This homeschooling week started off with an unplanned study on poison ivy remedies. My daughter brought the itchy rash home with her from last week’s mission trip.
We learned that placing potato slices over the rash sites was an effective treatment.
Also this week, we the added an anemometer and a barometer to our homemade weather forecasting center.
Z7 updated the current conditions chart and practiced weather related jokes. His favorite this week is, “What does a cloud wear under it’s raincoat? Thunderwear!”
For “Poem In Your Pocket” day we not only kept poems in our pockets, but also studied poetic devices. Instead of notebooking or lapbooking our printable mini posters, we put them on our current (art in progress) chalkboard wall. I think it looks nice having some of the blank spaces filled in.
And, SALT (saved, anointed, loved, transformed) practice for our homeschool group’s creative ministries troop. 
And, Silver Lining, homeschool color guard practice.
We will be ending our homeschooling week with our monthly homeschool support group’s family game night and potluck.
How was your week?
betty jo
Still Learning Something New 
It is the poisen-ivy time of year. We have done some research on home remedies over here too. It looks like your week got better! We had a nice relaxing week with some much needed spring cleaning (or home ec). 🙂
Wow, a relaxing week! I want one of those. Yeah, I need a spring cleaning week, too. 🙂
Wow!! You guys have been really busy doing some very cool activities! Jeremiah has been studying about daVinci too! Thanks for linking up at Friendship Friday!
Da Vinci was the last of our artist studies for the school year. Composers will be next! Thanks for having me again for Friendship Friday, Sylvia 🙂
The books on DaVinci … Are those children’s books? My son is interested in the Mona Lisa, and I’ve searched our library for books on it, but what they have on DaVinci’s works are more for adults.
Steal Back the Mona Lisa, by Meghan McCarthy, Harcourt Books, was a very clever children’s story. My younger 2 boys (7 & 9) needed some help with Amazing Leonardo da Vinci Inventions You Can Build Yourself, but enjoyed looking at all that he invented. Leonardo da Vinci, by Kathleen Krull is part of the Giants of Science Series and is for the older reader. Our local library is good about ordering books they do not have, they do it often for us.
You accomplished a lot this week! I love your weather station!!
Thanks for linking with Collage Friday!
Thanks for hosting collage Friday and thanks for visiting my blog. Come back again! betty jo
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We liked Steal Back the Mona Lisa, too. Funny and educational. Glad your son enjoyed it!