The End of our Matter Unit

I am bummed that this unit is coming to a close. We had a great time and I loved watching the reactions of our children. We had some great conversations off camera that I think will stick with them.

Matter Experiments 4 and 5

Today, we started by mixing water and food coloring. Watching the swirls of color mix was a big hit with the kiddos! Then, they were able to mix their two primary colors together. We had learned long ago that mixing non-primary colors can give you some strange results.

For experiment five, we tried to blend oil into the mix. It did not like mixing with the water. The children liked seeing how the oil drifted back to the top of the bag. More successful experiments!

Matter, Experiments 2 and 3

Wow, those were cool! Many kiddos shared that comment today as we watched reactions when air and liquids run out of room. Air does take up space, and even though we cannot see it, it is there.

Have fun watching the additional two experiments from today:)

Matter Experiment One

Today, we started working on our 'matter' unit. We discussed solids, liquids, and gasses. We then discussed how liquids can change to solids or gasses. Today, we mixed vinegar and food coloring (because everything is more fun in color) and added some baking soda. The instant reaction got quite a reaction from the learners today!

I liked how it explodes. HJ
It was cool seeing the reaction. WD
I liked watching the bubbling part. NH
The bubbles were cool when they exploded. LL
I liked when it exploded. DS
Mixing the powder and the liquid turned into bubbles. BF
It was fun to watch and listen to the reaction. EG
It was fun watching it explode. LD
It was really cool. RN
I liked to mix them together. KC
I liked to watch the bubbles. LN
I liked the colors. AP
I liked to listen to the bubbles. LW
It was a lot of fun. NP

Our Number eBooks

The children worked very hard on their first, individual, eBook and I wanted to be sure that everyone was able to see that hard work. Here are the links to the wonderful creations that were put together in a relatively short amount of time.

We utilized the application My Story for this eBook. We are also using this for our portfolios.

Alexis
Bryce
Dillon
Eli
Hope
Kaden
Landen
Leslie
Lily
Logan
Neela
Noah
Odin
Reese
William

We are Thankful

Today, we read the story of how Thanksgiving began. Sarah Hale wrote several letters to the presidents of our country. All said no, that is until president Lincoln told her yes. If you are interested in seeing the story we read, check out the following link: True Story of Thanksgiving.

We compiled our reasons for being thankful today. First, we wrote in our journals and discussed our answers with our friends. We then put them together in a video. We hope you enjoy our video, we are thankful.

Election Day!

It is time to vote. We spent part of the morning talking about elections, voting, and how/why people do this in our country. We used a website to talk more about the presidential nominees.

The kids were then able to join BES and vote for their choice. We went to our library and voted on iPads. Here is the site we used to vote:

We will find out the results tomorrow. We were able to study the candidates, make a choice, vote, and either share our choice with others or choose to keep it private. It was a fun day!

Waiting in line to register

Registering by signing our names

Placing our votes