Nicholas has a new passion....geology. Over summer break, Brandon did quite a bit of reading on this subject and shared it with Nick. They spent so much time looking up gems found in Ohio and learning about the different rocks and minerals in our area. This is what sparked the little trip we took to go gem mining earlier in the fall. It was one of the best family field trips ever! Since then, Nicholas has nearly become obsessed in his new-found love of rocks and all things related! He almost always has a rock of some sort with him or one he's trying to identify. He loves discovering something about a rock and then telling whoever happens to be around what great new fact he found out!
A few weeks ago, on a trip to the library, Brandon found a book on geology for Nicholas. Brandon hangs out in the science section of the library attempting to fuel his own chemistry obsession ;) but he happened to see a book about rocks and minerals and grabbed it for his brother. So sweet! I love it when they do things like that! Not that it happens all that often...
So yesterday, we were getting ready to head to the grocery store and Nicholas asks if we can also go to the library. Why? He wanted to see what other geology books they have. How could I say no to that?!? :)
He spent all evening with the books he found and was even reading through them in bed last night. There was an experiment in one of them that he could hardly wait to do...rock candy :) He was awake shortly after me this morning, so we got started early:
As soon as we got that sugar water all mixed up, he was back to the books.
One of my favorite parts about homeschooling: doing science experiments before the sun comes up, then watching my kids curl up with a book about rocks :)
No comments:
Post a Comment