Waiting for her class to go on stage.
Saturday, June 6, 2015
Recital Time!
Shannon participated in the end of year recital for her hip hop class. This is the second year she has taken hip hop and still loves it.
Friday, June 5, 2015
Spring Semester of SCOOP
Both Ian and Shannon chose to take two classes for the spring semester. Ian chose Physical Education/Health and Simple Machines. Shannon chose Introduction to Medicine and Simple Machines.
Ian's PE class always included a warm up with stretching and jogging, then the group activity (soccer, basketball, various forms of tag), and a cool down.
Shannon's Introduction to Medicine was composed of western and eastern medicine. She learned to how to help with heatstroke, bug bites/stings (making a paste with baking soda and water), cuts, make soap (to clean wounds with), make electrolyte drink and elderberry syrup (for colds), and use meditation and yoga for your health. At the end of the class Shannon brought home a homemade medicine kit that also included the recipes for everything she made and informational sheets about the body systems they discussed.
The Simple Machines class used K'Nex to build the machines. Each child got a book where they drew the simple machines to help them remember all the machines. The machines are: the screw, lever, inclined plane, wedge, pulley, and wheel and axel. Each week the kids built machines using the simple machines they learned about. Both Ian and Shannon brought home projects they worked on so they could complete them and show their teacher the following week.
Ian's PE class always included a warm up with stretching and jogging, then the group activity (soccer, basketball, various forms of tag), and a cool down.
Shannon's Introduction to Medicine was composed of western and eastern medicine. She learned to how to help with heatstroke, bug bites/stings (making a paste with baking soda and water), cuts, make soap (to clean wounds with), make electrolyte drink and elderberry syrup (for colds), and use meditation and yoga for your health. At the end of the class Shannon brought home a homemade medicine kit that also included the recipes for everything she made and informational sheets about the body systems they discussed.
The Simple Machines class used K'Nex to build the machines. Each child got a book where they drew the simple machines to help them remember all the machines. The machines are: the screw, lever, inclined plane, wedge, pulley, and wheel and axel. Each week the kids built machines using the simple machines they learned about. Both Ian and Shannon brought home projects they worked on so they could complete them and show their teacher the following week.
Wheel and axel
Inclined plane
Shannon's cake hat that has spinning parts.
This made two different types of elevators.
Monday, June 1, 2015
Secret Agent Club!
Shhhhh, don't tell, but the kids went to the first event for a secret agent club. Shannon decoded the secret message so we could get the address and time for the meeting. The kids ran around Pohick Bay Park following the clues in order to get all the gear they would need for the following meetings. They found hats, mustaches, badges etc.
This club is going to meet up over the summer and very locations in our county. We are anxiously waiting news for the next secret agent club.
This club is going to meet up over the summer and very locations in our county. We are anxiously waiting news for the next secret agent club.
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