Teacher thought the once-lost-now-found electronic tuner would bring back the proper sound to Student's violin practices...the dust aliens who had captured the unit, must have extracted some certain needed part...it's not what it used to be!
So, this video was made of Student's redirected practice. Learning what all it takes to earn the name COMPOSER, she worked on rhythm, lyrics, pulse and pitch. Her musical rhetoric is rapidly growing, as Toddler nabs bits and pieces whenever he chooses.
Truly, it was Principal that began the Homeschooling day at work. He was Yahtzee-Memory- Candy Landed out! Games 'r' us at 8:30am! What a fun Monday he brought!
Teacher, on the other hand, scrambled to finish the lesson on The Human Body Systems. Student got an overview of the digestive system with videos and quizes. But, to diagram, Teacher used an old paper-project stand-by...
Today's science vocab:
Mouth: put the food into Esophagus: food carrier Liver: food destroyer with saliva machine
Tomorrow, we'll add the names to the parts pictured on the next doll, and so on until Friday we'll review the completed system model! Hight-tech and complicated, but Student can do it!
Science didn't end there, as Student was so excited to begin the Ocean unit, off to Grandmother's she went. No, Grandmother doesn't live near the ocean, but she has quite the collection of shells and other ocean artifacts. Student studied them, and arranged her first still life for Art tonight.
Reviewing the kinds of shapes and lines, Student completed 2 drawings that she'll transform into other mediums this week, and learn about the mollusks and other living creatures that once inhabited the artifacts she drew. Her 10 second sketches were a nice cool-down for tired first grade hands.
Seat work in Math reviewed skip-counting by 3s and 50s. With the loss of another tooth, Student is skip-counting in her mouth as well!
Thanks be to God for our day together. As a family, as a learning group, we are the Homeschool.
