New 39 Clues Book and a Fun Game
This is the new 39 Clues – A King’s Ransom
I got the book from the library.
It was very exciting.
I already finished it!
There are about 14 books in this mystery series and I read them all!
I also got this great game called 10 Days In Europe.
You have to start with a country and end with a country.
Say you start with Belgium. You can walk to any border country of Belgium.
Say you start with Belgium again. And you have a yellow plane. You can fly to any country with the same color.
Say you have England. And you have the Atlantic ocean. You can take a boat to a country touching the Atlantic ocean.
If you play this game you will definitively learn European geography!
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Cabin Fever – Book Review
This is the new Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever.
It’s the 6th book in the series.
When I tried to check it out at the library, they would not let me because it was new and I needed to live in Port Washington. In fact it was just released yesterday.
But when we got home my parents pre-ordered it.
It’s really funny. The Heffley family is stuck indoors because of a big blizzard. I’ll tell you more but I do not want to give away the story.
It took me around 1 – 2 hours to read it.
Chess Update
Recently my father signed up for Chess.com.
Chess.com is a website that helps you get better at chess, a place to play live games with people from all over the world, and it’s even sort of a social network.
There’s tactics, blitz chess, quizzes, and a lot more features.
My father lets me use his account.
At first we had a free membership.
Then he bought a Diamond membership for $99 so we can get everything!
I have an account on http://www.chesskid.com.
My father’s rating is 1061. If you want to play with him his ID is CyberScholar.
My rating on Chesskid.com is 494. If you want to play me my ID is OldKid.
Karate
I’m learning karate on Wednesdays.
Karate teaches how to defend yourself.
My favorite part is when we play ninja dodgeball.
It’s mostly boys but there are a few girls.
Watch this to see me destroy the assistant in sumo wrestling from last year.
So that’s why he didn’t come last week to our first class this fall, because he was afraid of me!
Español
I’m learning Spanish with Rosetta Stone.
Rosetta Stone is a software program that you download and it teaches you Spanish.
I do it everyday.
You can also learn any language with Rosetta Stone.
Just switch the language.
You can learn Italian, German, French, Brazilian, and all of the above!
I have learned how to say: boy, girl, egg, apple, man, woman, newspaper, bicycle, dad, mom, child, run, sleep, and a lot more!
un niño
una niña
un huevo
la manzana
un hombre
una mujer
un periódico
la bicicleta
un padre
un madre
un hermano
corre
duerme
y mucho mas
Maker’s Faire
Last Saturday I went to the Maker’s Fair with my family.
The Maker’s Fair is a huge gathering of cool designers, inventors, and builders at the New York Hall of Science.
It was fun because I got to participate in all sorts of activities.
At first I we stopped at a little stand that had these little LED art kits, you just made a little drawing and took a LED and used sticky little things to keep it on.
Then I built a little rocket and launched it.
It went 7 meters!
Then I went to this big tent and saw all sorts of robots (see video):
Then I checked out a few things and left.
My Thoughts On Homeschooling
I am homeschooled.
I love homeschooling because:
- You get more free time.
- You don’t have to be sitting down all day, it’s bad for your body.
- You can skip ahead to the hard stuff.
- You can go to the bathroom so you don’t have to cross your legs all day (just kidding for that part).
- No homework.
- You get more fresh air and outside time.
- There are many events and classes with other homeschool kids.
- Schools teach things that are not true (like global warming).
P.S. my dad taught me some of these.
There is nothing I don’t like about homeschooling.
Someday a lot more kids would be homeschooled!
Wedding Trip
5 days ago I drove to Maine for my dad’s cousin’s wedding.
It took us 6 hours to get there.
I went with my mom, my dad, and my sister but my aunts, uncles, grandparents, and cousins were there too!
It was my first wedding!
Mom and dad went to the party and I had a babysitter.
On the first day we went to hotel, when we got there we went to the beach (see picture above), and then we went out to dinner. We ate pizza.
On the second day, after breakfast we got ready and went to the wedding. My parents went to the reception but there were no kids allowed. Then we went back to our hotel and the baby sitter came. She took us to the playground and then to the arcade. I won 390 tickets!
On the third day, we went out for breakfast again and said goodbye to everyone.
On the way home we stopped at my mom’s friend’s beach house in New Hampshire.
How an Eraser Works
See, when you draw something with a pencil, and you don’t like it, you use an eraser, but you might wonder how it works.
This is how an eraser works:
When you rub the eraser on the paper it picks up pencil lead, some erasers actually break the surface of the paper.
The eraser’s molecules are stickier then the paper’s, so pencil lead goes on the eraser.
BTW, pencil lead isn’t lead, it’s graphite.
39 Clues
Recently I read the 39 clues
It was terrific!
There’s a website, too!
There are books, card packs, and online missions.
They are on a 3rd-5th grade reading level.
