Jun. 16, 2008
Ancient Rome projects
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So we are moving moving moving through ancient Rome. They're memorizing the first 11 emperors of Rome, along with Julius Caesar being the first dictator. I'm still trying to come up with some sort of weekly lesson planning. I think I'm going to try a checklist for dd....I think that might help with the 'when can I be done' whining. Building a Roman Road  Salt Maps of Italy, and yes, they know Italy isn't an island, LOL.  |
May. 20, 2008
Ancient Rome
ooh, we're slowing getting it together. I'm so pleased with myself. I actually have 2 weeks scheduled and so far it's been working. We are in week 2 of 4 weeks of Rome, and then we're going to do a couple of weeks on India and a couple of weeks on China. I'm using this time for the kids to learn, obviously  but also to figure out how to get a schedule going and figure out how to plan, record our work and keep track of all the information/links, etc.....b/c I really have to start doing better with next year. 2nd grade can't be as laid back as this year was...we're really going to have to keep on in spite of toddlers next year.So - Ancient Rome Reading Story of the World, chapters 27, 28, 34, 35, 36, 38-42 Audio book of 50 famous stories -- The Story of Regulus, Cornelia’s Jewels, Julius Caesar, Androclus and the Lion Julius Caesar in the book Bravo, Mr. William Shakespeare! –Williams J822.33 City – Macaulay J 711.4 Look what came from The Roman Empire J937.06 The Romans J937and other roman books from the same areas of the library. Copywork Rome was not built in a day. All roads lead to I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. – Shakespeare Geography mapwork from SOTW activity guide customized Italy maps Geosafari salt map of Italy Other PBS DVD's on Ancient Rome Dover Ancient Rome coloring book Famous Men of Ancient Rome Build a roman road make a timeline make mini-books - blank templates country templates |
Apr. 28, 2008
new baby!
Elias Benaiah was born Friday morning! 6lbs 3 oz, 18 inches. Such a tiny little guy! And he had good timing - we've basically finished ancient Greece so now I can take a couple of weeks off before we get started on Rome for the summer!! Oh, and the name Benaiah is from the Bible - he was one of David's Mighty Men and did some cool stuff - God used him to do some difficult things. And he got to kill a lion on a snowy day, LOL.   |
Apr. 10, 2008
greek myth craft
Medusa Mask  |
Apr. 9, 2008
greek myths
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We are going through Ancient Greece right now....hopefully we'll get through it all before the baby is born in May. Today the kids came up with their own idea to make stick puppets and act out the myths. For some reason they are fascinated with the creepy stories - the Minotaur and Medusa. Tomorrow we're making a mask of Medusa that I found. For the puppets, Alysa drew some of her own people and towns, and then I printed off some coloring sheets - I came across several good websites. And I also found a great kids book that tells the story of the Iliad and the Odyssey in comic-book format. It's very well done, and kind of funny, too. Iliad and the Odyssey coloring page websites: greek myths ancient greece coloring pages a couple of greek myth coloring sheets great myth/gods coloring sheets   |