Q has finished Eldest and all her other free reading books so I have started her on the next “Great Book” (she is slowly going through The Oddessy too)… Herodotus The Histories (link here)

We went and got an audio + written/read lesson series on Japanese. I felt the need to hear the language instead of simply approaching the written characters alone. I would not say I know the BEST way of learning a language but I think it should be fun and engaging. We giggle at our mispronunciations after the guy on the CD but we keep trying till we get it right.

This course is available here.

We also got a proper Japanese Character workbook and will be practicing that too.

Q has finished Eldest and all her other free reading books so I have started her on the next “Great Book” (she is slowly going through The Oddessy too)… Herodotus The Histories (link here)

We went and got an audio + written/read lesson series on Japanese. I felt the need to hear the language instead of simply approaching the written characters alone. I would not say I know the BEST way of learning a language but I think it should be fun and engaging. We giggle at our mispronunciations after the guy on the CD but we keep trying till we get it right.

This course is available here.

We also got a proper Japanese Character workbook and will be practicing that too.

Today we started learning kanji characters (Japanese). I found a good site that has the characters arranged into “grades” and shows little animations of how a character is properly drawn (meaning order and direction of pen strokes)

Today we did 1 through 5.(click on the japanese words below)
1 – ichi
2 – ni
3 – san
4 – yon or shi
5 – go

Our immersion Japanese software took so long to ship that I cancelled it and I am going to check out Barnes & Noble.

Try TheJapanesePage.com to start free, let us know if you are or if you are using other resources to learn Japanese!

Today we started learning kanji characters (Japanese). I found a good site that has the characters arranged into “grades” and shows little animations of how a character is properly drawn (meaning order and direction of pen strokes)

Today we did 1 through 5.(click on the japanese words below)
1 – ichi
2 – ni
3 – san
4 – yon or shi
5 – go

Our immersion Japanese software took so long to ship that I cancelled it and I am going to check out Barnes & Noble.

Try TheJapanesePage.com to start free, let us know if you are or if you are using other resources to learn Japanese!

Q DNA
Originally uploaded by nikaboyce.

Q made this model today and learn about the 4 main bases in common garden variety DNA.

Q DNA
Originally uploaded by nikaboyce.

Q made this model today and learn about the 4 main bases in common garden variety DNA.

Today is Q’s birthday and she got the most amazing present from her grandparents!! She got something called “DNA Wizard” and with this kit you learn about DNA structure, how to grow E coli, how to transform the E coli with green fluorescent protein, learn about cytology with FISH stained chromosome squashes, she can isolate DNA from fruits and analyze them. I don’t know what else because I have not read the manual yet!

Here are some pics of the kit.

You can get this kit at this link and lots of other things at this “Discover This!” site.

Its too cool for school cuz she would have never gotten this at school. Plus, I get to help her out. It doesnt hurt that my lab experience has used extensive molecular biology methods, this is gonna be fun!

Today is Q’s birthday and she got the most amazing present from her grandparents!! She got something called “DNA Wizard” and with this kit you learn about DNA structure, how to grow E coli, how to transform the E coli with green fluorescent protein, learn about cytology with FISH stained chromosome squashes, she can isolate DNA from fruits and analyze them. I don’t know what else because I have not read the manual yet!

Here are some pics of the kit.

You can get this kit at this link and lots of other things at this “Discover This!” site.

Its too cool for school cuz she would have never gotten this at school. Plus, I get to help her out. It doesnt hurt that my lab experience has used extensive molecular biology methods, this is gonna be fun!