Remember our page-a -day art calendar? We are finally on the flip side of the pages now that half of the year is gone. Yesterday we came upon a Greek amphora in the calendar. What a great time to do some review! This year our history focus is ancient civilizations, so we’ll be covering Ancient […]
World War 1 Notebook or Lapbook
Another period of history is complete; this time it’s World War 1. We used the Eyewitness WW1 book as our main resource, and I pulled a few chapters from True Stories of the First World War. The stories were not as good as I’d hoped. They had more of a textbook style than narrative style. […]
Independent Research Project — Pigeons
My art lesson is held in a rooftop studio where my teacher’s husband raises chickens and pigeons in pens nearby. Sprite loves to go with me and help “Pigeon King” care for the birds. He confided in her one day that of all the young students my art teacher has taught over the years, Sprite […]
Moving West History Pockets
Evan Moor’s History Pockets: Moving West, Grades 4-6 is part of our Winter Promise (American Story 2) curriculum. History Pockets work well for people like us who enjoy paper crafts and lapbooking. Here is the book and our pocket. I mostly made it part of Sprite’s “On My Own” work. Each week I give her […]
Verdi Composer Study and Opera Lapbook
We’ve chosen Giuseppe Verdi as our composer of the term, and Verdi means opera! I bought this opera DVD (pirated, shhhh….) for less than $2 —Verdi’s Il Trovatore , Metropolitan Opera (1988). I have to admit, it was my first exposure, ever, to opera. And surprisingly, Sprite and I both liked it! Granted, it’s totally […]
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