NEVADA   

All for Our Country

    Well we're finding out some fun things on the internet.   This is our big haul on postcards.  We have more postcards from Nevada than any other state, Thanks to one special lady and her friend!  We love you thanks so much!   Let me tell about some of the places we learned about.   Area 51:  its a specialized military area with no one outside the military allowed in, we were told the desert area was long and lonely.  This is near the Extraterrestrial Highway near Rachel, NV--cool holographic postcards of stealth planes and mountains.  Hoover Dam:  been there...quite an impressive gander over the edge!  726 ft high, on the Colorado River.  Las Vegas gets much of their water and electricity here.  Reno:  beautiful city lights.  Great Basin Nat'l Park:  Baker Lake, elevation 10,620.  Virginia City, Chollar Mine:     read a poem that my grandma had recorded in an autograph book:  "Make new friends but keep the old .  The one is silver,  the other gold." "Bonanza"  was supposed to have been filmed here.  Goldfield:  halfway between Reno and Vegas, lots of mining  Amargosa River Navigation Company:  ?  Sail and gamble between Vegas, Reno & Lake Tahoe.   Dayton: Route of the Pony Express  Tonopah: more mines.  The Desert Queen has mined $$$$150 millon in silver!

As a "tweener"  we spent Christmas in Las Vegas with extended family one year.  We arrived in the dark and I remember watching the lights get brighter and brighter for what seemed like hours until we finally arrived.  I grew up in the midwest and it was strange to no cold or snow for the holiday.  It was one of those special Christmas memories because we were with family!

all our postcards, resouces and then some

  send a Nevada E-card!!

http://www.clan.lib.nv.us/1%5Flaunch/  History of Nevada, interactive, multimedia

http://dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/docs/kids/  Nevada Kids Page

http://agri.state.nv.us/AGRI_JustKids.htm  Nevada Agriculture kids page

http://www.travelnevada.com/map_state.asp  Map of Nevada

Games on states & color pages http://dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/docs/kids/fun.htm (links)

http://dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/docs/kids/game/default.htm symbols of Nevada matching game

http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/kids/kids.html click on the state get the info…quick and simple

http://dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/docs/kids/ Nevada’s official kids site…
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/es/nv

Statehood: October 31, 1864;  36th admitted to the union

 Nevada: from Spanish meaning snow-capped.

Population: 1,998,257 #35

Capital: Carson City (pop 52,457 )

Size: 110,567 square miles, #7

Motto:  All for our country

Nickname:  The Silver State

Flower: Sagebrush

Tree: Bristlecone pine and single-leaf piñon

Bird:  Mountain bluebird

Land Mammal: desert bighorn sheep

Fossil:  Ichthyosaur

Gem: Fire opal

Economy:   filmography (did you know over 600 movies have been made in NV?)  MINING: Among its products are gold, silver, copper, zinc, brucite, magnesium, magnesite, manganese, tungsten, uranium, mercury, lead, non-metallics, oil, coal, iron.

AGRICULTURE: Cattle, horses, sheep, hogs, poultry, hay, wheat, corn, potatoes, rye, oats, alfalfa, barley, vegetables, dairy products, some fruits.

Famous Nevadans:John C. Frémont, Jedidiah Strong Smith, Andre Agassi,Thelma Pat Nixon, Wayne Newton, Siegfried and Roy (Siegfried Fischbacher and Roy Horn)

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Great state Nevada

by

bugaboo girl

 Is Nevada a great state you ask? Well it's State bird is the moutain bluebird. It's state flower is sagebrush. It's motto is: All for our country. And it is the 36th state. So it is a Great state. 

Taa-Daaa!!! Announcing The Fifth Annual
MAKE-YOUR-OWN-RADIO-SHOW contest!

Ready to have some fun and make your OWN radio show? We've got another really fun contest set up especially for homeschoolers of ALL ages!

This year's theme is:  Abraham Lincoln

Click here for the official rules and how to get started on your project. 

This Contest ends April 15, 2008 and time goes by fast so get started early. 

We had so much fun working on ours last year even though a computer glitch didn't allow us to get ours entered, it was still worth the effort.  We laughed and laughed.  But do try to enter BEFORE the last day.

 We just won a prize!  How fun!  What a blessing from God.  He is so good to us! 

I so enjoyed the scheduling seminar put on by Cindy Rushton last weekend.  We had lots of other unusual, special extras that kept us busy like old friends stopping by.  But it blessed and motivated me .  One of the key phrases from Cindy was:

Choosey Moms choose the best.... and let go of the rest. 

There were so many other good things.  And I missed a lot due to our busyness...ah but they live on.  Cindy makes her seminars available for download after the fact as well.  You can catch them here to learn more:  http://www.talk-a-latte.com/ .  She also has some freebies available too.  Surf around...you're sure to find something to "bless your heart"  (y'all know that's what those southern gals do, bless your heart?)

So we sat down yesterday to see and anaylyze just what our choices were.  Then we worked on a schedule for the summer (yes, this year we will be year-round).  It looks like a plan.  I'm satisfied with it.  But I'm NOT enthused or excited.  The planner will work.  But we both said "We'll get something better figured out for the fall.  We'll do some more looking or maybe we'll have to take a few (really many) hours and just design something that will fit us better.  For now this is okay for the summer.  We have time to search and get ready for fall."

BUT NOW.....

we just wait for our new book to come and then fill it up! 

http://www.busybodybook.com/

Thanks so much to the busy body people!  This will be a treat for us. I am very blessed.  Check out their website above.  They also have some samples for you to explore.  And a fridge version...ooh I like it.  What a blessing to be blessed.  Thank you again.

Practicing His Presence,

M

 Colorado!

Web pages:

http://www.colorado.com/static.php?file=about_colorado#general all the basics about Colorado

http://www.state.co.us/kids/2004kids/clchistory.htm history page

http://www.colorado.com/static.php?file=fun_facts interesting little tidbits

http://www.usmint.gov/kids/teachers/features/2006/06.cfm State quarter lesson plans

http://www.usmint.gov/kids/teachers/lessonPlans/50sq/2006/_k01-3.pdf this one includes coloring page of their quarter

http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/biopage.html Notable Coloradans

Statehood:  #  it became the  38th state on August 1,1876

Population:  # 4,665,177

Capital: Denver (pop 556835)

Size: 103,729  sq miles

Motto: Nothing without Providence

Nickname: Centennial state

Flower: Rocky  Mountain coumbine

Tree:  colorado Blue Spruce

Bird: Lark Bunting 

Mammal:Rocky Moutain Bighorn Sheep 

Fossil: Stegosaurus  

Insect: Colorado hairstreak butterfly

Gem: Aquamarine 

Economy: microelectronics,foodstuff,and machinery

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The lark bunting state.

by

buggaboo girl
Colorado's state bird is the lark bunting. Colorado's State Flower is the: rocky mountain colubine. The state tree is the Blue spruce. It became the 36th state on August,1,1876. Colorado is a wonderful State. I don't think i have seen a Lark bunting but i Think They might be beutiful.

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Double C

By Electric Man

Colorado became a state in 1876, on August 1^st. It is our 38^th state. There are 4,665,177 people in Colorado. It is the 8^th largest state at 104,091 square miles. The state tree is the blue spruce. Colorado has some of the tallest mountains in the U.S., like Pikes Peak. Colorado is also the home of the Denver mint. Colorado is cool!

Here's some of the goodies we recieved, found, did, used....We now have an album to put our postcards in because the cat decided that pulling the postcards off the wall was just too much fun.  I kept trying to figure out WHO was pulling all the postcards down and leaving them on a heap in front of the map!  The map is still up, but we printed off another one to put on the binder and that will help us out.

 keep your eyes peeled for Arizona  

 NEVADA   

All for Our Country

    Well we're finding out some fun things on the internet.   This is our big haul on postcards.  We have more postcards from Nevada than any other state, Thanks to one special lady and her friend!  We love you thanks so much!   Let me tell about some of the places we learned about.   Area 51:  its a specialized military area with no one outside the military allowed in, we were told the desert area was long and lonely.  This is near the Extraterrestrial Highway near Rachel, NV--cool holographic postcards of stealth planes and mountains.  Hoover Dam:  been there...quite an impressive gander over the edge!  726 ft high, on the Colorado River.  Las Vegas gets much of their water and electricity here.  Reno:  beautiful city lights.  Great Basin Nat'l Park:  Baker Lake, elevation 10,620.  Virginia City, Chollar Mine:     read a poem that my grandma had recorded in an autograph book:  "Make new friends but keep the old .  The one is silver,  the other gold." "Bonanza"  was supposed to have been filmed here.  Goldfield:  halfway between Reno and Vegas, lots of mining  Amargosa River Navigation Company:  ?  Sail and gamble between Vegas, Reno & Lake Tahoe.   Dayton: Route of the Pony Express  Tonopah: more mines.  The Desert Queen has mined $$$$150 millon in silver!

As a "tweener"  we spent Christmas in Las Vegas with extended family one year.  We arrived in the dark and I remember watching the lights get brighter and brighter for what seemed like hours until we finally arrived.  I grew up in the midwest and it was strange to no cold or snow for the holiday.  It was one of those special Christmas memories because we were with family!

all our postcards, resouces and then some

  send a Nevada E-card!!

http://www.clan.lib.nv.us/1%5Flaunch/  History of Nevada, interactive, multimedia

http://dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/docs/kids/  Nevada Kids Page

http://agri.state.nv.us/AGRI_JustKids.htm  Nevada Agriculture kids page

http://www.travelnevada.com/map_state.asp  Map of Nevada

Games on states & color pages http://dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/docs/kids/fun.htm (links)

http://dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/docs/kids/game/default.htm symbols of Nevada matching game

http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/kids/kids.html click on the state get the info…quick and simple

http://dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/docs/kids/ Nevada’s official kids site…
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/es/nv

Statehood: October 31, 1864;  36th admitted to the union

 Nevada: from Spanish meaning snow-capped.

Population: 1,998,257 #35

Capital: Carson City (pop 52,457 )

Size: 110,567 square miles, #7

Motto:  All for our country

Nickname:  The Silver State

Flower: Sagebrush

Tree: Bristlecone pine and single-leaf piñon

Bird:  Mountain bluebird

Land Mammal: desert bighorn sheep

Fossil:  Ichthyosaur

Gem: Fire opal

Economy:   filmography (did you know over 600 movies have been made in NV?)  MINING: Among its products are gold, silver, copper, zinc, brucite, magnesium, magnesite, manganese, tungsten, uranium, mercury, lead, non-metallics, oil, coal, iron.

AGRICULTURE: Cattle, horses, sheep, hogs, poultry, hay, wheat, corn, potatoes, rye, oats, alfalfa, barley, vegetables, dairy products, some fruits.

Famous Nevadans:John C. Frémont, Jedidiah Strong Smith, Andre Agassi,Thelma Pat Nixon, Wayne Newton, Siegfried and Roy (Siegfried Fischbacher and Roy Horn)

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Great state Nevada

by

bugaboo girl

 Is Nevada a great state you ask? Well it's State bird is the moutain bluebird. It's state flower is sagebrush. It's motto is: All for our country. And it is the 36th state. So it is a Great state. 

  Idaho  Let it be perpetual

Idaho is one of our favorite states!!!!!  My husband and I have actually lived their and we spend many vacations there visiting relatives.  Our postcards came from relatives in that area.  One of my favorites is of an eagle.  Once, while drive around Lake Coeur d'Alene we saw a wintering bald eagle swoop in front of our car and dive at the water and catch a fish!  It is one of those cherished memories of God's fantastic creation!  The kids enjoyed the ones from the Cataldo Mission which is the oldest building in Idaho.  Although they don't remember, they have actually been inside of it.  It's architecture reminds me of the Alamo.  My husband has gone skiing on Silver Mountain, in the Silver Valley many times.  And we enjoyed a wonderful trip on the free worlds longest Gondola ride in Kellogg and looking out over 5 states and Canada-ticket price? $10 -view? $priceless.

In 1942 during WWII the federal government detained about 10,000 Japanese Americans in Camp Minidoka an internment camp in south-central Idaho.  About 110,000 were gathered from the West Coast.  They were concerned that these people might try to help the Japanese troops.  They were released in 1945.

Here's a great little downloadable book with lots of facts as well as coloring: http://gov.idaho.gov/fyi/kidbook/KidBook.pdf

some other good ones:

http://gov.idaho.gov/fyi/symbols/symbols_index.html

Statehood: 1890  #43

Population:  1,393,262, # 39

Capital: Boise (pop 190,122)

Size:  83,557 square miles, #13

Motto: "Esto Perpetua" (Let it be perpetual)

Nickname: The gem state

Flower:Syringa 

Tree: White pine

Fruit:  Huckleberry  (MMMMMMM our favorite fruit!)  The kids love to pick them with  extended family.  We knew someone who actually got $50 a gallon for the tiny little treats.  We tease guests from that area that they are not allowed in the door without a freezer bag of huckleberries!

Bird: Mountain bluebird  

Raptor: Peregrine Falcon

Horse: Appaloosa  

Fish: Cutthroat trout

Fossil:  Hagerman Horse Fossil

Insect: Monarch Butterfly

Gem: Idaho Star Garnety

Dance: Square Dance

Vegetable: Potato

Economy: Silver (at one time it was the biggest producer in the world), potatoes, Manufacturing, Agriculture, Tourism, Food Processing, Timber, Mining, Trout, Austrian Winter Peas, Lentils

River miles: 3,100 (more than any other state)

Famous Idahoans  Henry & Eliza Spalding (second white woman across the Continental divide traveled with Dr. Marcus & Narcissa Whitman she was the 1st), Chief Joseph ("I will fight no more forever") Nez Perce tribe, Ernest Hemingway (visitor and wrote much of For Whom The Bell Tolls here)

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