Valentines Day 2014

 

Valentines day 2014

 

 

The day started with K waking up and receiving his valentines day gift from mom and dad in his chair backer.  the backer is from Pottery barn kids if your wondering.

Once K was ready to eat we made heart shape pancakes and eggs and strawberry milk.  K said it was the best breakfast ever.  Ha he says that to any meal that is made for him.  Just love his kind heart. 

Once we got some school work done K and I baked some cupcakes to decorate.  Red velvet with cream cheese frosting.  Than we went onto some art where K was learning how to make a heart stencil and how you would paint with a stencil. 

K said his favorite thing of the day was EVERYTHING!  He enjoyed the non-stop fun through out the day weaved within his normal school day.

FT: Marineland 3/7/14

Marine Land

Palm Coast FL

 

This trip was AWESOME! other than the 48 degree weather

 

The trip started out with learning about Bottle nose dolphins in the classroom.  We learned about the parts of dolphins and what they eat to the noises they make.  The classroom learning was about 20 Min's.  Once we finished the class we got to spend sometime just watching the dolphins play with each other and the kids at the windows.

 

Nellie was happy to see us.  She is 60 yrs old and doing awesome.   Did you know that dolphins shed their outer skin every 2 hours?  That's why dolphins feel the way they do. 

Its our time with some one on one time with the dolphins.  Our group spent time with Shocka and Hemingway.  Hemingway is 20 yrs old and Shocka was 2 yrs old.  We learned a couple of commands to do with the dolphins. We got to feed, dance and get up close with the dolphins.  Loved the hands on part as now we got to see things that we learned in the classroom up close.
 

Part of our group added the behind the seas tour and that was where we all learned about the other sea life that marine land was working with.  We also got to learn the history of marine land which started off with a dolphin named FLIPPY!  Yes, that sounds sort of like a famous dolphins name.  Yup the writer got the idea from Flippy!

This field trip is by far our favorite field we've taken and we've been on some awesome trips.

We've learned so much about Dolphins in general and dolphins right here in our own back yard.  Teaching us how things like run off from our yards can damage our eco system.  Dolphins in the Indian lagoon are only averaging a life span of 7 yrs when a wild dolphin not in the lagoon are averaging 30 yrs.

Legoland 2013

Our Journey through LEGOLAND in photo's

 

K and I had the chance to go to LEGOLAND with our homeschool group again.  I kept this a secret until The 6 AM wake up call.  K jumped for joy with the surprise!

Look at this amazing Christmas tree made from Legos.

 K was living up the chance to go on rides with his friends!  Sometimes being an only child is BORING! 

                      
                                                  Merry Christmas from K and Mrs. Moliassa

Unit Study: Apples

Apple Unit!

September

 

We started out by matching apples to the chart using the stickers on the apples. 

 100% WA apples used!!!!

Getting ready for the taste test!  Slices are ready to go.

I was taste testing along with K so there isn't any photo's of the tasting.

while testing all the apples I had K describe each apple as he sampled them. 

K's favorite apple ended up being the red delicious and Gala

My favorite was the honey crisp.

 

least favorites:

K- Granny smith

Mom- Red delicious

 

After the taste test I showed K the apple star.  He thought that was pretty neat.

 

 

For art we water colored a plate of apples.

(Art Lesson posting Monday 11/4)

 

 

We labeled the parts of an apple and colored. 

While reading one of our apple books we learned some neat things about apples  . Did you know a see from a gala apple may not sprout a gala tree.  In order for farmers to make sure their orchard grows the tree they want they cut trees down to a root stock and graph branches of the type of tree they want.

 

We learned how to graft using toothpicks. tape and a TP roll made to look like a root stock.  Not an easy thing for little hands to do by them self, but great visual for kids.

 

Books we used:

Apples By: Jenne Simon (Science reader)

Apples By: Jacqueline Farmer <--great 1st-4th="" book="" for="" grader="" p="" the="">

Picking Apples and Pumpkins By: Amy and Rickard Hutchings

 

Back to School Bash -Coco Key

Back to School Bash

August 30th 2013

 

Last Day to be eight!

 

K had a blast at Coco Key!  Proud moment - K who is scared of most things until he rides something a few times marched up the stairs and rode lots of tube rides by himself and with friends.  He's matured so much in the last year.  So proud of his growth this last year and cant wait to see what the 3rd grade brings.

                                  Hope everyone is off to a great start of the year

Field Trip: Chocolate Kingdom 8/22/2013

Chocolate Kingdom

Orlando, Florida

 

How the Cacao bean turns into the chocolate that we have grown to LOVE

 

Join us with our photos

 

Here we are learning about the cacao bean and how it grows near the equator.  The Pod takes years to be ripe and its heavy when its ready to be picked off the tree.  

 

We got to sample the Cacao bean at its dry stage with a sugar coating.  Didn't get K's face when trying it out but he ended up liking it more than I did.  I have to admit I did spit mine out!  Bitter!

Here we are talking about the process of drying the beans and how they use to make the cacao powder.

Here we are learning about the history behind the Cacao. Cacao used to be used as money.  Umm, that was some yummy money.

Sampling an ancient recipe of hot Chocolate and learning how they use to make the Hot Chocolate to make it all frothy.  Glad we have gadgets that make the job so much easier today!

Chocolate river and a Marshmallow game.  K Love this!

This was my favorite area.  We got to see how the Cacao bean went through a machine to get the Nibs which is what you make the Chocolate with.

Here we are given samples of each type of Chocolate where we get to savor all the different flavors.

K ordered a Milk Chocolate bar with Marshmallows and M&M's, I got Milk Chocolate with Marshmallows and Carmel.  YUM!  Their Chocolate was GOOD!  I am a Chocolate snob liking European Chocolate so much that I am known to Order a good batch once a year for Christmas.  Just saying it's pretty darn good

The Cacao trees growing at Chocolate Kingdom

 

Great Info on Cacao

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Field Trip: Gatorland 8/20/13

Gatorland

8/20/2013

 

Started the day off with a drive to Orlando to enjoy Alligators in a safe place.  A great place to learn about the creatures that live in our back yard (in lakes/canals)

 

Welcome to GATORLAND!

 

When you first walk in you get to enjoy all the young in's sun bathing.  This was by far my favorite pond to watch.  Just watching the cute little guys

                                                                  Gator wrestling!
Not as fun as I thought this was going to be.  However, we learned about how they protect their eye's in the wild from being injured.  Learned that an Gator can stay under water for 2 hours before coming up for air.  Gators top jaw is where they have strength where crocodiles its the bottom jaw.  Glad we started the day with this while the kids were excited to learn about gators.

                                                              An albino Gator!

Albino gators don't live long in the wild because they don't blend in with their surroundings and tend to fall pray to other gators.  When an Albino gator is found places like gatorland take them in so that we can protect them and learn more about them.

The feeding station.  Turkey dogs were on the menu for today! 
Looking at this Picture I have no idea why I wasn't thinking that these guys can propel themselves out of the water.  Guess they had enough hot dogs that they didn't feel like a hand and a camera ;o).  As you can see in the first picture there is a net

These two are the sweetest friends ever.  Just love their friendship! 

A hot day of 97 degrees but a great time with friends made the temperatures bearable.  Already, looking forward to another trip to ride the zipline.

Field Trip: Publix 8/13/13

Publix Field Trip

8/13/13

 

Yeah we all had to wear hair nets!  I was blessed with having to wear 2!  Homeschool moms rock as they not once thought twice about helping me get my hair all covered!

 

 We started the tour in the bakery where we watched a decorator decorate a mini cake.  The kids where in aww watching how fast the cake went from plain to cute.  All the kids got to taste some frosting which they enjoyed at 10 AM ;o)

                                                                   Next off to the Deli

 Asking questions about their favorite sandwiches!  Every one sampling a slice of white American cheese.

                                                                      Produce

 The kids walked through the produce isles learning about how cold they keep the cold things like OJ (37 degrees)  These FL kids all thought that was cold!  They learned a little bit about apples and how many different types that the store has in stock.  They all listed their favorite potatoes, I heard French fries from one of the kids. K also learned that they get enough boxes every week to touch the ceiling of the store.  That's like 4 Pallets!
 We headed into the back where they kids got to see how they cut the pineapples for the cut fruit. Everyone got to sample some Pineapple.  YUMMY!  We also got to see how they store the produce in the back.  Not sure how they find anything it looked a little cramped but they just got a truck in.

                                                              In the Back

 Look at this Panty!  So much stuff.  The kids got to go into the fridge to feel how cold it was in there.  K came out laughing it was cold he said.  We than went into the freezer and burr that was cold.  I could feel it when they opened the door and I was a good 15 ft away from the freezer.  K walked into the middle and came right out.  He said it's too cold for him.  He thought it was awesome!  The kids got to see how they load the back shelf's when a truck comes in.  They also got to watch the cardboard compactor work.  Of course all children where kept a safe distance from all the working machines.

                                                                          Meat Dept.

This was K's favorite area.  He just really enjoyed watching how everything worked.  The kids where showed the machine that turns the meat into ground beef.  Next, they were showed a machine where they make the preformed hamburger patties.  Now comes the saw that slices the beef into steaks.  The kids also got to see how the meat was packaged down to wt. and wrapping.  I of course didn't get a photo of that.  Opps! 

One thing that was awesome to see is how each dept. showed all steps from washing hands to protecting their hands for safety.

Awesome job Publix!  My kid learned a lot

Welcome to our school room

Welcome to

Soleil Academy

 

 Teachers Desk.  Don't mind the pile of papers under the desk that are waiting to be filed away

Favorite photo of son and Hubs with my lotion, hand santi, lip balm  this years field trip planner
Laptop
Camera, pencil container, new planner, curriculum magazines, adoption fund pouch. Sharpies
Turn in box

Under desk
School Ipad, File (Student worksheets) Trash and our family and finance binders

                                                                       ~Our HUB~
                                Top to Bottom left to right
Teacher binders    Teacher books        Teacher helper books      Past year Binders    Current Binder
Student workbooks   EMPTY        His./Soc.S teacher helper books  Math/theme books  Classic books
Mon-Fri work boxes
Animals                   PlayMobil                LEGOS                   Lincoln Logs/Lego books      Puzzles
Play dough    Preschool learning games     LEGOS             Duplo Legos                         Games

                                                                   Music area.

                                                         Black shelf holds our manipulative
                                                            Art Area (For Now)
                                                     White book rack holds books that we are reading this week

 Our morning area.  This is where we do a few minutes of reviewing things and also where I do story  time.
Every morning we go over the date by writing it out.  I also will write a couple short sentences that son has to read and figure out.  Its normally a follow directions picture that he will do in his morning journal.  The Sentences are something that I have him do on his own.  Than have him show me what he got at the end.  Takes 10-15 min's for him to complete.
Clip board is on the floor but that will be hanging on the wall soon.  I use clipboards when son is in this area away from his desk.

Our bulletin board is just FUN!  For the spring I had son make the whole thing without knowing.  Just short lessons every day to the grand finale of the bulletin board.  He was super excited to see how I used his art work.  The Face was another lesson not part of building the bulletin board

Play table is just that a play table ;o)  There is another drawer but it's still in the garage

                                                          Our Library area. 
Had lots of books until I put them on the shelf and realized I didn't have as many as I thought.

                                                    from Left to right
Readers-2nd grade reading level      3rd-4th grade reading level    Holiday books <-- moving="" out="" p="" soon="">Fun hard back stories                         Random books                      Classics
SCIENCE (Space/Dinos)            Science (Animals, Bugs, plants)   Character building


Hope you enjoyed touring our school room.  We sure enjoy having our learning space