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April 30, 2005
Math & Numbers
Both boys have been able to count and recognize the numbers up to 20 for a while and during the past week or so they have really shown an interest in reading larger numbers. They had a lot of fun playing on this interactive website. They like playing a game where I tell them to find a specific number and color it pink, green, etc... The number chart is printable and the site also has some ideas for more advanced activites.
Though I am kind of leaning toward unschooling, math is the one subject for which I will definitely use a curriculum. I haven't started to research that yet. Henry would only be eligible for kindergarten in the fall so I'm not in a hurry. I think I may wait until we move to San Antonio and meet up with other homeschoolers and see what is recommended.
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April 23, 2005
Henry's Projects
Henry is my project guy. He spends at least a couple of hours every day thinking about, planning or working on projects.
His latest creation is a fireplane.
First he draws up a blueprint:
After he is finished with construction he sometimes likes to paint his creation:
This is an airport he made recently:
Complete with airplanes and helicopters:
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April 20, 2005
Homeschoolers' Applications Up at Penn State
According to the Assistant Director of Admissions, Anne Rohrbach, "Penn State is now considered a homeschool-friendly university." Read the whole article.
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April 11, 2005
Spring Reading
There are 500,000 species of butterflies. I had no idea. We read this fact in:
Here are some other spirng related books we have read lately:
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Spring picture
We removed Henry's snowman from the front door and he drew a seasonally appropriate replacement. I always find it interesting to see how his protanopia shows up in his art projects.
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April 06, 2005
Signs of Spring
Warm weather has finally arrived in Boston. Most of the trees are still very bare but if you look closely you can find some signs that Spring is really here. We went to the Arboretum yesterday to see what we could find.
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