There’s no getting away from the rain when you live in Vancouver, so it’s nice as a homeschooler to be able to stay in when it’s a bit yucky out. Not that it means there’s nothing to do because Ethan has little trouble filling his days with activities and learning as an unschooler.
Ethan picked up where he left off last by going over how to measure the area of a sphere.
Later that morning, he drew a picture representing how he felt about the rain today. Interesting because he knows the sun is there, so maybe he sees the positive in things?
We went to Ethan’s swimming lesson and hung out at home afterward. Ethan got into one of his favourite books lately, the 13 story treehouse books.
Time for Scratch and trying to code his own games. Here, he was making a maze game.
And today’s episode of Bill Nye Saves the World was about GMOs. We all watched and learned quite a lot about GMOs.
Next, Ethan learned about how even if objects have the same area, their perimeters can be different.
We then spent some time reading a couple library books we haven’t gotten to, such as the Chinese folktale. We wanted Ethan to read this because he’s half-Chinese so we feel like it’s good to expose him more to Chinese culture. He wasn’t too interested but liked the story, nonetheless.
We then started reading about life on the space shuttle, which is about Canada’s first female astronaut, Dr. Roberta Bondar.
We then listened to some children’s songs by Tom Chapin, which were great fun.
Then, Ethan read a bit more about the space shuttle. He likes most things about space.
And we ended the day with a video about how math needs to be taught in more modern ways, rather than simply what we’ve been taught in the past. For example, multiplying 2-digit numbers by 2-digit numbers can be done using a rectangle and calculating the perimeter. This makes math more tangible, rather than just using abstract numbers and word problems.
Done for today! Let’s see what tomorrow brings.
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