Perks of homeschooling in Hawaii: when it's a nice day with no planned outings, we can pack a bag of books and do lessons at the beach! We went back to Dog Beach and spread a blanket under a tree for lessons (yes, shady trees on the beach; it's a game changer). After completing Bible, history, reading, and writing, we declared the last couple hours of the morning science lesson: we went exploring further out into the water, waded to a small island, and walked down the beach for a bit. Along the way, we spotted several schools of fish, a bonded snake eel, a couple sea urchin shells, a sea cucumber, several ghost crabs, a pair of cloudless sulphur butterflies, many bits of coral, and a submarine!
Makerspace
Our local library recently started a monthly Makerspace for elementary-aged kids! Makerspace is a gathering for hands-on STEM learning.) This month's event featured Squishy Circuits. The girls got to learn about electricity and circuits by completing a series of projects using LEDs, a battery pack, insulating dough, and conducting dough. The librarian walked them through the outlined steps, but let them do a lot of experimenting off-script. They were thrilled! In honor of Veteran's Day weekend, their final project was a dough American flag lit up with LEDs.
Long weekends mean epic board game battles! Daddy and the girls took over the kitchen table with a massive Magic: The Gathering board game, and pulled out some new pieces they hadn't played with yet. So much fun!
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