For anyone who enjoys maps, I just found a really fun geography website. The site Worldmapper.org has maps of the world where the areas of the countries are relatively enlarged or shrunken for comparisons to other nations. For example, this is the Total Population map. You an see that China and India are much “fatter” than the…
Mrs. Hanes Moravian Cookie Company
We went on a field trip Monday to Mrs. Hanes Moravian Cookie Company. There were several homeschool families from our church that went together. It was very interesting and we got to sample all 6 flavors of cookies. The cookies are all still hand rolled and cut. This is the mixer that they use to…
Botany notebook pages
This is a page from my daughter’s botany notebook on roots. It’s kind of hard to read because she writes in pencil, but I was really pleased with her work. By Kristen H.
Civil War Resources for Elementary Students
We just completed our study of the Civil War. We used all the following books and websites to study the Civil War and create our lap books. Across Five Aprils This was a read-aloud. It provided a good overview of the war from a child’s perspective. It gave some detail about various battles (as much…
Civil War Lapbook Pictures
Here are our Civil War lapbook pictures. The first set is my 9-1/2 year old son’s. The second set is my 7-1/2 year old daughter. By Kristen H.
Civil War Study Finished
We have concluded our Civil War study. The kids will be assembling their lapbooks on Friday. I’ll try to post pictures soon. I have been looking at lots of other lapbooks on blogs and there are some really super ones out there. It is very inspiring. I have noticed that a lot of people who…
Books of the New Testament
Here is my little guy singing the books of the New Testament today at lunch. The banana is his microphone. He is such a ham! Singing Son By Kristen H.
Great Botany Activity
This morning I found a method to look at leaf stomata under a microscope. Here is the link to the site where I found the worksheet. Here is the procedure that we followed. 1. Paint a small area of the back of a leaf with a thick coat of clear fingernail polish (at least 1 sq.…
David Livingstone Lapbooks
Here are pictures from my 9 yo son’s and 7 yo daughter’s lapbooks. We used a couple of books from Hands of a Child’s Missionary Pack and then pulled in a few things about the Kalahari Dessert. Overall I am really pleased with them. The perfectionist in me thinks they should have done some things…
Two Weeks Complete
We have completed our first 2 weeks of school! So far it’s really going fairly well. We are trying something a little new this year: Fun Fridays! The plan is to do most of our hands on projects on Fridays and do a minimum of seat work. I still have them do math, but I…