We revisited the decimal debacle today, from a very different angle. Instead of trying to work with lining up decimals for calculating, we returned to money and her mental calculations followed. First she worked with the image shown below, and then, when I asked her to look at the problem written on the next […]
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, […]
Tidal Forces, Friction, and the Ebb and Flow
Yesterday we were working on our Winter Spiral and while I was finishing up the dailies, looking for ideas on pinterest, a mention of a book came across the screen. So, we looked it up on Amazon and ran through some of the shared/look pages to see what it was all about. I’ll share a […]
The Sleeping Time, Our New Traditions, The Eye of Horus, Little Women, & Advent
We’re embarking on our explorations of the Winter Solstice, Advent time, and how humans have experienced the natural Sleeping Time on our planet over the course of our existence. Last night, we watched the 1994 version of Alcott’s, “Little Women” together. Lily seemed to enjoy it, though it was a bit longer than her attention could […]
Unschooling for Today, Enderwoman Style
Lily and I are working on her Halloween costume. The original plan was to simply use prepackaged led candles, but they were too yellow, so we modified our design to use pink LED’s instead.
Fibonacci, Golden Ratio Exploration Beginning
http://www.brandemia.org/la-proporcion-aurea-en-el-diseno-de-logotipos
Fibonacci, Golden Ratio Exploration Beginning
http://www.brandemia.org/la-proporcion-aurea-en-el-diseno-de-logotipos
Math
When I look at the expectations of arithmetic and numeracy development for a child between 5 and 10, first to sixth grade, and even beyond, with few exceptions of specifics, Lily demonstrates regularly her comprehension and functional use of the concepts that are expected of these years in conventional schooling. Then, I look beyond these […]
Math
When I look at the expectations of arithmetic and numeracy development for a child between 5 and 10, first to sixth grade, and even beyond, with few exceptions of specifics, Lily demonstrates regularly her comprehension and functional use of the concepts that are expected of these years in conventional schooling. Then, I look beyond these […]
Electrons – Continuing Elemental Exploration
Always in Motion As you know, electrons are always moving. They spin very quickly around the nucleus of an atom. As the electrons zip around, they can move in any direction, as long as they stay in their shell. Any direction you can imagine — upwards, downwards, or sidewards — electrons can do it. Electrons […]