Today, one of our home school discussions was about the settlers and how Columbus and Cabot came over to the Americas thinking it was Asia! We talked about the way the settlers put on a "crown" when they settled in America and took over the aboriginal land. Then the socials studies discussion went on to talk about how the Europeans took land and it became what we now know as Crown Land. Then they sold off pieces to people and the people had private land to build houses and make a home for their families, but also had to pay taxes to the Crown. Then the discussion went even further and got more exciting. We got into talking about zoning, and how each area is given a label such as residential, commercial, parks, industrial, aboriginal land...Kaneeka really loved the discussion and I saw many "lightbulbs" going off in her mind.
"Oh that's what it means to pay property tax." "Yes, it's our duty to honor the country we live in...beautiful and diverse Canada." "Even your Nanaji (grandpa) is a settler. He was the first in our family to travel from India and come to Canada to live here and have a family here."
Now, off to the hot tub for a swim!
Spending quality time with my kids is the best! I feel like dancing!
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it's been a few hours since i left this draft on my desktop and now we've studied the makings of sound, and energy. How does sound happen? Close your eyes and
listen to the sounds inside the room, write them down and use descriptive words..adjectives and verbs. Go outside and listen to the sounds there. We talked all together and found many different sounds and descriptive words! Rumble, swish, buzz, crunch, yap, chirp, wrestle, whistle, croak, squeak, click, chime. Sasha drew pictures and numbered her pictures, Kaneeka wrote more sounds than all of us, man she's creative. How does sound get created? ....we discuss, giggle and have more fun. We did a science experiment of watching the sugar dance. Put a pinch of sugar in a paper cup that the bottom is cut off of where you place a plastic wrap over with an elastic. Put the cup over a speaker and turn on the music...the sugar will dance with the sound vibrations through the speaker! How do we hear sounds? Lets look at the makings of the ears...we looked and made our observations of the anatomy of the ear and then they both twirled and twirled to see if the inner ear fluid really does make you dizzy! Then two of them are read to each other about the goodness of God with books we got from the library. Kaneeka has now dove into the Kids National Geographic that we got in the mail the other day and is telling me about elephants while Sasha draws pictures...what a great day....and there's still more fun to come. God is goooooooooooooooood!
ps this is just ONE glimpse into a day at our school. Other days include dance lessons, trips to the library, choir lessons, outdoor adventure lessons with the district teacher and kids, Davis Bay school classroom and gym time with the class....etc etc....homeschooling is dynamic and fun...we don't call it homeschooling anymore...we are in the District Dynamic School!
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