Home School Days

We've had some fun home school days and nights (as you will see!). We are learing all about ancient history and last week we tried our hand at writing hieroglyphics in clay. PJ did a great job but he, being a perfectionist when it comes to art, thought it was very hard to write pictures in clay...which I agreed! But, I kept reminding him how difficult it must have been for the ancient Eyptians and Sumerans. He finally came up with his own code...and stuck with it instead. I did manage to get these two "leopard heads" that partly represent the word glory in hieroglyphics, before he "erased" them. He thoroughly enjoyed the book, Seeker of Knowledge: The Man Who Deciphered Egyptian Hieroglyphs.

PJ is also enjoying the Math U See curriculum as shown below. He has learned that every value has a place. The blocks have proved to be much fun, not just for him but for Calvin and Adele, too.

And, last Friday night (August 29) we decided to head down to the Space Coast (Cape Canaveral for those of you who aren't Floridians) and see the space shuttle Discovery launch into space. It was launced at 11:59pm. I think our kids thought we had lost our minds, but we really had fun, even if we were bleary eyed. It takes about an hour to get there from our house so we woke them at 10:45 (they were fast asleep, of course!) and drove down there. We walked out onto the beach and about 10 minutes later the shuttle took off. It eventually became just a tiny little blip...much like a star. We didn't stay to see it totally disappear. It was a pretty neat night. The rockets lit up the night sky and the rumble was terrific.