This morning B did a complete unit, including the practice session and the test, on Genes and Traits. It’s the demo unit of an Introduction to Biology course which is currently on special offer to Homeschool Co-op subscribers. She loved it, and when I read her the outline of the complete course (PDF), said she would like to do it. There are also Introductions to Physical Sciences and Earth and Space Sciences courses which are on a similar level and also look interesting, but which we didn’t have time to explore.

After she’d finished doing the test for the first unit (11/14), we headed off for a sales party held by another online friend of mine. I felt slightly like I was there under false pretences since I don’t use any skin products, but they do have a range of SLS-free toothpastes and and aluminium-free deodorants that I salved my conscience by expressing an interest in. It was nice to meet Lis in person finally, and another friend Mary was also there (they’re both homeschoolers). The woman hosting the party is a homeschooling mum – with girls aged 6 and 3 and another one on the way) whose just moved here, so it was nice to broaden my social horizons.

We got home from that just in time for B to get ready to head off to the swimming pool with Nannie, so didn’t get any more work done. K wanted to play with one of her puzzles which she hasn’t played with for months (matching square picture pieces with a detail from the picture, eg. the sebra picture matches up with black and white stripes on the board) , and completed the whole thing without difficulty. There are no other clues available (unlike a jigsaw) and she’s had a lot of difficulty finding the match in previous attempts. After that, we played with the marble run, and she watched a recorded Play School episode. I was hoping that she would go down for a nap in the afternoon (so I could too!), but unfortunately my boob ran out of stamina before she did, so she got up again to watch Play School. We have also played dress-ups and read books.