After learning about the STEM program at our local university a few weeks ago, I spoke with Lily about her interest and upon her request began the process of trying to get her accepted, given that the requirement was a minimum of 4th grade. As we are not utilizing “grades” and she already meets about […]
That's an Eyeball
http://www.sunnyskyz.com/blog/132/You-re-Not-Going-To-Believe-What-You-Are-Looking-At-Actually-What-Is-Looking-At-YOU Lily saw a teaser for this article and immediately identified the image (the first one shown below) as an eye. I was skeptical, but it quickly became evident that she was correct. You’re Not Going To Believe What You Are Looking At… Actually, What Is Looking At YOU Posted on February 19, 2014 / […]
The Stone Age
In keeping with Eep, we worked on our own cave paintings today. We learned about the El Castillo cave drawings, and how it is believed to be the oldest known example, dating some 40,000 years. This would be caveman era, and the symbols were of hands and sun. We learned how the pigments were created […]
M82, Lightyear Distances, and Warp Speed
Copied in from FB because I don’t have enough time to retype tonight, as Lily has declared the “period of a human’s life” is too short to spend typing. She asked me this morning what a ‘period of time’ was. Lily and I want to know, were we to convert light years into distance (yes, […]
Bioluminescence.
Lily asks, “Why is Neptune blue?” Neptune’s atmosphere is made up of hydrogen, helium and methane. The methane in Neptune’s upper atmosphere absorbs the red light from the sun but reflects the blue light from the sun back into space. This is why Neptune appears blue. “Ok, why do the phytoplankton light up?” Well, says the mother […]
Why Do We Breathe?
This morning on our way to Alamosa, for which Russ was for once present to witness, Lily asked one of her more involved questions. Today it was, “Why do we breathe?”. Suffice it to say, my initial response of “well, surviv…”. “Yes, I know it’s necessary for our survival.”, a somewhat annoyed 6 year old retorts. “What I […]
Birds Like Peanut Butter??
We’ve been slowly getting back into our home school co-op rhythm this month. Two weeks ago only a few people were able to come, and we mostly just built castles and drew pictures. Not that there is anything wrong with that, of course. Last week I was inspired to tell one of my favorite winter […]
Lily Bakes
I told Lily that I didn’t want her to bake in the kitchen the other day because it was a mess and I already felt like I couldn’t keep up… I was mostly flat on my back and the kitchen was not cleaning itself. She wanted to bake cookies. I told her that I’d get […]
A Kind and Gentle, Detuned Empath
Lily has been sick since Sunday. She had a raging fever most of the day, seemed fine on Monday, but then the head cold hit on Tuesday. Last night, we spent most of the night miserable, neither she nor I getting much sleep. I finally managed to get her propped up enough, and managed to […]
Lily Sings in Her Sleep
Lily chose to be Aisling for Halloween. I am going to use this post as a starting/reference point. Because of her choice of character, and the associated story, we have begun to explore the Middle Ages, Europe in antiquity, myth and legend, and the Irish language. Oh, how much fun this is! The movie, “The […]