Sunday, October 24, 2010

Autumn 2010 OHC #4: Apples

“The apple is a nutritious fruit, wholesome and easily digested.  The varieties of apple differ in shape, size, color, texture, and flavor.” Handbook of Nature Study, pg 669.

Boy did we have a nice variety of apples to compare and contrast this week!  The girls picked out about 13 varieties of apples from our local grocery store. 

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A7 choose to compare the Rome and the Granny Smith apples.

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IMG_0952  A7 liked the Rome apple better than the Granny Smith. 

Rome: sweet, red, solid, pink inside when cut, and a great shape

Granny Smith:  big, green, tart, and it doesn’t brown when cut

 

 

M5 compared the McIntosh and the Braeburn apple.  She preferred the Braeburn because it was big, red w/green & yellow, crisp and tart-sweet.  The McIntosh was little, red w/yellow, and soft.

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The additional resources Barb provided were a great addition to our Apple Study.   The e-book is available on the Handbook of Nature Study blog for only $8.95.  Check out what other’s have done with their Apple Study here.

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What did I learn from this fun Apple Study?  That there are more great apples available to eat than just the GALA apple! Enjoy the harvest!

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Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Autumn 2010 OHC #3: Mammal Study

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The Outdoor Hour Challenge #3 was a mammal study: compare the horse and the dog. 

The girls looked at horses at the county Fair and a local historical farm.

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  • Toes – the horse has one
  • Neck – long to graze
  • Legs – long for running – right from birth
  • Hair or coats – mane and tail keep biting flies away
  • Eye placement – on the side of their head to view all around
  • Tails – keep away biting flies

 

 

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My youngest daughter’s paint pony.  She is 5.

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We compared the horse to our 3 dachshunds.

See what others learned during their Outdoor Hour Challenge here.

Drop by soon to check out our Apple study.

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Wordless Wednesday – Marathon Success

This is a Wordless Wednesday post because words can NOT express the priceless moments in the following photos of ..

My daddy and “E”

IMG_0904 “E”, my daddy and little sister ~ she’s acting like she’s runnin’ huh? – NOT!  This is mile 9.

 

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Heading up a hill at mile 18.5!

 

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 I would have been curled up on the side of the road 20 miles ago, but they’re not!  A moment at mile 22.

 

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They rounded the corner to the finish line!

 

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Thank goodness the finish line was down hill!

 

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This photo leaves me speechless…what an unbelievable moment!  .. can you grab me a tissue.

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Monday, October 11, 2010

“Little House” Happenings: Field Trip

Our “Little House” co-op went on a field trip this past week to a local historical farm.  The farm is set up in the 1880’s time period for families to experience life over 100 years ago.

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We visited the hens..

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Played on the stilts and …

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… shot rifles.

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Climbed on fences among vines and …

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… in the barn.

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We viewed food storage in pioneer times.

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We ground the corn and …

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… and more corn!

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We even got yelled at for climbing way up here!

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We visited the farm animals and…

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… with a toddler or two or three!

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I took a piece of farm life home with me too!

Hope you enjoyed your visit as much as we did.

Drop by this weekend for more of what’s going on in our

“Little House” Happenings co-op!

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Talking Fingers: Read, Write & Type

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  Are you looking for a program that teaches your child several subjects at one time?  An award winning program?  A multi-sensory program?  A super FUN program for your young children?

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Read, Write & Type Learning System is designed for students in grades K-3.   The system is a software program available on CD or on-line.  The software includes phonics, spelling, keyboarding and word processing.

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My daughters, ages 7 and 5, LOVED this program! 

Our thoughts:

  • Very engaging software – colorful character Letters and a imagecomputer virus named Vexor, who is mischievous along the way
  • Lefty and Rightway did a great job teaching the girls finger position on the keyboard 
  • The 40 exciting levels were motivating for my kids -  filled with  music, color and animated characters
  • The girls learned how to spell & type words, build sentences and stories throughout the  levels
  • The girls loved the extra game challenges in each level too
  • Each Certificate of Merit award the girls earned they hung on the wall visualizing an accomplishment that motivated them to continue through the levels

For more details on how the program works click here.  Tour the product here. 

The on-line version is only $35.00 for one user.  For more users see pricing here.  Also available in CD format.  CD format is NOT compatible with Windows 7 or Mac 10.6.

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Disclaimer:  This product was given to me for review purposes free of charge, not to be returned to the vendor. All opinions expressed in this review are mine.

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