Social Studies - Week 1

We started the week reading through Sonlight's Core D American History program. Sonlight is reading intensive which we love because it opens the doors to books that I would not normally read to my children. Since we are studying America, I thought it would be a great time to add a study of US States. In addition to our readings from Sonlight, we will learn about one state per week. This week, we learned about Maine.

I have been collecting books from thrift stores about the states since this summer. I wanted an easy-to-do study, with no stress, for the states. I found a free state notebook from  Primary Graffiti TPT (link below) for each state. J filled out a two page notebook set for the state of Maine. We read about Maine - J's favorite part were the silly laws each state had!

At the Library, I found a great set of books - A Kid's Guide to Drawing America. There is a book for each state as well as instructions on how to draw things from the state. She chose to draw a Moose on her notebook page. At first, she was skeptical that she could actually draw it, but then, she saw how they broke the lesson up. She was happy with the way it turned out.

She also drew the Black-Capped Chickadee from the state.

She practiced putting the states together with a puzzle that I found. I love that this puzzle has pieces the shapes of the states.

Lastly, J colored in the state of Maine on our map (found in Target). Each week, she will color the state we learned about. It is a good start to our State Notebook. See you soon.

Links 

Primary Graffiti - free US State Notebook file.