Some Great Fun in History and Science

Classical Conversations Week 23

Science:

What are some types of clouds?

Cirrus

Cumulus

Stratus

Cumulonimbus

Stratocumulus

Great Find over at thewisenest.com

Types of Clouds Craft

Hope to try this at the week's end.....

I made the poster sheet to show the kids what they were going to do for each cloud, and then gave them the individual cards to illustrate each cloud.  I recommend that you print the cards or the poster sheet directly on card stock so it is sturdier and it also gives you the background color so it is not white.
This is what we used for each cloud. For the cumulus and cirrocumulus, we mixed equal parts of shaving cream and glue. I had heard about this mixture but never tried it. It is so fun and it dries puffy.
The cumulonimbus is the same mixture of shaving cream and glue and then I added a few drops of black paint to make it gray. The cirrus clouds are chalk marks and the stratus and stratocumulus are cotton balls spread out.

Here’s a video showing you how to put it together.

 Here is the link for download:

http://thewisenest.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/types-of-clouds-craft-WN.pdf

History Sentence:

In the early 1800s, San Martin of Argentina, O'Higgins of Chile and Sim`on Bolivar of Venezuela fought to liberate South America from Spain.

Blessings,

What Can We Do With a Rock?

I found this idea on Pinterest and I am adding it to our week 13 lesson plan for Science. In week 13 of  Classical Conversations the children are learning to memorize some parts of the earth:

 

Core

Mantle

Crust

Hydroshere

Biosphere

Atmosphere 

I think this project will be fun (Meggie loves rocks) and aid us in remembering some of the earth parts.

More here:

Crayola 

 Blessings,

Our First Day Of Classical Conversations

I have been wanting to blog about Classical Conversations; a homeschool group that I believe is helping to empower parents to

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6

 And I am very excited that the time has come!

Here are some pics of Meggie's First Day:

  

 

And here is a video of some of the hand motions for teaching the History Timeline

{just a small portion of what they are learning weeks 1-6}

Blessings,