score on one game and Mali got second highest score on another game. We hadn't gone bowling for quite a while. Our aunt showed us her technique of just throwing the ball directly out in front of you. It works pretty well. We didn't even use bumpers and didn't get very many gutter balls. 

We finished up our history book, volume 2. We learned about how Spain was kind of the ruler of the seas and had the most colonies around the world. They were getting annoyed by the English ships and decided to fight them. England ended up beating the Spanish Armada and it was kind of a turning point and Spain started to diminish in power while England continued to gain more power. 

We finished up North America in our geography studies and learned about the US and Canada. We haven't decided if we will do Europe or Asia next. We did practice quizzes to review the North and Central American countries. 

Max: I finished the 3rd grade math in my program. Now I am working through some of the review practice materials just to make sure I don't have any gaps. I lost the book I was reading and we looked for it for over a week and finally my mom just decided to buy a new copy because we have no idea where it is. So I am back to reading that book and will try and do a better job of putting it back after I finish my daily reading. I have been doing some typing practice too. 

Mali: I finished up the money and patterns section in math. Now I am starting measuring. 

I finished Amber the Orange Fairy and started Sunny the Yellow Fairy

Noni visiting Mali during math

One of Mali's math lessons

Week 33

 In Science this week we learned about the genetics of blood type. Blood type is determined by what antigens are on the blood cells. A person can have A or B antigens or both, or neither A nor B. They can also have an antigen of Rh factor and if they have that they have a + and if they don't have that, they are -. Our dad is O- and our mom is O+ so we know that all of us kids are O something. 

 

Most of the chickens are laying eggs again 

after taking a break in the winter due to moulting or just 

it being winter

We went on a long scooter ride along the river trail and had 

fun doing a little exploring

We got our kinetic sand out to play with. 

Mali's new lego set

Mali staged a photo shoot of her white tiger

We went out for brunch and part of Max's 

meal was this great fruit bowl

Week 32

This week in science we learned about Meiosis. Meiosis is how the chromosomes get mixed around and then split so that an offspring only gets half from each parent instead of doubling by getting a full set from each parent. Humans have 23 pairs of chromosomes, so 46 total. 

Our bowls got fired so we were able to pick them up from the pottery studio. So fun to see how they turned out!

 

A drawing by Mali

Max's bowls

Mali's bowls

Mali's embroidery project

Silly picture of Mali

Week 31

This week we played a lot of games as part of school and that was really fun. In science this week we learned about what chromosomes are and what genes are. In geography we learned about Haiti, Dominican Republic, and Cuba. 

Mali: I finished reading Ruby the Red Fairy. I like these fairy books. I also did math lessons, music practice, and geography and history. 

Max:  I am still reading my Space Case book. I did math lessons, music practice, geography, and history. 

This is a cool game called Three Sticks. There is lots of math in it. 

Kerplunk!

Blockhead