County Fair Update

We went to see the exhibits today! It was an excellent display. So many talented people! We pick up our stuff on Friday, ribbons and cash included. I'll post the results then! Pics included!

County Fair

It's County Fair time! We just entered a LOT of things! Stay tuned for updates!

Learn Morse Code

We've been reading about Thomas Edison. So we're going to learn Morse Code!

learn morse code
has charts, and recordings of the alphabet to listen to.

Morse Code Teaching Machine has downloadable programs for you computer to help learn/translate morse code.

Kids Domain - Sign Language

Kids Domain - Sign Language
American Sign Language games and print-outs

High School Planner

Melissa really likes the planner from www.davidandlaurie.com. Recently she requested that I get her another one. It's an awesome planner. She likes using it, and I like it because I can tell at a glance how her work is progressing. I went to the website and instead of the $25. that I paid, they are now offering them for FREE! When you get to the website, click Other Products on left, then scroll down to Student Planner. You can download the file, and print it out yourself, or take it somewhere to have it printed and bound. I printed it out for Mel, and she but it in a binder with dividers.
I found their Guidance Manual extremely helpful, also.

The Frog

We now have only one frog left. We don't know why, but they started dying. So Duane walked the kids over to the neighbors pond to set it free. Our creek has dried up again. The kids put the frog into a water bottle to carry it over to the pond.

But then they had a hard time trying to get it out of the bottle! lol Hannahs trying, and they finally got it out.

The ducks on the pond. The kids really like the gray one with the funky hair-do!

The long walk home! If you follow the cow path that the kids are walking on, you can see our barn. Our house is to the left behind the trees. You can see a little sliver of the road on the far left of the pic.

Our Froglets

Some of the froglets are dying. We're not sure why. We brought them in as tadpoles, and they have been doing well up until now.

Tadpoles

The tadpoles sitting on the kitchen counter. See their little legs?

Reading

Abigail and Zachary reading under the table in the schoolroom!

Raising Tadpoles

Our creek is drying up, again. The kids took some tadpoles over to the neighbors pond, and brought a few into the house to raise. Here are a couple of tadpole links that I found usefull.

How to Raise Tadpoles

KEEPING TADPOLES:
A Guide for Pond Dwelling Species