Field Trip: Hospital

Today, we went to visit our good buddy Avery. She lit up when we came in the room and she and Lucy had a big snuggle.



Of course, we had to bring a little science along...here Avery uses a water bottle to "sneeze" her "germs" without a tissue...


...and with. It was a good reminder of how germs spread when we don't cover coughs and sneezes.




Then, we pulled out an old favorite. We each sprinkled one color of glitter on our hands. Then we pretended to cough and sneeze into our hands. Without washing our hands, we shook hands with each other.



We learned that it takes soap, water, and rubbing our hands together to get the germs off!



We took an Avery led tour of the hospital and enjoyed some more snuggles while she had her treatments. We love Avery and were glad to go for a visit.

The link at the top of our blog will take you to Zoe's charity she started to benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

Busy Tuesday

Tuesday's are our crazy days here at the academy. Our 1st grade student is sad there is no Annie practice tonight, but the teacher is secretly glad.

Today, Lucy reviewed some sight words by making Christmas trees.







Here, Zoe tries to explain how she's "seeing it in her mind." We are slowing down on math while we master adding by making 10. (so when we see 8+4 we think 10+2). Not easy at first but I believe in this mathematical thinking and it's why I love Singapore math even when it's tough sledding.






Lucy was blowing through box 2 of Bob books so during Zoe's science class, we made a special trip to buy box 3.












Then we got to visit Zoe's last science class and go on her nature walk. We loved seeing the injured deer and learning more about what she does each week.












And then it was Nutcracker day at dance class. Lucy (in red) pictured during the night before the magic starts.






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Thinking in 10s

I love Singapore Math because it teaches higher order thinking early. It's a tough concept, but she's starting to get it.



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Blubber

Zoe has been taking a wonderful animal class at the Heard Science Museum. For her final project, she had to pick any animal and create a poster about it.




We researched from several different sources, got the big ideas together, and put them on the poster.





Then she practiced her presentation - note the food chain on the bottom including the fisherperson.




And of course, we had to bring an experiment. We put ice water in a cooler and she had her friends put on one scuba glove and stick both hands in the water. The squishy glove acts like the seal's blubber to keep it warm in the cold ocean. I refrained from sticking around, but she said it was a hit.

In case you wondered...

We still do regular work (although today it's just a hoop to jump through to get to opening night!)








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