Movement & Coordination

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Emori, Her 6th Year in Review

A Mind Wide Open, Abstract Comprehension, Astronomy, Beautiful Curiosity, Broadening of Mind, CDE Standards Reference, Construction, Context Comprehension, Creative Solution Generation, Engineering, How We Learn Best, Knowledge Base Expansion, Language, Language Development, Lils, Literacy, Movement & Coordination, Pattern Recognition, Physics, Playing, Questions from Lily's Brain

Grandparents, Gravity, Goodies, and Dessine

Will complete this entry when I have the mind to get all the images together. Tinker Crate with Grandpa – they did the fiber optics constellations and the defy gravity game Grandpa tuned the piano and Lily has become fascinated with not only playing but watching the mechanics. Today she stated she’s going to […]

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Tsankawi

And here was our afternoon… We talked about Africa, primarily Eastern Africa, and the region surrounding Kenya, where a friend Lily made last fall spends a fair portion of her time. We also read: We’re exploring these topics, specifically on a global perspective. She’s learned that 100 cents = 1 dollar, and we’re […]

A Mind Wide Open, CDE Standards Reference, Confidence, Developing Self, Fine Motor Skills, Lils, Movement & Coordination, Physical Development, Physics, Self Esteem

CATCH IT!

We’ve just spent the last hour playing catch in the front yard. My shoulder is screaming now, after a few dives and too many tosses, but she is getting good! Her throw is a bit better than her catch, but both are what I’d expect from a kiddo who’s never played this game before. She […]

A Mind Wide Open, Artistry, CDE Standards Reference, Construction, Engineering, Invention, Lils, Math Discoveries, Movement & Coordination, Responsibility, Science Discoveries

Our First Attempt at Marshmallow Construction and the Great Cheese Incident

A Mind Wide Open, Beautiful Curiosity, Biology, Botany, Care & Nurture, CDE Standards Reference, Compassion, Construction, Developing Self, Empathic Awareness, Engineering, Geometry, Imagination, Invention, Lils, Math Discoveries, Movement & Coordination, Physical Development, Playing, Responsibility, Self Awareness, Simply Nature

Houses, Castles, & Questions

I’ve decided that to best keep track of my own mind, as well as attempt to record the finer points of Lily’s development and her day, that I really have to just leave a post window open all day long. I see it, I write, I add pics, whatever… Today began with Lily showing us […]

A Mind Wide Open, Beautiful Curiosity, Biology, Botany, Care & Nurture, CDE Standards Reference, Compassion, Construction, Developing Self, Empathic Awareness, Engineering, Geometry, Imagination, Invention, Lils, Math Discoveries, Movement & Coordination, Physical Development, Playing, Responsibility, Self Awareness, Simply Nature

Houses, Castles, & Questions

I’ve decided that to best keep track of my own mind, as well as attempt to record the finer points of Lily’s development and her day, that I really have to just leave a post window open all day long. I see it, I write, I add pics, whatever… Today began with Lily showing us […]

A Mind Wide Open, Artistry, CDE Standards Reference, Chemistry, Construction, Drawing, Engineering, Imagination, Lils, Movement & Coordination, Physics, Sculpture, Self Esteem

Finger Puffs

This contains Lily’s and Angie’s fingerprints. We used a bunch of different options for the colors and frame. Lily experimented quite a bit. We call this, Fingerpuffs. She made a second imagine all her own too. She called it, “A Beautiful Sunset”.

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STEM, Optics First, Robots Next

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 […]

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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 […]