MFW Adventures: Wrap Up Week 33

 

I can’t believe we only have two more weeks of Adventures.  What a FUN YEAR!

History:

Our travels this week took us to Utah, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Arizona.  We learned about prairie fires, dust storms, the Great Depression era and how it affected farmers and desert life. 

Favorite book basket books:

Roxaboxen by Barbara Cooney was my absolute favorite this week.  I can just picture my girls throughout this whole story.  The children are very creative in their play time.  They play among all ages and both genders…… and enjoy every minute of their time together through the seasons and years. 

This is a must read for all families. 

It reminds me why I love homeschooling my girls. 

My girls play with kids of all ages – boys and girls alike. 

They are very creative when they play implementing real life scenarios (a pharmacy using old vitamin bottles for pills (jelly beans) and hotel room cards as insurance cards), our school studies (traveling to Hawaii in their bathing suits when the house is only 68 degrees and mom’s dressed in slipper socks and 3 sweatshirts) and God’s love (enjoying their siblings because they have time at home with one another (resolving conflicts) unlike many families who run, run, run and run some more).

The pharmacist / nurse is on the left.  She’s in high heels too!

The patient is on the right.  She has a broken arm in a sling (the nurse was calling it a ‘sling shot’) with a bloody leg (made with soap, water and ovaltine……*don’t ask me I’m just the mom).  She put her patient to sleep with garlic water … ick…The patient makes her way around the house in a stroller by Nurse Nana.  Okay… so there is stuff scattered e v e r y w h e r  e…….hum….they flee for clean up time.

 

Our favorite VIDEOS for history this week:

The Miracle Worker movie is about Helen Keller.  WARNING: Do NOT be surprised is if your kids start acting like the “rotten little Helen” before she met her teacher.  It may get a little annoying !

Prairie Primer Co-op - More History:

Check out the kids final projects for our Little House Co-op.  Each family studied an Indian tribe. Details here -  2 Ladybugs and A Lizard’s blog.

 

 

 

 

We used the book If I Lived With The Iroquois

Our lapbook is from Homeschool Share’s website.

 

Don’t forget to see what other MFW families are doing this week.

Hosted by Kattie this week - 2 Ladybugs and A Lizard.

 

 

 

 

“Little House” Happenings: Field Trip

Our “Little House” co-op went on a field trip this past week to a local historical farm.  The farm is set up in the 1880’s time period for families to experience life over 100 years ago.

Our students… minus one

 

We visited the hens..

 … and rooster.

Played on the stilts and …

… shot rifles.

Climbed on fences among vines and …

… in the barn.

We viewed food storage in pioneer times.

We ground the corn and …

… and more corn!

We even got yelled at for climbing way up here!

We visited the farm animals and…

 

… with a toddler or two or three!

I took a piece of farm life home with me too!

Hope you enjoyed your visit as much as we did.

Drop by this weekend for more of what’s going on in our

“Little House” Happenings co-op!

 

“Little House” Happenings: Weeks 2 & 3

Our Little House co-op is reading the book Little House in the Big Woods. The kids met to discuss chapters 2 and 3.

Chapter 2: 

This kids dissected Owl Pellets…

View Full Album

View Full Album

…Made Butter …. shake, shake, shake….’til their arms were sore!

View Full Album

….Shared their art and research on Owls ….

View Full Album

… and displayed their paper dolls.. yes, even the boys participated!

Chapter 3:

This week’s class was on gun safety and obedience!  Our class discussion was focused on obeying not only our parents but the Lord – because it is for their best interest! 

View Full Album

Tune in next week for more on our “Little House” Happenings! 

What else did we do this week?  Check out our Nature Study on Birds.

“Little House” Happenings: Week 1

Have you always wanted to do the Prairie Primer – Little House in the Prairie Series? 

I did too.  I thought how fun it would be to read the books, sew, make butter and milk a cow with my girls.  

But then I thought again.

How can I do the Primer activities and ALL the other lessons I have to do during the day for both girls, along with laundry, dishes, pay bills, make dinner, teach phonics, mow 2 acres, instruct grammar, kiss boo-boos and check out the 13 butterflies my girls catch each day. 

Then a lovely lady, named Eydie, came to our mom’s group.  She offered to lead a co-op class for our children.  She opened her home and heart to our kids.  Thank you Miss Eydie for listening to the Lord and instruct our children!

Our Prairie Primer – “Little House” co-op class meets each Thursday morning from 9am – 11am.  The children receive homework each week to prepare before class the following week. 

The parent and/or child reads just one chapter each week from the Little House in the Big Woods book.  One chapter each week is a great pace for our students who range from age 5 to 14. 

Our students - I will have a group photo of all our students next week.

So now onto what the kids did in class on week 1…

• Discuss their picture vocabulary words from chapter 1: Hickory Tree, Forest Moss, Plains Rifle, Wolves, Brindle Bulldog, Grizzly Bear, Deer, Log Cabin, and Trundle Bed
• Locate our state and Wisconsin on a US map
• Discuss the food pyramid – compare our food sources/availability with that of the Little House time period and try beef jerky and pork rinds (some enjoyed them while others had second thoughts)

View Full Album

• Older students shared their research projects on bear habitats, hibernation practices, and the food they eat.

 

View Full Album

• Lastly, the kids made corn cob dolls (so did a few moms).

View Full Album

View Full Album

Tune in for Week 2 lessons:  We will be making butter, showing off our paper dolls, talking about owls and light and doing a little singing (eek!).