It has been a while since our last post. I have been so busy! I have taken on a part time position helping some amazing teachers do some amazing things:)
Here are some pictures from our Monarch Adventure and our Ancient Egypt lesson.
In History we learned about the earliest forms of writing and how if it was not for the Ancient Egyptians recording history in Hieroglyphic form we would not know anything about them. For this exercise I thought it would be fun to let them make their own history by finding their own stone tablets and painting Hieroglyphics on them and putting them in the garden out back. I took them to a creek in Anderson so find some nice flat rocks. The steep hill down INTO the creek was not fun for me I will say...this is where I miss the health of my back, but I survived:) They thought this was the coolest thing ever. I did not tell them why we were collecting rocks. I only told them we needed them for an art project that day. They were up and down the creek searching and exploring and we decided, WE WILL BE BACK TO THIS CREEK! It was an excellent learning place. It also made a great opportunity for some pictures of course so I just couldn't resist.
Marissa read the chapter about Hieroglyphics while I graded papers. This has been working out so well. She reads with such affliction that it really keeps their attention. They look forward to this every day.
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During the Monarch Adventure we took a 3 mile hike into the milkweed field exploring how caterpillars seek out this plant and how it is the key to their survival. It was the perfect time for us to go on this trip because we were just about to learn about the different types of seeds in Botany and how they are spread throughout nature whether it be by animals from stickers on the seeds, or by wind like the milk weed or simply by falling on the ground. They learned more about seeds than the butterflies themselves I think but it was still very cool to see the butterfly tagged and released.
Tagging the Monarch
Inside the Milkweed pod are the seeds with the silky soft strands that fly in the wind helping to spread the seeds throughout the lands.
Milkweed seeds
They learned so much! They are LOVING the field trips!
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