Kindergarten Science.... Taste

For Ryleigh's Kindergarten the last couple of days we have been working through the 5 senses (1 sense a day)... Here is a fun (quick) experiment/ lesson that we did. I took little cups and filled them with: salt water, sugar water, lemon water, unsweetened cocoa, and cocoa with sugar mixed in.... Braeden also partook in the lesson.... that is why there are so many cups! They did not know what they were tasting beforehand. By the end we had discussed: sweet, sour, salty and bitter.

 Ryleigh taking a sip of the salty I think...

 Hilarious! And by that... I mean for me....

 Braeden didn't like the taste either...

There were lots of giggles during this lesson... and I believe Braeden laughed so hard he got hiccups and tears... which made Ryleigh laugh equally hard.

 Overall, Ryleigh liked the experiment... but was not interested in repeat tasting... 

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What's in the Box.... Kindergarten... January

Ryleigh is currently in her Kindergarten Year.... and I thought I would share some of the things she works on each day.... because I like seeing what others do for their school day :-).... We are using the work-box method... and some of the subjects rotate in... some things that Ryleigh frequently works on but are not "featured" in this post are: McRuffy Press Science (Kindergarten), Sequencing workbooks, Maze and drawing Workbooks, Geography, Fun reading books, Seasonal Crafts and Projects, etc. ...... she also attends preschool with Braeden so she gets plenty of arts and crafts, fine motor and baking done there :-)

All About Spelling Level 1... 

 First Grade Singapore Math... 

we started with Math U See.... but this is a much better fit for us!

 Kindergarten Handwriting without Tears...

 All About Reading, Level 1... Ryleigh is midway through the 3rd reader...

 so I will move her to Level 2 Mid semester...

 A hidden pictures page... for fun...

 Sight Words... She is halfway through the Primer Dolch Words...

 this day she did a graphing project from The Moffat Girls..

 We usually pick a couple of pages from the Big First Grade Book,

 if there is time at the end of our school day....

 The picture of her Spanish flashcards did not show up...just a bright glare...

so I took a picture of the Binder that holds the cards ;-)

 Enjoying the perks of homeschooling... doing her sight words comfy style.....

 Posing for a picture...

 Working on her Spelling.... Braeden is helping... 

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Field Trippin.... Pumpkin Pickin...

To end our unit study on "Farms" and begin our Fall theme, Sarah Beth Academy (What I named our school )... went Pumpkin Picking to a Family Farm.... The kids ages ranged from not quite 3 months to 3rd Grade.... 

 Before the tour began the kids got out some of their energy...

 Braeden ran around in circles...

 The first activity was to go on a tractor pulled wagon ride....

 Ryleigh and Abby in the Wagon...

 Braeden looking at the cornfield as we passed it...

 Andrew... pointing to the cornfield.... 

 The kids were excited to pick their own pumpkin off of the vine...

 They were also allowed to each pick radishes...

 Ryleigh with one of hers....

 Braeden....in the pumpkin field...

 The kids also got to see newborn bunnies... still in their next in the ground...

 The kids got to learn about the life cycle of a pumpkin.... 

 and that a pumpkin is a fruit.... (go figure!)

 and that the ridge on the outside of the pumpkin is called a rib...

 They also learned about the parts of corn...

  Ryleigh listening....

 Picking String Beans....

 At the end they got to play in the very awesome playground... here Braeden is on an actual Fire Truck (Slide off the back)...

  Ryleigh in the giant pumpkin...

 Braeden climbing up a giant stack of hay... he did not want to come down... I actually had to go up and get him... 

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