We have made it to the middle of the week. This week got off to a slow start. The kids were up late Sunday night and this made for a very cranky Monday morning. I can't say Monday was a great day of learning. We did make it through Math and Grammar before heading off to swim and gym. The phys ed portion of the day went great.
Tuesday was a great day. Everything went of without a hitch. Bright eyed and engaged children. I think this was because they knew we would be doing the science experiment once we got through everything else. We are doing Chemistry this year. The chapter was about the different kinds of chemical reactions. We mixed common household ingredients together to see what would react. They loved mixing but were sightly disappointed that the only ingredients that reacted were baking soda and balsamic vinegar and baking soda and lemon juice. They were hoping that egg whites would react with something. No such luck. They did get over it when I let them make the lemon juice and baking soda fizz over the top of the jar.
Which brings us to today. Today we headed out to our bi-monthly discussion group. The kids listened to a radio show (The Shadow). It was interesting to see this visually oriented generation figuring out what to do with themselves while listening. They did pretty well. They liked some things about it but overall they did not love it. One of the kids made the very astute observation that it was probably really great for it's time but the content was not timeless. They discussed the similarities between The Shadow and Batman, the sound effects, the abilities of the actors, difficulties following the story (it wasn't easy to follow), and so on. None of them want to listen to a radio show again but they all agreed they like listening to books on CD.
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