Feb. 29, 2008
New World Explorer - Show and Tell

A week or two ago we finished the New World Explorers unit put out by Amy Pak at Homeschooling in the Woods.  That unit was packed full of great activities, book recommendations, and a wonderful lapbook.  The girls both made a notebook that is full of their lessons, a few notebook activities and things we did together in an ocean unit study last fall when we went to San Diego.

Besides doing this unit, we also have been making our way through many of the readers that go along with the same time period in Sonlight’s Core 3 language arts.  They were a good match-up, and the girls read lots of books about things they were learning about.

One book we found especially good from our public library was “The American Story” by Jennifer Armstrong.  I hope to get this book for our home library as it has 100 true stories – very living – about many historical themes.  We barely made a dent in it as we read through the first 20 stories or so before I had to take it back!  We also read Elizabeth’s Diary (a diary of a girl in 1906), Sign of the Beaver, Secret of the Andes, Plimoth Plantation, Eric the Red and Leif the Lucky, Treasure Island and probably a few more.  We watched several videos put out by Schlessinger media from the library that proved to be interesting too.

Some of the activities that we did are in pictures below.  The first week we worked on our lapbooks and learned some knot tying and made "limeys" like the sailors used to have to drink.

The second week they made "captain's journals" from cardboard, cloth and paper soaked in instant coffee to give it an old, weathered look.  The girls then wrote journal entries as though they were sea captains.  I was delighted with how well they turned out, and the stories were fabulous.  The last picture here is my 3 yo dd's.

The girls also enjoyed making pueblo dioramas.

The last week we worked hard to put it all together into a lapbook complete with a photo album to remind them of the fun we had.  You can see a slide show of the whole lapbook at my daughter's blog:  MountainPrincess.

This has been a show and tell with Canadagirl.  Join us through the Mr. Linky on her blog - warning...it is addicting!

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Posted by 4sweetums

I love how your weathered paper came out. What a great study and your lapbook came out great.
Blessings,
Dawn

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Posted by DaddysCHicks

Thank you so much for sharing! Ya'll did an awesome job!

Trina
http://daddyschicks.blogspot.com

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Posted by blessedwith2angels

Carol, your projects always look like such fun!
Pam

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Posted by jenn4him

Very well done!
Jenn

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Posted by blessinghill

What a truly wonderful job they did on everything. I especially like their sea captain journals. Looks like dad's having some fun too with the models.

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Posted by SuzyScribbles

I see that now that you are up and running back on line, you are taking full advantage! Whoo-hoo!
I LOVED my Sonlight 3 curriculum, and a (brief) wave of nostalgia for those days returned. What fun you are having. I shan't be envious because my boys and I had just as good a time when WE did it. :-)

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Feb. 29, 2008 - Love it

Posted by ClagettsFLStyle

Looks like you have been busy.. and having fun!

Great pictures and ideas!

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Feb. 29, 2008 - This is a great show and tell

Posted by bubbebobbie

Being snowed in makes you very creative! It looks like they had a wonderful time. I especailly like the 3yo art work! What a great way to show it off. Much better than a refrigerator.

Because of Jesus, Bobbie

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Posted by bakerswife

I loved looking at your photos! Your DD's are so sweet. Looks like dad got into the action too.
Blessings from Indy,
Mama Karen

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Feb. 29, 2008 - This is so neat!

Posted by MrsIncredible

It looks like you did so many enriching and wonderful things together!
Blessings,
Jen

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Posted by Keri

I like your 'captain's journals'...they look authentic!
That face of your older daughter with the lime is wonderful! It looks like you all had a wonderful time with school.

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Posted by Training Hearts

Wow! You are such a fun teacher :) The journals looked sooo neat to write in.

I'm sorry that I haven't been by here in a little while, but I have been praying for you and your family. I am hoping to get caught up a bit in the next few weeks, but blogging and computer time have been put on the back burner :(

Blessings,
Tamara

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Mar. 2, 2008 - Excellent Post!!

Posted by JacqueDixonSoulRestES

and excellent projects!! What fun!

Thank you for sharing!!

blessings~ Jacque

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Posted by KarenW

Great job! My youngest would love to make a journal like that. Looks like fun.

http://www.woodward-family.com/karenwoodward/blog.html

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Mar. 4, 2008 - Ooooh

Posted by ltjewel

I have been wanting to see someone else's samples of those Amy Pak cd's. They look so good. I'm gonna be tempted.

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Mar. 6, 2008 - This is beautiful!!!

Posted by Bahamahomeschooler

we are finishing up Amy's Colonial Life and I can't wait to pull it all together. The girls are not doing a lapbook for this one but putting everything in a notebook. We worked on tons of crafts for this unit. Cross Stitch, Quilling,tin punching and more. Such fun. thanks for sharing. We are starting American Revolution next.

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