March Homeschool

Here are some fun things we did for homeschool this month.

We studied the French Revolution, so we made "citizen caps" and watched the Scarlet Pimpernell.  I also had Robert read an easier version of Tale of Two cities.

 After we studied Eli Whitney, Robert and Isabelle made their own cotton gins!  Did you know that Eli Whitney was the first person to introduce interchangeable parts?  I think that is way cooler than the cotton gin!

 Robert- always a cheeseball.

 Isabelle wanted to show her elephant working the cotton gin.

 Since we were studying the industrial revolution, I wanted to take them to a factory and show them how it worked.  We have a Pendelton factory not far from us, so I took them there.  The kids got to see raw wool, straight from the sheep, died, turned into yarn, and then string, see the weaving machines, and then into fabrics and blankets.  It was awesome!!

 A worker there gave these things made out of wool to the kids.  I think that's what they liked best about the tour.

Homeschool field trips and kid fun

The last two weeks I have been able to do some fun field trips with the kids.  We saw a shortened performance of Swan Lake and we  got to see a kids symphony concert.  It was really fun.  I was really glad that Rob was able to come to the symphony with us.

 

 I thought the building was so beautiful!  The concert was interactive.  They had kids get up and march to some "marching songs".  They had some people perform a clapping song, and they explained beat and meter.  I thought they did a great job.

 I baby sat this baby the other day and the kids were so cute with her.  They loved sharing their toys,

 and fought over who got to feed her.  I couldn't believe how much they love babies!

 

My good friend Andrea moved back to Alabama.  This was her going away party.  I am so sad to see her go.

 This is her cute daughter Savannah. Talia loves playing with her.

 This is Robert being silly the other night.  He made a sock necklace.

Homeschool-January

This month for astronomy we have been studying the moon and Mars.  For history we studied the ottoman empire and the English discovery of Australia.

So, we made a homemade telescope.
 


 We were supposed to make a moon journal and record what the moon looked like each night, but unfortunately here in the NW, it was too cloudy!  So, thanks to Pinterest, we made these  instead.
 

 


 
Mars has many volcanoes on it.  So, we made our own volcano from salt dough, baking soda and vinegar.  


For a fun activity earlier this month we visited some chinese gardens in Portland.  They were awesome, even though the day was freezing cold!



For the Ottoman Empire I tried to make Turkish Delight, but that was a fail.  We did read a book called "The Hungry Coat" and that was awesome.

I learned that Jan 26 is Australia Day, so this week we studied the English discovery and colonization of Australia.  So, I made a traditional Australian dessert-Pavlova. I had never had it before, but we all loved it!  It has a meringue base, whipped cream and fruit.

December- Homeschool, projects

Isabelle made some really creative candy house pictures this year.

 Here are some of our projects that we have worked on this month, homeschool and just for fun.  The pic above is of our Homeschool group we did for December.  We learned about a bunch of different Christmas traditions from different countries.  The kids are all holding up luminaries that they made there.

 We studied Louis the IVX of France for History.  So, we made Masquerade masks, and later had a Masquerade Ball. :)

 For science we were learning about radar.  The kids made mountains in this box, covered it, graphed it, then used a bamboo skewer to figure out the depth.  The red boxes are high, the yellow are low.  Cool huh?!

 We didn't have a lot of decorations for Christmas this year, so we made some.  We actually strung popcorn and cranberries for the first time this year.

 Isabelle made a bunch of ornaments herself.  This is her wreath.

 She made this bird.

 Austin made this angel.  He also cut out a bunch of pictures he colored from coloring books and put them on the tree.  The kids also put their "meatball" on the tree.

 I made these sillouette ornaments.

 Bella's Angel.

 The kids studied about Handel and Bach.  They each read a book and made a poster about their composer.

 
 Robert and Isabelle made this manger with baby Jesus and Mary out of  Legos.

 Homeschool group for January.  We learned about weather and made these fun snowmen cupcakes.

The kids wear these sashes when they go to homeschool group and get a new button with each new subject they learn.  Even Robert is getting into it.

 

 We went to a realtor party and they had all of these fun projects for the kids to do.  They loved it.

 For FHE in December we made a candy Nativity instead of gingerbread houses.  The kids got so into it!  Robert made the horses/donkeys.

 Austin made Shepards, Joseph, Mary, and barbells...

 Isabelle made the stable, the manger, the hay and the angel on top.

 Talia made baby Jesus and the sheep.

 I think they did a great job!

 Austin made a candy train at school.