Our first unit

We learned all about the Sun this past week as we studied the letter S. The girls did a great job. 

Drawing smily faces and the sun - complete will solar flares (seriously, those aren't scribbles, ha). 

Sun cheese toast for breakfast...

String cheese for our S snack...

And peaches and carrots as a sun for lunch as we watch Sid the Science Kid teach about the sun and why we need sunscreen. 

We also made life-size cut outs of the kids and let them color them as the wanted. This is where we will put our unit badges. AnnaLynn dressed hers up like an American Heritage Girl; a great Faith-based organization which she has just joined!

Our favorite day was Day 6 where we did lots of outdoor science experiments. 

We made solar tea:

Lily liked it - 

AnnaLynn did not - 

But it was still fun to make. 

We also did the "Will it melt?" Experiment to see which objects will melt in the sun. 

And made a solar oven to cook s'mores. 

We made a sun dial, which I know I found more interesting than the girls did. 

And we watched as our shadows changed shape through out the day (we outlined them periodically so we could see the change). 

And we were fascinated to see how the sun bleached construction paper in just a few short hours (yes that is a potato we used, why not?). 

We also sent off our first letter to AnnaLynn's pen pal, whom she calls her "buddy". Her name is Catie and she lives in North Carolina but will be moving to Africa in 2016. 

It was a great week. Next week we will study the letter M as we learn about the moon. I see stargazing in our future! We are loving My Father's World curriculum!