ECC week 1

Making a sphere flat..lol.. sharpie does not stay on an orange well

Now what does it feel like to smash a grapefruit? after we decided we didn't like them much.....

Yang's Women of the World

Well let me be honest.. our first week of ECC was overwhelming. My over achieving self lost perspective. I started to make school at home instead of home school. I felt like since we had moved up to 3rd grade we needed to  " bump it up" a few thousand notches. I lost perspective and tried to formalize every subject. I ran myself and the kids ragged to the point that I was really wondering why was I homeschooling? But after a little reflection ( so yeah I am writing this 2 weeks later) I am chilling out. Sorta. Its still gonna take some time. So I loved making the John 3:16 posters. We bought a bunch of old National Geographics from the local thrift store and the kids had at it. I know many people  shy away from National Geographic  sometime because of the lack of attire, but honestly I want my kids to see the world unedited to some degree, especially the bodies of real people. Maybe its my nursing background, maybe its the body issues I see so many young girls with. This is God's creation. We don't have to be gratuitous about it, but nor do we need torun and hide like its to be ashamed of.  

Ying was very impressed by the fire dancers and snake

We also began our new science curriculum via our co-op this week. The girls are taking Earth Science which starts with 9 weeks of Astronomy, and is followed by meteorology and geology. I tried to do the ECC science on top of it this week and decided it was a mistake. we will be very brief in our bioomes studies or maybe very direct when it is really distinctive of a country. Like I plan on doing a lot with the rainforest during brazil, but dusting over deserts in the USA.
Hulk continued with phonics. He will start his version of the girls science class next week at co-op. Here he is working on reading skills with a file folder game I got at a used curriculum sale this summer.

The girls got their karate uniforms and  a re very excited to start classes next week during co-op.