Mar. 10, 2009 - Niles homeschool History Fair

This past weekend was our annual History for our homeschool group.  It’s always so fun to see what all the kids came up with and how their individual personalities shine through in their exhibits.  Three of my four participated this year.   Lexie did Leonardo da Vinci.  I can’t tell you why she chose him (he’s certainly not the most Godly choice to study) but I had to encourage her to tell people other things about him first before saying he was probably gay.  After I discussed that with her she usually told people right off the bat that he painted the “most famous” painting, The Mona Lisa.     Ariel did the Aztec’s.  She had completed a diorama of an Aztec house quite awhile ago in Mystery of History II so that became the catalyst I guess for this project.  Also,  the fact that Mom and Dad went to Mexico and brought back a sun dial for her display I think helped too.  I was impressed that she caught one discrepancy in our texts and one answer key mistake because of all her studies.  They really do pay attention sometimes!     Logan is still very interested in the Samurai and ancient Japan (and China for that matter.)  He chose a Samurai “general” for his display.  This year he didn’t get nearly as much done as he hoped.  High school work has him pretty bogged down (Chemistry especially!)  Usually, he makes some short of army for his table display and this year he even had visions of a Samurai warrior outfit to dress in but time was not on his side.  I think he had fun anyway talking about one of his favorite subjects to judges and anyone else who came by to listen!     Now starts the countdown for Science fair….

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