A New Year, a New Adventure

A tube of toothpaste teaches a valuable lesson: once your words escape you can't take them back. 

Be careful! 

Yes, we really are in school! 

Leadership skills come in many forms. 

How do you have gym class with three students? 

You pack up, go the park and play Frisbee Golf.  

 This year in history, we are focusing on the Eastern hemisphere. Each study area has its own research computer. We then meet and discuss our answers and interesting facts we've learned. Each country is experienced through special activities: guests like Xin (above), preparing and dining on cultural foods and several hands-on activities. We will post throughout the year, so check back often......this isn't your everyday history course!

Learning how to sing Happy Birthday in Chinese is more difficult than you would imagine!

The first field trip of the year included a private tour of the Allen County Court House. I am not sure who had more fun, the Global Treehouse or our tour guide!  

After our tour we walked to Coney Island and had lunch. 

A fun day in the city. 

 

She gets it! Just as a photographer needs to focus on a point of interest, so does a writer.  

Language Arts challenges young writers to be precise and to the point.

Homework?! Yes, this weekend create a cell in the petri dish using household items to represent its different parts. The results were VERY interesting...

One of our Science books is called, Blood and Guts. A model of blood: corn syrup = plasma, 

red hots = red blood cells, marshmallows = white blood cells, sprinkles = platelets, 

smiles = learning.

Doctors call this "lub-dub". Did you know the sound your heart makes is actually 

the opening and closing of your valves?

No, we are not Romans lounging around....we spend time reading everyday. 

National "Talk Like a Pirate Day" complete with eye patches, 

a Brain Pop video on the history of Pirates and ARUGHHHH(s) all the way around!