December Classes

We only have classes the first two weeks in December. This week we will be focusing on Thomas Edison, and his many inventions.

After this week, we will start classes again on Tuesday, January 5.

November 10 Class

Today we talked about man's early attempts at flying, and spent most of the class working on parachutes.

November 3 Class

This week we focused on the Colonial trade of Silversmith. We watched a movie showing a silversmith's job, then the students had a chance to make their own "silver" projects from aluminum foil sheets.

Heads up for 3rd Tuesday in November

We WILL be having a History class on the 3rd Tuesday in November -- we will be covering Thanksgiving that day.

October 27 Inventors Corner

Today we discussed Ships and Boats:

What's the difference? (Mainly boats are smaller, and ships often carry boats (like lifeboats))

We discussed general types of ships/boats: canoes, sailboats, etc.

Why would you use a boat?
For traveling
For fishing
For war

Where would you use a boat/ship?
Ponds
Lakes
Rivers
Oceans

Then we worked on designs for our own ships/boats.

October 20th History Club

This week we talked about Williamsburg, maps, and clothing. We played a map game to learn about directions on a compass and navigating. We watched a video on Williamsburg, and one about the clothing of Colonial times. We finished up class by designing clothes for a paper doll. All the kids did great in class today, and listened well to instructions. They are a joy to teach!

Oct 13 Class -- Wheels

We discussed wheels, and their usefulness in transportation today. We listed things with wheels -- most of which fell in the transportation category.

We sorted 8 different transportation cards -- with and without wheels.

We looked at different types of trains, cars, planes, tanks, etc...

And then we set to work inventing -- something with wheels (didn't have to be transportation, but most were).