The Dinosaurs Are Now Extinct

Evan now has his own blog, where we will post some of our recipes and instructions for our projects (and of course some photos too). This is all because Evan wanted to have "His OWN Blog!"


Last week Evan shaped a volcano while playing with air dry clay. After it dried he painted it and we had a blast making it erupt. Yesterday, he got the idea to use it to play with his dinosaurs so he gathered his small ones and had a lot of fun playing, "Dinosaur." Now, with a little baking soda, food coloring, and vinegar, the Dinos are now extinct. Evan had just as much fun washing them in sink afterwards too.

"Now they're Dead."

Rocket Experiment

Yesterday we created a ROCKET!!! Evan thought it was super cool, though a little startling at first since we didn't know when to expect the "blast off." Thanks to our friends, Chandler and Mrs. Cellosa we had a blast! We didn't really measure the correct amounts so the timing always varied which made it really exciting.

We had two different types of canisters so "hypothesised" which one would work better. I guess the taller pill bottle and Evan guessed the smaller film canister. He was right!!! We talked about why the top pops up and that it is a build up of gases or air, then I asked him why he thought the film canister worked better and he said, "Because it's shorter" My Little Scientist, hard at work!!!

Rockets!!1/4 of an effervescent tablet1 TBsp warm water. Place tablet in lid-pour water into container-quickly snap the lid on and place on the ground-stand back there will be a slight time delay and the top rockets about 10 ft. in the air.

New Words around our house like...Metamorphosis and Chrysalis...

We have new vocabulary words around our house. Words like Larva, Metamorphosis, and Chrysalis. That's right, our house is full of Science Lessons and Projects!!! You already know that we're growing frogs, in fact, we're off to pick up more pond water this afternoon. We've also been growing butterflies too.

Evan is so into history and science, he absolutely loves it! I pray that he is always as interested in Presidents, money, how things work and grow, etc., as he is now. Whenever we go to the library, he heads straight for those sections.

For his adoption day, Amma and Ampa gave him a Butterfly kit. She mailed off the form and ordered the larva. We received them on April 26th and began watching them grow, they were about a half inch long. Within the next couple of days they doubled in size and soon they were hanging from the top of the cup. A day or two later, they had turned into beautiful shiny chrysalis and we transferred them into the net. Evan enjoyed recording the change in his Science Journal. On May 10th, we had 5 beautiful Butterflies! We cared for them and Evan named them all. Evan especially enjoyed watching them eat and petting the "sick" one. We had one whose wings did not develop and could not fly, so Evan took him out everyday and rubbed him softly. Yesterday, we said good-by to our new babies.

Saying Good-Bye

We had one who wanted to say around a while.

It was beautiful to watch them fly away.

Getting Bigger

Headed to the top

The Chrysalis hanging in the net.

Evan feeding them Sugar water on a rose and a paper towel.

The Fuzzy Caterpillar

The fuzzy caterpillar

curled upon a leaf

Spun her little chrysalis

And then fell fast asleep.

While she was sleeping

She dreamed she could fly,

And later when she woke up
She was a butterfly.
Anonymous

A Page from Evan's Science Journal

Tadpoles

Evan is so into history and Science, he absolutely loves it! I pray that he will always be as fascinated money, Presidents, how things work and grow, etc., as he is now. Whenever we go to the library he heads straight for those sections.

Once a week, usually on Mondays we meet Daddy for lunch at the Park. Evan swings while Clay and I feed the babies and then it's down to the pond to see what we can see. Here are a few pictures from the last two Mondays.

Evan wanted to catch tadpoles, so we came back well equipped. He had such a blast scooping them up in the spoon and watching them. After we left the park, we went to the library and checked out "Growing Frogs" by Vivan French. The book tells us how what to do. The tadpoles are proudly on display in the "Science Center" in Evan's room. (Along, with the caterpillars that he is "growing" and his three fish.)

Tadpole, Tadpole

Tadpole, tadpole

Swimming in my pail

Big round head

And wiggly tail.
Some day soon

Four legs will sprout

And then, small frog,

You'll hop right out!

Anonymous

Mommy and Daddy taught me how to eat a Honeysuckle...Cool.

The Swing...How High Can YOU Go?

The Little Turtle

There was a little turtle.

He lived in a box.

He swam in a puddle.

He climbed on the rocks.
He snapped at a mosquito,

He snapped at a flea,

He snapped at a minnow,

And he snapped at me.
He caught the mosquito,

He caught the flea,

He caught the minnow,

But he can't catch me.

Vachel Lindsay

Just Chillin' with my blankie