We have had a fairly busy 2 weeks with our Tapestry of Grace (TOG) studies. The topic of Week 5 is the Tower of Babel and Mesopotamia. Week 6 focuses on the stories of the Patriarchs. We were assigned chapters 12-50 in Genesis in one week! Thankfully, we have the whole Bible on CD which…
Creation Book Finished
My son finished his creation book today. Once again, he really got into this assignment and enjoyed doing it. He even wrote a page on why the days were literal 24 hour days without me asking him to. (It’s not in the pictures though. ) By Kristen H.
10 Plagues Book
My son completed his 10 plagues book yesterday. He did a really good job on it. It took him forever and it about drove me crazy, but I was mostly successful at holding my tongue and letting him work at his own pace. That is a huge accomplishment for me. The pictures are hand-drawn, then scanned…
10 Plagues Booklet
We have completed, well almost, week 3 of TOG Year 1. Rather than focus on Egyptian gods, we focused on the 10 plagues and passover. I assigned both of my bigger kids to make a booklet about the 10 plagues. My daughter chose to make a fan book. It’s a little difficult to see, but…
First Tapestry of Grace Co-op Meeting
Yesterday we had our first Tapestry of Grace (TOG) co-op meeting. We went over weeks 1 and 2 of Year 1 Unit 1 which is Egypt. The day went extremely well considering all of us are new to TOG and co-ops of this kind. We started off with salt dough maps of either Egypt or…
Tapestry of Grace
We decided several months ago to use Tapestry of Grace Year 1 next year. I am very excited about it. I am going to be involved in a small co-op (5 families) meeting every other week. We’ve never been in a co-op before so it will be a new experience for us. The kids are…
World War I Lapbook
We completed the World War I lapbook from Hands of a Child on Friday. I appreciated having their resource guide. I basically used their guide to teach the material. We listened to Story of the World, watched Sergeant York, and read a few supplementary books as well. This was the first HOAC lapbook that we…
World War I Lapbook
We completed the World War I lapbook from Hands of a Child on Friday. I appreciated having their resource guide. I basically used their guide to teach the material. We listened to Story of the World, watched Sergeant York, and read a few supplementary books as well. This was the first HOAC lapbook that we…
Sod House
We are starting a study of pioneers in history. Today I read Sod Houses on the Great Plains by Glen Rounds to the kids. Then we built a sod house from brownies. That project idea came from Projects About Westward Expansion by Marian Broida. A similar project can also be found in Great Pioneer Projects…
Inventor Lapbook
Here are the pictures of my ds lapbook on inventors. He’s 9-1/2 years old. My daughter made one too, but they’re similar so I’m not posting pictures of hers. By Kristen H.