Left Over Tid-bits

So before I start with next school year's posts, here's a post to wrap up the summer, and anything else, including repeating some stuff from the "checklist" post which I don't plan on including in my printed yearbook blogbook.

Speaking of Yearbook, here's their "yearbook" photos!!!

First, Daniel passed off his times tables! Just a few days after he turned eight.

Maxwell gave a involved presentation on reef fish in our area:

And I had a couple more science clubs. One where we talked about DNA and genetics:

And one where we dissected rotting crabs....okay so that was not a legit science club, but a last ditch effort to feel like I had taught something.

And throughout the summer we have learned a lot....by experience.....not by my awesome teaching.

And we "caught up" on anything I didn't teach throughout the school year about science and history with good ol' Youtube and Brainpop.

And Maxwell read

 and read

and read

He read the Chronicles of Narnia:

Harry Potter series:

Fablehaven series:

Swiss Family Robinson:

And he's towards the end of the Little Britches series:

Can I just tell you that to reward and punish a dyslexic child by READING privileges is pretty AWESOME!

And Daniel randomly asked to be taught cursive, so we did just a bit of that:

and when I looked through the "checklist" post, here's some things I wanted to remember:

Inquiry--Daniel's inquiry have been so amazing!!! just a few days ago he asked "Since bones make blood, what happens with animals that have no bones? Do they have blood and if so, how do they make it?

Inquiry-Hyrum is also asking excellent questions. He is always asking to research things. Like the other day he really wanted to know why our knuckles pop (it's actual bubbles!)

Inquiry-Maxwell is always asking awesome questions about science. That is what sparked the Reef fish presentation. He wanted to know if Sword fish really stab things (they don't.)