We're working on our Outer Space Unit lately and these are a few of the things we've done. The constellation cards have pin pricks so when we hold it up to the light it really looks like the stars.
We began with the moon, then the sun followed by planets. Now we're moving further out to Galaxies, stars and black holes. Nate is especially excited to get to the "good stuff".
Our printer is out of ink, so I've been more creative about everything we do. Math is the trickiest to do without printouts, but we have a large white board that works well for most things. Geometry has been our focus lately, with Brandon doing just perimeter and area of simple shapes and Nathan doing radius, diameter, area and perimeter of circles. It's been so long since I did this kind of math! I had to double check and make sure I was teaching the correct formulas.
Another thing we've been focusing on is social skills. There is a curriculum called Superflex that I highly recommend. Each child works toward being socially flexible (like the superflex hero) and overcoming 'the team of Unthinkables'. The Unthinkables are challenges that kids face, for example: rock-brain tries to get people to focus only on one thing, glass-man makes small problems seem really big, etc.
The thing I like the most is that the kids don't see themselves as the cause of the problem. They are trying to overcome these bad guys and use the strategies we talk about to become a stronger, better person. Anyway, it's been a big help at our house.
Of course, homeschool is a 24 hour kind of education, so there's no way I can possibly include everything we learn and talk about. But that's the basics of what we're covering.
1 comment:
You are simply amazing! I love the sky. We've been watching the moon with Kimberly, it's fun to see her excitement as it not only changes shape, but changes where it is in the sky!
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