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| We have turned our homeschool focus toward the garden. |
Matthew is starting a mini farming theme.
I had him doing most of the planning and measuring.
We hope to take field trips to a couple of
working farms to really see how its done.
We also had our first year of use able compost!
I love the lesson here and it never ceases to amaze me.
We put our actual garbage in a pile on the ground and
now look at this beautiful soil!!
We have also read a number of books this year.
Most of which the children have loved.
Just in time for Easter I finished
By C.S. Lewis
It was perfect.
The timing unbelievable.
We also read
by Sterling North
The kids really loved this story too.
Wesley, the most loved all the adventures
with a boy and his raccoon.
Everyone agreed that our latest
book of Caddie Woodlawn
by Carol Brink
Was one of the best.
It is the true story of a pioneer girl.
A girl settled in Wisconsin a few years
before the Ingalls. It was just marvelous.
When I found out her home was still standing
on the actual property... we drove to
Menominee, WI and had an adventure!
Wesley said it beat out all of our vacations so far!
Here are the kids on her back porch.
right in the very spot she churned butter for her mother,
Here is her house from the front
here is some of the actual history and events
chronicled on the wall inside the home.
Here is where I read the last chapter of the book.
Right where it happened...
in Caddie Woodlawn's parlor.
Matthew is looking at what I think
maybe the grave site of Caddie's sister.
after our tremendous tour
I took the kids to this little hiking spot
near there.
It was neat and a short hike.
They really loved the adventure.
Now we are still working on the farming unit.
I will have Matthew read Farmer Boy
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
to us for a change :)
Until next time
~blessings
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