“Even though it’s someone’s birthday today, we are still having school.”
Isabel was bummed that we weren’t taking the day off for her special day however I did let her sleep in and we started class later then normal.
After reading through our Bible lessons the excitement Isabel had for seeing her seedlings in their nursery environment was contagious this morning! So we did all our science lessons first thing.
Yesterdays observation was not a good one because we didn’t see any change in the seedlings from the previous day. Isabel was so disappointed. So I didn’t take any pictures but Isabel did record her findings on her science graph. (also note: that after watching our “discover and do” video yesterday we decided to wrap our seedling nursery in a blanket)
Which leads us to today…
There are 6 growth stages in a seedling.
On closer observation into our seedling nursery we can see that some of our seeds have gotten through stages A, B, C and D.
However 2 of our seeds haven’t left the first stage of growth yet.
Each seedling stage is determined by growth and gingerly taken out of the nursery for further study.
She only needs to draw 1 picture for each stage of growth.
Yesterday, she drew stage growth A. Today her seedlings have gone well beyond that first stage!
Filling in her bar graph with her new seedling findings from this mornings observations.
Another follow-up assignment for the mini planter seedlings is to check the water levels.
More water was needed in the tray so she filled and measured the depth so it was just right.
Assignment 3 and supplies:
- 2 paper towels
- scissors
- clear cup with lid
- plastic wrap
- 12 radish seeds
- pitcher of water
Our supplies to make four environments.
After assembling her environment, she’s ready to add her seeds.
Wrapping seeds with plastic wrap to decrease the chance of evaporation.
Her 4 environments are completed.
1. under the plastic wrap
2. on the lid
3. under the water
4. on the paper towel
She’s excited to see what happens with her 12 seedlings!
Our other science in the classroom and our other new book we are reading for the week is:
“The M.S.B. Inside the Human Body” by J. Cole and B. Degen.
We started this yesterday and finished it today, not going into to much depth but learning how and where food goes when it enters our bodies.
With starting later, we didn’t get any creative writing completed for the day but we did get all our regular class assignments completed. Which is totally fine, all the science observation that is taking place we can pick up the writing again next week.
Isabel told me at the end of class today that today was the best day of school ever! Wow! that makes me feel great that she’s enjoying homeschooling so much.