Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Mystery of History Volume 2 Lessons 37-39

LESSON 37  CHARLEMAGNE

Our crown!




LESSON 38  THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS:TALES FROM ARABIA


Scooby Doo in Arabian Nights

Tenggren's Golden Tales from the Arabian Nights

We also watched Aladdin!

LESSON 39 INVASION OF THE VIKINGS



Viking Ships at Sunrise  

by Mary Pope Osborne



You wouldn't want to be a Viking Explorer

by Andrew Langley



Viking helmet!!



I had an extra lid so he also has a shield!!



Blessings!!


Thursday, November 13, 2014

Poppins Book Nook: The Moon Book



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This month's theme was Beyond our Planet.  We read "The Moon Book" by Gail Gibbons.  The book was awesome!  We love Gail Gibbons books!!


I had him do a moon art project.

Materials

white paint
black piece of construction paper
bowl
flour
star stickers

First you trace the bowl onto the center of your construction paper
 Then you will put some white paint in a container and mix the flour in it until it is thick and gloppy.  Then they paint inside the circle!

 Completed!
 Next, I had Conner take the end of another paint brush and make craters with it.
 Then I found these pictures to show how we landed on the moon.  They can be found here:
http://www.busybeekidscrafts.com/support-files/moonlanding_color.pdf 
Then I had him add stars all the way around!
The perfect moon!

Blessings!


Now, you have a chance to win this book and some other fun things!!



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Now on to the link up!!


Blessings!!


Presidents Study: Andrew Jackson books and crafts


How let Muddy Boots into the White House?
by Robert Quackenbush


Andrew Jackson's Hermitage (We just looked at this one!)


Andrew Jackson 
by Mike Venezia


Andrew Jackson's nickname is Old Hickory, so I had him color this.  






Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Mystery of History Volume 2 Lessons 31-33


Lesson 31  Wu Zetian , The Empress of China



Lesson 32  The Epic of Beowulf


We read Beowulf
by Michael Morpurgo



The Silk Route 7,000 Miles of History
by John Major
Our shield!!



Lesson 33  Al-Andalus:  "The Ornament of the World" in Medival Spane

Writing his name and then his brother's names in Arabic:




Tuesday, November 11, 2014

USA study: New Hampshire

New Hampshire facts:

1.  Known as the Granite state.
2.  The first potato was planted here in 1719.



Early American Christmas
 by Tomie de Paola 


Ox Cart Man 
by Donald Hall 


G Is for Granite: A New Hampshire Alphabet
 by Marie Harris 



 New Hampshire (Rookie Read-About Geography)
 by Simone T. Ribke



Primary Numbers: A New Hampshire Number Book

 by Marie Harris





The Bear That Heard Crying 

by Natalie Kinsey Warnock


Christmas Tree Farm

by Sandra Jordon

New Hampshire is known for shipbuilding.  I had him  build a ship out of wood that I got in a craft store.


Getting ready to put his pirate ship together!



All done!!



We also fixed mashed potatoes and fried potatoes for supper one night!


Blessings!!



Thursday, November 6, 2014

Presidents Study: William Henry Harrison books and crafts


Willaim Henry Harrison
by Mike Venzia


William Henry Harrison
by Ann Graham Gaines


Then I had him design a campaign slogan using THIS template that you can download.




Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Mystery of History Volume 2 Lessons 34-36

Lesson 34  St. Boniface, Apostle to Germany

For this lesson, we made an evergreen artwork to symbolize St Boniface.


For the branches I had him use a piece of cardboard.  For the life of me, I could not find my brown paint, so black it was!


Then I had him paint the needles on using a fork!



Lesson 35  The Iconoclast Controversy

Jesus Christ cross craft with masking tape and paint!





Lesson 36  Charles Martel and the Battle of Tours

For this we did the books recommendation of using army men in ice cubes to replicate the battle.