Growing Geniuses

Something that we love to learn about is animals- we love being around animals, reading about animals, watching movies about animals- all of it! We especially love talking about animals that are "rare" like snow leopards, penguins, and turtles. We learned that these types of animals are endangered and completed an awesomely fun-tastic inquiry and project-based learning series on them! The actual project-based learning came from one of our mom's favorite sites- Teachers Pay Teachers. ( https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Endangered-Species-Expert-Project-Based-Learning-1300028 ). This one was created by Core Inspiration- a company that specializes in having teachers develop project-based learning activities that align with "Core Skills." In this unit we had to complete the following activities: Become an Expert Write a Book Write a Poem Create a Collage Create a Potanimal We will be showing you our creations from this unit over the next couple o...

We finally get to update everyone on stuff we have been doing! It has been a few weeks because of vacation and general summer stuff, so this post will just cover one of the things we have been doing- cooking classes! We do our classes through a program called Raddish ( https://www.raddishkids.com/ ). They send us a kit in the mail each month, with three recipes at least, aprons, kitchen tools, patches, and extra activities. Our parents can also download additional homeschool materials that include science, math, geography lessons that go with the recipes we do. This month's theme was "Summer Pool Party." Our recipes included: Cool as a Cucumber Cups BBQ Chicken Flatbread Triple Berry Ice Cream Pie and a bonus- Sunshine Party Punch We learned how to mince, do some different knife work, make dough and pie crust from scratch (versus out of a can or bought at the store), and how to make a compote. Here is the process in pictures! FIRST UP- COOL AS A CUCUMBER CUP...