Journey Into Unschooling

Curdled Coffee

2013-05-24T13:30:00.000-07:00

I seem to get this a lot. Please advise.

The Spread

2013-05-23T16:52:00.001-07:00

I walked in the door and the first words I hear are, "Got anything to eat?" Times like these (when I'm pressed for time and I've got nothing), I just dig out whatever is edible and put it on the table. Today, that meant green olives -- which I first saw on Rachel Ray a couple of weeks ago and thought I'd give them a try (they are good!),

sauteed mushrooms,

raw carrots,

tater tots served with "srirachup" (sriracha sauce and ketchup),

and oranges. Ultimate finger foods.

LEGO Drumming Monkey and Shooter

2013-05-23T16:28:00.000-07:00

This is the first project LS completed from her LEGO WeDo kit -- a drumming monkey.

It combines regular LEGO pieces with a couple of connectors that allow it to be programmed though the computer. I am sure there was a simpler sentence to describe this. The programming part was very simple -- basically drag and drop different actions and press play.

Anyway, she really had fun with it. Depending on how you place the spinning pieces, the monkey drums out a different rhythm. She also experimented with different surfaces to get different sounds.

Meanwhile, at a table not far away, Boo was busily digging through his Mindstorm bins to make...

...a shooter of some sort. It took some tweaking, but he finally managed to get it to work. Rule #1, plug it in!