Week 24 Highlights

Monday, Feb 28

Grade 1 Four Seasons block
• Circle Time - Opening Verse, "Two Fat Gentlemen" finger play from pages 81-82 of The Breathing Circle, "On a Monday Morning" verse, I'm a Tall, Tall Tree song
• "Mama and Papa Mouse and the Winter Day" story
• Watercolor Painting - paint mixing "Winter Day"




Grade 3 Old Testament Stories block

• add Cain and Abel artwork and summary to MLB
• do Draw a Giraffe Head lesson


Grade 6 Medieval History block

• draft summary of Charlemagne biography
• find "Path of the Vikings" map for MLB
• begin biography #3 - "William the Conqueror" chapter from The World of Walls: The Middle Ages in Western Europe by Polly Schoyer Brooks and Nancy Zinsser Walworth - born 1027
• act out the events leading up to the Norman Conquest (one child playing Duke William of Normandy, one child playing Earl Harold of England, one child playing first King Edward the Confessor of England and then King Harold Hardraada of Norway)
• wrap up historical fiction booklist and begin Stories of the Crusades (Myths & Legends) by M. Toussaint-Samat for at-home reading

Tuesday, Mar 1

Grade 1 Four Seasons block
• Circle Time - Opening Verse, "Two Fat Gentlemen" finger play from pages 81-82 of The Breathing Circle, "On a Monday Morning" verse, I'm a Tall, Tall Tree song, "London Bridge" & 2's skip counting song
• MLB - add final Autumn scene (Mama and Papa Mouse and the Leaves) to MLB and write sentences, add Winter Day artwork to MLB and write sentences
• Handwork - knitting
• "Mama and Papa Mouse and the Hot Cocoa" story
• color Snow Friend Bookmarks
• make designs with Grapat mandala kits
• drink hot cocoa


Grade 3 Old Testament Stories block

• add giraffe drawing to MLB
• do wet-on-wet watercolor painting of a rainbow using primary colors
• write rough draft of Noah's Ark summary, get edit, add to MLB
• hear two versions of the story of The Tower of Babel
• read The Tower of Babel by William Wiesner
• read "King Nimrod," "The Tower of Babel," "The Birth of Abram," "Abram and Nimrod," "The Confusion of Tongues" from Journey to the Promised Land: The Path of the People of Israel from Abraham's Calling to David's Dream by Jakob Streit (also available for free as a downloadable PDF from The Online Waldorf Library)
• look at The Timechart of Biblical History: Over 4000 Years in Charts, Maps, Lists and Chronologies




Grade 6 Medieval History block

• get edit of Charlemagne summary and add to MLB along with clock illustration
• finish reading the biography of William the Conqueror
• act out the key events of the Battle of Hastings using a miscellany of office supplies to be the various warriors and a plastic bin to be the all-important hill with the grey gnarled apple tree (Senlac Hill)

Wednesday, Mar 2

Grade 1 Four Seasons block
• do Ivory Soap Explosion and make Ghost Mud Sensory Dough
• Circle Time
• "Mama and Papa Mouse and the Snowball Fight" story
• have a snowball fight with cotton balls


Grade 3 Old Testament Stories block

• add rainbow painting to MLB
• write rough draft of Tower of Babel summary, get edit, add to MLB
• read "Abram Journeys to Canaan," "Visit of the Three Men," "The Destruction of the City of Sodom" from Journey to the Promised Land
• do illustration from Abraham story for the stars being without number (spatter-paint light buttermilk paint onto Lapis Lazuli Blue Stardream Metallic Cardstock using an old toothbrush and an old window screen)




Grade 6 Medieval History block

• add "Path of the Vikings" map and tracing paper map of "Charlemagne's Empire" to MLB
• draft summary of William the Conqueror biography, get edit
• read "The Peak of the Middle Ages" chapter from The World of Walls and discuss the Crusades
• look at Crusader illustrations in Knights and Armor Coloring Book (plates 10 and 11)
• begin biography #4 - "Eleanor of Aquitaine" chapter from The World of Walls - born 1122

Thursday, Mar 3

Grade 1 Four Seasons block
• MLB - add final illustration for Mama and Papa Mouse (winter scene) and write sentences
• Snowball Writing activity with older children as scribes
• take home journals for writing stories of the adventures of Mama and Papa Mouse over the break




Grade 3 Old Testament Stories block

• add "Confusion of Tongues" illustration to MLB (choose one word and write it in English in the center of the page, then surround it with that word translated into many different languages)
• rough draft the story of Abram being renamed Abraham, add to MLB along with spatter-paint artwork
• find "The Garden of Eden," "Noah's Ark," and "The Tower of Babel" amazingly detailed illustrations in Buried Blueprints: Maps and Sketches of Lost Worlds and Mysterious Places by Albert Lorenz
  (this book is fantastic fun to look at with a magnifying glass!)
• read The Story of Job by Regina Doman




Grade 6 Medieval History block

• begin to add William the Conqueror summary to MLB
• finish reading the biography of Eleanor of Aquitaine
• take Built to Last: Castle, Cathedral, Mosque by David Macaulay and A Medieval Feast by Aliki home to read over Spring Break

In writing this blog post, I found that the "Buried Blueprints" book contains artwork originally created for a puzzle series. The original puzzles (Bepuzzled) are better quality than the reprints and are well worth tracking down. The adult puzzles are 1000 pieces, but a few designs were released as kids puzzles with 165 pieces. Try searching for "buried blueprints bepuzzled" or "buried blueprints bepuzzled kids" and see what you can find on eBay. I just ordered the Jonah and the Whale puzzle so that I will have it handy when we get to this story in the second OT Stories block!

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