Anatomy

Breeanna fought going to Sunbeam this evening. She had know Mrs. Kim for two years as a Moonbeam. It was fun hanging in nursery where toys were plentiful. Advancing to Sunbeam meant leaving behind things and people that she had grown accustomed to. Bryan and I went over fish anatomy in the computer lab now that he's at Harman. No more catching the bus to Cleaveland. Our homeschool time is switching to evenings. I found intense fascination with the anatomy of a fish, which is a subject that Bryan is learning at school. Their lateral line running from head to tail on both sides of a fish can detect water movement and in which direction it's coming from. Their bladder is realy cool because it let's them surface or sink depending on the amount of air in it. Some types of fish do not have a bladder and fall to the bottom if they stop swimming. Their spinal column are made of hollow like birds. I know that birds have hollow bones so as to weigh less. After we went over fish anatomy, Bryan started on The Age of Fable, which is reading for 6th graders on the Ambleside list and is read aloud on Librivox's free online audio book. Ambleside Wiki for Audio Books available for 6th grade. http://wiki.librivox.org/index.php/Recordings_of_Books_on_the_Ambleside_List_2 The Age of Fable http://librivox.org/bulfinch-age-of-fable/