We got back into the groove of school this week after the move. We left off with Christopher Columbus and decided to do some review and projects this week to kick-off the school week.
We made compasses, are reading Columbus by D'Aulaire and today we made hard tack, what's that? It was a staple on Christopher Columbus' journeys to the New World. Actually, the recipe we made wasn't that bad. Maybe I was just hungry. We decided to make it a science project too. We stuck toothpicks in all of the squares except for one. We wanted to see what would happen. We made some hypothesis as to what we thought would happen. And then we watched. We were right! The reason you poke holes in the squares is to prevent them from rising. Personally, I liked it better risen. I'm not sure why they didn't want it to rise. Caleb had some very descriptive words about his hard tack experience (right side)! I hope the picture is readable. Click on the picture and you can see a larger size of it.
We also learned that the book we're reading is a biography, so the boys' each wrote a biography paragraph. Caleb chose to write one about his mommy. Micah chose to write one about his baby brother, Isaac. Writing is a struggle for my boys, but I think they turned out well.
We also learned that CC's home country is a pennisula. It's also my birth country. And then we searched for other pennisula's on the world map. While we were there, we looked for another landform, the island.
7 comments:
Smilin' through my tears... I'm so happy for you to be near your family. That is such a blessing!!
We've been studying a lot about the Civil War and hard tack was a staple for the soldiers, too. I think, in their case, if it was flat it was easier to pack and such as that. Interesting stuff.
I thank GOD for keeping you, Teresa, and that we can SEE your beautiful smiling face with your awesome family! Thank you for sharing!!!
Love thru HIM ~ Jan
Hey Teresa,
You are the best Mom! They could pack more if it didn't rise, and space was at a premium on those ships.
Kathleen
I miss you soooooo much! I LOVE the kitchen, good choice on the colors. Very elegant! The kiddos look great and very happy to be in the new house. Love you guys very much.
Miranda
So glad you all are there and getting settled!! You now live in Homeschool Free American (a.k.a. Texas :) ) and it must be great to be close to family again. Talk to you soon!
Awesome blog post, Teresa! You guys look really happy. I am planning on responding to your email as soon as I can get a break and be able to write you back properly! Earnie has been away for most of this week so it has been a litte hectic. Post some more pics of the new house if you can! It looks beautiful!
So good to see you your faces again.
I am glad that ya'll (sorry couldn't help myself) are getting setteled into you new home. I would love to see more pictures of it.
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