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I teach in a gabled
room built with wide windows at tree-top level, a river rock fire place warms
the room, walls lined with books, this is our lovely learning place. I think
this is my favorite room of the house. This year in science we are covering astronomy.
I decided last year we were going to approach science as an immersion subject,
taking the full school year to cover just one topic of scince. I wanted to be
able to have the time to immerse ourselves into a subject and come out of the year
impressed and enriched by the subject. The girls were given a few options for science
subjects and they agreed on astronomy.
We are loving the depth and understanding of
space and a God so majestic in his creation.
We cover the book learning portions Monday until
Wednesday, Thursday the girls read about an astronomer, Friday we do a project.
Making a model of our solar system was the first project. During the babies nap
time we painted various size Styrofoam balls (purchased at Michelle's and Wal-Mart)
we mixed watercolour paints to get the desired affects of colour for each
planet. We were all pleased with the outcome and have enjoyed having a solar system
model hanging from the ceiling of our gabled school room.
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Styrofoam balls we used.
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My three little scientist/crafters.
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The Paint
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Planets drying
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No one said home-schooling was a tidy business!
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Hanging from our gabled ceiling.
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If you would like to see the beautiful felt hands-on solar system my sister Katelynn made and gave my kids take a look at her blog Captivated. These planets have been such a delightful tool to use when teaching my young children.
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