We had our neighborhood carnival this weekend and rainy days followed most of the week. I know we needed a good rain though so, we didn't mind too much.
In HOD, we learned about the character trait - faithfulness. Our verse this week was Proverbs 3:3-4.
Let love and faithfulness never leave you;
bind them around your neck,
write them on the tablet of your heart.
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Then you will win favor and a good name
in the sight of God and man.
We read about William Penn and learned that his life was complex as he often ran into troubles and sometimes prison because of his faithfulness to what he believed. He was born in England and traveled many places in Europe seeking his religious freedom ending in prison more than once for his strong views as a Quaker. The King of England gave Pennsylvania to William Penn's father to repay a debt. His father gave it to his son and William Penn went to North America to be free. He settled in the land friending the Indians with a peace treaty. His search for religious freedom was successful in the land.
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| William Penn Worksheet |
I found these 2 great worksheets for William Penn on the web. You can print these freebies out to use with your kiddos here:
http://www.education.com/worksheet/article/william-penn/
http://www.homeschoolhelperonline.com/notebooking/biography/william_penn.shtml
http://www.education.com/worksheet/article/william-penn/
http://www.homeschoolhelperonline.com/notebooking/biography/william_penn.shtml
We learned William Penn made friends with the Indians and even paid them for the land even though the King had given it to him. Penn was fair and kind to the Indians. They called him O'Nas. He friended them and participated in their sports activities... even a jumping competition.
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| Hallway Jumping Competition |
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| Word Search |
At worksheetworks.com, I was able to easily create a word search using the vocabulary words through unit 6. This was a great activity for them while I did some planning. You can make one too here: Create your Word Search here!
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In Science, we talked about the many strange folk medicine remedies that have been used in the past.
The kids thought these strange folk remedies were indeed strange! I love the drawings.
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We talked about a boy named Bejamin West and how he used different fruits and even the earth for the colors in his paintings. The kids thought it was creative and odd that he used hairs from the cats tail for his paintbrushes. He was a fine artist. We learned he was also a Quaker and eventually returned to England to paint for the King.
We decided to change up the fruit squeezing and painting art project and instead focused on the fact that many colors can be created using the 3 primary colors.
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| Mixing Colors Project |
The kids had fun with this simple project using the primary colors to create all the colors in the rainbow. I added several drops of yellow, blue, and red food coloring to small glasses of water. I let the kids use a dropper to mix the colors on their own into an egg carton. They enjoyed doing this and even found ways to make brown and black.
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| Shading Goblets |
In art, we talked about shading to make things appear 3 dimensional. The children grasped the concept and all were age appropriately able to show lighter areas where the light was brighter.
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In Science, we read about the importance of inoculation in the past to prevent the spread of diseases. We learned that they were given a small amount of the disease to become immune because of the antibodies that formed.
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| 9yo Priceless Guess |
Our Science experiment was to show how our body fights infection. At least my 9yo was honest and guessed "I don't know!" Lol!
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| 7yo Guess |
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| The body reacts to a virus entering the bloodstream. |
We talked about the process and the kids were able to move the cells around to demonstrate how our bodies fight off infection. "A virus goes to the bloodstream and the T-cells tell the body. B-cells show up and make antibodies. The Killer cells kill the virus and the antibodies stay behind to keep me from getting sick again."
We read about the different types of leaves and learned about simple and compound leaf structures. We also learned about smooth, lobed, and toothed leaf edges. I love my 7yo drawings of leaves. She did a great job!
Thankfully, the rain dried up and we were able to have a bit of sunshine on our field trip to Jamestown.
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| Jamestown Home School Program |
We did take a field trip to Jamestown to learn more about the early settlers. It was so very neat walking in footprints of the birthplace of America. The children each went to a special class to learn more about the Powhatan Indians and the Jamestown Village. We went to the Jamestown National Park and saw glass blowing and the ruins of historic Jamestown. I loved that the kids were able to answer questions and to talk about the things they have learned in HOD.
"Mom, this is the same map John Smith made and we just drew in school with the rivers and the bay!"
If you ever have the chance to take advantage of the homeschooler days at Jamestown/Yorktown or Williamsburg ... for sure, do it!
See you next week!
Be blessed!
