05/14/2012
05/11/2012
Geography block
One of our last blocks this year will be our geography block. We followed our friend Norman the Gnome as he travels down the Chattahoochee teaching us about the geography of Georgia as he travels.
05/10/2012
America's first gold rush
Recently we went to a mining museum near the place of America's first gold rush. This museum was actually on the same property as the original mine. This pond is the bottom of the old quarry.
Teddy got to pan for gold. The guy who helped him was so knowledgable.
Teddy placing his gold flakes in a container to take home.
This tool was used after panning. I forgot the name of it, but it is used the same way as a pan but it is rocked back and forth and the gold falls through to the bottom.
This was part of the display in the museum showing how the gold and other metals are used after mining.
This is the inside of the mill.
04/30/2012
Fibers Block
This spring we had a blast with our fibers block. We learned about leather, cotton, wool, linen, and silk. We studied how these fibers are produced and how different cultures have used them through history. Teddy learned that the development and utilization of fibers are critical in human history. We topped off our study with a trip to a local fiber show where Teddy got to see demonstrations of a drop spindle, spinning wheel and a loom.
So busy....
This spring has been packed full of activities that our little blog has suffered! Here are some photos of some things we have been doing:
We have a new member of the family...Introducing Pumpkin Muffin. He is an English Lop and we adopted him when he was 6 weeks old. He has nearly doubled in size. Teddy has enjoyed caring for him and does a great job.
We had a wonderful quiet Easter with family and friends. Here is Teddy with our Lenten Garden that we added to all the way up to Easter. This was the first year we did this and we loved it!
Teddy with his Easter basket (and of course his rabbit!).
Teddy earned his blue belt in Tae Kwon Do!
We made Italian Easter bread (they were terrible by the way).
Teddy held a huge cockatoo....
We went on a massive egg hunt...
Went trail riding in the mountains...it is really hard to photograph others whilst on the back of a horse!
Made moccasins for our Native American block...
Went on a very REAL egg hunt....the chickens hide these eggs everywhere (even on top of the bales of hay in the barn).
And we actually completed a lot of school which of course I failed to take pictures of....here is one lesson reviewing nouns I remembered to shoot.
04/09/2012
A Real Egg Hunt.....
This is whatcha call a true blue Easter Egg hunt!
03/26/2012
More Archeology
Just some pictures of another jaunt to our local dig!
03/24/2012
Native American Block
One of our most recent blocks was a short history study of Native Americans. Teddy studied 8 different tribes.
03/22/2012
Math Block
One of our recent blocks was a study of square and cubed numbers, perimeter and area and prime numbers. We have also begun learning long multiplication and long division. These pictures are from Teddy's main lesson book...
More Weights and Measures..
These are more photos of our measurement block. Teddy has taken a 1 pound block of clay and systematically divided it into 16 ounce "coins." This is actually how trading with coin money began.
Then Teddy and I made our own balance scale which was a lot harder than we though it would be. We weighted all sorts of things around the house and even tested his new coins out.
