Today Bronwyn and I used our heart model to explain a little of the circulatory system to the rest of the kids (Jesse, Broderick, Marie, Angel, Brent, Tucker, and Ellie and Clark, who were too little to get much). It went surprisingly well. Bronwyn modeled the consturction paper heart and tracing paper lungs, and we tried taking pulses, and then went outside to play the "game."
This morning I found out the word for "spray paint" from Masha-- "kraska v balonchikye" (a mouthful, hey?) and like the Old Sailor from Milne's poem, "murmured and murmured until it was firmer" until I could say it half way decently. Then I went to a hardware store called "Favorit" to ask for some. I got a can of blue and one of pink, and then, in the Gollan's back yard, sprayed a huge heart in the snow and made a kind of obstacle course of arteries, veins, lungs, and some body parts.
I mentioned how wierd it probably looked to be running around in the backyard painting body parts in the snow, and we figured the neighbors would chalk it up to some freakish religious ritual those foreigners are doing in their cult school over there..."Look at those foreigners indoctrinating their chilren," Priscilla said with a laugh. They are already puzzled enough. No, I'd say, we're homeschoolers, that's all :D In the states that would explain everything!
The kids seemed to enjoy their science lesson despite the oddities, and the grossly disporportionate body. They were red blood cells and snowballs were oxygen, and they had to make deliveries very fast to keep the body alive. After a short time, the paint lines got all blurred and messed up, and the kids were kind of hopping from heart to lung and all over the place, and finally they all collapsed in a heap and "died."
Then we all retreated indoors for hot chocolate and borshch. At least ten times, Clark exclaimed, "The blood is running out, Cass, the blood is running out!"
I took some pictures, but for some reason they won't come up on my computer, so I'll leave it at that for now.
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Oh my goodness!! Thats hilarious!! I can just imagine...:)
Kate
I've just been catching up on your doings. Sounds like you have become acclimated to winter!
Sounds like fun, but I'm not saying much about it around here for fear Ethan will start wanting me to be that creative with homeschool! I guess I could just tell him it's too bad we don't have snow!
It was great having Bruce and Daniel. They ate hartily, which you know always makes me happy :). I like to think they weren't just doing it for that purpose alone. They couldn't stay long since they were obviously worn out (I'm thinking they probably never made it to the Reynolds cell group, which was their plan, and Daniel began reacting to the cat. He's allergic. But we enjoyed them. I love hearing Daniel's accent and Bruce was his usual funny self.
God bless,
Mom
I miss you. =( I got your letter by the way. I was going to write you an amazing one back but God has literally thwarted me twice. I don't know what his problem is. Do know that I really appreciated it and love you lots.
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