Science Fair Project Finished

Hooray! Although it made it harder to remember to get all our Brain Integration Therapy stuff done (and we didn't do "Repatterning" this week) it was worth it to get the project done.

On Monday we set things up. On Tuesday and Wednesday we actually did our experiments. On Thursday and today, we worked on our project board. We had fun with it. However, if your child doesn't like counting, don't do a project that requires counting. (We had to count confetti that popped out of a balloon for our project.) We even filmed the actual doing of the experiments and made a quick DVD movie to show at the fair.

We did math everyday, and Rabbit got a 100 on her test today. We did reading every day, and Spanish when I remembered. We also worked on her Awana verses every day.

This was her first science fair project, so I helped quite a bit. I know we also have a geography fair coming up, so I told her she needed to start thinking about what country she wanted to do now and start getting ready. Next year we may start doing the science fair project in the middle of the summer! She does have to do a 5 minute presentation (not to the judges), so we will practice that a little, but now we can get back to our regularly scheduled programming.

Taking a break from ECC

Well, normally I don't think I would take a break in the middle of a country, but we have a science fair to get ready for by next Tuesday. So, we're going to focus on the basics (math, reading, spelling, maybe a little writing) and our science fair project.

We started with the Pledge and Awana verses. We really worked those Awana verses for about 20 minutes. Then, we sat down and looked through one of the science fair books I got from the library. We have officially picked a project, and actually got started on a set up. We're going to see if having a barrier when you sneeze, like a tissue, helps keep the germs from spreading. We're going to put confetti in ballons and pop them.

After Spanish and recess (well, I suppose Spanish isn't really one of the "basics," but we always do Spanish during snack time), I had Rabbit read up on viruses and how they spread, while I did preschool with the boys. We went over their next Cubbies section and practice their verse. Then we counted on the calendar, spelled their names, went over the days of the week, months of the year, and the letter "C." after that I pretty much lost them. So, Rabbit and I went back to working on her science fair project.

After lunch, we did math, spelling, and reading, and more science fair project. For math, we moved onto the next section about area. In spelling, Rabbit only missed one of the words from last week (and that was as far as we got). Reading was fine. Today I decided we could take turns reading. For the science fair project, right now we are taping together 2' x 2' sheets of packing paper to make a 8' x 8' sheet of paper to measure how far things "blow" when the balloon pops.

We're still doing all our Brain Integration Therapy stuff through-out the day, even writing eights. We did have a bit of "attitude" issues during spelling and math. I'm afraid there will be no computer tonight for Rabbit.

Note: I added pictures below of our science experiments and last nature walk.