I am going to miss little voices begging me to let them talk to Grandma.
Hearing little conversations about lego’s and wii games.
Early mornings spent with my early riser.
That little nose all crinkled up.
Oh, how I love that little voice.
Vikings!!!
We are doing Explorers this month and I decided to start us out with Vikings!
We did not take Memorial Day off, instead we took a canoe out and I talked to the boys about exploring, why we would do it, and how.
They also watched some of the History Channels “Great Explorers” that we got from the library.
We learned about Navigation at the same time and with that we read a Max Axiom book about Magnetism.
A book we read that is not pictured is “Asgard Stories Tales from Norse Mythology” that I downloaded for free on my kindle.
We only read one story out of it but I really enjoyed it.
I have always liked mythology and the boys are in love with Thor so it worked out really well for us!
I got the idea for them to draw their own compass from my friend, here.
It really helped the boys remember directions.
I found the instructions for how to make your own compass on one of my favorite sites!
We also used my husband’s Iphone app Sky View to find where the North star would be. (It was not dark enough before the boys bedtime to see it)
To end the week we went for a hike and I brought two compasses for the boys.
They had to find our way in and out and could only tell me where to go using North, South, East, or West.
Or NW,SW,SE,NE, ect…
I had them stop about half way through and pretend they did not have a compass.
They had to tell me how they would get us home using the sun.
It was early morning so it was pretty easy to tell which way was east and west.
Then I asked them what we could use to make there own compass if we needed one in the woods and did not have one.
A frictionless surface(like water).
Something that floats(like bark).
A piece of metal(like a needle).
A magnet.
My son thought we should make one right then and take apart my camera to see if there was a magnet inside!
I told him no.
He said survivorman uses whatever he has to make what he needs…
If we are in a survival situation I might(might) give up my camera.
Maybe.
Around my school room/Library/Craft space
I like to use a space to it’s fullest!
So I call the room we are currently doing school in a lot of things.
I do not know if I should be glad or worried that the boys always know what I am talking about…
I made some small changes over the weekend to our room.
I made a top for the table to give us some more elbow room and stop things from dropping in between the slats.
This is what it used to look like.
It looks totally different, right!
I bet you did not even know it was the same room!
Sorry for the sarcasm.
I had to.
My poor husband came in the door Friday night after working late and was attacked with requests to cut a table top and throw in a desk while he was at it.
I decided I need a bigger work area for big projects without loosing too much space.
So I thought the shelf up.
I learned it is not easy to tell someone else to build something for you that you only have in your head…
Sorry BABY!!!!
It works great!
I of course decided to spend all weekend rearranging the room!
He tried to not laugh at me.
I decided to hang up more of my crafts stuff so I would actually use it!
Out of sight out of mind…
I have had those fall stickers for way too many years.
Time to use them or get rid of them!
I decided to make our schedule pretty.
I had it written on a notebook that I kept loosing before!
It is still currently lost and I was too lazy to look for it so I printed up one.
Do not ask me how that is less work.
The globe has nothing to do with teaching my children.
I just always envisioned my library having a globe.
I let them look at it once in a while…
If they do not breath on it.
I like to have a lot of easy chapter books where my oldest can reach them!
Sorry about the blurry picture!
I am too lazy to fix it now.
Our stack of library books that I am hoping to get through this month and the Alphabet rocks my friend made me.
Where I keep our curriculum we use daily.
We are learning about explorers this month so I thought I would put out my compasses and sextant!
The boys are not the only one’s with toys…