Learning Chemistry with Sun Bread

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Sun Bread, written and illustrated by Elisa Kleven, is a wonderful story about a village of animals that became gloomy because the sun stopped shining.  Then, a baker discovered that the simple act of baking bread that "rises and shines" could make everyone happy, including the Sun.  This story is such a magical story and it even has the recipe for Sun Bread printed on the back of the book!  This is a wonderful way to introduce the chemical reaction yeast has with sugar during the process of baking!  So, we decided to learn by "doing" and made our own Sun Bread
(see photos below). If we can do it, so can you!

Before

After

Happiness

Sharing

Galaxy Map Drawn by Seven Year Old Astronomy Enthusiast

Click to enlarge and to view the following galaxies:

• Milky Way
• Andromeda
• Pinwheel
• Whirpool

Check out the following books to help your child learn about galaxies:

Constellation Study

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Each night, before bed, California (age 6) goes outside to gaze at the night sky to find a new constellation.  Then he comes back inside and draws the constellation that he has discovered.  The Sun, Moon and all the planets of the Solar System have also been labeled.

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Learning Anatomy with Clay

California is fascinated with "what's inside the body".  He has made several clay creations to depict the various bodily systems over the past three years.  Yes, he has been doing this since he was three.  Below is his latest work of art.

Curriculum for a Gifted & Sensitive Six Year Old

Raising California Curriculum

Language Arts (Daily)

Reading/Spelling/Phonics

Explode the Code

Reading Pathways

 

Readers

Frog and Toad      Little Bear           Mouse Tales         Uncle Elephant       Owl at Home

Read Aloud

Stuart Little

Raggedy Ann & Andy Read Aloud Treasury

Reading Aids

Bananagrams (game)

Sentence Builder Dominoes

Rory’s Story Cubes

Tell Me a Story:  Mystery in the Forest Educational Creative Story Cards

Math (Daily)

Stanford University Education Program for Gifted Youth (EPGY) 3^rd/4^th Grade Math

Math aids

Wooden Abacus

Inchimals

Menu Math Ice Cream Parlor

Multiplication & Division Wrap ups

Money Bags (a coin value game)

Natural Manipulatives:  sea shells, river stones, sea glass, glass pebbles

Science

Astronomy (Fridays)

Real Science 4 Kids Astronomy (Level 1)

Real Science 4 Kids Astronomy laboratory workbook

Born with a Bang:  The Universe Tells Our Cosmic Story

One Small Square, the Night Sky

The Moon Book

Biology (Mon – Thurs)

Noeo Homeschool Science Kit with supplemental books and experiments:  Biology 1

Botany

A Kid’s Herb Book:  For Children of All Ages

Herbal Medicine Making Kit by LearningHerbs.com

Green Thumbs:  A Kid’s Activity Guide to Indoor and Outdoor Gardening

Hands on Gardening activities year round; growing fruits, vegetables and herbs.

Botany aids

Wildcraft:  An Herbal Adventure Game

Social Studies

A Child’s Introduction to the World:  Geography, Cultures and People from The Grand Canyon to the Great Wall of China

Global Art:  Activities, Projects & Inventions from Around the World 

Foreign Language

Rossetta Stone

Spanish (Mondays & Wednesdays)

Chinese (Tuesdays & Thursdays)

French (Fridays)

Physical Education

Ballet (Tuesdays)

Swimming (Saturdays)

Back yard Baseball (Daily)

Fine Arts

Ballet

Piano Lessons

Art

Ceramics

Nature Studies (Fridays)

Nature Walks, Nature Journals, Birds, Nature Table

Spiritual Studies (Fridays)

Yoga, Meditation, Intuitive Arts, Reiki

Eat Your Fractions

We cut the cheese into 12  slices.  California chose to eat 3 of the 12 slices.  3/12 = 1/4 

We cut the avocado in half.  California at one half.  1/2

 We cut the nectarine into 10 slices.  California ate 2 of the 10 slices.  2/10 = 1/5

We cut the orange into 4 wedges.  California ate one wedge.  1/4

We cut the lemon into 8 wedges.  California chose 3 wedges.  3/8

 Then he made lemon mint water from the mint in our garden.

And here is his mid morning snack made entirely from fractions.

We kept track of our fractions and practiced how to write fractions and reduce fractions on our whiteboard as shown below.