Bible - I got the new Bible coloring book this past week and to my delight, it's actually a read aloud book AND a coloring book (it is new and unused but I bought it from a gal on the Well Trained Mind forum). So as I read the Bible story, Squeak colors a picture about it. Even though I plan on starting this in June, Squeak asked to do the first story which was a basic overview of the Bible. There are also questions at the end of the story. Here are links to this set from Rod & Staff: Bible Pictures to Color and Bible Stories to Read. So we will officially use these books beginning in June after our break.
Math - Math is cruising along with Singapore 1A and Horizons 1. Squeak is doing very well in math.
On another note, I think I may have another math guru in the house - PIGLET! She was free playing with the math cubes again and started counting them! She missed "4" but she counted 9 cubes out. And it wasn't rote counting, she actually picked up a cube on the right of her and moved it to the left of her while saying a number! I tried to get it on video and she wouldn't let me - she would put them in her mouth every time I tried to record her!! I remember Squeak could rote count to 10 well before she was 2 years old but I don't think she could count objects like Piglet did (who is almost 18 months).
Science - We had a fun science week including a two day experiment in which we made an iceberg. We started that on Thursday by filling a bucket about 1/3 full and dropping two small toys in, then we filled it another 1/3 with two more toys then filled the rest with another couple of toys. We let that set overnight. So on Friday, we let our iceberg melt in the bathtub with water in it and watched the toys break free. We also discussed the basic physics about freezing to melting. Squeak seems to be interested in physics, I have noticed. I guess that shouldn't surprise me since her Grandpa (my dad) was a physics professor and the head of the department at one time. Here is a picture of Squeak with her iceberg:
We also made up a plate of different materials to see if they would freeze including cheese, mustard, cream cheese, etc. Squeak made her guesses and we recorded them. She guessed some wrong and she guessed some correctly! LOL! Here is that pic:
Here is another science picture from the week:
Other - Piglet has been tinkering around with magnets in a tin baking pan:
Our hydroponic lab is still growing strong on the kitchen window sill. My test tube is out-growing Squeak's now! I don't have any pictures this week....maybe later on in the week!
I love the hands on science you are doing. Great ideas for little ones.
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