Meet Martin~

We have another pet found out in our backyard.
Meet Martin~

 Isn't he the coolest?

EK certainly thinks so!!!

Pet Schooling~

Shiloh, our new pet turtle that Hayden found us, has stolen the show for the last couple of days

so what do but bring her in to help school the kids~

 We made observations~

 And read lots of books~

It was a good Pet Schooling morning!

A Week Catch Up~

Our school week began with EK taking her state required standardized testing~

and she did great... thankful it is all done!

Tuesday evening we took a ride out on the boat and happened upon a snapping turtle~

Wednesday I pulled a couple of things to read about turtles 

and we watched Tortoise and the Hare on Reading Rainbow.

That's all it took for the 6 animal lovers to pull out every single thing we had about turtles.

 We spent the rest of the morning reading everything they found~

 I printed a photo for each and we recorded facts about turtles~

 Read a great article this week about schooling boys and it suggested they stand to work~

They really loved it!!!
Lastly, we have two new pet caterpillars and we will watch their transformation~

as we read our new Handbook of Nature Study.
Life cycles are so fun!!!