Week 16 – History

History Read AloudThroughout this week we've been reading, If Your Name Was Changed at Ellis Island by Ellen Levine, to learn more about our history sentence for week 16.  It's been very informative & led to many questions from the boys.  I'm hoping we can follow up this new knowledge with a family field trip to Ellis Island … [Read more...]

Week 16 – Science

Maple Snow CandyWe've been reading the Little House on the Prairie series of books to coincide with the American history we're learning in cycle 3 this year.  So, today, I decided we should try our hand at making maple snow candy like Ma & the girls.  Our second attempt worked, the boys loved it & it only took a few minutes to … [Read more...]

Week 16 – Science

Ice & Salt experimentsToday we indulged in a little interest led learning.  The boys watched me salt the driveway last night after some snowfall & wanted to know why/how that worked.  So, today, we conducted a little experiment.We put an equal number of ice cubes into 2 separate containers.  Each boy took a turn adding salt … [Read more...]

Week 16 – Geography

Learning about BaysWe started by looking on our large wall map to find the bays we're learning about this week.  Next, we played a quickly handmade game that allows the boys to match the name and definition of a body of water with a simple drawing of it. We started with bay, lake, river, and ocean. For older children, you … [Read more...]