We have started the year with a BANG! L is studying the Explorers to 1815 in History and E and A are starting at the beginning, together, doing Old Testament and Ancient Egypt.. and our accompanying crafts show it!
L started off with a salt dough relief map of the world, tracking Magellan's trip around the world! She did a top notch job!
E and A studied THE GREAT FLOOD and E built an ark and floated it in the sink! It actually floated!
With the younger 2 girls, they made some very nice Pharoah Menes hats representing his rule of upper and lower Egypt.. Notice their Pharoahish scowls!
Then E and A had a LOT of fun (har har) making LOT'S wife from salt dough, too!
They had a great time using the leftover salt dough from Magellan's map to make dresses for Lot's wife. After they baked in the oven they were amazing and hard as rocks! I love the surprised look on Lot's wife's face in these sculptures.Finally - we also studied Hagar and Ishmael... and the girls made "animal skin" water bottles (from cloth and yarn)... they wore them all day. It was so much fun!
3 comments:
The engineer in me wants to know if the ark was "built to scale";)...
They look so BIG! I love seeing your homeschooling projects and can't wait until I get to do some of my own. We love and miss you guys!
Ol Bud and I love the pix and the comments. Thanks for sharing w/us. Loved our visit. We are now on Friends and family w/Verizon and you are at the top of our list. Know you don't have a lot of time to visit but 1 hour like yesterday will never be too much. Have Evelyn call when she is in the mood.
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