Recap and Review

We have had a lot of great stuff going on in the past month.  We finished a unit on chemistry, and a unit on the Inuit.  We started classes at McWeeds this past week, and it was great.  We are looking forward to great classes over the next several weeks.  Tomorrow we start monthly classes at Mystic Aquarium, and Tuesday we start them at Mystic Seaport.  We did Seaport classes last year, and they are phenomenal.  The kids are super excited.  I am just excited to be getting out of the house and doing stuff again.

The kids did a few sessions of ice skating, and are starting to really enjoy it.  I will be looking into finding reasonably priced classes or lessons.

And this is what it looked like outside the first day we were supposed to start classes.  So glad it is starting to melt and we can see some grass.  To celebrate we have been planting seeds and we made a terrarium in a giant jar.

It adds a beautiful element to our school room.  And the kids learned a lot about plant requirements and ecosystems.

We had a great field trip for Homeschool Day at The Connecticut Historical Society.  The prices are low and the classes are fantastic and really hands on.  The museum is small but great, really interactive and interesting.

We finished our Magic School Bus Human Body kit, did lots of painting and artsy craftsy stuff.  We made Valentines and did cooking and baking lessons.  We watched a lot of Liberty's Kids, worked on a dinosaur unit, worked in our Star Wars workbooks, studied Mesopotamia, physics, and square roots and square numbers.  We did a unit on rocks and minerals, did geography, studied the periodic table, and learned all about the number pi.  We also started playing Settlers of Catan with the geeklings.

We also saw an amazing glass blowing demonstration.  Which prompted CJ to state that he wants to go to RISD, and study glass blowing, since it is beautiful art and studying thermodynamics at the same time!

We finished a unit on Pompeii, and the kids have shown a lot of interest in studying things on their own.  They have been doing their own research in their books on topics that interest them as well as showing a lot more effort in their work.

We are very grateful for our network of families in the Southeastern CT Homeschool group.  We have had such great field trip and playdate opportunities, great parties, and a lot of support.  It has made a huge difference in our homeschool journey.  We had a curriculum swap, and it was fantastic to share ideas and materials with each other.  I am excited to start our spring schedule.  My favorite part of our spring plans is to start hiking with some friends, and then to start some cooking classes utilizing Alton Brown videos on Netflix.  Getting into the air and then into the mud, it will be amazing after the cooped up horrible winter we have endured.  Our homeschool group will be planning field trips to the Dinosaur State Park, and nature centers.  We can't wait for spring!!