Because it is raining. . .

Decided not to do anything outside, today. The rain was just unstoppable. 

With the unpredictable weather, we decided to stay home the rest of the day.  "Curled up" as we catch up on our homeschool backlogs.

Planning to cook our lunch myself, but Gia decided to "help" me. She ended up cooking it, instead.  TLE/Homeroom activity alert!

I just love it when you get to have  a chance to enjoy learning while doing simple housework. :)


After lunch,  we finished the following Science backlogs on Unit 1 -- Taxonomy:

. . .our identification of our ref magnet collection (in photo, bottom), flowers (in photo, top), and dogs (not in photo) using dichotomous key...

. . . and our "field work" - - - identifying our garden plants by scientific name, family, genus, species and common names. . .

What a fun, fun way to spend a rainy, lazy Sunday at home. . .  :)



Writer's notes:
* Excuse the typo errors
* Photos taken from the internet as part of our research work. Credits to the respective photographers.

Playing Taxonomist. . .

. . .for a day the past 2 weeks,  as a concluding activity for our Science Unit 1 lessons, we played "taxonomist". . .

Simple plant and animal identification based on the key-- the simplest being a dichotomous key.

..we practiced identifying with available fruits. . .writing a key for our ref magnet collections and flowers. . .

"Is the outside of the fruit reddish in color. . . is it firm to the touch. . .is it round or almost round. . ."

" Is the flower yellow or yellowish in color. . .does the leaf have parallel or netted veins. . ."


It is fun to make a key to almost anything you can think of . . .

Simple animal key:

image from: ikeepbookmarks.com

 . . . and a simple candy dichotomous key :)  fun!

image from: ikeepbookmarks.com

Our 2nd week. . .

This week was busier.  We missed 1 school day because of  some family obligation. We have to squeeze tests , research work, lessons, in 4 days, and another mini field trip today.

. . . Genesis . . . taxonomy . . . lines, planes, points . . . 

origin of words . . . Asia--its geography, issues, divisions . . . intro to MS Excel . . . 

kabayanihan, tungkulong pangwika, Bayaning Pilipino, 

Mga Pangulo ng Pilipinas, talakayang interaktiv. . .

being a teenager, adjustments in family relationships, keeping friends. . .

We have also finally decided on our Music option which was approved by HCSI as a special track (Thank God!). Gia will be joining a Homeschool coop that meets every Friday for their MAPE lessons and many more.

It's hot, Ma.

After her ballet classes today and after buying reference books, books especially Noli Me Tangere, and some school supplies, we proceeded to our "mini field trip".

For this, we went to Cartimar Market in Pasay. Aside from running an errand (we need to buy additional kois for our pond), we maximized our trip by checking on the various fish species with Gia listing down her 20 favorites. She will then identify it's scientific classification (i.e. Kingdom, Phylum, etc) - - - as part of her Science/Taxonomy appreciation.

It's a geeky week, we know! =D