I love doing these “Friday Collages”.† It helps me see exactly what we do.† We do A LOT! This was an awesome week!
We had a field trip to a hardware store in Huntsville that was founded in 1879.† It is called Harrison Brother’s and was founded by brothers. 🙂 It is crammed pack full of old things and new things.† It is now run by the Historic Society and it was a wonderful way to spend an hour.† We had a tour and then just meandered around.
Keilee got to taste honey; garlic and bacon honey!!† She liked it.
Afterwards Keilee and I roamed around downtown.† It was a BEAUTIFUL day with the Dogwood trees and 76∞ weather.† We also saw Tallulah Bankhead’s house.† She was born and raised in Huntsville.† She was a very bad girl who lived life by NO ONE’s rules. †
We did history this week.† We learned about the Rus’s and Ivan the Great and Ivan the Terrible.† I am thinking we will never finish SOTW 2 by end of the year.† We are only on Chapter 23 and there are 44 Chapters!† EEK!
We are doing a lot of Chemistry/Elements.† I found a really great download that we have been using. ElementsFirstTwoChaptersSample.† I am really not sure where I got it….It is a sample of a course.† I wish I could find the entire thing!† Anyone know?
She has been doing a lot of drawing on the iPad.† She uses an app called “Inspire” that she really likes.† She also has had practice for “The Princess and The Pea” and while this is a small role she is hysterical in it.† I LOVE this role!†
Keilee had a 2 hour lab that they were SUPPOSED to dissect a perch.† Instead they watched a virtual dissection.† The kids were not very happy about it and neither were the Mamas.† We all were assured that would not happen again.
AND…she was so excited Thursday.† She and Chan have had a† Webkinz blog for a year or so and they work really hard on it.† Well Ganz/Webkinz commented on it Thursday.† Isn’t that cool!???† In fact one of my favorite resources is Webkinz.† Keilee spends a lot of time on this site and has since she was 6.† She has learned about animals, personal finance, integrity and so many more great lessons.† She loves going to the Trading Hall and keeps a notebook with what her items are worth and what she wants to trade for.† Keeping her Webkinz blog she is constantly writing and editing articles.† We love Webkinz.
†Since the weather has been so amazing Keilee has played outside often.† She is trying to learn to do a back walkover.† She uses one of the buildings to push herself off.† I know she will get it by summer.
†And last night was THE HUNGER GAMES.† We were so excited.† We decided to go over early and hang out with Kathy and Sophie.† We went to eat and just sat around and talked until around 11:00.† It was so fun getting ‘ready to go’ with a house full of females.† We loved the movie.† It wasn’t perfect, but I have never seen a perfect ‘book into movie’ film.† The violence was not much to me….of course it was there, but it wasn’t over the top.† Several of the fighting scenes were so closely shot that you couldn’t really tell what was what.† There were 7 theaters showing it and they were all PACKED.† Fun times!† * See Keilee’s “District 12” shirt? She also had on Mockingjay earrings.
Getting in bed at 3:00 AM wiped this Mama out.† Today we are moving really slow.
Happily linking up with Mary at “Collage Friday”
and
Susan at “Resource Fridays“
One of our favorite sites:† “Homeschool For Free”† and one more favorite resource is “Christy”.† I had read this book a long time ago.† My mother had it and I picked it up while I was a teenager and read it.† The TV series is on Netflix and we have both loved it.† We have learned so much about the Appalachian area and people.
Homeschooling Rocks!
Karen
“May the odds be ever in your favor”† Effie Trinkett “The Hunger Games”
“District Twelve. Where you can starve to death in safety.” Katniss Everdeen “The Hunger Games”
The element study is by Ellen Mchenry. Go to ellenjmchenry.com or look up Ellen Mchenry’s basement on Google. She has many products (some even free) and all have been worth getting so far.
Sounds like lots of fun learning as usual. We also went and saw the hunger games this week. Probably should have left the men at home though. Their commentary did not do much for the movie or their constant asking was it nearly over. My girls were a bit disappointed with the movie but it was ok I thought. Like you said, no movies are usually as good as the books. I did not have high expectations so it was ok. We made the mistake of going to a late session so had some very tired boys the next morning. I am really not loving this whole going to school thing. It really cramps our style. LOL
I am counting down the days until Friday when I go to the Hunger Games! I love the tradition that my friend and I began with the Twilight series but it is soooo hard to wait! I re-read the books in anticipation and discovered that I like them even better the second time.
I love looking at your weeks and how much goodness you pack into them!
I totally want to go to that store! I do love all things living history.
Looks like a wonderfully fun and creative week:) I always feel the urge to come visit after I’ve seen your week in photos!
I LOVE history places like that!!!! We love to visit them and pretend we live back then.
That honey actually sounds good–better than Mary’s maple bacon yogurt! Sorry, Mary. lol.
Allie just started reading “Hunger Games” last night. She has been begging and I wasn’t sure of the content, but I am halfway through it and decided I thought she could handle it and we’ll read the series together. Although she is a much faster reader than I–she can read all day, where as I have things to do…like blogging 😉
I always love reading about your weeks 🙂 Lots of goodness, as usual! Garlic and bacon honey?! So good that Keilee has such a fun part in the new play…I bet she’ll rock it!
Wow, you shared lots of good resources…I’m going to check out the Homeschool For Free site. I read the book Christy long ago, and I’ve watched the series before on TV. I have that in our Netflix queue for when we are ready to start a new series. (Right now we’re on Little House)
Thanks for the report on the Hunger Games. We’ve decided to go on Sunday and take a friend of Davan’s. We’re looking forward to it!
I love the innovative walkover strategy. It looks like she’s close!
Sounds like another great week.
We would love that hardware store, too. We would spend all day there! We have Tallulah Bankheadís grave here in Maryland and a whole bunch of us in college went to her grave with flowers and had a little party! That is cool that she got a comment from the Webkinz company!! Sam’s girlfriend used to give him Webkinz every once in awhile as presents. Things like bats and the such. Such fun you two have! Nice to see some all-girl time as I have such a house full of boys!
Thanks for sharing so many great things this week 🙂 I just subscribed to the Homeschool for Free site you suggested. It looks really helpful. My nieces used to play Webkinz when they were younger, but I forgot about that. I bet Alexa would love it! She started playing a game called Moneyville this week where you can buy and sell things. She loves it!
The trip to the hardware store looks so interesting! I love to just wander around and look at places like that. I never buy anything though, so people are probably a little annoyed with me! This gives me a good idea about other places in our area I might check out, too.