Social Studies Week 3

We just finished week 4 of Sonlight Core D. We are reading a ton of books which J loves but J was missing the hands-on aspect. So, we began New World Explorers by Homeschool in the Woods. This week, we worked on the lessons - the life of a sailor and sailing vessels.

After reading the lesson, J worked on her Ptolemy map for her notebook.

One of her projects for the lessons was to make a flag. J made a girlie pirate flag...ARRR!

We tea-stained some pages for a journal. This journal will be used through out the unit and she will write about her adventures.

The pages didn't turn out as dark as I would have liked them but we loved the sound they made...all crinkly. We bound the journal with a rubber band.

We read about the different type of sailing vessels explorers used in their adventures. She labeled a ship diagram for her notebook.

We worked together on her explorer journal. She was concerned with her spelling so she dictated what she wanted to write and I wrote it on her dry-erase board to copy. First, she wrote her entry in pencil and then traced it in black marker so it would look like black quill tipped pen.

This was her entry, complete with ink blots (love it!). She drew a picture of her as the captain and me as the first mate (aka mom).

Her last project for the week was ships in a bottle craft (links below). This was an easy craft using a 2 liter soda bottle and some print-out ships. J added some shredded paper for water and ribbon to finish it off.

It turned out cute. While she was making this project, we watched a video on how they get wooden ships in real glass bottles and listened to some sea shanteys. (All links below.) Great week, loving this!

Links

Sheringham Shanteymen - has a youtube video of an old sea chantey - Blow the Man Down.

The Muppet Show - has a cute version of a sea chantey from one of its old episodes.

The Curiosity Show - has an informative video on how ships end up in glass bottles.

Noggins and Nonsense - has the free printable ships in a bottle craft that we did. It included the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria.

Crayola - also has a ship in the bottle craft but you make your own ships.

Food 52 - has a no corn meal recipe for Johnny Cakes (I did not have corn meal on hand and didn't want to go out and get some!). This is for Sign of the Beaver - Matt mentions eating Johnny Cakes.