DAY 63

There have been no science or social studies assignments from school, so we have been making up our own lessons in these areas. Today we made crystals using pipe cleaners, string, borax, water and food coloring. I always have borax on hand for laundry, we had all of the other ingredients, so this science experiment was easy to do. The crystals formed in just a few hours. Now we have another one forming while we sleep.

Luckily Miss Nine had her social studies book in her backpack when we got the news that school was closing. The book is Our Michigan Adventure. We are finishing the chapters that they had not covered yet, then we talk about whatever might relate to the chapter. One of the unfinished things going on at school was a lighthouse project. Miss Nine has been quite upset about that, so we are going to do our own lighthouse project here at home.

This is the fun part of home schooling. I just wish I had a teachers lounge that I could go hide out it in the middle of the day.