It's safe to say that at our house we like bugs.
Leonardo with his pet moth.
The kids are always excited to preserve the big catface spiders they find around our house and Mom is starting an awesome new project at work with worms.
Vermicomposting beginning.
So we used bugs to reach a few of our school goals this week.
We found some awesome preserved bugs in glass and the kids had to identify which bugs were which with the description that came with them. Astor even practiced his writing skills and drew the bug all on his own. Then we made an art science project out if it. Each of the kids had a lump of clay to start with and a bug to model it after.
The clay was a big hit and the kids are excited to let them dry and paint them. Next up: Identifying bug heads and researching vermiculture with Mom.
In other news this week: Astor has been trying to read Zoey Sassafras, a stretch for him, but he's up for the challenge! Also, he lost a tooth and has been learning about different states that are on the quarters the tooth fairy gave him...
Ada has been teaching Nahuel how to use her animation tools and using the modeling clay to practice characters for her first short animated film.
Leonardo has been doing lots of bug puzzles, geometric looms, and building abstractly with the fraction tiles.
Nahuel has been practicing some new songs on the piano and learning about different parts of the earths crust and innards.
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