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Monday, February 18, 2008

Famous Explorer: Kieran

As we begin a new unit (coffee table book post forthcoming) I filed pages in the girls' history notebook and found a fun addition to our explorers study that I'd intended to post.

The girls decided that along with other famous explorers (Magellan, Columbus and such) we needed to study Kieran, because he does indeed like to explore! Kaira wrote the following:

(Blurry because the scanner is attached to another computer and I'm lazy. I made do with the digital camera.)

And our timeline through the Age of Exploration:

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Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Anonymous

Timelines are one of the biggest hurdles for me! I tried a notebook, but that didn't give the effect I wanted. I tried a long red ribbon around the top of the room, but it was too high for my kids to enjoy. I tried it lower, but the little things got knocked off.
I like your simple approach. What will you do when it is full of characters and you are still using it? That is one of the things I think of when looking at timeline boards - that I won't make enough room for certain periods of time.
ugh.
I guess there is no "perfect" way, huh?
Blessings to you!
KH

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