Week 2: Pharaohs and Pyramids

 This week I have learned how to spell Pharaoh.   I have written it so many times. Our weekly copywork assignments were sentences about Ancient Egypt from the Happy Scribe series, Westvon publishing. http://www.thehomeschoolshop.com/sh-happyscribe.htm


Pharaoh's Crowns:  Cameron would want you to know that the war crown was blue.


Lego pyramid: It is just as well I'm not a structural engineer.  What was supposed to be quick and easy turned into a long project because the pyramid kept falling apart.   I guess we could have solved the problem by building a smaller one but I don't like to be beaten.  Eventually we worked out how to stabilize the inside so it would stay in one piece.  Damien even got in on the action and made a large pyramid with three accompanying 'ladies' pyramids.  Unfortunately he destroyed it before I got a photo.

Week 1: Curtain Rises on Egypt: Gift of the NIle

This week the boys made maps of their own made up countries showing geographical features.  I'm afraid they got a little carried away with the decorations but they had a great time nonetheless.

Cameron's map with geographical features labeled.  Some of the licorice is river and the rest is bridges.  As the project went on there were wars between the mainland and the islands.

Damiens country was covered in snow and mountains .

 



We also made Egyptian paddle dolls which took a couple of weeks.  Damien got distracted from the instructions and ended up making his own creation.  Cameron was very careful to follow the pattern in  the book and is very proud of his work.

Why Blog?

It seems rather strange to me for a person who can't keep a journal for more than a couple of weeks to start a blog.  But here I am.  I have decided you can't be a 'proper' home educator without sharing your children's creations with the world.  So this is it.  A blog mainly about our experiences with Tapestry of Grace or TOG.  Partially for family members who are far away.  Partially for my own records.  And partially because everybody else is doing it.  :)