Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age
Today, we had the chance to go to one of the few museums in the St. Louis area that we’ve never visited–the Missouri History Museum. The reason for our trip? To see a special traveling exhibit, on loan from the Field Museum in Chicago–Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age. For some inexplicable reason, [...]
Third Grade: Week Nineteen Wrap-Up
This was a kind of screwy week, with a doctor’s appointment for me one morning, and a dentist visit for the children another. We still managed to get our work done, however–we just had to be a little creative in when we did things. For example, one morning, we started a good hour, if not [...]
Third Grade: Week Eighteen Wrap-Up
This week, we learned about Eli Whitney and his cotton gin. Not surprisingly, Turkey loved learning about this invention. Show him a picture of a machine, and he’ll pour over it, looking at all the details and trying to figure out exactly how it works. When he finishes his observations, he then moves on to drawing his [...]
Third Grade: Week Seventeen Wrap-Up
We’re still chugging along with our school work. Have I mentioned how much we’re loving Adventures in My Father’s World? Turkey and Bunny really look forward to the daily activities, way more than they did with Sonlight. I think they really need worksheets and activities to round out their school experience! We’re working really hard [...]
Third Grade: Week Sixteen Wrap-Up
Running late with this wrap-up…it’s been a very busy, tiring few days! This was a very busy week, as I had two doctor’s appointments and a parent/teacher conference to go to during our regularly scheduled school time. Fortunately, we only had one (relatively easy) new concept introduced in math this week, so Turkey and Bunny [...]
Third Grade: Week Fifteen Wrap-up
This week, (today, actually), we celebrated our 100th day of school! The children are very excited, because I made them each a bag with 100 m&ms, which they are allowed to eat at their discretion. Plus, we completed our countdown “doodlebug,” which everyone looks forward to every year, although at this point, it’s more for [...]
Third Grade: Week Fourteen Wrap-Up
We’re finally back to our full, regular school schedule this week, which includes working through week 14 of Adventures in My Father’s World. We’re actually on week 18 of school, because of our special Thanksgiving and Christmas units, but it’s easier to keep track with the My Father’s World numbering, so I’ll keep using that. [...]
Christmas Crafts–General
In addition to making lots of cool ornamentsover the last few years, we’ve also had fun making other types of crafts. Not everything has worked the way I envisioned, (the wax paper/melted crayon “stars” are an example of that), and some things, even though meant for children, were so involved that I ended up doing [...]
Christmas Crafts–Ornaments
Our favorite kind of Christmas craft every year is making Christmas ornaments. These are particularly good, because they’re so keepable, unlike pictures and other paper crafts, which often get wrinkled or torn and have to be thrown away. Over the last few years, we’ve made many different ornaments, some variations on the same theme, but [...]
