Joyful Moments: Tree Climbing and Fall Leaves

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Pericles Acropolis

Our Pericles study has brought us to the

Acropolis and the Parthnon.

Here are some great sites to check out.

Wishing you homeschool blessings,

Bethany

Crusoe's Island

Ceesa and I have been

reading Robinson Crusoe.

Here's our timeline of author Defoe's life.

Ceesa made this reused material

"replica" of Crusoe's island home.

There's also a terrific map of events

in Crusoe's life here:

Wishing you homeschool blessings,

Bethany

Artist Study: Auguste Rodin

François-Auguste-René Rodin

12 November 1840 – 17 November 1917

French sculptor

(source)

We will be studying 2 of Rodin's sculptures.

The Thinker

1879-1889

(source)

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Monument to Balzac 

1891-1989

(source)

Wishing you homeschool blessings,

Bethany

Toilet Paper and Owls

The kids made these owls to adorn our mantel.

The entire project was their own.

I folded down the tops

and told them to use any supplies they wanted.

 

They both decided to forego bright colors

and paint them colors like the snowy owl.

So no sequins or fancy designs.

And I think they are just great!

This idea was inspired by: happy hooligans.

Wishing you homeschool blessings,

Bethany



Roads from Jeans

 

 

Here's another great idea

for keeping little ones busy

when it is time to wait...

Make roads out of a pair of jeans.

You'll need old worn out jeans,

scissors, no-fray, and yellow fabric paint.

Cut various road type designs out of the jeans.

Apply the no-fray according to directions and let dry.

Paint the dotted lines down the middle and let dry.

Fold them up and put them into one of the leftover jeans pockets.

Add a couple of cars

and you've got a great play thing

for car trips, restaurants, doctor's offices,

and just about any waiting you're little

fellows will be doing.

Here's another post about making your own drawing paper 

to take along when you're waiting.

This idea was inspired by lil Mop Top.

Wishing you homeschool blessings,

Bethany

Autumn Cattail Study

Cattails are really pretty neat.

We just finished up a fall study on them.

We'll be taking several trips back to our cattail

patch (?) each season to see what's happening.

We followed Barb's study:

Cattail Autumn Study at the Handbook of Nature Study Blog.

 

I read pages 500-503 in the Handbook of Nature Study

and the section on cattails in Discover Nature in Water and Wetlands.

 

Barb has a Cattail Seasonal Nature Study notebook page that we used to record our findings.

 

I had a spot

in mind, but was very surprised to find other areas where they grew that I never noticed before. We tried to find other living creatures, but there was not much to find. I imagine if the light had been right, we would have at least found spider webs and old nests.

 

We brought back a leaf and a cattail.

The cattail was a bit of an adventure,

as the tail (seeds) were coming off in puffs.

There were more than a few floating around the car.

 

When we got them home, we cut into the stem. Then we put it under the microscope and recorded a picture in our notebooks.

 

 

Then we put a seed under and drew it as well. 

 

 

Wishing you homeschool blessings,

Bethany

Joyful Moments: SPI

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Joyful Moments: The Fall Picnic and the Orchard

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