EFC

We are about one month into Rose's homeschooling, and so far it's been great! Other than seriously missing out on social interactions with peers, and also missing several of her favorite teachers, she and Mike have been having a GREAT time.

First, they named their school EFC, which stands for "Education for Cats." It was either this or "the Burcusa School for Exceptionally Motivated and Hard-working Girls," but the former was what stuck.

So far she can't stop talking about the first assignment she had, which was a "measuring treasure chest hunt." Apparently her class tried multiple times to learn to use rulers but her peers kept using them as swords so they couldn't continue. But at EFC she was able to use not only a ruler but also a measuring tape! Mike had her go around the property and both measure and estimate all sorts of things, like "what is the perimeter of the chicken coop?" and "find something that is between 50 and 60 centimeters long."  She had SO much fun.

And most recently, they've been working hard on a "compare and contrast" report. The assignment from school was a 4-page fill-in-the-blank report comparing two planets:

Well, that didn't sound like enough fun for EFC, so they also made a "Who Would Win?" poster presentation!

This was Rose's final practice before she had to "turn in" her homework over Zoom the next day.  I'm so impressed with her hard work! And super proud of her "teacher" for keeping her so engaged in learning. EFC for the win!!!