We have many things left to learn before the end of the school year including some Geology, Weather, Habitats and Ecosystems. We decided to make the study of the Hawaiian Islands our means of learning these things. We started by learning how these islands were formed. By drawing the tectonic plates on the map and exploring how they move we learned about how magma gets pushed to the earth's surface and creates islands. Check out the demonstrations below: Now that we know ho

Along with our study of the Civil War in history, we chose to read Little Women by Louisa May Alcott since it takes place during the same time. I would recommend this book because the story is kind of sweet. After finishing the book, I chose to learn more about the real Alcott sisters, whom Louisa based the March sisters on, this is what I learned. Meg is based on the oldest sister Anna. The similarities between them are, that they were both talented actresses, both Meg an

I wanted to share a short post about our inclusion of music in Luna's education. We are a family who enjoys the arts in a general way, and Luna has always loved music. When she was in elementary school she attempted to become more involved in musical endeavors by trying first the drums (too loud), then the saxophone (also too loud, especially in the beginner 5th grade band where every new musician was trying to play their instrument at the same time). But she could read rh