We read Lentil this past week and it was such a fun book!! We learned sooooo very much through reading this book. We learned all about the State of Ohio, and small towns, we learned about Patriotism, we learned about our tastebuds being bitter, sweet, salty, sour. We learned about becoming an expert at something. We learned about sound, reverberation and acoustics. We learned about drawing with Charcoal like the author and illustrator did in this book. Brendan especially loved this project. Here are some pictures of our week studying Lentil.
These were our pictures that we drew with charcoal pencils. We learned how to do shading and smudging.
We read a ton of books on Ohio and did some research on the internet. We were able to listen to the state song "Beautiful Ohio" and listen to the song a Cardinal sings(the Ohio state bird).We learned all about the Buckeye Tree as well.
We watched videos on flag folding and the rules for handling a flag and displaying a flag. The boys were especially touched by these videos and the care the soldiers take in folding a flag for the parents of a fallen soldier. My Grandfather, their Great Grandfather fought in WWII so when he passed away I received the folded flag. I got it out to show them as well as his Army uniform that he wore. They thought it was very awesome and it was!!
We did a fun cooking project! We ran across a recipe for Buckeye Candy in one of the books on Ohio that we checked out from the library. Here are some pictures of our "Buckeye Treats"
In the book Lentil played his harmonica in the bathtub. There the sound was improved 100%. So we gave it a try. The boys enjoyed playing on my Grandpa Hedrick's old harmonica!
In the book "Old Sneep" sucked on a lemon. So the boys each took a turn sucking on a lemon. Then we made some yummy lemonade.
It was a terrific week, tons of fun! It was really awesome that I was able to use things that had been passed down to me from my Grandparents to teach in this unit. Brendan treasures his Great Grandpa Hedrick's Harmonica and Chayce treasures his Great Grandpa Waddle's Army Hat. I am so blessed to get to hang out with my kiddos and watch them learn. Seriously....life couldn't be better!!!
These were our pictures that we drew with charcoal pencils. We learned how to do shading and smudging.
We read a ton of books on Ohio and did some research on the internet. We were able to listen to the state song "Beautiful Ohio" and listen to the song a Cardinal sings(the Ohio state bird).We learned all about the Buckeye Tree as well.
We watched videos on flag folding and the rules for handling a flag and displaying a flag. The boys were especially touched by these videos and the care the soldiers take in folding a flag for the parents of a fallen soldier. My Grandfather, their Great Grandfather fought in WWII so when he passed away I received the folded flag. I got it out to show them as well as his Army uniform that he wore. They thought it was very awesome and it was!!
We did a fun cooking project! We ran across a recipe for Buckeye Candy in one of the books on Ohio that we checked out from the library. Here are some pictures of our "Buckeye Treats"
In the book Lentil played his harmonica in the bathtub. There the sound was improved 100%. So we gave it a try. The boys enjoyed playing on my Grandpa Hedrick's old harmonica!
In the book "Old Sneep" sucked on a lemon. So the boys each took a turn sucking on a lemon. Then we made some yummy lemonade.
It was a terrific week, tons of fun! It was really awesome that I was able to use things that had been passed down to me from my Grandparents to teach in this unit. Brendan treasures his Great Grandpa Hedrick's Harmonica and Chayce treasures his Great Grandpa Waddle's Army Hat. I am so blessed to get to hang out with my kiddos and watch them learn. Seriously....life couldn't be better!!!
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