Snow Day and Snickerdoodles

Well, we didn't get much snow, but I do not like to drive in it. We did our usual language arts and math, and then followed it up with making cookies! Making cookies also counts as math and science in that we measured and mixed things together in hopes that everything turned out yummy.

MMM.

Rolling the dough in cinnamon and sugar.

Almost done.

Ready for the oven!

Snickerdoodles!

Yummy!

Art with my feet?

We read a book about feet. Nothing too scientific, just the basic parts of the foot- heel, sole, ball, toes, and arch. In the book, it asked the kids to balance on their heels, their toes, walk around on their heels and then their toes. At the end of the book, it said to try to draw with your toes! So off the socks went!

Strange?

Trying not to use hands.

Ta Da!

It was quite a challenge because, "It doesn't look good! Maybe I should use my hands." I asked her if she wanted to do more and the answer was no because "I'm no good at this." Sigh. My little perfectionist.

Bird watching

 We spent the first 20 minutes of school checking out this fellow:

He's pretty big.

Red tailed hawk?

He sat patiently while we took pics.

10, 20, 30, 40

Today in Math we learned how to count by 10s. We watched the MathUSee DVD, and about 2 minutes later, she was doing it on her own.

Excitedly working her way through the lesson.

Her writing is getting better

This is easy!

She did 4 lessons in one sitting! Go Shay!

Ohio...John Glenn...Neil Armstrong...SPACE!

Last week, we studied Ohio. Ohio is cool. The things she picked up on the most about Ohio, is that 2 famous Astronauts came from there! As soon as we looked at the map in the front of the Ohio book we checked out from the library, she saw the icon for the Armstrong Air and Space Museum. "Mom, can we go there?," she asked me as if we were going to jump right in the car at that moment. That's the thing about 4 year olds, instant gratification, right. "Maybe someday, dear," was my reply.

I'm sure she learned a lot of other things, but we watched 2 dvds on Space, and if you ask her about Ohio, I'm sure she will be happy to tell you about the astronauts.

The first dvd we watched, "Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon" was made for the IMAX about 5 years ago. Too bad she wasn't born to see it then. We don't have an IMAX theater in our living room, but she was pretty awestruck. The special features were pretty cool too. Tom Hanks was involved in the making of it, and I really haven't found much that Tom Hanks has done that I didn't like.

The second dvd, "In the Shadow of the Moon," was presented by Ron Howard. How can you go wrong with anything Ron Howard is involved with?! It's a documentary with most of the astronauts from the Apollo missions, 40 years later, recalling their days with NASA and the missions, plus real footage of the missions. Just shy of 2 hours, Shay was disappointed and exclaimed "That was a short movie!"

I guess I'm going to have to check out symposiums for her down at the Air and Space Museums!