News with Naylors

We just completed our twelfth week of homeschool. You can view our  daily schedule  (including which curriculum we use for math and reading) by clicking the link. Below you'll find the art and science activities we did this week - focusing on Rain & Clouds. MONDAY : Book: The Cloud Book by Tomie de Paola & Little Cloud by Eric Carle Activity: Cloud Art Supplies: Blue Card Stock, Cotton Balls, & Glue We read about the different types of clouds (cumulus - puffy clouds; stratus - flat sheet clouds; and cirrus - feathery clouds) and how rain comes from the clouds. We also read about how clouds look like different images in the sky. We each made our own cloud image with cotton balls and glue.  My four's idea (top) made a scene from one of our books and my six made a crocodile) TUESDAY :   Book: The Snowflake: A Water Cycle Story by Neil Waldman Activity: Water Cycle Experiment & Craft Supplies: Water Cycle Car...

We just completed our eleventh week of homeschool. You can view our  daily schedule  (including which curriculum we use for math and reading) by clicking the link. Below you'll find the art and science activities we did this week - focusing on Fungi (Mushrooms, Yeast & Mold). MONDAY : Book: The Mushroom Hunt by Simon Frazer Activity: Hunt for Mushrooms & Grow Mushrooms Supplies: Magnifying Glass & Mushroom Growing Kit We're lucky we live in Oregon and have mushrooms all around us. This week, we met together with friends to look for mushrooms. We had so much fun, but didn't find many mushrooms. When we came home, we looked in our yard and found so many (including this huge one pictured below)! We didn't dare touch them, but we got a good look and used sticks to examine them. When we came inside, we started this Mushroom Growing Kit . We followed the directions on the box and have mushrooms growing now! Mushroom Hunt with friends...

We just completed our tenth week of homeschool. You can view our  daily schedule  (including which curriculum we use for math and reading) by clicking the link. Below you'll find the art and science activities we did this week - focusing on Halloween. There are book options available for each day, but I got a bunch of books from the Library we have been reading from all of them this week.  MONDAY : Book: Mummy Cat by Marcus Ewert OR Mummies Made in Egypt by Aliki Activity: Mummy Craft Supplies: Construction Paper, Scissors, Glue, Paper Towels, Googly Eyes Main Point: Scissor, paper and gluing skills We are really enjoying learning about mummies. Today we read some books, watched a PBS Kids episode on King Tut and then did a simple mummy craft.  TUESDAY :   Book: Pyramids & Mummies by Simon Seymour  Activity: Mummy Excavation Supplies: Cornstarch, water, toy skeletons, 9x13 aluminum container, jewels, digging to...