Week 31 - Field Trips and More American History

Another busy, on the go kind of week!  We started off by visiting our local museum for their Homeschool Monday program.  They have different events set up all throughout the museum to expand on the things they can learn from the exhibits.  This week we did at trivia show about the Ohio State Symbols (Big K did a great job at that one!), painted with glow-in-the-dark paint, and learned how they printed newspapers and other goodies 100 years ago.  And of course, there was time for playing and learning on our own as well.  We made a point of checking out what life was like in our region during the Revolutionary War time period - and we learned that settlers were just starting to settle here during that time in American History, so a lot of the information we found was about the Native American people who lived here at that time which was super interesting too! 

 This week we also had a field trip to Greenacres art center where Big K went to a program learning about the art and culture of Japan.  He made a watercolor painting (he chose to do a map of Japan) and learned some traditional games from that part of the world.  Little E and Baby W hung out in the beautiful former house turned art gallery and enjoyed the amazing scenery!

We also continued to work on learning more about the American Revolution.  We added a few major battles to the map we started last week and started to learn about George Washington.  We are going to be writing our own biography about George Washington and talking more about his role in the founding of our country in the next couple weeks. 

 As spring arrives, we have also been spending a lot of time outdoors digging in the dirt and soaking up the sunshine!  We have been noticing lots of changes in our yard - we have daffodils blooming (Little E tells me every time we walk out the door "Look mom!  The flowers are BOOMING!"), and our trees have started to form buds for leaves.  We've also been noticing a lot of birds in our yard and made a point to fill up our bird feeder to try and lure even more to our window to watch!  The signs of spring are all around us!

Happy Learning,
Momma C