Day 14 (aka running daily log week three-ish)
Day 14 - Monday, Sept 8, 2025 Notes
Gym- this morning we walked to Tioga. We started in the downstairs open space with stretching and free weights and such. We did the leg machines and got more comfortable with doing random stuff that sparked interest.
On the way home we chatted about weightlifting class at high school and how there is generally a learning component. We talked about eccentric and concentric exercises and getting to know the gym and the movements before locking in and learning names of muscle groups and how muscles build and things such as that, but we are planning to start that probably mid-October. May as well do a bit of anatomy and physiology - even though our big science curriculum for this year is environmental sciences, it’s always good to toss in more science.
Sidequest: Moonwalking with Einstein - Memory Palace tutorial
We noticed that Lydia Jane had trouble remembering her phone number her locker number her gym number, etc., so we watched a short tutorial on making memory palaces and I think we’ve got a really incredible technique going for remembering numbers now. We will practice again and maybe do something fun like memorize up to 30 digits of pi or something like that- we’ll see…
Botanical Art/Graphic Design - We took our botanical sketches and converted them in Adobe Illustrator to background patterns and foreground images. Played a little bit with color and scale. Learned about placing and live tracing.
LJ Math: Chapter 8 - Solving equations review and Ch 8 Test - We’re gonna go back over some of these concepts (cross multiply with binomials) and retake with Form B.
Stella Math: Chapter 2, Lesson 4 - Multiplying with variables and distributive rule (Stella did a bonus Ch 2, Lesson 3 on Saturday.)
CPR Certification Modules- there again was much wailing and gnashing of teeth, but we did figure out the technology of watching all these modules, and both girls went home with homework to finish up before the class in the morning. I love that they will be certified to do CPR on kids and infants. I think it’s always a great back-pocket skill and once you’ve learned it, it’ll stay there for the rest of your life even though the techniques change overtime, they’re still pretty effective to use the old techniques so if they never do a recertification, they will still have the skill.
ELA - Continuation of Environment Unit
We worked on essays covering an article that we read from “Strangers in their own land. Anger, and Mourning on the American Right” by Arlie Russell Hochschild about a man named Lee Sherman and his work for PPG.
Day 15 - Tuesday, Sept 9, 2025 Notes
Documentary - Mine Eyes Have Seen The Glory
Almost done with all 3 parts! Yay!! Introduced the assignment - a canva presentation on the 7 dimensions of religion
CPR Certification
We did Gator CPR with the Red Cross-
PERT Practice
we are now done with our pre-testing and excited to start the learning modules.
Day 16 - Wednesday, Sept 10, 2025 Notes
LJ Math - Begin Ch 9 - Word Problems
Gym - Functional movement and weights upstairs, LJ Learned to use the treadmill with Stella, Ice Pool, B&T did some of Cardio Party Mashup
Lunch and learn we tried to listen to silent spring, but it was too noisy so we shifted over to discussing the Internet whether it’s appropriate for students to use, we chatted about ChatGPT and ethical uses for artificial intelligence. We discussed Internet safety, the dangers of artificial intelligence because of bad advice given by the AI because it’s not properly trained yet and so children can learn how to do very dangerous things that they would not otherwise know how to do.
PERT Practice
Day 17 - Thursday, Sept 11, 2025 Notes
Stella Math - Finishing Chapter 2 - Dividing with variables, Reducing fractions, Kapowing.
Language Arts - Finished current unit and prepared for next lesson. We worked on identifying and correcting weak evidence and context.
Graphic Design - Intro to Canva; Shading and textures
Latin & ELA with Lila - Paragraph editing (caught ya), sentence diagramming in Latin and Lydia Jane worked her Latin flashcards.
LJ Math - Continue Ch. 9 Word Problems
Day 18 - Friday, Sept 12, 2025 Notes
Walked to coffee and on the way back collected botanicals for sunprinting. Coffee we discussed the Bechtel test we discussed the beauty, industry, heritage and genetics, and discussed old-fashioned, finishing schools for women and how hair fashion make up played into a well developed student in the early 1900s
Art - Sunprints. During our Sun printing, we talked about the science and art of sun printing, the chemical reactions involved in the paper and the UV. Sunprints rely on the cyanotype process, which uses light-sensitive chemicals on paper that react to ultraviolet (UV) light. When exposed to the sun, the coated paper turns a deep blue in the areas hit by UV light, while objects blocking the light create white or unreacted areas. Rinsing the paper in water stops the chemical reaction in the exposed areas and washes away the water-soluble, unreacted chemicals, leaving a deep blue image on a white background, or vice versa. We checked the UV index for the day and waited until it was at least three before we put our prints out into the sun.
