This week we learned that King Solomon used cedar trees from the Phoenicians to build God's temple.
The Phoenicians were a strong civilization and known for their cedar trees, shipbuilding, and their purple cloth.
The kids learned that the Spartan army used scytale (pronounced like rhymed to Italy) in Ancient Greece.
They each made their own message to give to Daddy. We tried it horizontally and vertically. We used a paper towel tube to wrap our message around.
Once the kids took it off the tube, they were amazed that they couldn't read it at all! There's no way Daddy will figure out this message! They did have to give him a helping hand to figure it out.
In Ancient Greece there were 2 main cities, Sparta & Athens. We learned Spartans prized discipline and Athenians prized the arts, beauty, and training of the mind and body.
The Greeks had a big outdoor sports event every 4 years in Olympia. Winners were crowned with laurel wreaths. The Olympic Games were held in honor of the Greek god, Zeus.
The kids learned about legends and how they exaggerate the truth of an event as they are passed down through generations. The kids learned of the legend of the founding of Rome. They thought it was a neat story about Remulus and Remus. They could relate it to Moses in the basket and Cain killing Abel.
The kids started reading The Great Dinosaur Mystery and the Bible. We learned that there are problems with fossils. They are incomplete because of missing or damaged bones. Different creatures may be mixed together. We've never seen a live one, so we aren't sure about the skin, flesh type, or color.
In the book of Job, he talked about the great behemoth with great description. God made them all!
We learned God designed every part of each animal including the very smallest cell! We skipped the corn starch art and went for something edible making animal cell pizzas for lunch.
The kids enjoyed making their own animal cell pizzas. We found these awesome free printables
-above - that the kids could label the parts of the cell. There are several great sheets here including a word search, memory game cards with definitions if you want to dive a bit further into cells.
Here is the link: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/98938523041778306/
These were a huge hit... Even though they picked off most of their mitochondria, ribosomes, and smooth ER! Lol!
In English this week the kids learned to use commas in the correct places when listing a series of items. They did great with this!
Resurrection to Reformation
Pope Gregory VII and the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV disagreed for over 50 years whether the pope was above the emperor or emperor above the pope.
This week we learned about Peter the Hermit. He lead the first crusade and it failed because of his poor leadership.
This week we learned about Peter the Hermit. He lead the first crusade and it failed because of his poor leadership.
We learned that Mainz was an important city in the Western Empire. The emperors of the Holy Roman Empire were elected in Mainz.
He made a red cross and set out on a crusade to follow the clues.
Peter the Hermit began preaching for a war against the Turks. This resulted in the Crusades. The first Crusades captured Antioch. Catapults were key weapons used by the Crusaders.
In science, he was learning about cells also so it worked out great to have a cell pizza lunch above.
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We took a break to head to the mountains to see the peak of the beautiful fall foliage. The drive was breathtakingly amazing! We love Virginia!
This is my favorite time of the year and I love seeing God's beauty showing through in his creations!
We drove along Skyline Drive making periodic stops to take some awesome photos.
We made a stop at Luray Caverns before we headed home.
What an incredible tour of the underground!
They have homeschool days coming up this week and then again in the spring with reduced rates for homeschoolers. This would be a fantastic opportunity. Luray Caverns Homeschool Days
We had a fun and busy week. Loving this fall weather!
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See you next week!
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