We did have most of a devotional, during which time the little people got out a bunch of blankets and pillows in the front room, just to make it cozy for all our visitors!
Play day
The Leavitts stayed to have science...we only have one other family in our group and they haven't come since she had her baby the last of August...I had invited an electricity expert to show us what kind of things conduct (our 12 year old neighbor Taylor Coffelt). He spent over 30 minutes talking about conductivity. He showed us how a penny and a nail can make a potato a great conductor. He had me dissect a pencil to get the lead, which is a resistor. He showed us how we conduct and cucumbers (or mostly the water in them) conduct. It was fabulous and much better than I could have done.
We also talked about density of liquids, guessed which liquids were most dense (we had vegetable oil, baby oil, corn syrup, water, isopropyl and vinegar. We colored some of the liquids so we could see the layering better. I took about 15 minutes, the children did enjoy stirring in food coloring and watching the layers. We made it twice, the second time remembering what was heaviest, so it would layer nicely.
CLAY-We cleaned up and headed off for the HUGE home school group to dig clay. It was VERY fun and extremely easy. The children all worked very well (excepting Ben and the little girls). We dug the clay, sifted the clay a few times, kneaded the clay, then finally made something. They had some toy pottery wheels and a few "real" pottery wheels. Each child was able to make something.http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a58/Hammy_1989/?action=view¤t=c7604501.pbw
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