Weeks 3 and 4

During weeks 3 and 4 we have studied the United States of America. My oldest daughter colored and labeled a map of the U.S. and her knowledge of the names and whereabouts of each state has greatly increased!

Along with studying the geography of the U.S., we also studied forests and learned to identify some different types of trees. We spent lots of time on nature walks and even had the chance to tour a local apple farm.

As fall is now upon us, we made sure to visit a local amusement park before they closed for the season. Here is a picture of my little man enjoying his first ride on the merry go round.

 We also made sure to get in a little more time on the 4 wheelers this season.

We have had a great start to our school year so far and we are all looking forward to next week's study of Mexico!

First 2 Weeks of School

It has been an amazing year so far! We have completed two weeks of school and I feel like we have learned and accomplished so much! This is our first year using My Father's World and we are loving it! Exploring Countries and Cultures has been such a blessing to us and we have had some great learning experiences so far! We are looking forward to continuing our studies through the different continents and learning about the different cultures of this world. Here is some of the fun stuff that we have been doing:

 One of the first experiments that we did was to examine our backyard habitat.

 

We also studied about niches. This experiment's purpose was to observe an earthworm's niche. We created an environment for our earthworms and observed how they mixed the different colored soils together showing how they break up the soil and make it more fertile.

 

In week 2 of ECC, we worked on our nature notebook by going outside and drawing something that we saw from nature.

  

 

Making paper dolls from across the world were one of the other things that we did as well. We hung them up above our world map as you can see. Memorizing John 3:16 was also part of our learning journey as the emphasis was on that God loves peoples from all different cultures.

We ended week 2 by making a world cake with our homeschool co-op. We divided the cake into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres for easier decorating. This was so much fun and a great ending celebration for them remembering the names of the seven continents and the five oceans.