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Aug. 27, 2008
Gone to Egypt!
We're on our second week of school and we're off to a good start. We've been accomplishing a lot every day and yet some of the kids are still finished early. Hmmm...maybe I need to add some more... or just let them enjoy a sense of accomplishment for a change. We've gone back to Tapestry of Grace Year 1 Redesign which starts with Ancient Egypt.
We've hit the road running on writing. Because we were part of a co-op last year we did limited writing at home because some of them were involved with writing newsletter articles, working on the yearbook and creative writing at co-op. We are using the Tapestry of Grace assigned writing assignments along with Writing Aids this year. We've already done the assignments for week 1 and week 2.
We've also done some fun hands on activities. Jonathan, Kaitlyn & Ian made Egyptian paddle dolls last week. On Friday we made cookie dough maps. The object of the maps was to show different landforms. Heidi, Timothy & Kaitlyn worked on one while Andrew, Jonathan & Ian worked on another. Some of the landforms included volcanoes, rivers, waterfalls, canyons, valleys, plateaus and lakes. We used a sugar cookie dough. Chilled it, then formed the maps. They used icing and sprinkles to color lakes, deserts, and forests. We took pictures before putting them in the oven because baking them alters the shapes. The high mountains looked like eroded hills after baking.  Of course, the fun part is eating the maps after we show them to Dad.
Heidi and Andrew are going back at Spanish this year. They started Rosetta Stone Spanish Level 1 last year so they are continuing on with that. It would be nice if we could practice speaking it more.
Heidi and Andrew are also going to be blogging on a weekly basis. So far they don't want the blogs open to the public but we'll see. I would like their writing assignments to get posted on their blogs along with their comments about their school progress. Just setting up blogs was educational for them because neither of them spend much time online.
My camera is being held hostage by the office people in the basement. Seriously, the camera is in use by the drywall business for the time being so I lack pictures to put up. |
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