We are starting a study of pioneers in history. Today I read Sod Houses on the Great Plains by Glen Rounds to the kids. Then we built a sod house from brownies. That project idea came from Projects About Westward Expansion by Marian Broida. A similar project can also be found in Great Pioneer Projects …
I am really behind on my posting, but I wanted to shared these pictures anyway. Over our Christmas holiday we went to the Grove Park Inn in Asheville, NC (we didn’t stay there!) and looked at gingerbread houses that were on display for a contest. These houses were absolutely incredible. We couldn’t believe some of …
We went on a field trip Monday to Mrs. Hanes Moravian Cookie Company. There were several homeschool families from our church that went together. It was very interesting and we got to sample all 6 flavors of cookies. The cookies are all still hand rolled and cut. This is the mixer that they use to …
This is a page from my daughter’s botany notebook on roots. It’s kind of hard to read because she writes in pencil, but I was really pleased with her work.
We just completed our study of the Civil War. We used all the following books and websites to study the Civil War and create our lap books. Across Five Aprils This was a read-aloud. It provided a good overview of the war from a child’s perspective. It gave some detail about various battles (as much …
Here are our Civil War lapbook pictures. The first set is my 9-1/2 year old son’s. The second set is my 7-1/2 year old daughter.
We have concluded our Civil War study. The kids will be assembling their lapbooks on Friday. I’ll try to post pictures soon. I have been looking at lots of other lapbooks on blogs and there are some really super ones out there. It is very inspiring. I have noticed that a lot of people who …
Here is my little guy singing the books of the New Testament today at lunch. The banana is his microphone. He is such a ham! Singing Son
This morning I found a method to look at leaf stomata under a microscope. Here is the link to the site where I found the worksheet. Here is the procedure that we followed. 1. Paint a small area of the back of a leaf with a thick coat of clear fingernail polish (at least 1 sq. …
Here are pictures from my 9 yo son’s and 7 yo daughter’s lapbooks. We used a couple of books from Hands of a Child’s Missionary Pack and then pulled in a few things about the Kalahari Dessert. Overall I am really pleased with them. The perfectionist in me thinks they should have done some things …
