Guess what we made..

I just love when you find that terrific curriculum AND it works for multiple kiddos.  As any homeschooler knows the curriculum you start off with is not always the same that you end with for the year.  Most likely you have to switch books for each kid as well.  We have stumbled across a few that we are not sure that we can part with.  Math U See is and has been our math curriculum since the beginning.  We have now been using Shurley English, All About Spelling and Apologia Sciences. When I was preparing for the homeschool conference in Cincinnati a few weeks ago, my children approached me and asked if they could make a request.  Of course I thought they were going to ask for games or fun things from the conference.  I was pleasantly surprised when my children asked that I not change their math or science.  My children get up in the morning and have their math and sciences finished first. They are eager to get them done and if I gave them the chance they would do just those subjects.  
  Why do they love the science?  We get to play!  The oldest caddy is learning all about the weather and predicting it right now.  He is enjoying Apologia’s Exploring Creation with Physical Science because it is easy to read and comprehend and he can complete his lessons on his own.  I just step in the evaluate his work each evening.
     For the younger caddies we are studying Anatomy and Physiology, Apologia of course.  We have covered things like the respiratory system and the skeletal system.  We have drawn bones, made a lung (out of a Gatorade bottle and balloons) and a plethora of other things.  One of the most recent things that we accomplished was making edible blood!

This was one of our lab projects.  We used corn syrup for the plasma, cinnamon red hot candies for the red blood cells, a white jelly bean for the white blood cells and candy sprinkles for the platelets.  The kids had a blast making it.  It was hilarious to me as well, when we were explaining to the Pro what blood is made of, for example, one of the caddies said “look Dad, we made blood with red hots”.  The response from the Pro then was “What? I have red hots in my blood?”  Of course he was kidding and it took a few explanations for the kiddos to remember what each thing was supposed to be.  I just love the interactive types of curriculum.  We also made a heart.  We made edible hearts as well as you can see out of jumbo and mini marshmallows, graham crackers, icing and food coloring. 

 

                                       I love to work on these projects with my children, and watching them grow and learn on a daily basis.  I feel blessed for this opportunity to have them at home with us.  I hope that you have enjoyed taking a peek into our science world.

Blessings from the Clubb Farm!