It was fabulous to take a week off schooling for a fun filled fall break! After a few days down the slides at Great Wolf Lodge and several more camping in the great outdoors, these kids and their teacher were not anxious to get back to routine on Tuesday morning. We enjoyed our time off though and picked up in Unit 11 right where we left off!
Here are their "I can't believe we are at Great Wolf Lodge" faces!
They had such a great time... especially since the dd was tall enough to ride the 'Tornado'!
This is my ds journal drawing of roasting marshmallows while camping! Pretty cute!
They had such a great time... especially since the dd was tall enough to ride the 'Tornado'!
This is my ds journal drawing of roasting marshmallows while camping! Pretty cute!
Our memory verse this week was Psalm 143:10. My dd loves writing in rainbow colors. Her handwriting is still improving every week and I'm so proud of her!
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We introduced the spelling list this week by writing the words and using 'Pop the Pig' burger game pieces for all the letter o's. She thought this was so much fun and it changed things up from the norm!
We began piano lessons online and they are both really enjoying it. You can try piano lessons for your child at www.freepianolessonsforkids.com.
I'm hoping that music is something they will desire to learn more about and this online program is a good start.
We had a cooking class this week too and the kids made pumpkins, bats, & heart shaped cookies. They rolled out the dough and cut out the shapes. They loved icing them and really had fun being creative. They couldn't wait to taste their creations!
In History, we learned that the pilgrims chopped down tall trees to make their houses. We talked about how they used a wedge to divide the wood into planks. We learned they used brown oiled paper for their window coverings instead of glass. We put cooking oil on paper bags and let it dry. The light then was able to show through the paper.
Oil paper was a bit messy but it was neat for the kids to understand what the pilgrims actually used for windows instead of glass.
We added Plymouth, Massachusetts and a drawing of a log cabin to our 1600 timeline.
We learned that it was an exciting day when the pilgrims raised the first wall frame of the house. We made a frame with craft sticks and learned that when we used an extra piece to go across diagonally it made the frame stronger.
We built log cabins with the Lincoln Logs and even tried to make a small village!
The kids were equally excited to change the pace and have school in a blanket tent stretched over the furniture in the living room. We imagined what it might have been like to live in a close area like the pilgrims did their first winter in their new house.
We learned that an Indian came into their village and taught the Pilgrims how to plant corn. We learned that they joined together to give thanks with a big feast that we still celebrate today... Thanksgiving!
In math, both kids completed their Abeka workbooks and I printed out some holiday fun pages too.
My ds is doing an awesome job with his multiplication tables & drills and my dd grasped adding double digit numbers including carrying ones. Love when they understand new concepts and watching their joy as they actually get it! :) With each new problem I would write down, she would giggle as she got it correct. Now, if I can just get her to write her 5's and 6's the correct direction we will be in good shape!
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We did a little bit of pumpkin carving this week and my dd decided she wanted to carve Rapunzel on hers! We talked about the similarities and differences between pumpkins and apples while we were working on Rapunzel and then made a venn diagram to show the similarities and differences.
I love this face of hers while she was getting the goo out of the pumpkin! Ewwwww!
It turned out cute after all and we had fun carving it together!
We talked about adjectives and how they describe. In their journals, the kids drew pictures of their pumpkins and listed adjectives to describe them. Slimy, seedy, smooth outside, orange, stringy and big!
It was a fun and busy week and I enjoyed getting back on our schedule. Love that Heart of Dakota is introducing the Pilgrims just in time for Thanksgiving. We are really enjoying the history and we will be making a thankful tree soon!
See you next week!
Be blessed!
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