Estep Express: Greece Week 2

It seems that I only post about the projects we do for history & science. But that's not all we do .For math we use Teaching Textbooks a program on CD with a workbook. Zane & Zoe prefer the workbook. I have Carson do his on the computer.

Language Arts is covered using the literature we are reading at the time. Right now we are reading Aesop's Fables , parables from the bible + lots of books on Greece /human body from the library. Next up for this unit we will be reading Classic Myths To Read Aloud.

Learning Adventures has student pages for purchase that cover language arts activities for the units which Zane & Zoe use. For Carson I supplement activities for his age as closely as I can to what the older kids are working on. The only huge difference is Carson has his own spelling list & spelling activities + I work on his reading by having him read aloud to me.

They all use Rosetta Stone French I. Zane & Zoe can do this totally independently. I usually sit with Carson for moral support and to keep his clicking ( before thinking through the answer )under control :)

Her's a little of what we did this week.....

We learned about the muscular system & what stretching does for your muscles. The kids sat in a chair with their backs straight and feet planted on the ground, arms folded and tried to stand up. They could only do it if they bent forward which changed their center of gravity.

We talked about the circulatory system and I taught them how to take a person's pulse . Then we recorded their pulses before & after running up & down the stairs. They also mixed up some fake blood.

For history we read about Pandora's box , then made our own. Once we made our boxes we wrote down things we would like to get rid of to put in the box. It was suggested I put Wii & X Box in mine :) And I did.

Also in history we talked about Greek houses and how they created mosaics using 4 sided shapes to decorate floors etc. Then they made their own from construction paper. Unfortunately, I decided to laminate them to try to keep them from falling apart and it made them a little dull looking.

Last week ended the fall co op session and this week they had a showcase to show off all they've been working on. An estimated 150 kids were part of this particular co op this session. Awesome!