School last week

Last week was our best week yet for school.  Landen didn't complain, we had fun, and I was organized.  I put together a planner binder (if you know me, that's a MAJOR organizational step).  I have a monthly at a glance sheet and a weekly sheet that I can put what we need to do each day.  It really helped with MY motivation and direction for sure.  I also revamped our curriculum A LOT over the past two weeks and we are really enjoying our time more.  

Here's a little photo overview of the week:

We did a small study on Van Gogh. We watched youtube videos Van Gogh and Van Gogh interview, read an article, and looked and some of his more famous paintings.  We used oil pastels to color a coloring page I found online- Starry Night outline. 

Finished!!

We also learned about matter- solids, liquids, and gasses.  This day we saw how liquid takes the shape of the container it is in, where solids keep their shape no matter what you pour them in.  The boys had a lot of fun transferring the liquids (tea and colored water).





In our history we learned about archaeology, historians, and how we know and learn about the past.  I set up an "archaeological dig" for the boys in our "flower" bed. (more like a dirt and weed bed...)  They had a lot of fun digging up the "artifacts".  While they were digging we talked about how we know which items are older (the ones farther down), why we have to dig carefully (so we don't damage the artifacts), and what each item we dug out taught us about the people living in the area.  They also learned that throwing dirt at mom makes her not so happy.









Some books we read this week:

Landen continued Mr. Popper's Penguins in his independent reading.
I CAN BE AN ARCHAEOLOGIST
The Magic School Bus Shows and Tells: A Book About Archeology
What Is the World Made Of: All About Solids, Liquids, and Gases


Next week: Teaching mom how to spell archaeology without spell check.