Photography Challenge: Small Backyard Creatures

We actually get lots of creatures in our yard, and over the years we have shared some of them.  It is fun to teach Science right from your own yard.  There are so many topics if you just look, and think about it.  Especially when my kids were young, this was a very easy way to teach Science.  Now that they are older, and one is in college now, I need a more structured Science curriculum.

For this week's challenge, Caitlin and I had to find a small creature in our back yard.  I found some snails, and she found this lizard.  She actually loves lizards, they don't like her taking their picture though.  She is quite good at catching them, and even had some for pets for many years.  Now that she has a cat in her room, that won't work so well. 

Oh, and Happy Memorial Day to all the men and women currently serving in the US Military.  We appreciate you!

Photography Challenge: Smile

So, this week the challenge was to take a selfie of yourself smiling.  Caitlin didn't quite achieve that as she hates taking selfies.  This next week the challenge is small backyard critters.  We are nearing the end of her 9th grade homeschool year.  I will be sharing my thoughts on the year, in a post that my evaluater uses in August.  I also will share choices for grade 10 on another day.  For Caitlin there isn't a whole lot of grading, as she could care less about a grade.  So, for her it will be completed, uncompleted, excellent, satisfactory, good, or needs improvement, along with a final grade of pass or fail.  I hate the needs improvement, because all things can always need improving, but without a grade, I have to have some option for a C grade.  Hopefully there won't be any C's, lol.  Over the Summer we will work on Writing, using short creative writing prompts.  Math and History, and tiny bit of French, are the only classes we are still actively completing. 

Photography Challenge: Grass

So, this time, Caitlin got a better picture than me. I don't find grass all that inspiring, I guess. She managed to get the dog to look cute lying in the grass. She has a knack with dogs. Maybe she should look into working with dogs. Next week our challenge is, smiles. I guess that could be interpreted any number of ways. Things that make you smile, a smile on a face. I think I will have her go with a smile on a face. My son's last day, of his first year of college, is today. Boy did this year fly by. My youngest will be in grade 10 next year, OMG! I am starting searching for curriculum now, and will be sharing my choices soon.

Photography Challenge: Sky

So, I am a little late posting these, lol.  Next week's topic is grass.  I still have not wrapped my head around how I am going to make grass look interesting, but I am up for the challenge.  Caitlin is still  not feeling this all that much.  I am hoping she will get more into it.  The night sky image is mine, and she took the daytime image.  I love to watch the clouds, and at night the moon.  There is just something mysterious about it to me. 

Photography Challenge: Flowers

This is a new series I have gotten Caitlin and myself doing.  It is not meant to make either of us a master photographer, but rather to get her interested in the outdoors.  So, on our walks, we both get a new thing to try to photograph.  This week was pretty easy, flowers, and next week is clouds.  The challenge does get a bit more challenging after that. 

We have finished up our 3rd semester of the 9th grade, and she is doing really well.  Aleks is working wonders for her Math.  I have started testing her on Language Arts, and I am pleased and satisfied at how well she is doing.  French is a work in progress, but I found a cool podcast for French next year.  I am already listening, and learning.  Science, and History, well I don't think she will ever love those.  Right now we are watching the Hatfields and McCoys on Netflix.  I know I went backwards but it is such a great series, and so much conversation can come out of it.  We will start WW2 after, and yes there is a ton of discussion topics for that as well.