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Weekly Summary: Metal Tooling – Quarks – Art

Weekly Summary: Metal Tooling – Quarks – Art

Last week we experimented with metal tooling. Each kiddo created their own design on paper first. We then taped that over a piece of heavy gauge aluminum and used paint brush handles to trace over that design effectively embossing the

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Weekly Summary: Rocks – Quarks – STEM

We continued our rock discussions this week. We began with a classification activity where they had to cut and paste pictures of rocks and decide if they were igneous, metamorphic or sedimentary. There were some healthy discussions about how how

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Weekly Summary: Agriculture – Quarks – Nature Study

Today we talked about plants in a very particular context: as crops! I brought some compostable trays with multiple compartments, and these were the “farms” — each of the compartments being a different field. I made up a story about

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Weekly Summary: Shadows – Quarks – STEM

What better way to embrace the sunshine than to study shadows today? We started out discussing what we knew about shadows. And low and behold these little smarties knew all the facts I was going to give them. They did

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Weekly Summary: During Art – Quarks – Art

Weekly Summary: During Art – Quarks – Art

This summary is a bit late,  but two weeks ago,  we busted out the hammers for some fun with wood cookies and string! Each kiddo drew a simple design on their cookie,  marked where each nail would be placed and

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Weekly Summary: Rock Identification – Quarks – STEM

We began with “I’m Trying to Love Rocks” by Bethany Barton. It was a really cute book, and it gave us a little more information about how we can identify rocks. Then we broke up into 3 groups and each

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Weekly Summary: Measuring Wind – Quarks – Nature Study

Weekly Summary: Measuring Wind – Quarks – Nature Study

Today we took advantage of a windy day to delve deeper into wind and air pressure. First we reviewed air pressure, which we touched on in our water cycle lesson two weeks ago. We made our high-pressure faces (puffing out

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Weekly Summary: 3 Types of Rocks – Quarks – STEM

This week began with a story Nat. Geo Kids “Jump Into Science: Rocks & Minerals.” Thanks to all my helpers (Griffyn, Mike, Nicole, and my normal helper Kathy) we had the tables prepped with supplies. The book explained how the

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Weekly Summary: Popsicle Stick Shelves/Art – Quarks – Art

Weekly Summary: Popsicle Stick Shelves/Art – Quarks – Art

Loaded with a bevy of rainbow colored popsicle sticks and a gallon of glue,  we began building hexagonal wall shelves. Turns out it’s tricky to keep all 15 layers of the sticks aligned, evenly spaced, and angled! I love how

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Weekly Summary: Rain and the Water Cycle – Quarks – Nature Study

Weekly Summary: Rain and the Water Cycle – Quarks – Nature Study

Today, in honor of the weather, we delved into rain and the water cycle. We began by discussing wind and air. I told them there was, at that moment, a low pressure system over Chicago. We made silly faces for

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