Our sort of first day

I only got them to sit still for about 15-20 minutes. But we read a bit about the earth, sun, & moon. We talked about the earth’s rotation, day & night, and the earth’s orbit around the sun. We also talked a little bit about the phases of the moon. That was where I lost them a bit.

Blue drew a picture in between showing his brother with the flashlight and the globe how the sun shines on one side of the earth at a time.

Blue's Solar System Drawing

Taz was irritated that he couldn’t play video games RIGHT THEN so he really didn’t want to participate at first. But as I read and Blue was getting into it, he started creeping closer & closer. By the time we were talking about the phases of the moon, he was into it. So he grabbed the Interactive Planetarium (that we just picked up at a yard sale for 75c) and started playing with it.

Taz's first day

That was the extent of our first day. Starting it out slow and still trying to keep it fun and informal.