How Long Would It Take To Travel To The Nearest Star? How Can Space Travel Faster Than The Speed Of Light? http://www.history.com/shows/the-universe/about
Storytelling and Book Writing
Lily has written quite a few books, has expressed interest consistently on getting them published and distributed, and we are now looking into the process and she’s learning how she can accomplish exactly what she’s after, and she’s writing more stories. Using this page as a repository for online resources, as well as explorations for […]
Aqualine is a Sapling
Fractions Depicted on a Line
Lily is working through 4th and 5th grade level math on Khan Academy’s Mission section. Her comprehension is at about 50% – 60% without much involvement on my part. When a question is presented that she has no comprehension of, she can either choose to indicate that she’s not learned “this” yet, or she can […]
Equivalent – Fractions, Decimals, Percentages, Music Intervals
Visualizing equivalent fractions: To understand equivalent fractions it helps to “see” the fractions using something like a grid with shaded and unshaded sections representing the fraction.
Google's Doodle: Beethoven
Thanks Google and Ellie!! Lils really enjoyed this; she has declared Beethoven is just awesome and really digs his compositions, of which she can play three so far. http://www.biography.com/people/ludwig-van-beethoven-9204862 Composer and pianist Ludwig Van Beethoven, widely considered the greatest composer of all time, was born on or about December 16, 1770 in the city of […]
The Camera: All Because Lily Asked
Lily asked about the first “camera”… we learned about the history of the photographic creator, and are trying to create our own representation that we can then manually trace the image to preserve. Camera obscura An artist using an 18th-century camera obscura to trace an image Photographic cameras were a development of the camera obscura, […]
Plotting and Planes, in Prep for Camera Obscura
This is the video we watched, followed by the session for applying shown below. Lily also worked on the concept in our notebook (see image) without hesitation. We will revisit this concept via exercises over the next day or two, as we incorporate them into the creation of our camera obscura project. Skip to the […]
Her Flashlight
Triple Pet Trouble
We read this book together this morning. All 60 pages. This is the first time Lily has chosen to finish a book this size. There are three stories within and usually, she’d only want to read one at a sitting. She infused her reading with feeling and interest, instead of monotoning this time too. Sometimes […]