Wow! It's been busy!

Hi Everyone!

So sorry we haven't written in a while! It has been crazy around here! We have had a fun and busy couple of weeks. Here are the highlights!

We did an experiment in Astronomy called, "Use a Magnifying Glass to focus Heat". The magnifying glass concentrated the energy of the sun's light and the chocolate bar actually started to smoke! You can see the piece on the right that has a burn mark on it. I was amazed. The boys...they were curious, making comments like, can we hold it up to a leaf? What will happen? Big C shared memories of insect torture. Before any fires erupted, we brought the magnifying glass inside!

L had his first Preschool Coop! There are 7 families in the group and we rotate houses. Each week we study a different letter of the alphabet. We do some structured activities, but there is also a lot of free play.

The first coop was at our house and L was thrilled! All the children in the group are boys! We learned about the letter A. Our activities included making mini apple pies, fingerpainting apples on trees (see picture) and learning about Abraham. It was a blast!

As many of you know we've been studying the Middle Ages. We are in a coop with 3 other families and we are all using the same curriculum. So we got together and planned a Mid Unit Celebration. It was so fun! Each mom led a different activity. We made and ate pretzels, learned some magic tricks, tried to juggle, made "Robin Hood" and princess hats, and played some Medieval games. The boys had such a great time!

Hope that gets you up to speed on what we are up to! Blessings to you all!