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May. 4, 2006

Middle Ages Project

We have been studying the Middle Ages with a small group of homeschoolers from our church this spring. It has been a lot of fun and we are now approaching our final gathering. We are bringing all our projects to display and have invited the dad's to join us over the lunch hour. It started as something simple...but now we have decided to do a full blown extravaganza! We are going to be having a Medieval Festival!

The kids each got to pick what type of character they wanted to be. My daughter wants to be a princess/merchant/dancer! LOL!!! Why not!

So my dd is making crochet chains to be sold as Medieval belts. The mom's decided that our currency was going to be in Starburst candies. The kids thought that was even better than real money! My dd and another girl are sharing a merchant booth where they will be knitting/crocheting and then taking a break to dance some! Too cute!!!

My ds of course wants to be a knight! The boys who are knights are setting up a tournament of sorts with jousting and archery and chess (I think!). They will be "jousting" from scooters with wrapping paper rolls! This should prove to be very entertaining!

All the moms are making baked goods for the food booths and we all have to come up with some sort of costume! It is going to be a fantastic way to end our unit study of the Middle Ages! I love letting the creative juices flow!!! The kids are so excited and inspired! Yippeee! I LOVE HOMESCHOOLING!!! I'll make sure to take some pictures so you all can see how much fun we had!

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May. 4, 2006 - Untitled Comment

Posted by CTdittmar

Your festival sounds so neat! I wish we had a group like that. Oh well, a season for everything. Warmly, Christa

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May. 5, 2006 - I'm jealous!

Posted by kindredspiritMom

Wish we could come! But this gives me a great idea ~ maybe we could have a party and just have the kids come in costume. I love the scooter-jousting idea. Thanks for your comment BTW. I always love your comments! We haven't "talked" in awhile :) I haven't been staying up all night blogging lately so I feel out of touch with my friends in blogworld. I am glad that I am not the only one who rides the pendulum from all to nothing and everywhere in between! Somehow it's all working out and God is blessing. Have a great week-end.
:) much love,
KSM

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May. 6, 2006 - Positive Socialization!

Posted by EEEEMommy

We did a similar thing with a summer Ancient History co-op a couple of years ago and it's one of the best things we ever did. Everyone still talks about it and makes everyone who wasn't there jealous!
Have fun!

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