These are such unprecedented times in our society. With so much going on, it’s difficult to know what to do and what’s to come. And when it comes to parents with school age children, there seems to be a lot of confusion and anxiety over what to do once spring break is officially over but schools won’t be back in session.
Hopefully, what is in our weekly posts can provide some guidance in the way we approach homeschooling. We follow an unschooling style of learning where the learner leads and resources are provided by us. But Ethan has been pretty good with finding his own resources, especially this school year. It’s probably a combination of experience, age and having a good sense of what he enjoys learning. To all the families navigating these uncertain times, feel free to reach out if you have any questions and best of luck.
Ethan made a lot of videos this week. There are videos about how to homeschool, Algodoo and Universe Sandbox. He was really on a roll with the videos and it’ll likely carry over into next week.
March 15
We spent most of Sunday relaxing at home but Ethan was busy making this video…
March 16
In the morning, I collected glass from the beach after going jogging with my mom. 
We’re weighing it because we had a competition to see who could collect the most sea glass. 
That’s a lot of glass! 
Learning about the Khan Academy badges. 
Here is my plan for my “How To Homeschool with Ethan: Khan Academy” video. 
Here is the video I made today! 
I learned about amplitude and period and made a video about it. 
Learning about mean, median, and skew from density curves. 
Doing some Duolingo Spanish practice. 
Teachtimeaboutmeanmedianandskewfromdensitycurves.
Ethan also made three videos today. Two of the video are about how to homeschool to help kids and parents find ways to homeschool while the kids are at home because of the coronavirus.
March 17
In the morning, I found a jellyfish while out jogging! 
Here it is! 
Wow, collected lots of glass! 
Korean practice and things I have to do today. My mom wrote the Korean for me to translate. 
Plan for the Algodoo homeschooling video. 
Learning about scripting in Algodoo. Scripting is coding in Algodoo. 
I made my own scripting project in Algodoo. The green marbles move around in a figure 8 pattern. 
Here is the code in Algodoo.
March 18
Wow, awesome photo of me looking grey and blending in with the rocks-wait, what? This was when we went jogging in the morning. 
Eating some cereal. yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm- okay I think you get the point.
Carl: We were reading the nutrition facts on the side of the cereal box and asked Ethan how much is one serving. Ethan poured out 3/4 cup of cereal into the measuring cup.
More glass!…or should I say plastic? (please please stop littering!) 
Doing the SelfDesign virtual field trip!
This one was about the brain and nervous system and understanding your learning style. My learning styles are kinesthetic and visual.
Made this hovercraft for the CSA’s space camp activity. 
Whee. This was for the CSA too. This was to learn about jet streams. A jet stream is like a jet of wind that is moving pretty fast. A ping pong ball is put into the jet stream. Then, the ping pong ball floats in the air! 
Cool! 
Wow, 45 degrees! 
That’s a big ball. Why does it have hair-oh never mind, that’s me 
More experiments of wind and things in jet streams. This one is blowing a jet stream between two soda cans. the cans twirl around each other! 
Bernoulli’s Air Pressure experiment. The balloons are supposed to stick together. 
And here is the status sheet of each experiment. I had to make a hypothesis for each experiment, and then take notes, and then move on to a conclusion. 
ViolinPracticeTime! (minuet book 3) 
Editing my video for homeschooling on Algodoo. I made this video because a lot of people are being homeschooled these days and I wanted to help them. 
Making a big components list on algodoo.
Another video about how to homeschool and a new series of videos about how to use Algodoo…
March 19
Joggingtime! 
Whee I’m in the same sweater as yesterday! 
Wow that’s a lot of plastic. 
Reading “Things To make And Do In The Fourth Dimention.” 
Learning about the monarch migration. This was for another SelfDesign workshop. 
More Korean practice! 
Doing some more CSA. 
This time, it’s about climate and weather. So I had to write down how different climate conditions are measured and the dangers if there is too much or too little of that thing. 
March 20
Walking on the beach. 
Digging a hole. 
That’s a lot of glass. I like the yellow one on the left. the long one. (stop littering please) 
Umm not sure what I’m doing. Probably reading a book. UPDATE: This was actually chatting with Eldon.
How to homeschool with Ethan part 4 is about Universe Sandbox…
March 21
haha 
Jogging time! 
Here I am looking for glass. 
I planted a tree! 
Reading, like you do.
A bunch of new videos about Algodoo…
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