Weeks 15 & 16 of school

I have been TRYING not to combine weeks into one post but we have been so busy and there are a million and one things my unsocialized homeschoolers partake in, I just don't have the inclination to separate them. So in a nut shell this is what we have been focusing on these last couple weeks.

Night eyes~ Animals that are nocturnal including Owls and bats. Abby has learned a lot about each one of these species and also made a few "pocket" books for them.

Koala bears~ We started a pretty large unit study on Koala bears this last week. Abby has done several craft activities that she loves to show to others when they come to visit.

American Indians~ WOW! We decided to start the typical Thanksgiving themed stuff early since I wanted to do several activities and not feel like I had to rush through things.

Pilgrims and Puritans~ Once again I feel like this small part of history is greatly overlooked! We will continue our studies using "living" books wrote in the 18th & 19th Century, listen to several podcasts and audiobooks and complete some more unit studies.

The boys are struggling with their math and science now that things have gotten harder. We had to pull out a number of video's to help them understand what I simply cannot explain. They are doing a higher level of math than I ever did.

 

 

found this fun game at www.sunflowerschoolhouse.com

The fruit of the Spirit game.

 

I just HAD to get in on the paint chip Phonics too!

Naturalistic weaving like the American Indians did... Abby REALLY liked this project and requested to do it again but make a real basket.

We did a fun game to discover what her Native American name would be.

 

 

Our version of the Rain gods...

 

 

 

 

We really enjoyed making these rain sticks! Abby thinks that everyone should have one of these as instruments!

All finished!

Our parfletch  we created using native designs and then put secret messages in them for each other to open up.

By far we enjoyed alot of hands-on this week. Abby really learns so much better when we can do activities and for some strange reason it just sticks! Now, if I can just come up with several fun activities to finish out these next few weeks before the holidays!

After seeing Abby have all the fun... Hali decided to get in on the action and make her own rain stick! She doesn't want me to show the finished product however because its a gift!