Our homeschooling journey began in September 2008. We welcome you to join us as we venture over a new path in our life! We're all learning together, exploring, experiencing, and having a blast along the way! Track our educational expedition from the very beginning and watch as we transform this experience into a new way of life for our family!

Sunday, November 30, 2008

Christmas Unit Study

I found a nice Christmas Unit Study online this weekend that I'd like to share. While it seems that many of the resources are geared more towards the Catholic faith (we're Southern Baptist), I found many of them useful regardless and have gone through LOTS of printer ink and paper preparing these resources for the boys to use!

You can find the unit study here!

There are recipes for wassail, clay for making ornaments, cutouts and directions for presenting a finger-puppet play, science and math suggestions, community service suggestions and so much more.

Interestingly enough, I even found a nice "recipe" for making homemade snowflakes that will tie in wonderfully with a separate study we're doing on weather right now. It'll be a great visual for the boys as we discuss the effects of temperature on water (gas/liquid/solid...) and the 'crystals' we see falling from the sky each year in the winter!

I haven't had much time for blogging lately - my mom flew in for Thanksgiving and we have been busy celebrating while family is here. We had more than enough food for our small family this Thanksgiving - what a great reminder of the thankfulness of harvest time! We've done a lot of shopping, despite our hatred of the Black Friday crowds. The tree is up and decorated, the lights are on the roof and it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas around here. The weather has changed to a chilly dampness that none of us are enjoying, and we went to the store today to buy some family-friendly games to keep the kiddos entertained when the weather keeps us all indoors. We had such a great time today playing Deal or No Deal, Monopoly Jr. and Guess Who Extra! Lots of laughs!

I just realized today that I haven't published my entry on our pumpkin-themed activities! I'll be sure to get that done after mom returns home this coming week.

Happy holidays and warm winter wishes to all,
Keri

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