Study America Saturday ~ The Beginning {Linky}

We started our first lessons in our American History study. It's going to be an exciting year!!

First we watched Episode 1 of America: The Story of Us entitled "Rebels". This video covered the journey to the new world by the earliest settlers, followed by the Puritans. It dug deep into the ensuing conflicts with the British, including the Boston Tea Party, the Boston Massacre, "The Shot Heard Around the World", and Paul Revere's Ride.

We did the Discussion Questions from the Episode 1 Guide (a pdf file that can be downloaded and printed, found on the left hand side of the link) and Dawson completed the vocabulary words from Episode 1.

For Lesson 1 from the Institute for Excellence in Writing: U.S. History Based Writing Lessons, Vol. 1 (IEW), Dawson used adjectives and alliteration to write a poem entitled "America". Here is his poignant masterpiece:

We only had two days of school this week, and the majority of it was spent watching the video and writing the poem. Next week we will dig deeper.

Brynne watched some of the video with us and then watched her own video, Jamestown (by Schlessinger Media). While she was watching it she started on a coloring page of the settlers on their way to the New World.

Did you have an American History lesson this week? If so, link up! Here are the rules:

Write a separate post about your lesson, and include photos if you have them!
Link back to this post.
Copy my button from the right side bar, or from below, and put it somewhere in your post.
Add your link below (PLEASE put the URL that links directly to your American History post, NOT just to your blog). You might put in your title what you studied so others can find ideas easily, i.e. Blogname {Paul Revere}
Come back and browse other linked ideas and leave some comment love on those posts!

I am truly hoping that this will become a place where we can share ideas about our studies of American History. I love getting fun ideas from others to share with my kids.

Okay, now write your post and link up!!! (Please!!)

Cells ~ It's What's for Dinner

Dawson made edible cells on Friday. He made an animal cell pizza ... and a plant cell chocolate chip cookie ... He reviewed what he's learned about cells the past two weeks, and I had dinner made by someone else. Win, win!! I am linking up at Science Sunday at Adventures in Mommydom.

A New Year, the Same Me

Happy 2019! It is that day of the year where everybody is up extra early starting their new exercise routine, eating only healthy foods, cracking open the pages of a new planner and Bible study, and debuting their Word for the year. You chuckle or roll your eyes, but you are doing at least three of these things. By the way, so am I. So let's start with the Word of the Year. Mine this year is Lagom. It's the Swedish word for "not too little, not too much, just right". It's a concept of being, doing or having just enough. So let's rewind to last New Year's Day. My Word was Might. And that's how I planned to tackle my year. And, I did. I worked out hard, I mommed hard, I traveled hard, I worked hard. And it was a good season. It prepared the way for this year. I accepted the Challenge I set for myself and succeeded. But, I don't need to keep up that pace. I am at a place in my life where I can kind of sit back and enjoy my life without f...

Science Sunday ~ Hmmm ... Let Me Think About It!

This week in our study of the Human Body , Brynne moved on to the Nervous System . Our first stop was a Pamela Hill Nettleton book called, Think, Think, Think: Learning About Your Brain . As part of our discussions about the brain , and the fact that it's the BOSS of the body, we discussed the importance of the spinal cord . We did a hands on spinal cord project by alternating gummy Life Savers and wagon wheel pasta on a pipe cleaner. We talked about why there was the "squishy" stuff in between the vertebra and how the back can bend and sway because of it. We completed "The Brynne" by adding the stomach, small intestine and large intestine, from our study last week of the Digestive System (although I just realized I have the large intestine coming out of the stomach, when the small intestine should be) and the brain and spinal cord. We are now done talking about the parts of the body and will conclude our study of the Human Body with a two-day unit ...

MaryAugust 20, 2011 at 8:39 AM
This is such a great idea Nicole. I just submitted my first link :) I look forward to continue participating and really hope it catches on!
Sarah at SmallWorldAugust 20, 2011 at 2:55 PM
We aren't doing American history this year, but I will say that we LOVED that History of US dvd!!
Gidget Girl ReadingAugust 20, 2011 at 7:17 PM
oops posted on wrong post:

good studies you guys are doing!!! they are going to be US history experts :)

linked up!!!
Gidget Girl ReadingAugust 20, 2011 at 7:18 PM
LOVE his poem!!! tell him great job!!!
UnknownAugust 20, 2011 at 8:35 PM
How fun!

We're not starting back to school until 9/6, but we are doing American History this year (with the younger kids).

We'll be using some of the America: History of Us videos to go along with our studies.
CortniSeptember 1, 2011 at 9:39 AM
Have you ever looked into Homeschool in the Woods? They have awesome in-depth activities for different history periods. I'm sure your daughter (and probably son too) would love it.

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