photoshop and the rest of today

Today my mom told me how to use photoshop; I used: clone stamp, patch tool and the magnetic lasso. after photoshop I did spelling; in spelling my mom wrote sentences with blanks in it then I filled in the blanks.

[I said I would be typing Campbell's dictated entries, but I haven't done that since the very first day. He has been doing all of this by himself since then. So, if you see something in brackets, I've typed it; if not, it's purely Campbell. - Ashley]

some of today

we did an experiment where we took two peices of celery. we dipped one in food coloring mixed with water, the other in plain water we waited for one hour before the hour was over we ate lunch. we had cresent dogs. after that we pulled them out. [dictated to Mom: We learned about the tubes inside plants, which carry water up to the leaves. We were studying structure and cells. We learned that cells have different jobs. Some of the cells in plants bring the water up to the leaves.]

making paper

yesterday I planned to make paper today.first I sredded paper then made pulp out of the paper and put it in a tub .then I got a frame with a screen stapled to it and dipped it in the tub .we got it out and peeled the paper off ,then we let it dry

[Campbell typed this one today all by himself. I copied and pasted it below, then had him fix the mechanical errors. - Ashley]

Yesterday I planned to make paper today. First I shredded paper then made pulp out of the paper and put it in a tub. Then I got a frame with a screen stapled to it and dipped it in the tub. We got it out and peeled the paper off, then we let it dry.

My First Day Homeschooling

[Campbell has just begun homeschooling. He is going to use this blog to write about what he is learning. One of the skills he will be practicing is keyboarding. Until his typing skills improve a bit, he will dictate to me for this blog. -Ashley]

This is my first day of homeschooling. We have learned about China and the Olympics. The Olympics are happening this summer in Beijing. We looked at pictures of the construction of the National Stadium. I made a structure of the National Stadium out of string and recycled materials.

We read about the Great Wall of China and we read that paper is a Chinese invention. So then we researched on the internet about how to make paper. Tomorrow we will make paper.