Senses-taste

I made 4 different jellies for Amy to taste that were all the same flavour but different colours. 

Amy investigated the different tastes of foods and labeled them as salty, sweet, bitter or sour.

Senses - hearing

• We played a game where Amy had to guess what was making the different sounds.
• We had a go at making some instruments with a kit and talked about what made sounds higher or lower
• Amy coloured a picture, thanking God for the many sounds we enjoy hearing.

Geography - Iceland

Amy fancied visiting Iceland next on our journey round Europe.

We tried some Icelandic brown bread with some salmon, followed by Skyr, an Icelandic yoghurt.
We learned about The Northern lights and made some chalk pastel pictures.

 A friend who had visited Iceland earlier in the year came to show us some of her photos and share her experiences. She told us they met a pastor who was translating the Bible into Icelandic, he was 3 years into the project which he expected to take 15 years.

We ate a lovely fish bake and made some Icelandic snowflake bread, followed by more Skyr!

We then spent some time learning about hot springs, geysers and volcanoes

Senses - Smell

We visited a shop selling lots of candles and enjoyed all the different smells. Amy chose her favourite.

We made some bath bombs with lavender and orange essential oils.

Geography - Germany

Week 1

 We made German spietzel with caramelised onions  and  cheese and had pate on toast. Followed by Apple pancakes.

We painted the German flag and talked about The Reformation and Gutenberg and the invention of the printing press.

Week 2 We made Pretzels and enjoyed meatballs and frankfurters. Pudding was apfel kuchen

We had a German lady come to teach us some German words and how to count to ten.

We listened to Bach

We made a black forest gateaux - yum

Geography - Italy

Our second country to visit was Italy.

Week 1 Foods tasted: home made pizza, gelato (icecream), biscotti

We built the Leaning Tower of Pisa

Week 2 Pasta with tomato sauce, panna cotta

We pretended to paint like Michaelangelo

We listened to the national anthem!

We made a map of Italy out of pasta

Topic on Senses-sight

Eyes - we played some games where we needed to use our eyes. Amy tried to write her name and draw a picture of herself while blindfolded.


We tried an experiment watching water walking and colour mixing.

We watched how the size of our pupil changed in response to light and dark.

We talked about why we had 2 eyes and different eye colours.

Geography-France

Our first country to visit was France. Loads of lovely food to choose. We tried French onion soup with French stick and Brie and Camembert, Croque Monsieur, Macaroons, Crepes, coq a van and chocolate eclairs! Yum

We built a model of the Eiffel tower with straws - did you know it was only supposed to be a temporary structure?

We learned some French phrases and that the national symbol of France is the cockerel.

I read a book called Katie and the Impressionists and Amy decided she wanted to paint a picture like Monet

Geography

We started off our geography group remembering how God so love the world and holds us in his hands.
 We looked at our place in the world, our house, in our town, in our country, in our continent, in our planet. We learned about the 7 continents with a song!

We got our suitcases and passports ready for an adventure.

New school year

Not made many posts here this year! New season here for me now as my eldest started at college and middle son settled in school, so just my daughter and I at home. I think I will keep a record of our learning and adventures here.
Plans:
Monday: Alternate weeks Gateway/sports group
Tuesday: Gateway in the morning
Wednesday: Geography group
Thursday: Park meet ups
Friday: Free day

We are practicing writing and learning an A to Z of Bible verses
Maths - Doodlemaths, MEP and lots of games
Lots of reading!
PBS

Excited to see how the year goes

Baby crochet

Two friends had babies due this month, so have been busy finishing these just in time. Especially the blanket when baby C came 3 weeks early!

ENWC Winter pond study

It has turned very cold here this last week or 2 so it was no surprise to see that our pond was completely frozen over.

The children had great fun poking and prodding at the ice with any sticks they could find and skimming stuff over the surface!

There were no wildfowl on our pond but plenty on the lake in the only section that wasn't frozen - Canada geese, moorhens, coots, gulls and mallards.

ENWC Winter tree study

Today we revisited our tree, Euonymus alatus, in its Winter season. 

We clipped off a twig to look at more closely and examined the position of the buds and side shoots along its length. We brought it inside to see if we can force the buds to open early.

 

The buds are small and brown with a slightly larger terminal bud and smaller axillary buds arranged in opposite pairs.