Homeschooling: November 9th - November 13th

Here's another look at a week of homeschooling at Robbins Academy for Him:

Highlights

* Another fantastic technology lesson with Daddy in which we created our own word document

* Writing in our journals about a special soccer game (Rachel) and a pet dragon (Nathan)

*Pretending to be geologist in science and doing more fun "rock-type" experiments

* Learning about Prairies (Rachel) and the Spanish colonization (Nathan)

* Math fun with Manipulatives

* Bike Ride to Grandpa Howards and Gram Cindys with Grandma Judy

Nathan picking out the "minerals"(chocolate chips and nuts) from the rest of the "rock"(cookie)

Geologist Rachel doing the same thing as her brother. The chocolate chip with nuts cookie represented a metamorphic-type rock. A rock which is changed into a different rock as a result of heat and pressure.

Showing the "sedimentary rocks" we created. Our rocks were made up of layers of sand, glue, gravel, and shells)

Testing and observing the hardness, streak color and other characteristics of different rocks

Rachel reading her report on her mineral choice -- "gold"


Nathan reading his mineral report on "silver"

Watching a video for History

Rachel and Isabel with the prarie dolls Mrs. Patchin made for them

Daddy teaching another terrific technology lesson

Rachel and her "all-star" soccer team (with Daddy as her coach)

Nathan working on his Pet Dragon story

Grandma Judy, Nathan and Rachel before they leave to go on a bike ride to Grandpa Howard and Grandma Cindy's house