Muscular System Oral Review!

It took us a while but Mecca the Great is finally wrapping up her chapter on the Muscular System, Instead of just doing a chapter test I decided to go for an oral narration approach. Some of you who are familiar with the Charlotte Mason or Classical Education approach to education know the important role narration plays in helping the student develop the ability to reason with the content and teach back what they know. We still have a model of how muscles work and a few more end chapter questions to finish up before we move to our next body system. But I am very please with her progress thus far. Here is the video of our informal oral review. You can hear her siblings in the background listening to cartoons. 

The Bones Book and Skeleton Kit!

Tonight after dinner the children decided to pull out this skeleton kit for a little model building fun. My husband and I came upon this kit by happenstance when we were in Sam's Club the other day. We finished our study of the skeletal system weeks ago but I thought this could be a way to review in a fun way. 

It was really funny watching them put the rib cage onto the spine upside down. We also got a big laugh out of mistaking the pelvic bone for the scapula( shoulder blade). 

Dad got in there and help us get our guy up onto the stand. He said we should get an extra one next time we are in the store so he can have his own.  He really tried hard not to take over the kit from the kiddos. It is pretty hard not to get swept up in the model building mania.  Dad was even talking about painting his kit with metallic gray paint and adding claws to make it look like Wolverine's animantium skeleton. 

Probably one of the best things about this kit is that it came with its own display case. With all the little hands I have around here it is a necessity to keep the pieces from coming up missing or in little folks mouths. 

Look at all my "Mad Scientist"! 

Our 1st Jr. FLL Exhibition!

Right before the holidays Pony Princess and Kinetic Kid got the opportunity to participate in their first Jr. First Lego League Exhibition. It was such an awesome experience. I got to see how all their weeks of collaboration and teamwork paid off. At this level is more about learning how to present your project to the judges and other teams rather than any direct competition. All the children received a certificate and a medal. Not only are we signing up for Jr. FLL again next year but we will also be supporting Mecca the Great in FLL. I guess we are officially those people now. You know the Cool Robotics Kids family.