Preserving grapes

DD8 has been hiding out with DS5 in the grape vine for the past week...so I felt I best get in before they are all gone.

5 grapes with light sugar and tomatoe in baby jars...not sure how they are going to do as I've never used these jars before.

February 19 2015

Nice day...bit hot but we made it.

Computer club ended up with a lot of soggy looking kids struggling to use their brains but they still loved it.

Minecraft has been having a bit of a hammering as the heat keeps them inside and away from the windows with as little movement as possible...but I'm starting to see they pinning look for outside.

The kids were fascinated with the cat this morning as he attempted to catch a black bird...everyone ended up laughing...bird and children but not the cat as the bird just kept on hopping.

Lego WeDo robot

Activities for LEGO WeDo in Scratch 1.4+


Brightsparks

Tomatoes

I never know how much I need and the tomatoe sauce goes so fast...so photos

Not sure if all the jars have sealed but we'll know soon.

Gym

Both children have loved gym off and on for a few years now.
Last year both of them got very board with the large amounts of waiting and big classes. So this year I've tried to get smaller less waiting for a tern and both classes running at the same time to cut back the waiting in that part.

DS5 is the smallest of the group but is not put off

DD8 has moved into a floor routine group which is really working well for her

DS5 first time in a bridge...makes my stomach curl just watching

Plant identification

Every so often OM ask that DD head out and learn the names of different plants. She's pretty good at this.

Some one once said to me that most children of today can name something like 100 brands while on TV but not 5 plants.

While I can't say that my kids know 100 plants they really have no idea on brands as we don't have TV...lol

We are very lucky here to have access to lots of plants. We often walk to our local waterfall which is through native bush...beautiful! 

We may take a step further with plants as DS is very concerned about how toxic plants are...I think its something he picked up while at Playcentre and the whole Deadly Nightshade thing with the teacher there. He will often run to tell me that there is a plant somewhere and that a child has touched it.

Leaf work

Part of OM today DS5 is working on classifying objects. The suggestion was to use leaves.

I'm not sure that DS5 had that spark moment so we might try again with some other objects.
Maybe lego ;-)

DS5 has really enjoyed using a magnifying glass and is very interested in the different types of leaves. Flax and Ringaringa have been placed in the same pile. But Gorse and Tea Tree are similar because they are spiky but not the same in DS5 view...he recalled that Tea Tree and Totra are the same.

We did get a few things into separate piles