November through December is one of my favorite times of year. Not only is our weather simply beautiful, but it’s a time of year when I pause to think. I’m sure I can’t be the only one that gets super busy with the changing of seasons… When we start a new “school” year, life is hectic as […]
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Learning Fun
I love this time of year. Really, I just love holidays. They are so festive, fun and provide an excellent learning opportunity for my boys! In keeping with the spirit and because planning can be so helpful in preparing our children for any holiday, I thought I would post links to past Thanksgiving learning projects we’ve done! […]
Mapping the Mayflower
Since we have been exploring world geography for the last several months, we decided to pull out our Global Twister map and chart the path the Mayflower took. There is something magical about getting to ‘experience’ that trip for themselves. As they grabbed their walnut Mayflower ships, we talked about how the pilgrims left England […]
Mayflower Nut – a tutorial
I’ll be the first to admit that we are a little nutty over here! But that’s just how we roll… In preparation and anticipation of the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, I always love to review a little history. We’ve pulled a few of our favorite Thanksgiving books together and I couldn’t help squeezing in a few fun […]
Lessons in Thanksgiving!
I love this time of year. Really, I just love holidays. They are so festive, fun and provide an excellent learning opportunity for my boys! This year, the boys are counting down the days until we get to fly out to see their grandparents and experience a midwest Thanksgiving! In keeping with the spirit and […]
Pilgrim Learning, Part 2
This last Wednesday we had our monthly co-op get together and the theme was Thanksgiving, naturally. After reading, Pilgrim Cat, one of the boys favorite Thanksgiving related books, we did some corn planting of our own, Squanto style. A few goldfish, popcorn kernals, sand and globs of glue later, they proudly showed off their neat rows […]