Learning Outside of the Classroom and Day 4 of Homeschooling
One of the joys of learning at home is that the world is ours to explore. We believe that learning happens where ever and whenever the opportunity presents itself. We had the good fortune to walk out our door at 10:45 this morning to find a small turtle on our sidewalk. We gently gathered the turtle in a small bucket and set the bucket in a safe place to explore later.
As we have a pond behind our house, we guessed that we had found a Snapping Turtle. A few clicks through google and sure enough we found that the little turtle was indeed a Snapper. So, we gently moved the turtle into a large bowl so we could see it better and we studied its features, tail, legs, head, shell. We also read about what snappers eat. Bella named the turtle Genieveve.
Our female cat, Aurora, tends to be the more inquisitve of our cats and as you can see, she took a look at our new friend. (of course we made sure the turtle was safe at all times). Our some time, we decided it was time to take our new friend back to home or at least what we would assume is her home.
Monday is Day 4 of Homeschooling
Here is what we are doing this week:
Monday- Things That Have Spots
Math- turtle game.groups of ten
Science- turtles, lady bugs and other things with spots
Literacy- Various books
Grouchy Lady Bug
Dance Class- Ballet and Tap
Tuesday- Spotted Things Continued
Math- More groups of ten, Unifix Blocks
Art- Finger print pictures, bingo dabbers
Literacy- Library day…new books
Weds- Spotted Things – Why do animals have spots? Why do people have freckles?
Homeschool Day, meet with friends
Thursday-?
Friday- Woods Walk to Find Spotted Things
Posted on September 9th, 2007 by karen
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