Friday, March 20, 2009 - Farmer Girl
My 9yo dd has decided she wants a farm. I told her that she needs to learn more about farm animals and what care they need before she makes any decisions. 
She opted to do a lap-n-note.
First, we printed out a unit from School Express. She worked on that throughout the week. She is also reading a couple of basic books, to cover all animals, and then going in depth with animals she fancies.
First animal, since we already own them and she is familiar with them, was the chicken. She completed pages from Evan Moor Giant Science Resource book about life cycle, parts of the egg, kinds of feathers, etc. and read these books:
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Here are free unit studies from Homeschool Share:
Daisy Comes Home and Just Plain Fancy
Then she moved on to ducks. She really wants some pet ducks. We have been enjoying some duck eggs from a neighbor, and that has sold us all on the idea, if we can find some ducklings local. She read these books:
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And she completed a FREE Lapbook from Homeschool Share:
Next, she is movingon to goats, which is perfect, because if everything goes as planned our kids should be arriving next week!
Comments
Saturday, March 21, 2009 - Oh, Cool!
Posted by PeakmoreAcademy
What a great self-driven learning opportunity!
Good luck on locating some ducklings.
Hope your goats work out swell for ya'll!
Have a great weekend,
Angi
Sunday, March 22, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Posted by amibrain
I love her ambition! :-)
Our pet stores carry ducklings around here at Easter time (and the Tractor Supply store).
I wonder what a duck egg tastes like compared to a chicken...similar? The same?
Have fun with your kids! :D
