How to Make an Apple Pie

This week we are rowing How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World by Marjorie Priceman. We row this book every year.

We played the matching game that can be downloaded here.

These are a few of the books we will be reading this week. We are also using lapbook components from several different units at HSS.

I bought 8 different kinds of apples and we had a taste test. After a unanimous vote, Fuji apples are the favorite around here! We also talked about fractions and counted how many seeds were inside.

Next we made apple dumplin's, I read about these over at Candace's blog. You can find the recipe here. Easy and oh so yummy!!!!!!

Noah rolled up the apples in cresents.

Here they are right before we popped them in the oven.

The best part!

These are to die for!

Volcanos

In our history lesson this week, we were studying about the ancient civilization on Crete and how they believe it was possibly destroyed/devasted by a volcano on a nearby island. So we decided to make our own volcano.

We read this book to learn more about volcanos.

Sculpting our volcano

Cleaning up was almost as fun as getting dirty!

Watching & Waiting



More Vinegar

Ahhh, Success! (notice the big grin)

Some Pictures

Getting Froggy

We spent this week studying frogs. Here are a few of the books we used:

We worked on a lapbook from over at HSS. This is a view from the front.

This is a shot of the left side. We have frog questions and answers on the lilies. We spent time talking about why frogs sing and the life cycle of frogs. You can also see our frog vocabulary words here.

This is the a view from the right....we have a fan book of frog facts and one of -og words. We learned about what is prey for the frog and who their predators are. We also compared tadpoles and frogs, as well as, frogs and toads.


This is the back side.......it has a frog that we labeled.

Interesting Fact we learned this week:

You can tell the male & female frogs apart by the size of their ears!

Links we used:

Froggyville online frog games

Frogland All about frogs

Check out frog photos and sounds here

Enchanted Learning

Homeschool Memoirs Week 6

***This week I want to invite you to take a moment and post a Summer Photo Essay memoir. Starting from around the official date of Summer to this past week - just give a basic summary of your summer as I know someone of you are photoholics! Haha! Make sure you jot down your memoirs about each photo so everyone can read about your summer. ***

Here are some highlights of our summer:

We love feeding the ducks

Fun at the playground

We spent a week up in the mountains of Southern Utah. This is Cedar Breaks....just gorgeous!
Fishing

The guys spent a couple of days building a clubhouse/swingset.

4-wheelin'

Many, many hiking trips.

The newest member of our family arrived this summer. Her name is Maggie. She is soooo sweet!

More from the Park

Homeschool Memoirs Wk 5

This week I want to invite you to share a few of your favourite things - er - sites. I know the list of favourite things could be never-ending, but I’ve made a list for you to do regarding your favourite homeschool things.

Here are a few of mine:



Freebie sites - Currclick Homeschool Share

Forums- Homeschool Share, Five In A Row, Sonlight

Memes - Homeschool Memoirs Sketch Tuesday

Bible-focused - Bible Gateway, Blue Letter Bible

An Early Birthday Present

This is my early birthday present. I must have been a very good girl this year. I am so excited!!