Comments on: Week Four – the Experiment

By: Pass The Torch » Homeschool experiment — weeks 9 and 10

Pass The Torch » Homeschool experiment — weeks 9 and 10 — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 21:33:24 +0000

[...] Last week was very productive, despite the fact I was gone again on Monday to facilitate a training. And C’s mealworm FINALLY made it through to the adult stage. That was pretty exciting. Recent A-ha’s They love the science garb. The goggles, the gloves, and the test tubes and beakers make it all far more interesting. They could do science experiments all day if I’d let them. [...]

By: Pass The Torch » Oscar Mayer wiener whiner (reprise)

Pass The Torch » Oscar Mayer wiener whiner (reprise) — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 05:21:40 +0000

[...] You’ve had the opportunity to learn some of Curt’s talents in recent posts, but some of you may not have witnessed his singing back in July, and I thought it deserved a reprise. So in honor of all you blog readers that appreciate a kid who steps out of his comfort zone to try something he’s never done before, I present… [...]

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 03:44:53 +0000

A blanket of snow?! Glad I’m not there! LOL Glad you are learning to enjoy the homeschool experience!

By: Jenn

Jenn — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 01:04:13 +0000

I have an idea for both your studies.
1. For animals: I played a game with my students and their beanie babies. We piled all the beanie babies (or other stuffed animals) into a pile. Then we used hula hoops to create rings on the ground. We labled each hoop with the name of a habitat. Then we “raced” to get all the animals into the right habitat. It goes great with book Milton The Early Riser by Jose Aruego (sp?). In the story Milton wakes up after an earthquake and finds that the sleeping animals are all in the wrong place. He put all the animals into their proper habitats.

2. Human body “ride”- The fifth graders created a ride for my 1st graders through the digestive system. They had the first graders sit on scooters ( you could use a big wheel or a wagon) and one child pushed the child through a path in the gym(you could use the driveway.) First they went into the mouth which was a cardboard box tunnel w/ paper lips and teeth. Then they traveled down the esophogus into the stomach where they were sprayed with spray bottles of stomach acid (water) all along the older kids explained the process. It was pretty cute and they made it up themselves. You could do almost any organ similarly. Or how about organ dioramas?

Sounds like fun!

By: Christine

Christine — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 21:07:57 +0000

Home schooling sounds so much more fun than regular school!
After reading Pam’s comment I’m going with homeschoolig my almost 4yr. old, because, she won’t be old enough either, which might work out for homeschooling my son at the same time! Thanks for inspiring me Kelly with your experiments!

By: Robin (Pensieve)

Robin (Pensieve) — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 17:54:16 +0000

This is a great picture of Curt, but those little critters are creepy crawlers! Hope none got loose!

By: Kathleen Marie

Kathleen Marie — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 16:05:07 +0000

I loved all those science projects way back when in the dark ages! Ha! When I homeschooled we built a huge eye, one that you could crawl through out of washer and dryer boxes and other things. It was pretty cool. We fried an egg in a coke bottle – amazing how acid cooks an egg…what fun memories!

I’m filing this idea for our chemical reaction unit. Thank you!! That sounds very intriguing!

By: Pamela

Pamela — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 15:23:46 +0000

you do make it sound fun.
My mom home schooled me my very first year – because the school said I wasn’t old enough.

Then I passed the test and went to 2nd grade. I don’t remember it studying, and barely recall any thing about it.

By: Waya

Waya — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 14:56:04 +0000

Boy, this homeschooling sounds so much fun! Who needs to go back to school then? You seem like you have everything under control and this is just up your alley Kelly!