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Tuesday, January 1, 2013

History Timeline

We have tried the Book of Centuries timeline, the Kono's wall timeline, the lapbook timelines and none of them have worked for us. The Book of Centuries and the lapbook timelines we just never opened up nor can you view them as a whole. The Kono's timeline just takes up too much wall space. This week I was thinking of how we could create another timeline that: we could see as a whole, fold and put away, re-use when we come through the cycle again and is inexpensive to make.

So this is what my husband and I came up with.

Supplies needed: clear packing tape, masking tape, scissors, and a $2.50 trifold cardboard, laminating machine and laminating sheets (optional). Everything we had at home already except for the trifold board.

My husband drew the lines on the board, I'm not great at drawing them straight across and I didn't want to get the level out. Can you say lazy. lol. Anyhow, we then put the clear packing tape down on the lines drawn. The reasoning behind this is so I can move the timeline figures around without tearing up the cardboard.

I laminated our timeline figures then added masking tape on the back bottom of the timeline figure. You want to make sure to put the tape on the figure where it will only touch the packing tape on your board, otherwise, you will have an oops if you ever want to move your figure.

Well, that is it!

Saturday, May 22, 2010

The Battle Hymn of the Republic

Our kids and the Kennards marching around the house as they sing The Battle Hymn of the Republic. The kids dressed up in any armor they could find out of the imagination basket, and chose an instrument from the music box.

Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord,

He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored.

He hath loosed the fateful lightening of his terrible swift sword,

His truth is marching on.

Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!

His truth is marching on.

He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat.

He is sifting out the hearts of men before his judgement seat.

Oh be swift, my soul, to answer him, be jubilant, my feet,

While God is marching on!

Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!

His truth is marching on.

In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea,

With a glory in his bosom that transfigures you and me.

As he did to make men holy, let us live to make men free,

While God is marching on!

Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!

His truth is marching on.

Julia Ward Howe, the author of this song, wrote it after a visit to a Union army camp. She deeply hated slavery,a nd she felt inspired as she wrote these words. This song became the best-known Civil War song and was sung by the Union Army, from the North.

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Pilgrim Windows

Yesterday in our story out of American Pioneers and Patriots we read that Pilgrims did not have glass windows like us. Instead, they used heavy paper and oil for their windows. So we took some heavy paper and oiled one down and left the other plain. Immediately Lauren understood one reason why. She exclaimed you can see through the oiled paper and not the other. We laid it on top of a newspaper to demonstrate it even better. With the oiled piece of paper they were able to see/read the paper. The next thing we did was add water on top of each paper. This showed them that the oiled paper did not absorb the water, while the regular paper did. So we discussed how when it would rain the pilgrims windows would not absorb the rain.

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Our Teepee Village

Well the plan was just to make the teepees. However, Hannah brainstormed that she needed to make mountains, a few trees, fires under the teepees, an area where the deerskin was being stretched. She drew all kinds of things that the Indians did and a few Indians. For final touches brought down her horses. She was very proud of her finished work. This was great because I am starting to slow down quite a bit and she entertained herself with this for quite some time. Very creative Hannah!

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Christopher Columbus-1492

Lauren adding her sail (Pinta)

Hannah adding her sail (Santa Maria)

Micah adding his sail (Nina)

Pinta, Santa Maria, Nina

Locating Spain, Atlantic Ocean, and America

Kids getting ready to be the wind that sails their boat from Spain to America

And they are off... All three boats made it across our Atlantic to America

For our boats we used card board as the base, foil, craft sticks, paper, clay, and contact paper

Monday, June 22, 2009

Kids Making Viking Helmets

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Pottery

To finish off the Southwest Indians we gave a go at old style pottery. All the kids thoroughly enjoyed getting their hands dirty. Lauren was a little limited due to her broken arm. We all created something unique. We will paint them this weekend hopefully and post them next week.

Sunday, November 9, 2008

Hannah's Drawing of the Woodland Indians

I was sitting on the couch last night knitting and the kids were at the table drawing. Hannah brought this picture over to me and I thought I would share. She did such a great job!

I asked why there was a wagon in the picture and she began to explain that it was white men coming onto the land.

Saturday, November 8, 2008

Pow Wow

Gathering wood for the fire

Cleaning out the pumpkin for pumpkin soup

Hannah helping to clean the duck

Decorating goal posts with Indian designs

Kids loved lacrosse

Little Turtle

Nektosha (Horse)

Dads starting fire the old fashion way

Dancing around the fire

Misun (Little Brother)

Northeast American Indian Menu
Pumpkin Soup, Maple Molasses Baked Beans,
Codfish Balls, Duck stuffed with wild rice, Algonquian Maple Popcorn Balls

Sunday, November 2, 2008

Indian Games

The best-know of Indian games, and played by most tribes, is Lacrosse. To the Indians it offered excellent training for war. It developed team work, gave practice in fast running and in warding off the blows of an adversary.