Yes, it is only Wednesday, but when we conjured up this idea, we couldn't wait for Friday! Student completed her seatwork of History, Phonics, Handwriting, Art and Math...so after she read 4, count them, 4 chapters of her first chapter book, Prairie School, we got to work creating her first solar system model.
Solar system of fabric, of course! Student picked the scraps and in the process of putting it together, she endured an iron burn. With the help of an ice pack, the eyes were full of tears, but none were shed.
In History we studied Cain and Abel from Genesis. Student had fun answering the questions, b/c she knows this story so well, it was quite easy. But new to her, was the question:
Who was Adam and Eve's 3rd son?
Other than work, we played in the rain and enjoyed our 1 mile ride in the morning sunlight from above. And during rest time for Teacher and Toddler, Student enjoyed Computer. What a mid-week day!
Student: As you can see, I put blue fabric in the background for the dark outer space. Then, I took the colors of the planets in fabric. Then, I traced them and cut the circles so that the different sizes, not the same size of the planet, but one that a human can see, so the sun was the biggest. You can go on the planet, because it is right there! I got Mercury a little too close to the sun, because we started with Pluto, and so Mercury is on the sun. And the planets are too close in this one.
My favorite part was cutting out the fabric circles. My uncle said to research about Pluto not being a planet anymore...here it is!
