Rose-Colored Day
Today was one of those days that ended up being pretty close to how I pictured my homeschool days being when I first began to imagine that I could do this. And anyone who knows me and how idealistic I am knows that to say this means that today was a pretty darn good day.
Becca and her kids came over. We have decided to get together every week or two for a big history project, nature hike and/or major art project. I am so excited about this!
So this morning's project went along with our study of Egypt and The Nile (SOTW Ancients). We are learning about how the Nile floods and how the Egyptians made this work to their benefit. So we made model Nile Rivers complete with planted grain (grass seed), homes (set far enough back so they wouldn't get caught in the flood) and crocodiles (for effect!). First we made the river coming down from the mountains and ending at the Delta (the letter D in Greek is an upside down triangle which is why a delta is so named). Then we flooded the river and then planted our crop just as the ancient Egyptians waited for the flood the deposit all the rich silt on their farmland and then planted. It sounds good on paper....in practice it was just really fun to make model crocodiles and get our hands dirty. But the kids picked up all this "peripheral" information---which is the whole point.
Afterwards we headed up into the mountains to one of our favorite short hikes. We ended up here:
And had lunch, did some nature journaling:
baby made a beeline for the rocks and shallow water:
and a great time was had by all:
We said goodbye to our friends (thanks for coming becca!), came home to an afternoon of playing with the neighbors (and I got to go grocery shopping solo! yippee!). Rose colored indeed!
Becca and her kids came over. We have decided to get together every week or two for a big history project, nature hike and/or major art project. I am so excited about this!
So this morning's project went along with our study of Egypt and The Nile (SOTW Ancients). We are learning about how the Nile floods and how the Egyptians made this work to their benefit. So we made model Nile Rivers complete with planted grain (grass seed), homes (set far enough back so they wouldn't get caught in the flood) and crocodiles (for effect!). First we made the river coming down from the mountains and ending at the Delta (the letter D in Greek is an upside down triangle which is why a delta is so named). Then we flooded the river and then planted our crop just as the ancient Egyptians waited for the flood the deposit all the rich silt on their farmland and then planted. It sounds good on paper....in practice it was just really fun to make model crocodiles and get our hands dirty. But the kids picked up all this "peripheral" information---which is the whole point.
Afterwards we headed up into the mountains to one of our favorite short hikes. We ended up here:
And had lunch, did some nature journaling:
baby made a beeline for the rocks and shallow water:
and a great time was had by all:
We said goodbye to our friends (thanks for coming becca!), came home to an afternoon of playing with the neighbors (and I got to go grocery shopping solo! yippee!). Rose colored indeed!
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posted by Sarah at
3:35 PM
1 Comments:
We did this same nile project last week as well. We didn't have crocodiles but the kids sure had a lot of fun. We actually ended up planting parsley instead of grass. I didn't have any grass seeds. And we saw sprouts today! My kids were thrilled.
I am glad you had such a great homeschool day. Sounds like fun!
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