Spontaneous Painting

A few days ago Chance and I were looking for something to do. We had been stuck in the house for the last couple days because Chance wasn't feeling well but it was so cold. Just then a local company Chez Clay posted a but one get one free sale on their Facebook page.

We have been there a couple times and it was fun both times so it seemed like the perfect thing to do on this chilly day.

Chance picked out this little car and I painted the little vase. We had a good time painting, it was so nice to do something spontaneous for a change. We will be picking up our fired pieces on the 21st. Chance's birthday!

Birthday sleepover

When I asked Chance what he wanted to do for his birthday this year he said he didn't want a big party with lots of people. He just wanted one friend, Emory to have a sleepover. So that's what we did.

This picture was taken during the only 15 minutes they were sitting still all evening. We stated a movie but I think they really only sat on the couch to drink their juice boxes because soon after they were playing with Legos and hexbugs once again.

They were up EARLY the next morning so after more playing and breakfast we went bowling.  It didn't take the boys long to decide to team up against me and in a kids vs me matchup they won everytime.

 I'm good but I'm not that good. That's rounds 1,2 & 3 in order. Chance broke 100 in round 2, there were bumpers but still.

This last picture is of the boys playing Weeping Angel tag, yes they watched a bit of Doctor Who.

Lafayette the fish

We seem to be able to keep a betta fish alive for 2 months. We are learning though, this time we got a heater to go with our new betta. 

Since we had a blue and a red bettas before we went with purple this time. He is very pretty and with the heater he seems very happy swimming around with his tail and fins on display even on the coldest days.

I took these pictures right when we brought him home before he went in his heated bowl.

Have you met Asher?

I know I have been slacking and I know I keep saying I am going to do better but life is still crazy hectic and so I don't but I do want to take a moment to introduce everyone to a new member of the family. He is 2 months old now, time flies. and he is the second most gorgeous baby boy I have ever met. His name is Asher Warren Wunnenberg. This first picture was taken of him and Chance when we were in Florida in September for his birth. He was only a few days old.

Here is a more recent picture of him sent to me by my Mom.      He just keeps getting bigger and bigger. Chance loves him to pieces and I do too

Definitions

Chance is really good at his vocabulary words and his sight words. He blew right through the list of first, second, and third grade sight words. We are now using fourth grade sight words and even those barely slow him down.

This vocabulary unit focuses on travel words. I asked chance to write the word 'turn' and define it in the context of travel. Here you see the result.

Book report - The Trumpet of the Swan

In this unit chance was given a list of books to choose from, The one he picked was an excellent choice, one of the characters is a little boy loves animals just like Chance.

So, for the past week and a half we have been reading The Trumpet of the Swan by E. B. White. 

When we finally finished the book it was time to do a book report.

It is hard to see but on each of those little pieces of paper is written a fact about the book.

We brainstormed what to write on the papers together. Then Chance decided which fact should go on which paper and wrote the facts out himself.

This was our hardest literature unit so far the reading was easy but going over everything we had read every day became tedious for both of us. In the end we all decided it was a pretty good book.

LAVCA Pizza in the Park

Last Tuesday we went to our first official LAVCA school social event. All grades from all over the state were invited to Bayou Sauvage State Park for pizza and socializing.

The parents talked while the kids played. Chance had a good time. It was interesting talking to all the other parents and learning why they chose virtual school. 

Before it was over we got all the kids together to take this picture. You can see Chance down front right behind the banner on the left-hand side. The little boy in the front farther left wearing the yellow construction hat is Isaiah, he is in Chance's class.

P.S. publicschooloptions.org Is a group that advocates for alternative public school options. 

Egyptian History

In History class we're now studying the Egyptians. We learned that as the nomads began to settle they settled along rivers, one of the rivers they settled along was The Nile. The people who settled along the Nile became known as Egyptians.

We are learning about their gods and goddesses, This is Osiris and Isis:

We learned that upper and lower Egypt were united by king Narmer. Here he is wearing the double crown red for lower Egypt, white for upper Egypt.

Chance colored the pieces and glued them together to make the double crown.

And last but not least we learned about hieroglyphs. Chance did an excellent job writing his name with hieroglyphs.

The CH is represented by the left facing horseshoe, A by a bird, N by squiggly lines representing water, C by what looks kind of like a cane and E by what is called a reed but looks more like that symbol on the end there.

Molecule Science

In science class we are learning about molecules. So we did an experiment to show how molecules move faster in hot water and slower in cold water.

We put red food coloring in the hot water on the left and blue food coloring in the cold water on the right. Chance is pointing out in this picture that the red food coloring is spreading out through the glass faster than the blue food coloring. Which of course happens because molecules move faster in hot water.

Chance drew a picture of his observation right after we put the food coloring in each glass and again in 10 minutes see what changes had occurred. The color will spread out evenly in both glasses it just takes longer in the warm water.

Chance loves thescience experiments    we do in school. I know I didn't learn about molecules in first grade, It'sgreat that Chance is getting this base knowledge of science so young.

Introducing Hammond the Beta Fish

We got a beta fish! His name is Hammond. He loves swimming and eating. He also likes warm weather but not direct sunlight. Chance likes to check on him and give a report on how Hammond is doing.