The Vine Academy: Week 18

So this week we learned all about digestion. We learned how the digestive system works, complete with an experiment. We also learned the important parts of digestion, and why we get hungry. We also finished our Fruit of the Spirit lessons on Peace. The babies were able to create the clay fruit for our study on Peace. The kids were also able to attach Peace to their lives.

Tater finished learning about American Girl Caroline, and the War of 1812. She also mastered addition with regrouping. A pretty big deal for my Tater. We took a break from Language Arts this week, but we will hit it hard next week.

Jr Bug learned the letter R sound, we also read books about Jesse Bear for reading comprehension. We worked on same/difference worksheets. Something he has really excelled at.

Below are some pictures from our week...

Learning about Peace, attaching Peace to their lives and to the Fruit of the Spirit Tree

Coloring the digestive system.

Jesse Bear reading comprehension.

Building a tower for fun during Social Studies.

Writing with Hallie!

Letter R

Making Clay "kiwi", for our peace Fruit of the Spirit.

One of the ways I teach Tater math is by having her "grade" my work. That allows her to teach me, and allows her the ability to learn, without learning.

Blowing out their Peace candles for the last time.

Sshh!! Learning is going on!

The kids made their own person with a digestive system.

We made a digestive experiment. We used paper for the esophagus, a ziplock bag for the stomach, water for the gastric juices, and a cracker for the food. The kids were able to break up the cracker to simulate chewing, then we stuffed it into the esophagus, and into the stomach. The kids were able to pretend to be the small intestine and got the fluid out, and then the large intestine to be the rectum.