We started off at the Minneapolis Heart Institution Foundation. WOW.. that's all I can say about this very informative site. For your non-readers you will need to sit down with them and read the pages to them.
We then stopped over at the Franklin Institute to learn about the general make-up of the heart. This is a more grown up, or maturer child site, so if you have young ones, preview it first. :) Do make sure you visit the enrichment pages. We did this one and This one.
Then we stopped over here at e-learning for kids to learn more about the circulation system of the body. Again, if you are working with a non-reader, sit with your child to help him understand. The how the body works site was helpful in understanding the heart as well. :)
We headed over here to download some human body lapbooks. We stopped by here as well. We stopped by Slimgoodbody where I picked up some resources.
We built a jigsaw heart as well.
After we did all this, we coloured our hearts. This took a bit of discussion since the lad learned that blood isn't actually blue, it's more like a really dark red so he was unwilling to colour his heart red and blue. We compromised with a reddish brown. I have to admit, I like how it turned out.
AND he remembered what we talked about...how veins ooze and arteries spurt since he had a bit of a nick on his foot tonight and he commented... Mom, I cut my vein here, see how it oozes? :)
Since it has been a month since we took measurements we did them today, the lad has grown a 1/4 inch, and my efforts to decrease in size have been somewhat fruitful.
We then stopped over at the Franklin Institute to learn about the general make-up of the heart. This is a more grown up, or maturer child site, so if you have young ones, preview it first. :) Do make sure you visit the enrichment pages. We did this one and This one.
Then we stopped over here at e-learning for kids to learn more about the circulation system of the body. Again, if you are working with a non-reader, sit with your child to help him understand. The how the body works site was helpful in understanding the heart as well. :)
We headed over here to download some human body lapbooks. We stopped by here as well. We stopped by Slimgoodbody where I picked up some resources.
We built a jigsaw heart as well.
After we did all this, we coloured our hearts. This took a bit of discussion since the lad learned that blood isn't actually blue, it's more like a really dark red so he was unwilling to colour his heart red and blue. We compromised with a reddish brown. I have to admit, I like how it turned out.
AND he remembered what we talked about...how veins ooze and arteries spurt since he had a bit of a nick on his foot tonight and he commented... Mom, I cut my vein here, see how it oozes? :)
Since it has been a month since we took measurements we did them today, the lad has grown a 1/4 inch, and my efforts to decrease in size have been somewhat fruitful.
Reading
We did our normal reading again today. All four books. Can't remember exactly right now what all we did. :) But we did read them! :)
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