What We're Doing – Week 17 Links & Ideas

History - I hope you love this find as much as I do.  It's a quick history of the Aztecs in pictures for your littles to cut & assemble. We are also going to grind up some corn kernels and make hot chocolate to discuss daily life of the Aztecs.   And maybe take the leftover corn kernels to pop some popcorn! Latin - … [Read more...]

What We're Doing – Week 16 Links & Ideas

History - Review our history sentences, by playing like the Mesoamericans with bouncy rubber balls - without using our hands & trying to get the ball through a ring.  (without the element of human sacrifice and brutal competition - naturally.)  Each correct answer gets a turn or 3 tries, depending on how hard this turns out … [Read more...]

What We're Doing – Week 15 Links & Ideas

History -   Watch this video about Prince Henry the Navigator.  Print a Google map of our neighborhood and hand write numbers (1,2,3,4) on the map.  The numbers will signify locations I want my littles to walk (or bike ride) to for a clue.  At the final destination, there will be some kind of reward. … [Read more...]

What We're Doing – Week 14 Links & Ideas

History - Watch this video about Lovemore Mashapure, a Zimbabwean sculptor.  I watched it & loved it.  A bit of personal history, I visited Zimbabwe for a month on mission right after graduating high school and my heart still tugs me back there.  So, I'll also be sharing personal photographs, stories, videos, and … [Read more...]

What We're Doing – Week 13 Links & Ideas

History - Encase rocks spray painted gold in "treasure rock" mountains.  I know some little boys who will just love hammering into the mountains like explorers to find gold.  I am also hoping to spray paint some dry beans gold and place in a shallow pan with sand.  I'll equip my littlest with a sifter (aka colander) to find … [Read more...]

What We're Doing – Week 12 Links & Ideas

History - Copy the history sentence and place in notebook.Latin - Use handwritten flashcards to line up and sort 5th declension noun endings.  Make flashcards for previous weeks to also review in this way.English - Littles' Choice! --- They can choose their favorite method of review from the methods we've used over the last 10 weeks -- copy … [Read more...]

What We're Doing – Week 11 Links & Ideas

History - Read about Constantine together.  Ask littles to tell me something they learned during this reading, which I will then transcribe for them.  We will add this to their notebooks.Latin - Using handwritten notecards, put the 5th declension latin noun endings in order.  English - Create a story using all prepositions and hand … [Read more...]

What We're Doing – Week 10 Links & Ideas

History - Look up words from the history sentence that my littles can't define and write definitions to add to notebook.  I'm thinking expelled, foreigners, isolation, commodore, modernize, etc.Latin - Copy the 4th declension into notebook.English - Create a story and draw a picture using the 4 prepositions.Science - Draw leaf diagrams in … [Read more...]

What We're Doing – Week 9 Links

History - Did anyone else get a paperback version of this Confucius book from Chick-Fil-A in their littles' meal? I can't remember exactly when we got it, but we have one & plan to read it this week!Science - Parts of a Plant Worksheets free, printable, choose your own!- Find a plant to dissect after going on … [Read more...]

What We're Doing – Week 8 Links

History - read The Story of Little Babaji, the story of Mohandas Gandhi and What Should I Make?Science - Monocot, Dicot, and Conifers printable for discussion or copy work- watch the Magic School Bus Goes to Seed Video Geography - create our own DIY Blue & White Ming Plates. If we don't … [Read more...]