Story of the World
& Sonlight G
Flower has loved her week of history. Our History
days in our house are Tuesdays & Thursdays & sometimes Fridays. We
mainly leave Fridays for activities/crafts/projects. She got through Chapters
1-2 this week. She loves the audio of SOTW! She has added the mapping,
timeline, notebooking pages, & review cards to her History Binder. We
bought those baseball trading card plastic sheets that are 3 holed punch to add
to a binder. Here she is adding her review cards to keep events & peoples
fresh in her mind. I know some think that SOTW is just not fit for the logic
stage, but I beg the differ. I feel with discussion, activites, and everything
else we are including, that SOTW is going to be a BIG eye opener for my
middler. I couldn't picture Flower using Sonlight G as is, though the
literature is right up her alley and awesome, there just wasn't enough hands on
learning and writing to make the history come to life!
Week 1
Week 2
Here is the
link that I used to print out the pieces on cardstock! She had loads of fun
doing this!
On the back of this
sheet is her outline using the Usborne Encyclopedia that coordinate with the
SOTW chapters 3-4.
Week 4
To go along with
SOTW chapter 11 about Ancient Africa, Flower made paper beads and made a
necklace with them. She used paper from colorful magazines, cut them into a
triangular shape, and then rolled it up with glue holding it together. It looks
beautiful!
Week 7
Flower is learning
about Early Greeks.....and the Olympics! She watched a clip on Early Greeks
today!
Here are her no sew
"Greek" Clothes! She looks so Greek! Well done Flower! She used a pillow case
and one of Dad's old t-shirts.
Week 8
Made Phoenician
bread.....Mmmmmm! It was so good! She followed the instructions in the SOTW
AG...pg. 57 for Chapter 15...I scheduled this a few weeks ago and we were unable
to get it done. So we added this as our activity this week. She used yeast and
water with flour, salt, and honey. Here she is kneading it.
This is what is looks
like after it sat for 2hrs to rise.
She is punching it
down....
She formed 10 balls
to sit for 15 minutes.....then.....
She flattened them to
about 6-7" in diameter....then baked!
She spread hers
with butter and honey! They were delicious!
We are in Week 15 and it has just flown
by.....
I know I've been
neglecting the
learning pages, which is what I thought would happen. Flower is
nearing the end of SOTW Ancients book. She has really enjoyed listening and
following along in the book with it. She loves picking and choosing from the
Activity Guide, too! She has been reading
Augustus Caesar's World along side of it, too, which adds more
history! She continues to outline with the Encyclopedia and narrates her
readings. Her favorite reader books so far for history are the Winterfeld
books,
Mystery of the Roman Ransom and
Detective in Togas. She has started turning in a current
event each week.....She uses a
current event site online for kids.
With Lightning
Literature 7 she has just finished up
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, which drove her inspiration
of being the Queen of Hearts for Halloween. (You can check out her costume on
the home page) We watched the movie to help get in character!
Flower has finished
her first season of Analytical Grammar.... She has done really well with it.....
I think it's tougher for me than her! She started her R & R book last week
and I have it scheduled each week instead of every other week. She breaks the 2
page Activity into 2 days.....it is a lot to do in one sitting! That is working
so far...the diagramming has been the most difficult part on where to place what
part of speech. It can get tricky!
Flower
finished up SOTW Ancients before Christmas break and started SOTW vol. 2 Middle
Ages in January. She is enjoying the audio stories and all the added resources
with it! We are still using SL Readers with it but not all of them.
SOTW Chapter 2
Project: The Early Days of Britain
Make a Celtic Brooch
and Cloak
We have been learning so many great things about Ancient Greece! We are coming to an end with Greece and decided to throw a little Greek Feast. To prepare for this feast, the kids researched some foods that were eaten in that time period. We made a field trip to our Greek Market to see some of the products from Greece. There was a lovely lady that worked in the bakery that gave the kids a lesson on Greeks while I shopped! We also found some music that the Ancient Greeks may have listened to and of course we dressed the part! Plenty of activities after our yummy feast! 
Greek Rose Water.... it wasn't as good as we thought! I would suggest adding it to a beverage, like lemonade. Don't drink on its own!
Greek Designs........ Painting terra cotta pots.
