Spring in our homeschool

It's so much easier doing crafts when the inspiration is all around.
Ciara painting some egg cartons to make daffodils.
Niamh painting the grass, the tool not being a paintbrush gave a nice grass effect.
And the sky is sponged in.
Learning is so much fun when it is turned into a game. Niamh takes away a shape and Jude must close his eyes and then work out from the matrix of shapes which one is missing.
Ciara really enjoys playing with the pyramid and opening and closing all the secret rooms.
Just is getting more and more into his lego, he has to follow the instructions to build the different pieces.

A crafty day

Some days just end up being crafty days even if we don't really plan it that way. The kids do love these days.
I was quite impressed when Ciara asked to paint this sun and then proceeded to very carefully colour in the lines.
Making tissue paper print cards - paint the card with watered down acrylic paint.
Cut out tissue paper shapes.
Place them on the wet acrylic paint, and then peel the tissue paper off after about 1 minute - I forgot to take a photo of the finished effect but it does look rather nice.
Jude decided to make bookmarks instead of a card.
Niamh decorated this card with acrylic paint of different thicknesses.

It's not a liquid or a solid

The girls enjoyed this experiment on making slime, a compound that is neither a solid or a liquid.
Eden feeling rather scientific with her gloves and mask.
Niamh with the sodium tetraborate.
Mixing all the ingredients together.
And voila, we have made slime.
Why not have a bit of fun with it.

Making a Volcano

Making plaster of paris for a volcano mold.

Spooning it into the mold.
The finished mold, waiting to dry.
All painted and ready for the experiment. Adding bicarb down the middle.
And Niamh adds vinegar.
To make a lovely eruption.

Studying Volcanoes!

We started studying volcanoes a few weeks ago, it was really coincidental that we got to see the volcano is Iceland erupting this week and see how it affected so many peoples lives.
As soon as we start reading books and learning a new topic, the children go off and start their own paintings or drawings, they always get inspired.
Jude especially enjoyed the reading of the story of Pompeii, this is Eden's narration of the story.
And Niamh's narration.
Eden's poem and illustration.
Jude's illustration.

Cabbage white butterfly and hama beads symmetry

Niamh made this hama bead butterfly, and I asked her why she used such plain dull colours. She then she was making a butterfly she had seen in the garden last year, a whole 6 months ago. I went online to see if I could find her butterfly, and when we saw the image of the one below she said yes that is the one, see how similar her butterfly is.

Cabbage white butterfly.
I always love how their symmetry is so perfect in their designs.
Jude's design.

Finishing off the galaxy

Come see his hands and his feet,

The scars that speak of sacrifice,

Hands that flung stars into space,

To cruel nails surrendered.

Our finished wall display.
The girls really enjoy copying, illustrating and memorizing poems. We always try to find poems for the themes we are studying.