Another fun week with HoD! I just love the projects that go along with the lessons. It gets the kids involved while learning and gives them different ways to look at things.
Sharing a lot of free printable ideas this week... Hope you enjoy!
Our verse this week was 2 Corinthians 9:7. God loves a cheerful giver. Giving comes so natural for my dd and often a struggle with my ds. This week we prayed together that God would help us all be cheerful givers.
Our song this week was "God Loves a Cheerful Giver"... The kids loved this song and sang along all week.
Our poem for Copywork was 'Little Things' by Julia Fletcher Carney. Although we don't memorize the poetry, we do usually read it several times throughout the week and the children draw pictures about it.
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In history, we read about Benjamin Franklin. Along with being an inventor & a patriot, he was a wonderful and helpful man. He visited a family and noticed their house was very cold despite their small fireplace. He made an iron stove heater for them and surprised them with this warming gift.
We also talked about a coppersmith, Deacon Drowne, who often made common pots and shoe plates of hammered copper. In the evenings, he found amusement in making different objects with his talent. The children would come to see what he had made each morning and to their surprise on one morning they discovered he had made a large copper grasshopper.
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In Science, we read about grasshoppers and learned that insects have 3 main body parts; Head, Thorax, & Abdomen
We labeled the parts on this coloring page. You can get this page on my Pinterest homeschool board here. Grasshopper Label Worksheet I drew the lines to the different parts and the kids were able to locate and label each.
We made our edible dough from peanut butter, honey, and powdered sugar. They were both helpers in the kitchen but the dd seems to be more photogenic than my ds. They both love to measure out the things we need for cooking though. The kids enjoyed this project and making their grasshoppers. I think they did a pretty good job too! They liked eating them too! YUMMY!
We learned that many years later, Peter Faneuil who was a wealthy man in Boston, wanted to give and build the city a new public hall as a gift. He wanted to build a meeting room with a market below. We learned that Samuel Adams as a boy often passed by the coppersmiths shop on his way to school and remembered the grasshopper. He later voted to let Peter Faneuil build the public hall as a gift to Boston and use Deacon Drownes grasshopper as the copper weathervane on the top. Mr. Faneuil gave a heartfelt gift to the city of Boston, Faneuil Hall.
In Art, they made a model of Faneuil Hall out of a small box. They wrapped it in brown paper and drew the windows. They added a grasshopper for the top weathervane.
We added Benjamin Franklin & Faneuil Hall to our timeline.
The kids were excited to learn that Faneuil hall and marketplace are still in Boston today. They both want to plan a field trip there to see!
Anyones kiddos love mine craft? Found these Minecraft themed addition pages & Multiplication flashcards and my son loved them. I thought I would pass on to you!
Minecraft Addition Worksheets
Minecraft Multiplication Flashcards
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We finished our reading of The Secret Garden. The kids both loved it! We watched the movie following and they were able to make comparisons to the book. I love introducing them to classic literature at this age in hopes that they will appreciate it.
This Story Map worksheet * Print Story Map Here * really helped the kids along the way while I read to them with all the characters and the story line.
I also found this fantastic coloring page for my dd of 'The Secret Garden'. You can find it on my Pinterest board here: Secret Garden Coloring Page .
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To help with creative thinking and drawing, I also ran across these awesome printables. It starts their imagination and they have to finish drawing the picture. My kids have different ideas and it is so neat seeing them express it through their artwork. You can find Free Creative Thinking Printables on my Pinterest homeschool board.
On this above worksheet, the prompt says who is attacking the castle? The children see only the castle, knight, and hill and they have to imagine and draw 'who is attacking the castle'. My ds drew a very creative dragon. This was a great task and drawing for him as he often gets stumped. We will be doing more of these for sure.
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Still trucking along with our 50 states study. This week we learned about Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri & Montana.
Still trucking along with our 50 states study. This week we learned about Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri & Montana.
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We did find a bit of time for a field trip to the Virginia Living Museum for their special reptile event. This was a real treat and a fantastic family day. The whole reptile and snake thing isn't necessarily my favorite but, I am aware that the more I expose my kiddos too the more well rounded and educated they will become soooo.... Mommy sucked it up and joined right in! EEEEK!
There was a lot to see and learn! It was awesome that they could touch too!
Feeling blessed this week to be able to homeschool these precious children God has given to me. Can't seem to say it enough.... What an honor it is to be their mom and teacher.
See you next week!
Be blessed!
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