Pictures... FINALLY!

Here are a few pictures of the giant crawl through ear that we made...


This part was only paper, but it was supported by giant castle blocks and chairs.
We made a big tunnel out of blocks (not pictured), and then on the other side are the inside parts.....

Jonathan is holding the cochlea. Justin is holding the ear drum. Ryan is holding the hammer, anvil, and stirrup (hard to see). The ropes represent vestibular & auditory nerves. The large tunnel represented the auditory canal.

Quick Report

I just wanted to report that our first school day went VERY well. I actually felt the prayers... so thank you to anyone who prayed! The Lord really helped and gave me a patient spirit (with which I was rewarded with a lot of hugs and kisses).

I didn't get the boys out of bed until 8, so after breakfast and getting ready we started our day close to 9.
We were able to have devotions, character study and game, and most of the ABeka teaching and workbooks by 10:30. After a huge break (eating & playing outside) until 12:30, we finished up workbooks and built our giant crawl through ear. I think we stayed in the playroom with the ear until 2:30, so I guess when we left the playroom we technically ended our "school day" at 2:30 p.m. But like I have said in my last posts, I consider that life is learning so learning never ends. :-)

We did get to go to the library and I was able to find all of the books I needed about the ear (hearing, sound, listening, & Helen Keller). I was also able to find the DVD, The Miracle Worker, which is about Helen Keller's life. I also found several CD's with violin music since I chose that as our first instrument to study.

Well that's all for now. Hopefully I will get pictures on here before too long.

Plan for First Day of School

Today is the first day of school! It's 7:30 and I have been up since 4:20 -ish (only because Michael had to be at work by 6!!!).
I have been able to get a lot done this morning, thank the Lord! The dining room is decorated and I am about to shower, and after that I will wake up the boys and start our day! I am not sure if I will have time today to post how our day went until maybe tomorrow morning. Michael said not to overdo it on the first day. :-)

But here is my plan for our day:

Boys up, breakfast, morning chores (whenever Ryan wakes up- he will be getting to sleep in)
Devotions & KONOS Character study (Attentiveness- will play a game where I blindfold the boys and have them identify different sounds)
ABeka Math
ABeka Phonics
ABekaLanguage
Getty Dubay Italic Writing
ABeka Reading
Konos Activities - Study the parts of the ear. Build a "crawl through" ear in the playroom including the parts of the ear inside.
Go to the library and check out a huge stack of books that have to do with ears, listening, & attentiveness, and a biography about Helen Keller. Check out Several CDs that have to do with the violin.

I am hoping to be able to get an appointment for a field trip to a hearing aid clinic here in town. I have emailed the one on X street, and I am hoping they will cooperate.

My camera, for some reason, isn't transferring the pictures onto the computer. I don't know if it is software or the camera but I am hoping to get that fixed soon so I can take lots of pictures of our projects.