The Prairie

I flipped through Mane's school notebook this morning so I could remember what exactly we've done with our week! We read Three Names again, and Mane wrote down common nouns and proper nouns as we read. We researched prairie plants, animals, and insects and made a page for each in the notebook. Briefly, we discussed the various biomes of the earth and printed a map.

This morning we did some more reading about water. We made a pie chart of how much of the earth is made of water. This was a great way to discuss percentages and fractions. Then we made pie charts for the percentage of water in women, men & babies. Mane had some fun guessing how much of herself is water, since she's not a baby and not yet a woman.

Mane drew a water molecule, and she explained to me all the things she already knows about water molecules in the solid, liquid and gas form. She tells me that Mango told her all about it, and she surely did know all her stuff! Then she asked why ice floats, and we found the answer in one of our many library books on water.

Finally, this morning we followed some instructions for watching bean seeds grow from her nature book. Place seeds in a jar between the wall of the jar and some blotting paper, pour water in the bottom of the jar, watch beans sprout and grow: