- [Kendra] I wonder what's inside.
(uplifting music)
Oh. My goodness.
- [Jeremy] Trying to get the butterfly
to go in your hand Elise?
- [Kendra] There's definitely
a sound of something.
- [J House Kids] Coyote.
- I'm sorry that you have a headache.
The end.
(uplifting music)
(fun music)
- [Kendra] There she goes.
Up the steps.
(Janae chatters)
she's going across.
And,
down the slide.
(fun music)
Janae's a huge fan of this slide.
- Watch this Laura.
- [Kendra] We're watching.
Whoa. Good work.
(Laura cheers)
- What a good preschooler.
- I'm gonna beat you up.
- Oh she's going to go again.
(Janae laughs)
Yes!
Miss Laura has been really working
at climbing up this tree.
Oh good stretch.
(royal violin music)
(Janae chatters)
Laura you are way up there.
You're way up there.
Good morning.
It is another morning of homeschool
and we're really having
a lot of fun with this.
We started the day off with reading a poem
and some scriptures and praying together.
And then reading a book about owls.
What in the world is
owling let's find out.
- Looking for owls.
- You go hoot hoot.
- [Kendra] Janae do you see the owl.
- [Caleb] This artist is
really good at shadows.
- And trees.
And now I kind of introduced
the kids to the idea of tracks.
Animal tracks. Footprints.
This is what an elk track looks like.
And we have a lot of elk
up here in this forest.
- [Laura] The elk foot would
be like as big as this.
- And we're gonna go on
a little hunt for them.
We started in our meadow.
Got a little distracted with the slide.
- Looking for footprints.
- [Kendra] Is that what we're doing.
- [Janae] Looking for animals.
(J House kids chatter)
- [Kendra] Yeah we're looking
for animal footprints.
- [Janae] Yeah.
(fun country music)
- [Kendra] What'd you find.
- Look come here.
There it is guys look.
- [Kendra] There's some
sort of a track right there.
That doesn't look like a footprint.
That looks like where
maybe an insect lives.
Or maybe a snake.
(Kendra laughs)
Now we're going to go out on a little hike
and see if we can find any animal tracks.
Laura got a walking stick.
Just like [Magga].
Grandma's coming on our
morning walk with us.
- [Jeremy] Janae got a
walking stick as well.
Of course.
- [Kendra] These are called tire tracks.
And then I also see some footprints.
Looks like somebody's been
walking on this trail.
- [Jeremy] There's dad's footprint.
Can you make a footprint.
(punching noises)
- [Kendra] Let's go this way.
- I love when we go on hikes
and are looking for something.
Because it makes us so observant.
- [Jeremy] It's true.
- What does observant mean.
- [Jeremy] We're really
looking and paying attention.
- [Kendra] Janae's
using her walking stick.
- So that I don't trip.
- [Kendra] Yep.
(Janae grunts)
That's a heavy one.
- [Kendra] That's a heavy
one do you need help.
- No.
- [Kendra] Janae's
now on Jeremy's shoulders.
Caleb found a walking log.
Tired?
- Probably 'cause I'm lifting this.
- [Kendra] And we just
came up a serious hill.
- We got some deer poo.
(J House kids gasp)
- [Laura] Elk poop.
- [Kendra] Well it's deer or elk poo
which means there's
probably tracks around.
Let's be honest we definitely
don't know what we're doing,
but we're having fun doing it.
There's a tiny bit of water in the creek.
And this is where we think
we can find some good tracks.
- [Jeremy] There's some
tracks right down here too.
- [Magga] It's got toes.
- [Caleb] This one goes in.
- [Kendra] Oh.
(J House kids chatter)
And then there's a bunch
of tracks right over
these look like deer tracks or elk tracks,
around this butterfly.
(exciting music)
There's a print right there.
Such a beautiful butterfly.
It's crawling around showing off for us.
Look how beautiful that is.
- [Jeremy] Trying to get the butterfly
to go in your hand Elise?
(upbeat music)
(Elise gasps)
- [Elise] Lookie.
- [Jeremy] Prints. Prints.
- [Kendra] And then more prints up here.
- [Magga] You guys
there's something up here.
(Isaac gasps)
- [Kendra] There's definitely
a sound of something.
- [J House Kids] coyote.
(kids gasp)
- [Jeremy] It's a coyote.
- [Kendra] It's a coyote.
- [Isaac] And it was chasing a deer.
(intense music)
- [Kendra] There's the deer up there.
- [Jeremy] There's several deer.
That coyote was right on it's tracks.
Shh.
- And what was happening was there was
a family of deer right there.
- [Magga] And there was a
coyote coming around the corner
watching the deer.
- I never saw it.
- I just saw a coyote.
- This is like Planet Earth.
But like 50 feet in front of you and live.
- I'm making a schedule
of what we saw today.
(cool music)
- [Jeremy] Laura asked me to come out
and set up a hammock with her.
- Look.
(Laura squeals)
Bye.
- [Jeremy] Caleb's in with her.
We raised the hammock up a little bit.
So they weren't on the-
(Jeremy gasps)
do you hear the thunder.
- Are you scared of thunder.
- [Jeremy] I am sometimes
scared of lightning.
(fun music)
Your hair's all staticky.
- We are playing Trekking
the National Parks.
It reminds me a lot of Ticket to Ride.
- [Jeremy] So all of the different spots
are in national parks.
- [Isaac] Yep.
- [Jeremy] How cool.
So we love games where
you learn as you play.
- [Elise] One two.
- [Magga] Okay.
- [Elise] Boom.
- [Magga] All right.
- Bumped back to the start.
- [Magga] Big Ben, Texas.
- I have a little bit of a headache.
And so I came into my
room to rest for a minute,
which I do rarely do 'cause as a mom,
it's hard to get a chance
to rest or lie down
in the middle of the day.
So I was in here for a few minutes
and Janae came and
brought me the cutest note
and then she read it to me.
- Dear mama I love you sweet
and I hope you love me too.
I'm sorry that you have a headache.
The end.
- [Kendra] And here's her pictures.
Apparently Laura helped
and Laura drew this one.
But this is the one Janae drew.
And there's a mom holding her little girl.
And then another big girl with them.
That was so cute.
Caleb has all his screwdrivers lined up.
(Caleb claps)
But he does not know why yet.
One of the things I love about homeschool
is that we get to do
activities that are specific
to different kids interest levels,
or just really personalize
their homeschool curriculum.
And Caleb.
We have something fun
planned for you this year.
- What is it.
- It's called the take apart lab.
(trumpets blare)
- I like taking apart.
- [Kendra] So here's Caleb's first project
for take apart lab.
(royal music)
We got it for $2.49 at Goodwill.
Do you even recognize what this thing is?
- No.
- [Kendra] No.
It's an old style clock radio look.
This is the radio stations right here.
See that knob.
(Caleb murmurs)
When you turn it.
- It's moving.
- [Kendra] It moves the radio station.
So the question is how does this work.
(fun, electronic music)
- This is gonna be fun.
- [Kendra] The goal is
always not just to see
if we can take it apart
but to see if then we
can put it back together.
- 'Cause then I have my own radio.
- [Kendra] I wonder what's inside.
(radio cracks)
Oh. My goodness.
This is what was inside of there.
Do you know what any of it is.
Nope. Who do you think we should ask?
- Papa.
- So we had laid Janae
down for a nap time.
And I didn't find her up in her bed.
And I heard some clicking in this closet.
So I decided to investigate.
(inquisitive music)
(Janae murmurs)
- My home.
- [Jeremy] Is this your home?
(Janae murmurs)
You set up the flashlight in here.
What do you do in your home.
- This is my teacher thing.
- [Jeremy] Got a teacher's thing.
- This is my school pet.
Would you like to pet her.
(Janae murmurs)
- [Jeremy] What's your school pet's name.
- Bella. Very nice.
- [Jeremy] That's Bella.
- You can pet her.
- [Jeremy] Thank you.
- Very nice.
- [Jeremy] Hi Bella.
- See this smells here.
(Jeremy sniffs)
- I bet that's a magnet and
that would be called a speaker.
- [Kendra] Why in the world
do speakers have magnets.
- With the electrical impulse,
it's what they use to pull
the membrane back and forth
sort of like a drum beat.
- [Kendra] It's a magnet.
Everybody's getting interested.
- Oh my goodness.
- Give it more power.
This is a transformer.
So you plug it in to 110.
So it's changing it to another voltage.
So all of this runs on a
probably a lower voltage.
- Wait does this work.
- [Kendra] We don't know.
- We haven't tested it yet.
- By the time we get done
it probably won't work.
(Kendra laughs)
- Where did you get it.
- [Papa] What I think you
could do at this point
is plug it in and see if
we can get it to work.
- [Kendra] There's a light going
and it's blinking on the clock radio.
Here's the buttons what they
look like on the bottom.
Caleb's pushing the buttons on the top.
And then right here
they connect over here.
- I've got two.
- [Jeremy] Two school pets.
(Janae murmurs)
- And they're very nice.
- [Jeremy] What's this one's name.
- Um. Let me name it.
Bingo.
- [Jeremy] Bingo.
- And it is a really nice puppy.
My baby is right here. She's a nice one.
She helps people and she's a baby.
- [Jeremy] All right well I'm gonna
let you get back to work okay?
- Okay.
(Janae murmurs)
- [Jeremy] All right.
- [Kendra] Caleb's trying to
take off the circuit board
but we think he might
have to take a few other things off first.
So this board.
The graphite over here when
the button is pushed down,
it completes the circuit.
- Yeah.
Really cool.
- [Kendra] Does that make
any sense to you.
- Yeah.
- [Kendra] This reminds me of the game
Snap Circuits that you've played.
(Caleb murmurs)
- But this is it in real life.
- [Kendra] Yeah.
(circuit snaps)
Oh you got it.
So Elise's hair is so
blonde in some spots.
And so dark and other spots.
- [Papa] Natural highlights.
(Elise laughs)
- [Kendra] It's very beautiful.
What have you been practicing.
- Ballet.
- [Kendra] Nice.
(dainty music)
Excited for your turn
to take something apart?
- Yeah.
- [Caleb] Whoa.
This is the magnet.
- [Kendra] It's magnetizing
the screwdriver to it.
That's cool.
(screwdriver falls)
- [Jeremy] Good job.
You put it back together.
- I did.
- Owls watch their prey.
- Prey.
- Prey.
But listen to their problem
listen to what's hard.
- But they can't move their eyes.
- What.
When I want to I can keep my head still
and look over there and
I can look over there.
'Cause my eyes moved do your eyes move.
(dainty music)
Hold your head still.
There you go see your eyes move.
Owls eyes don't move.
- They just stay like this.
If they want to look different.
- But do they blink?
- They do blink.
I think.
I don't actually know we
might have to research that
but if your eyes are stuck in one space,
to look different places
you have to move your head.
So Laura keep your eyes straight
and move your head to see.
(thunder booms)
(grill sizzles)
Our family's kind of split
on the cheeseburger
versus hamburger debate.
I definitely am a cheeseburger girl.
Especially with Swiss cheese.
- [Janae] Mama.
- I'm a cheeseburger with cheddar cheese.
(grill sizzles)
- [Kendra] Nice flip.
So how 'bout you hamburgers
or cheeseburgers.
- Hamburgers.
- [Kendra] Hamburger?
- I hate cheese on my burgers.
- [Kendra] All right Jeremy how 'bout you?
- I like cheeseburgers better.
- [Kendra] Me too.
- [Caleb] You do?
- [Kendra] We're having tater tots
with the burgers tonight.
- [Jeremy] I love tater tots.
- [Kendra] And I couldn't
wait and I took a bite.
So good.
We also have apples and
pears. And some peppers.
All right how's the burgers.
(Janae screams)
- [Isaac] Amazing.
- [Papa] Awesome.
- [Caleb] Yummy.
- [Kendra] Are they good.
(Jeremy murmurs)
- [Isaac] Yes.
(Janae chatters)
- [Kendra] We're having dessert tonight,
which has been a rare occasion lately
so we're all pretty excited about it.
Elise is making us some
gluten-free cookies.
So nice Having a kiddo grown up enough
to be able to do this on your own.
(J House Kids chatter)
- Yeah I enjoy it anyway.
- I wanna go on a morning walk.
- [Kendra] You want to
go on a morning walk?
- Yeah.
- [Kendra] Janae this is
actually a nighttime walk.
- Oh.
- [Kendra] Okay you wanna go?
- Yeah.
- [Kendra] I'll take you on a little walk.
(doorknob creaks)
(Caleb and Laura hoot)
- [Jeremy] You guys looking for owls?
- [Caleb] They're not anywhere.
- [Jeremy] Yeah it's probably
still a little too bright.
(Caleb and Laura hoot)
- Maybe tonight's a good night for owling.
Who's making the sound.
(Janae murmurs)
It's Caleb.
- [Isaac] Caleb.
- [Jeremy] Look at those muscles.
(Elise and Jeremy laugh)
- Wait am I flexing.
- [Jeremy] You have to.
(Elise giggles)
Gotta be buff to make cookies like this.
- What I do to make it
less hard but it's harder.
I put it all the wet stuff in.
Like the butter butter and egg.
(Jeremy murmurs)
And then I put-
- [Jeremy] The dry stuff in?
- Yeah.
What's your favorite cookie.
- [Jeremy] I surprisingly really like
oatmeal-raisin cookies.
(Elise murmurs)
Or those thin mint cookies.
- Oh. Those thin mint cookies.
I eat a whole thing of those if I could.
- [Jeremy] You know what though?
It's probably all that tied
with snickerdoodles too.
I really like snickerdoodles.
How's the cookies.
(Elise murmurs)
- [Kendra] Delicious.
- We're gonna go deliver some
cookies to Papa and Magga.
(footsteps crunch)
♪ We're up in the mountains ♪
♪ We come to your cabin ♪
♪ We brought you some cookies ♪
♪ We hope you like them ♪
(Jeremy giggles)
Christmas caroling.
- It is Christmas at the cabin.
- [Jeremy] Cookie caroling.
(J House Kids chatter)
- Thank you guys.
Give me five.
- [Kendra] Nighty night.
- [Janae] Good night. J House out.
- [Kendra] Oh my gosh they're so cute.
Welcome to school.
(J House Kids yell)
This is preschool at it's finest.
- Totally.
(fun music)
- [Jeremy] Janae's wanting
to tell all of us a story.
- Once upon a time.
(fun music)
