Social Studies - Week 4

We are on week 4 of Sonlight Core D. J is loving the chapter books that we are reading. J requested more hands-on projects so we began New World Explorers by Homeschool in the Woods. I thought it was fitting since we are learning about the Indians and the New World in Sonlight. Here are some of the fun activities we worked through this week.

Last week, we made a journal out of tea dyed paper. J loved her journal and she was actually excited to write in it. She dictates what she wants to write and I write it for her on the small white board. She then transfers it into her journal.

Her pictures are so funny! Here her ship is falling off the edge of the earth and her sailor is hugry! Haha.

We are currently reading through The Sign of the Beaver and in the book, he ate Johnnycakes. So, we had to eat Johnnycakes too:) J is making the dough ready for frying.

Kaleb decided to help as well. He insisted.

They were "thumbs up" as reviewed by Kaleb. He loved them so much that he took them for school snack. We all liked them and ate them for breakfast.

We learned about Navigational Equipment that the Explorers used. J made a wheel for her lap book.

Here is the wheel book for her Explorer lap book.

She also wrote about the Navigational Equipment for her notebook.

We made a homemade compass using foam, a magnet, and a needle.

We also made a quadrant from a yard stick, some string, and a magnet. She practiced using it around the house.

Our state of the week was Connecticut. She practiced the capitals and states that we have learned so far.

She worked on her scrapbook pages for her state notebook.

She drew the official animal of Connecticut - the whale, for her book. We are ready to learn about the explorers now starting with the Vikings. Hope to see you next week.