Saturday, December 31, 2022
Goodbye to 2022
Friday, December 30, 2022
School Happenings
History Dioramas
Most of the time I just grade and let Mrs. Buman take care of the rest, but this afternoon she needed some extra practice so we practiced on the patio!
It is always fun when you can add some hand's-on and visuals to go with what you are reading.
Lorelei likes to study with Harry Potter music playing when she can!
One science assignment was to make a cell model that should show what you used to represent each part of the cell. Makin chose to make a Cell Bot.
They escaped with about 30 seconds left and enjoyed this special assignment! Thankful for some amazing online resources!
We love a chance to see a book turned into a movie and enjoyed watching Holes after Makin read it for reading.
It's brutal to get back to work after a trip! :)
Our summer field trip was a great intro to learning about the Oregon Trail. We enjoyed playing the "vintage" game as well as an assignment where they chose what supplies to take on their wagon.
Animal Robotics assignment? Sign this guy up! :) This science project was to choose an animal and gather information about it, and then draw a robotic animal and label each tool or equipment you would use and how it would be useful.
He named his robot Myrmekes after the giant ants in the greek myths. His robot ant would be built for use in mines or other digging.
School Out And About
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| When the coffee shop is unexpectedly closed...you find some grass... |
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| Spelling while big sis volunteers! |
Creative Writing
We take a break from our writing curriculum from Thanksgiving through Christmas and enjoy various creative writing assignments. Here is a favorite from Christmas. The assignment was to come up with a Holiday town/theme park and then draw what they wrote about.
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| Lorelei's |
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| Makin's |
Thursday, December 29, 2022
Extracurriculars
Lorelei
Lorelei attends Polynesian classes each week and is still loving it! From what I can tell the teacher is doing a great job of pushing them to improve each week!
We had one sneak peek at class in December for parent's day and now we just wait to enjoy the recital in the spring!
Lorelei is back to enjoying horseback twice a month!
She was thrilled to get some puppy time as well as they had a litter on the farm this fall!
Volunteering at ManeGait
Mark Rober Class
This girl has been aching to volunteer with animals basically her entire life. She was absolutely floored to discover ManeGait, a therapeutic riding center, that allows 14-year-old volunteers. She signed up as soon as she could and has been going once a week (as long as they are in session) since September.
She is getting so many benefits by helping with this program and hopefully helping others as well!
Makin
Makin was part of a 30-day course on creative building and engineering. He had work to do each day and in the end, created three builds. There were three categories, the first build was mechanical engineering oriented, the second, was electrical engineering, and the third was a blend of both.
His favorite part was being able to build his own builds and being able to watch Mark Rober do his also.
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| He is now signed up for a monthly subscription to Crunch Labs (Mark Rober's company) Build Box and is really enjoying it! |
Golf
So...this was supposed to be Makin's sport this semester. We mostly failed at that other than the occasional golf outing! Plans to improve next semester. :)
Sunday, December 25, 2022
Christmas
We had an extremely restful Christmas this year. :)
Christmas Eve
What a treat it was for Christmas Eve to fall on a Saturday. Brad could enjoy the full day without feeling like he needed to work! Such a treat!
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| We watched White Christmas and It's A Wonderful Life |
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| A few pics after the candlelight service. |
Christmas Day
We had a quiet day just the four of us!
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| Brad helped fold napkins. |
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| "Napkin folding is exhausting." |
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| Roll selfies. |
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| Pictionary Air |
Merry Christmas!
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