Bible: We are reading through the book of Matthew
Memory Verse this week: "But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. Matthew 5:44
ART: Did you know one of the best known crafts of Norway is rosemailing, the art of "rose painting." In the 1700's rosemalers (men who painted rose designs ) traveled from home to home painting walls, ceilings, furniture and chests with their individual techniques and designs.
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| Rosemailing on a small wooden suitcase for Lily's American Girl Doll |
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| Natalie choose a canvas |
Books that we enjoyed this week:
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| Our current read aloud |
GEOGRAPHY FOCUS THIS WEEK:
We filled out our passports to enter into Norway!
Learned and talked about people and places in Northern Europe
SCIENCE FOCUS: Coniferous / evergreen forests
- We learned about Northern Evergreen Forests
- Winter in Northern Forests
- Nature Study (measuring the Girth & Height of Trees)
- Also how to identify certain types of trees.
In music we learned that Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) is Norway's most famous composer. He wrote the music for Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt and many other compositions. We were off this week from our normal violin and piano lessons but are excited about starting back up on Monday!
FOREIGN LANGUAGE: Natalie is having fun learning Spanish with Rosetta Stone and we all are learning American Sign Language together. What we have learned so far: All our numbers through 20. The whole alphabet and now focusing on the 100 basic signs for everyday use.
TYPING: Dance Mat Typing So much fun!
All in all we had a great week after being off two weeks for Christmas break. I'm looking forward to next week! Also can't wait for tomorrow because it is Natalie's 1st basketball game of the season!
~ JENN ~
This post is linked to MFW highlights at Discover Their Gifts! & Weekly Wrap-Up Hostess Kris at Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers.
great job Bucky Nat Lill grampa just learned alittle bit about Norway!!!! great job on the drawing girls keep up the great work Grampa
ReplyDeleteThank You Grampa for reading. We Love & Miss You!
ReplyDeleteWe used ECC last year and LOVED it. If you can get your hands on a copy, Snow Treasure by Marie McSwiggen, was a really nice read aloud we used with our Norway unit.
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ReplyDeleteWe are LOVING ECC this year! Thank you for the book recommendation. We did get a copy from the library so it's on our list to read and now i'm even more excited to read it! Along with HEIDI, recommended by out lovely librarian to go along with this unit study.
Have a great weekend!
Looks like a fun week! It's been several years since we did ECC, but it was one of my favorites.
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