Another week of #stayathome and Ethan hasn’t really slowed down. Other than missing nature school and being outside with friends, Ethan has been rolling along with his learning. There have been more online classes available so that’s been a bonus. Here’s what happened…
April 19
Ahhhhh…nothing like the beach on a morning… 
This spider must be happy! Can you see the spiderweb? 
Nice! 
Reading “How To.” 
Doing the Unit test on geometry & getting 77.78%! 
I made a solar system on Algodoo! 
Me shoving my face into a book. 
Making a chess board! 
So cute!
Carl: Ethan found this rock during our walk along the beach and thought it could be a face.
WOW! 
Playing chess. I won, of course, against my dad. (Dad: NO he didn’t win, he was losing but then my time went down to 0!) 
Watching “Rogue One”
April 20
Every Monday and Tuesday, Ethan has been taking violin classes online from his regular teacher.
Umm what was this supposed to be? 
Oh right when I learned about wave interference. 
Taekwondo Jumping jacks. 
Writing about the solar system. 
Learning about Newton’s law of gravity. 
Doing some Duolingo. Go to duolingo.com.
Carl: Ethan has been practicing Korean and learning Spanish using Duolingo.
Making a video about the tour of the solar system
Carl: Ethan used Apple Keynote and incorporated several animation techniques to make this video.
April 21
Ethan published his tour of the solar system video today.
Learning about bugs.
Carl: This is an online class that was hosted by Ocean Wise. They have been offering online classes about a variety of nature and animal related topics. Ethan really enjoys the classes.
April 22
Doing my music homework. 
Here is my video about the Tour of the solar system! check it out here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2FRsqAltDI&t=3s 
Learning about the Lincoln assassination.
Carl: This was one of the lectures available through SelfDesign.
Learning about MAD (the Mean Absolute Deviation) (l was learning how to be MAD) 
Teachtime! 
Learning about Planet Earth.
Carl: This is from a YouTube channel called Kurzgesagt.
Then, l wrote about it! 
TaekwondoTime! (and yes, that is a word now too.) 
Ahhhhhhh…stretch.
Carl: This is from an after dinner walk we took. We’ve been trying to go out twice a day to get some fresh air and exercise.
Carl: Ethan practices looking at far away things to balance out looking at his computer or reading. Sometimes, he’ll count boats and ships and sometimes he’ll try it without his glasses on. 
April 23
Doing my workshop! Remember? Every Thursday? Oh, never mind.
Carl: This is a SelfDesign workshop that’s live.
Learning about arrays on Brilliant. 
Doing some duolingo! 
Learning how to catch a dwarf planet. 
Writing about how to catch a dwarf planet! (Triton) 
Doing some problems on simplifying square roots. 
Making a mini mini golf course while… 
…Listening to “A wind in the door.” 
*Walk walk walk* 
See saw! 
Carl: Ethan has been improving his stone skipping ability. He practices almost every day. For some reason, when his mom watches, the stones go straight in the water 🙂 
Boing 
ahhhhhhh… this is the lif-Ow!!! My butt! 
What is that giant blue sea star?? 
Here is my golf course! 
Awwwwwww….so cute! 
April 24
In the morning, I read “We have no idea.” 
Learning how to simplify higher index roots. 
Then… I made a video on it! 
Teachtime. 
Writing about Mars’s moons. 
Doing some duolingo 
Doing sone Brilliant. 
Doing some EMF! for once!
April 25
This morning, Ethan had his symphony class. They’ve been having classes online. The students are supposed to record themselves playing and the teacher will compile each person’s performance into one piece. Should be fun to hear it!
Learning about Net Forces. 
Teachtime about net forces. 
More EMF! 
More brilliant! Brilliant!
Ethan had another busy week. It’s definitely not easy being home all the time, not being able to attend activities at the community centre but Ethan seems to be doing quite well. We’ve certainly spent even more time together so that’s always something to be grateful for.
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