Monthly Archives: December 2011

Aluminium Potassium Sulphate

It being the day after Christmas I have been supervising the growing of crystals from a National Geographic crystal growing kit. This evening we created our first solution of aluminium potassium sulphate (plus orange dye) and now only three and a half hours later we already have three large crystals plus many smaller ones. The biggest is about 14mm across. What will they look like tomorrow?

Aluminium potassium sulphate

The Homeschooler’s Speekee Adventure – 9

Week 9 introduced us to the video, “La Casa”.  I enjoyed this one a lot; it was really cute.  The best part was learning the names of some common toys: doll, teddy bear, ball, piano, and blackboard.  Some were really easy to learn: “a piano” is “un piano”.  Some were much more difficult: “a doll” is “una muñeca”.

"Mi muñeca" - My doll

We had to listen to the pronunciation over and over, trying to get the hang of it.

Rolling our “R”s was a rather new experience, which had all of us laughing at ourselves.

Learning a new language can be quite an adventure.

Have a great week,

Kimberly
http://welovetohomeschool.blogspot.com/

The Homeschooler’s Speekee Adventure – 8

Hi guys.  It’s me again.  Back for another update.  This was week 8 for us.

We watched “El Café” once again, as a wrap up.  Then we worked on review.  The most fun way for us to review was for me to give my girls pop quizzes whenever it would pop into my mind.  I would walk up to them and say, “Triste” and then wait for them to make the appropriate facial expression.  Or I would say “Frío” and watch them shiver.

Not cold (frío) but hot. A still from the song Hace Calor (It's Hot)

Other times, I would hold up my hands showing a small amount on one and a larger amount on the other, so they could go back and forth practicing “un poco” and “mucho”.  I found it to be great fun and I think it definitely makes a difference.

Have a great week,

Kimberly
http://welovetohomeschool.blogspot.com/

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