More Origami, Snap Circuits & Fractions

Today we read Grandfather's Journey again. D dislikes reading the book each day, but I try to point out something new to renew his interest. So today we talked about a simile used in the book and it worked!

We also read a book about things that come from Japan to our country (food, clothes, video games, etc). This really interested D when he found out Super Mario Bros. was originally made in Japan years ago!

The kids made BIG origami hats out of wrapping paper - the directions were in the book about what comes from Japan. It was an easy folding project they could do themselves!

Unrelated to our unit study...K discovered she could build her own circuit with D's Snap Circuits set.

D began studying fractions yesterday for math and BEGGED to do more pages. He completed 4 pages yesterday and 4 more pages today. He gets them all right and tells me he LOVES fractions!