After spending Saturday at ASU’s Earth and Science Exploration Day, we headed to the Arizona Science Center today. The kids enjoyed the robot exhibit and spent a lot of time with pulleys and counterbalances. The liquid nitrogen demonstration is always a big hit and this time we saw the fire demonstration as well. I think […]
Entries from October 2009
More Science
October 26th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: Homeschooling · Science Schmience
Crammed
October 24th, 2009 · No Comments
I do wish everyone would spread events throughout the year. It’s bad enough that it’s so hot here during the summer, but nothing goes on either. Then every event and activity gets crammed into the cool months when we should be outside.
Today’s choices were Boo at the Zoo (Halloween event at the Phoenix Zoo), the […]
Tags: Homeschooling · Science Schmience
What holds the universe together?
October 23rd, 2009 · 1 Comment
This morning D, who just turned 9, asked to learn to make scrambled eggs. The other two quickly followed. So we started an assembly line, each making their own scrambled eggs from cracking the shell to whisking, which is somehow considered much cooler than stirring, to cooking. C and B both grated their own cheese […]
Tags: Homeschooling · Parental Ramblings
Ending Hibernation
October 3rd, 2009 · No Comments
While the rest of the US gets ready for autumn, leaving behind outdoor activities, we are ending our self-imposed hibernation. It is just too hot to do much outside all summer here. But once the temperature drops, we head outside and activities begin again.
The end of summer seemed to launch the beginning of the active […]
Tags: Fresh Air · Getting Physical · Homeschooling

