I have had a roller coaster of emotions regarding homeschooling Oscar… Am I doing enough? Is he getting enough school? Is Livi really OK with it? Will this make it easier or harder to go back into a "traditional" public school?? At any rate, we made the choice and things seemed to be coming together as our first month came to a close.
Oscar is apparently enjoying himself, and he announced this one day loudly in the kitchen - "Thank you New Orleans for having horrible schools!"
Ancient Greece transitioned well into Ancient Rome. We talked a bit about their armies and built mini bows and arrows, along with catapults to learn about their military tactics. Oscar was a little upset by the concept of gladiators and the colosseum, so we glazed over that topic a bit and focused more on their architectural feats.
Who can talk about Ancient Rome without exploring Pompeii? We spent a few days watching some reenactments of what the erupting of Mt. Vesuvius might have been like, and tried our hands at a few volcanoes.
Our final project for ancient Rome involved mosaics, and his kitten turned out beautifully!
Science brought us to metamorphosis! We talked about both frogs and butterflies and did a little puddle exploring in the neighborhood (which actually had tadpoles in them) and butterfly watching at the library butterfly garden. (We fortunately got to come back to this topic a few weeks later when our neighbors gave us some monarch butterfly caterpillars to watch transform!). Here Oscar is comparing and contrasting the life cycles of the butterfly and frog with a Venn Diagram.
Livi joined us for our artsy afternoon to make insect shooters. Livi won for "beauty" since she made the pretty butterfly. Oscar won for distance, as he quickly determined the best shooter shouldn't have points sticking out. My ladybug was a solid middle-of-the-road performer:
Oscar is apparently enjoying himself, and he announced this one day loudly in the kitchen - "Thank you New Orleans for having horrible schools!"
Ancient Greece transitioned well into Ancient Rome. We talked a bit about their armies and built mini bows and arrows, along with catapults to learn about their military tactics. Oscar was a little upset by the concept of gladiators and the colosseum, so we glazed over that topic a bit and focused more on their architectural feats.
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| this was supposed to be made with plaster of paris, but we did quite well with play dough |
To help involve Livi, we saved the big volcano for her, and then had some fun making ice volcanoes. They bubbled a little, but I think the lava was more impressive with the bigger volcano. The ice was a lot of fun to play with though as the volcanoes melted, and provided quite a bit of entertainment, especially for Livi.
Our final project for ancient Rome involved mosaics, and his kitten turned out beautifully!
Science brought us to metamorphosis! We talked about both frogs and butterflies and did a little puddle exploring in the neighborhood (which actually had tadpoles in them) and butterfly watching at the library butterfly garden. (We fortunately got to come back to this topic a few weeks later when our neighbors gave us some monarch butterfly caterpillars to watch transform!). Here Oscar is comparing and contrasting the life cycles of the butterfly and frog with a Venn Diagram.
Livi joined us for our artsy afternoon to make insect shooters. Livi won for "beauty" since she made the pretty butterfly. Oscar won for distance, as he quickly determined the best shooter shouldn't have points sticking out. My ladybug was a solid middle-of-the-road performer:
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