What a year it has been! Brynn completed her fourth grade year in record time. This is her third year of homeschooling and she really thrives in this environment.
Brynn has been very interested in chemistry and doing experiments this year. Her 10th birthday party was centered around her passion to understand chemical reactions. She enjoys watching Steve Spangler science.
READING LOG:
MATH CURRICULUM:
Horizons Math 4
LANGUAGE ARTS CURRICULUM:
The Good and the Beautiful Level 4
SCIENCE CURRICULUM:
The Good and the Beautiful Science Units:
Kingdoms & Classification
Mammals
The following is a video compilation of our microscope labs.
Video 1: Onion cells
Video 2: Lake water
Video 3: Live-cultures in yogurt
We also decided to start an annual conservation project for our homeschool.
This year, we put up bluebird boxes in our yard in the hopes that we could watch a bluebird pair nest and lay eggs. We had such a wonderful experience.
We named our bluebird pair George & Mary.
They laid five eggs, which all successfully hatched and fledged the nest.
Here is a compilation of our nest progress- from nest building to the messed nest.
We started tracking the progress of our bluebird nest with this paper nesting guide, but found that we could join Nestwatch.org -- which is run by The Cornell Lab of Ornithology -- to provide information that may be valuable for their research.
Our neighbors gladly let us pick some mushrooms from their yard to do spore prints.
HISTORY CURRICULUM:
The Good and the Beautiful History 2
History Pockets: Explorers of North America
ELECTIVES:
Music History via Busy Kids Do Music
Cursive handwriting - Handwriting Without Tears
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