You Can't Schedule Wonder

During our weekly Picture Study we enjoyed another one of Joseph Turner's paintings - this time of a wind mill. 

Of course, this then led to discussion on windmills and watching a video on a working grain mill - fascinating stuff!

Which then led to a discussion on gears - which I am now researching more to find some good manipulatives to play with and make our own "inventions".  Tip: The Thinkery currently has a wonderful gear exhibit that I think we may spend a bit of time in this month, now that we've introduced the concept.

The next hop was on to a discussion of flour - and what you can make with it.  So this afternoon we are baking bread.

You never know what's going to happen when you homeschool and I just love that!