We finished up week twelve this week in Heart of Dakota’s Bigger Hearts for His Glory. We learned about John Stark and George Washington.
We read about George Washington’s childhood and the story of how he hacked away at his father’s cherry tree with his hatchet. For art we studied symmetry and made a painting of a tree. Kevin painted a tree on one side of a piece of paper and then folded it in half to make a mirror image on the other side of the paper.
In science, we’ve been reading about John Audubon. Kevin made a notebook page about the different kinds of beaks and what they are used for. We also examined an egg to see the different things that are necessary for a chick to grow.
For storytime we’ve been using Tolliver’s Secret to finish up the historical fiction genre. It has been a big hit with my son and has gone great with the time period we are studying. It was neat to see some of the same topics come up we had studied in science like how Ellen’s grandfather was a barber and kept leeches to bring down the swelling if someone had a bruise.
One of the activities we did this week was research something we were curious about in the book we were reading. We researched about The Great Fire of New York since the book mentioned that Ellen found herself in the burnt up part of the city. We also studied setting and my son drew the different settings so far in the story. I was happy to see him put a good effort into drawing and coloring the pictures.
In poetry we’ve been reading the Marching Song by Robert Louis Stevenson. We discussed the meaning, rhyme pattern, and meter. I love how poetry is covered in tiny segments every day. It’s amazing how much we can get done in a short time each day.
That’s all for this week. Thanks for stopping by!