Of course we had to do the "Little Hands on the Farm" exhibit, which is supposed to teach the kids where the food they eat comes from. It's interactive, and I always laugh when they enter the chicken coop to collect an egg- the hens are fake [so they don't peck], and the eggs are all visible [instead of hidden away in corners and underneath buildings], but they're getting the general idea, I guess LOL. We looked at all the animals, and wandered through the exhibits [one whole room full of scrapbook pages!!!], and basically wore everybody out.
Today, after we finished the written part of our history lesson, and after eating lunch and watching a movie [the Spiderwick Chronicles], we did a hands-on history activity. Currently we're studying ancient history, learning about why nomadic tribes would settle in one spot and change their lifestyles to become farmers and herdsmen. So the activity was to pretend they'd decided to settle in our backyard, and build houses [big or small] with only the materials they could find. About 3 hours later, they called me to come look at their creations. They had been busy gathering food, planting and harvesting seeds, making fish traps, etc. for all of those 3 hours! They made a mud pit, and had a little village with houses for everybody. :)Hyrum decided to be a giant, and stepped on a couple of them, which ended the activity, but overall, I think it was pretty successful.
Tomorrow Jared leaves for another week of conferences, so I'm getting myself ready for that. And, I think it's officially fall now. I woke up yesterday morning, and my nose was cold LOL. Mornings are a little bit nippy, and I'm excited to see the leaves changing color soon. This is my favorite time of year.
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I miss the change in season the most. It is very gradual here, it cools off by a couple degrees at at a time.
What made you decide to homeschool? I know you had been talking about it before, but is this your first year?
Sounds like you are off to a pretty good start with the homeschooling. I wouldn't even know where to begin with that! Good for you!
Those sound like great activities! I'm glad it's going so good! And, I'm jealous that it's fall there, b/c I'm ready for it here and we're still in summer weather. :)
I just love the story of them making their houses, etc in the backyard. Reminds me of the way I used to play in my backyard. I was fascinated with Native Americans and would dig down in my sandbox to find the sand/dirt (ie. clay) at the bottom and make "pottery." :)
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