End of October...and all is well!

Well, Well, Well...the little Bobcats are superbowl champions!!! It was a really hard fought game and with a very last second touchdown, they won! 12-6 so it was close! The boys worked so hard and did such a great job this season and we all had SO much fun!!! So congrats to the 5th grade bobcats!!!

We have also started our unit on Egypt that has included the play "The Mummy's Claw" which was really fun! We've learned about mummies and pyramids and have lots of projects lined up for that! We're making a papyrus boat out of drinking straws right now! HA!

So in the past couple of weeks, we've been to a play, we also went to the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and learned about the pipe organ and the percussion instruments and how they became a part of the symphony. Very interesting, actually! And we've had a "hoe down" party with the homeschool friends! This brought a lot of laughs as the boys were learning to square dance...um...sort of!

We've also started a unit on World Religions that Camo thinks is incredibly interesting. It's a fun time to teach that one...and there is so much to be learned! Stay tuned as we'll have updates from Halloween...and we have a couple of really fun field trips coming up!!! So as of tomorrow...HAPPY NOVEMBER!!!

Football playoffs and a chalkboard table!!!

Well, what a fun time for us! We are loving the unit on Egypt. Fascinating! Camo loves it! He is doing fabulous in math, which is really good! He's come a long way! Everything in school is great. Nothing really NEWS worthy, just all good!


Now...let's talk football. Little thing's team is undefeated. Also, nobody has scored on them! The entire season and the playoff game...this coming Saturday is the superbowl...so of course, we hope the trend continues!!!!!!! Camo is starting defense and offense, so he gets some MAJOR exercise on Saturdays! HA! Of course, then comes home and celebrates by doing bike tricks in football gear...sigh...

















The other fun thing is that we finally painted our table. I was asked if I'd document it, so I did. So this week's blog is kinda lame in the school part, but fun in the other parts! HA HA
Alright, here's the deal. I've been DYING to have a table painted in chalkboard, so when the boys are doing school, they can just jot things down on the table. Figure out math problems, work on art, diagrams, there's so much to do on the table!!!! So...here was the journey:


So this is what it began as.









Then we did THREE COATS of primer...















Then, we did 2 coats of chalkboard paint, (waiting 24 hrs between each coat...and 24 hrs before we drew on it) and now...this is it! All I have left to do is to cover the seats on the chairs! We love it!

Fall is here!

Well, it's been almost a month since I updated! Sorry about that! We have been so busy since getting home from our trip. (excuses, excuses!)
Alright...here's the update:
We have discovered this month that Camo actually LIKES math. He's doing so much better and says this is the first time since 2nd grade that he understands what he's doing...YAAAAAY!!!!!

The fun, photo worthy things we've done since getting back are:

Going to the dairy farm and learning and seeing the milking process. I took both boys. Mine, and the little 5 yr old that I teach 3 days a week. They both learned a lot, and so did I!

We are also wrapping up our "Human Body" unit. We have some more at home studying to do, but the labs are complete. We ended on a brain and eyeball note and the eyeball ended up being Camo's favorite thing! The one photo is him holding the lens of the eye. Very interesting! So the photos show the brain, the eyeball, the presentation that Camo did on Alzheimer's Disease...the boys at the dairy farm...we really have had a lot of fun! Once we completely finish the Human Body unit, we'll be moving onto The Solar System. We'll also be doing Environmental Science, and might still stay with our group of kids we've been with for the Human Body labs. There's 11 kids in that group and we might scale it down to about 6 or so for the Environmental labs...that's in the works!

One thing I have learned since teaching Camo, is that hands on is the way to go. Also, going outside is good, too. I can see him open up when we go outside to do math...no stress...just nature. He really loves that, too. I wish there was a way to teach everything I need to teach him with some great experiment...and sitting outside. How great would THAT be?

We've also been doing yoga. He's in a pre-teen yoga class and as much as he was worried about it being "girly"...he loves it! He does yoga and then works out afterwards and I think it's really great! So does he!

Alright...Just wanted to share and update since I hadn't in a while and I usually get great feedback on the dissecting photos! HA!...I did miss posting the dissecting the kidney pictures, but you get the idea. All in all, he ended up dissecting: a long bone, knuckle, kidney, brain, eyeball, lungs and heart. He has enjoyed this more than anything I've ever seen him do in school. Absolutely fantastic!!!!

More later...Thanks for checkin' this out!