I am itching to begin our walk through Biblical history and to study Egypt, Greece, Rome, and ancient science and art. 
     This past week we studied creation through the flood, using books such as The Bible of course, Usborne's Ancient World, Streams of Civilization, Adam and His Kin, The Great Dinosaur Mystery and the Bible, and The Story of Science.  Our Biblical studies led to some interesting discussions on topics like -  "were T-Rexs on the ark?" and "Why did God put the tree of the knowledge of good and evil in the garden if He already KNEW they would eat from it?"  What a good discussion on free will that was!    
     The boys also learned about plate tectonics.  I made a puzzle for my youngest boys by laminating and cutting up a map of the tectonic plates for them to piece together.  I also made a Pangea puzzle by cutting out the continents for them to fit together to form what the Pangea land mass might have looked like before the flood.    
     Our Tapestry of Grace co-op also met for our first week.  We meet every Friday.  Our boys really enjoy these classes and the time with their friends.  Here is what the boys did in their co-op classes this week: 
PROJECTS:
My three youngest boys all did the same project - they are mummifying cornish hens.  The entire process will take several weeks but they began by cleaning the cavity and putting the hen in a mixture of salt and baking soda.  Each week at co-op they will complete another step in the process until their little mummies are done.  After working on their hens they all went outside and measured the length and width of Noah's ark.  That was an amazing thing to see!
LAPBOOKS:
Only the lower grammer kids are putting together lapbooks and my youngest is in this class.  He put together pages on creation.
JEOPARDY:
My youngest is in a jeopardy class with his lower grammar buddies and my middle two dialectic boys are in a seperate jeopardy class.  The jeopardy questions are based on what they have learned that week.  They love this game because it is competitive and they earn treats when they get to a certain amount of points. 
LITERATURE:
My two middle dialectic boys have a class where they discuss the literature selection that they read that week.
RHETORIC:
The rhetoric (high school) students only have two classes that last longer than the younger students' classes.  They come together for the first half of co-op to discuss the history portion of what they learned that week and then use the second hour to discuss the literature they read.  
After all the classes the kids have play time outside while us moms visit and clean up.         
I am very thankful for this co-op.  I could spend at least 6 weeks studying Mesopotamia alone so being in a group where we HAVE to keep moving is really helpful to me!
I just love homeschooling!