Beginning our next Lap Book Ancient History

For a week that I didn't have much planned turned into a week of not enough time in the day to do everything LOL.

We've added quite a bit of exercise in our routine this week. Each morning we either walked, jogged, or rode bikes. We took 2 hikes this week at our local state park and the kids and I have been riding our bikes around the neighborhood.

We have moved back to Language, Writing with Ease (WWE) and Story of the World (SOTW) Volume 1. We have started our lapbooks and we're using this awesome website I have found that has done most of the hard work for me. We read chapter 1 and cut out some artifacts and also put together a story book for the first people on what they ate and where they lived. We will begin on Chapter 2 next week, but we are going to be bouncing a little back and forth because I have books coming in still from the library and we are planning some projects that may take place after we complete a chapter.

My husband is planning on an Archeological Dig with the kids and we are picking up some sand next week and finding some treasures to add. We'll be using paint brushes to brush off our artifacts and draw pictures of what they find. I'm off to find some treasures....

Saint Patricks Day

Our first lapbook was for Saint Patricks Day. We learned about how Saint Patrick was kidnapped by pirates to Ireland and then how he escaped 6 years later. He then had a calling to return to Ireland and convert the Irish to Christianity. There are many legends of St Patricks day, the pot of gold, leprechauns and fairies, why we wear green, & snakes. We also study the Scientific reasons for these legions as well. The older kids spent the night at Grandma and Grandpas tonight so we're saving our Irish Dinner for Sunday where we'll make a homemade Irish Stew and some homemade bread YUM! I'm going to attach some pictures of Alex and Gavins lapbook tomorrow along with some video of them describing their books.

Here are some pictures of the kids discussing their lapbooks and pictures of the lapbooks themselves. I'll be adding some video of them discussing their lapbooks as well. I have one video ready now to put on so I'll attach it.

Introduction

I'm Carrie mommy to Alexandria 8 (Alex), Gavin 5 (Gman), Samantha 19 months (Sammie), and Francis (our angel born and sent over the rainbow on 1-18-2008. I have been homeschooling since my oldest Alex was born :) She has never been to public school and we have learned together the best way schooling works for her. We have found lapbooking and discovered a wonderful world of lapbooking which I plan to extend to project learning. Please follow us on our journey and see where we end up.