Sam and I worked on a virtual greeting card in Minecraft for his friend. Then we all looked at some new resources and decided what we wanted to do. We decided to look at Camp Google tomorrow and had a flick through some French materials we have.
Next we watched goofy science and dramatics with Myth Busters.
Sam is very stiff from his swimming marathon yesterday and Owen was reading till late.
Later they played with friends online building and creating in Minecraft, watched Wildkratts and played Scribblenauts
Sam played with the dogs after his breakfast. I unpacked the shopping and hung washing out. Whilst I was dealing with Owen, Sam tried to work out a tricky problem on Scribblenauts, I love seeing how his spelling and problem is improving from using this app. Then both boys watched more Mythbusters. Next the boys wanted to learn all about worms, if they can drown etc, .
I didn't know..so we found out.
There was problem solving with WinkyThink and some number work using Native Brain.
Next some Jedi training for bilateral coordination and some weight training . After which Owen and I made a gluten free pizza.
http://agirlcalledjack.com/2015/05/12/socca-frying-pan-pizza-gluten-free/
We decided it was ok but we will try the wheat based pan recipe next time, as the boys found the gram flour had quite a strong flavour. After lunch the children went off to build and play online before tea and their Jujitsu class..they get to wear their new belts this week.
We decided to do the Google Camp Oceans module. First we watched learnt about the submersibles used to take explores under the ocean. Then we watched an ROV with commentary about what we could see and how the Oceans are so important and why they need protecting. We saw many fish, corals and sponges.
https://camp.withgoogle.com
We looked at how dolphins use sonar to 'see' things and did an experiment on why salt makes water denser by using 3 eggs. We also watched some wildlife programmes together.
In the afternoon we met up with friends to chat and play games. The boys had a ball and I got to catch up with my adult friends too. Both boys looked through the solar telescope that one of our group had kindly set up for everyone. Sam played outside all afternoon with his friends and Owen alternated between outdoor games and indoors ones. We all have a fab time and on the way home both were chattering away about how much they had enjoyed themselves....and I managed to drive home without getting lost or flustered. It always bugs the heck out of me this driving thing. For years I drove for work and in my personal life I would think nothing of driving to Scotland..I loved driving. Now I can get myself muddled of the shortest journey or feel panicky for no apparent reason..so getting us places is a big deal..it felt good.
We started with a couple of wildlife programmes then headed out on the bikes. There was initial resistance from Itsy and Bitsy, but once out the door they cheered up straight away. We spent ages in the park, then another bike ride out of the village ( scares the bejeezus out of me) and back to the park. Owen decided he wanted his hair cut at the hairdressers and we had managed to get him slotted in. He really enjoyed it but Sam was terrified they were going to wrestle him into the chair and cut his..so I gave him my phone to play games on whilst we waited.
Back home I rustled up chips, dippers and eggs for the hungry hoard. I had a more modest salad with guacamole.
Sam was up early *yawn* so he wanted to start right after breakfast *double yawn*. We started by watering the garden and looking at how much our caterpillars had grown. We added fresh nasturtium leaves to their jar, he was a amazed at how quickly they are growing.
After that we did some number work using the native brain. It's interesting to watch him using it,as although the number concepts are easy for him, the fact there is an element of problem solving and organisation make it more challenging. He wanted to bake a chocolate fudge cake next, so got everything out for him and helped him follow the right sequence of ingredients...smells good. Sam washed up and went to watch his wildlife programme.
Owen joined us for his breakfast and decided he wanted to bake afterwards too. Toffee cake this time.
Takeaway for our evening meal so we all sat at the table and tried each other's meals.
Saturday saw us off to the back2 bikes charity shop, where the boys chose 'new' bikes for their birthday. It really was a painless experience and both boys saw something they were happy with straight away. We can also take their old bikes in to be sold on to someone else. It's a fantastic place.
On the way back we had an interesting stroll back past the War Graves Commission Cemetery and discussed WWII, conscription and the different types of soldiers that were buried their. The boys asked lots of very interesting questions about the different names and nationalities of people buried there. They were shocked at how young most of the were when they died. I find it particularly sad because my great grandad is buried in Nigeria and I felt for the families of the solders whose graves are far from home.
Sam and Blokey went swimming early so I could have the car to visit my friends. Owen and I watched Mythbusters together before it was time for me to leave. Later in the day when I returned home the children did their own thing and I worked in the garden. I was tired so Blokey decided to take the children to see Ant man at the cinema. I was informed later that it was ' very funny' .
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