Midweek

STRUMMING: We worked on math, reading, science and more this morning, including music. CJ's currently trying to learn the original "Super Mario" theme, while Annabelle is working on using power chords to play "Louie, Louie" and "Wild Thing."

They're coming right along and are starting to be able to actually recognize when their guitars are out of tune. :)

BATTER UP: It's been too long since the kids have made anything to hang on the wall, so we cued up Activity.tv and found a cartoon tutorial they were interested in. Led by cartoonist Bruce Blitz, it showed them how to turn the number 10 into a baseball player.

The 0 became the baseball player's head. The 1 would become his bat, after about 20 more steps.

After about five minutes of closely following directions, the kids had managed to produce baseball players they were each proud of.

 Their pencil drawings done, it was time to add some color. Below is Annabelle's batter.

 And here's CJ's slugger. ...

CREATING: In science class the kids had lots of time and leeway to continue experiment with rubbings. Here, Annabelle makes a UFO before using a rubbing technique to apply an insignia.

Here's CJ's shoe, not that an explanation was necessary.

After science it was on to math. There, CeeJ and Bee had lots of fun. They watched a video from the Mathnet series, which originally aired on Square One Television between 1987 and 1992. They also  solved a math mystery from Scholastic's Math Maven series. They were so jazzed about solving the mysteries, we'll definitely have to check them the resources out at home, as well.

While the kids were in class, I spent some time outside in the grass, with short stuff. Today was better than yesterday and we're all inching closer to figuring this new normal out.