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Date Posted: 10:24:18 10/29/02 Tue
Author: Sharon
Subject: So glad to see you back!
In reply to: Liann 's message, "Re: Off on a rabbit trail" on 21:18:17 10/28/02 Mon

I've been wondering how it was going. Glad to hear the boys are enjoying themselves.

I'll have to see if I can get that George Washington Carver biography. All we have in town is a little local bookstore. It's a wonderful store and I shop there all the time, but it doesn't have everything. It does have more than our local library, though. She's good about ordering books if I can give her the title, so I always appreciate when people tell me specific books to look for.

We really got into the transportation unit. It was our favorite. Food inventions aren't quite so exciting, but we really needed a nutrition focus. Brittany is a very picky eater and doing all the nutrient searches and reading about why our bodies need certain nutrients is helping her, I think. I found a wonderful old science textbook that covers why our body requires certain foods. I think it's probably a middle school level book, but I've been reading it aloud and we've both enjoyed it. At first I was afraid the information would be dated, but it is surprising compatible with modern nutrition teaching.

It's funny because with both Brittany and me the best way to study inventions or history or similar topics is to study the people involved. My sister was saying they were the exact opposite. So even when we're studying the same topic, we're not really, because we're focusing on the people and they're focusing on the other aspects. I think that's what makes unit studies fun because you're free to go off on whatever tangents interests your particular family.

Oh, and guess what read aloud we're doing for this unit - Chocolate Touch. It's a totally silly book based on the story of King Midas only this is a boy who loves chocolate until everything that touches his mouth turns to chocolate. As silly as it is, though,it shows the importance of good eating habits. I'm sure before it's over we'll be dragging out The Seven Silly Eaters and Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs. Those are our two favorite picture books. Not only is the writing in each of the books well done, but the arwork is incredibly perceptive.

Well, I ramble...

Happy Homeschooling!
Sharon

>Hi Sharon,
>
>I haven't had time to post lately, but have checked
>out the board a few times. Gabriel is really enjoying
>being the boss! For those of you who are wondering
>what I mean, my older son Gabriel is teaching the
>science and hands on portion of PP vol. 2 to his
>younger brother. He has to do the research and plan
>out what he wants to do. He is covering an invetion
>per week or two. Some he goes into more depth.
>Somehow I think he will be stuck on flight for a
>really long time since that is his love. Eventually,
>Isaiah will get tired of it and ask him to move on!
>So far it is working out well, but we need to get
>things a bit more organized and consistant. They sure
>do seem to be having a ball though. They have even
>introduced an element of competition. They built
>models of steamboats and raced them in the tub. Now,
>Gabriel won and I'm not so sure that racing against
>the teacher is quite fair! :o)
>
>Sharon, I believe that the Childhood of Famous
>Americans series has a biography on George Washington
>Carver. I know that many bookstores carry these
>inexpensive paperbacks. They would also be available
>on line. My boys just love the series. We have used
>them for read alouds and Gabriel has read a couple on
>his own. They were real motivators for us because he
>wanted to read about his invention heroes. Since I
>have other read alouds going, he is reading them on
>his own and giving me the details. I really miss it
>though. I am tempted to read a few chapters out loud
>to them some days.
>
>Hope this helps.
>Blessings,
>Liann

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Replies:

Re: So glad to see you back! -- Liann, 23:01:03 10/30/02 Wed
- It's one of our favorites -- Sharon, 12:58:10 10/31/02 Thu
  - Re: It's one of our favorites -- Liann, 21:03:35 10/31/02 Thu