Springtime Again~ Chickens and Rubik's Cubes!

 

We recently got chickens for the first time! We are hoping to be collecting eggs within a few months :)

However, we realize the chickens are more "therapy pets" to us than anything else :) They really calm everyone down, and all the kids enjoy taking care of them. Chickens really make great pets!

When we first got them they were so tiny but within a couple days they grew out of their box! We got one Rhode Island Red, two Barred Rocks, and one California White. Their names are Ginger, Pepper, Licorice, and Lemon. Lemon is quite a character! Here is a pic of Rosie holding Lemon, who climbed right into her lap!

The boys (and Rosie too!) have recently gotten into Rubik's cubes and they are going cube crazy! I seriously never knew there were so many different kinds. They really enjoy these challenges every day and the cubes are both theraputic and inspiring to them- and math based- we use them as a big part of our schooling!

Here's just a bit of our cube collection, and Fynn solving an 11x11. He has gotten so good he has tutorials on his channel! https://www.youtube.com/@MrEFynn

And Rowan has designed his own puzzle based on a Rubik's cube.

More cubes! And Rowan holding one of the Barred Rocks

Rosie squealing with delight as chickens climb all over her!

Happy Learning!!

~b

Making Cars! (Impromptu STEM Lesson)

 Rowan and I spent an afternoon building marble slides with the Marble Mania set that Fynn got a few Christmases ago.

 He was getting really good at arranging & building slides on his own, except for needing my help sticking them together. (There are tiny pieces and they are tricky to take apart & put together.)

 After building a few different playgrounds I suggested maybe we could build some cars.  Rowan loved that idea. He quickly got busy picking out cogs for wheels, and other parts.

 Soon after, we had built this carriage-looking car, and a 6 wheeled bus!

 Fynn came along and made himself a bicycle.

 We sure had a lot of fun!

Happy learning!
~Beth