Watermelons

You're a Grand Old Flag

Tessa is playing the piano and her teacher played with her today. She played it perfectly until I pulled out the camera. She got nervous.  She really loves paying the piano. I am very proud of her. I don't have to fight her to practice. This is a true blessing. Check it out:

Math on the Drive way

Today Mr. Wheels wanted to play outside and ride his bike. Tessa brought out her math and did it outside with us. She was learning how to calculate the surface area of a pyramid. She had to construct a pentagon with a circle, goniometer, and a ruler. She cut it out and folded one of the sides on top of another to make a square pyramid and a triangular pyramid. She then found the surface area of both. Another time when school went where we were, instead of us going to school.

Bike day

Today was bike day for PE today. Tessa biked 6.5 miles yesterday. I was proud of her. Mr. Wheels  is the third from the right. The little ones road around a secluded parking lot and had races and played red light, green light together.

Warm Sunny Days

This week has gotten warm here. We have been wondering if winter was ever going to turn in to spring. We have had rain, wind and jackets for too long. When it was sunny today the kids talked me into doing school at the table on the back deck. It was too bright (I am not complaining) so Tessa got out her Japanese umbrella to shade her paper. Mr. Wheels colored on his laminated pattern letters with green dry erase letters. When he was done I had him pretend he was a John Deere lawn mower and "mow the grass" to clean it up. This is the joy of homeschooling we don't go to school, school comes with us.

Making Regular Polygons

Today for math Tessa was making regular polygons. She is making a hexagon with her 45-45-90 & 30-60-90 triangle to get the 120 degree angle. It was a bit frustrating because the paper moved.  She decided to tape them down and tape her  triangles together. She was proud of her hexagon when she was done even though it was hard. 

The Letter R

He does various activities for the letter of the week. Here are 2 of the ones we did this week. I printed the letter pattern pieces from Confessions of a Homeschooler. Mr. Wheels loves to paint. We have been doing these activities throughout the year. He is not as excited by them as he was at the beginning, but he still really loves painting.