Thanksgiving visit to Kentucky - Awesome Field Trips

We stayed with Grandpa and Grandma Irvin in KY for two weeks over Thanksgiving break.  We had a good time visiting family.  My sister Kristie, who is a church secretary, took her week of vacation while I was in....so I got to see both of my sisters and all my nephews and niece a lot.  It was very nice for me to get spend so much time with everyone.

We did lots of cooking and baking.  Here cousin Tori and Rose are making some delicious sausage balls.

Rose sitting with Grandpa

The Davis family came up for a nice visit.  Here is Rose and Lilly Kate.

These two girls LOVE books!  What great presents to get each other!

Rose and her cousins had a blast on the farm.  Here Tori is taking them on ranger rides/running errands for Grandpa.

Rose helping G-ma with her Christmas lights.

Cousin Tim and Rose playing.

G-pa watching over his goats.

Oh what fun!!  We went to the Creation Museum one day.  Cousin Tim came with us and we had a BLAST!!

It was a great day. 

We went to a 'Snakes Alive' Workshop...we touched many snakes and reptiles...

The three of us holding a very heavy 15 foot Boa....

Looking at some of the exhibits....

On this touch-screen monitor they helped Noah build the Ark by answering questions...

That evening the Creation Museum had "Christmas Town"  with live dramas, lights, petting zoo, etc.

The Creation Museum was great!!  We hope to visit each time we go home to KY!

I will end this post with a photo of my sweet girl, Rose, on an airplane during the flight home.  

This was the first air travel I had done with a child without my dear husband, Chad....so I was little nervous.  Rose and I both can get air sick and daddy usually takes care of stuff for us.  ...But we did really well.  She is a great traveler!  (and a sweet girl)  :0)

Week 15 of 2nd Grade (with IPad apps)

Our states this week are New Hampshire, Virginia, New York, and North Carolina.  Rose really enjoys doing her state sheets and learning interesting things about each state.

Do you use an IPad? We use it everyday here.  It is a fun way to practice math facts or play a geography game or study spelling words.

I thought I would share some apps we use.  I can not remember where I found out about each app....it could have been a blog or facebook or just on my own.  I wish I could remember who told me about what so I could give credit, but my memory just isn't that sharp.

I do know I got some after reading reviews at appsforhomeschooling.com

Math Bingo 

Word Bingo

Math Blaster

Shake the States

Word Wizard

We actually only did half of week 15 as Rose and I are headed to Kentucky for two weeks to visit family for Thanksgiving.  So we will finish up the week when we get back.

Week 14 of MFW 2nd grade (with bread making)

note - We went from week 12 to week 14 because in MFW (My Father's World curriculum), which I am using, it has week 13 for Thanksgiving activities.  It is an optional week and you just come back and do week 13 on the real week of Thanksgiving.

This week we are learning Jesus is the Way, ...Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, ...and Birds.  Rose is coming along in her Reading, Writing, and Language Arts.  She continues to excel in Math.  Enjoys Art, Music, and Literature tremendously.

It was our turn to bring a snack to Keepers Club so we made "acorns" with Hershey kisses and Ritz peanut butter mini sandwiches.

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We did bread Making in keepers Club.

Rose thought her Keepers club bread was delicious!

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Our church had a Thanksgiving dinner on Wednesday night.

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A photo of Rose playing with Rebecca.  She felt she had been giving her new Build A Bear too much attention, and Rebecca not enough attention....so she declared it 'Rebecca Day'  and played with Rebecca all day...even having her join in on school work.  She also made sure they wore one of their matching outfits.

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In our study about birds, we made a Robin's Nest snack using chocolate chips melted with peanut butter for the mud, rice noodles for the twigs, and shredded wheat for the grass.

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Rose doing some of her school work in her 'tent'

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We love to play board games around here.  Our current favorite is 'Made For Trade'.  It is fun and educational.  It goes along with the time period we are currently studying, which makes it even more interesting.  You can play at different levels, so it should be a regular for years to come.

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Rose's favorite book this week was 'Farmer Boy' by Laura Ingalls Wilder.

Week 12 of 2nd Grade (with Pilgrim Plantation Day)

11/6/11 - 11/12/11

Here is her George Washington page....

We are starting our gentle hands-on overview of the 50 states.  We will learn about each state chronologically with our history lessons, at the times they joined the USA.

This week we learned about Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Georgia.

At the end of the week we went to a homeschool group Pilgrim Plantation Day.   We dressed up, did period games, crafts, and had a Thanks-Giving feast.

Week 11 of 2nd Grade (with Soap Making)

10/29/11 to 11/5/11

Over the weekend a local church had a dress up harvest party with games, apple bobbing, pie eating contest, shows, etc.

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On Monday night our church had a Harvest Party.  We ate pizza, played games, painted a pumpkin, etc.

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 In history we learned about the Constitution and the Liberty Bell.  We made this craft, with instructions HERE.  Instead of writing "Liberty", we wrote the scripture that is actually inscribed on the bell.
"Proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof"

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On Tuesday night at Keepers Club the girls did scented soap making....

here is Rose's finished soap in her bathroom and already used a few times....

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Rose playing horse with daddy.....he was moving along a little too slow for her, so she hops off and brings back a carrot to encourage him to go faster...

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Rose is doing some cross stitching while daddy is reading to her.  I think this is a book about George Washington.   I think we read about 10 or 11 George Washington books this week.

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In Science we are currently using the book Birds, Nest, and Eggs.  It is a very enjoyable book.

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On Saturday we went to one of Rose's friends birthday party at Build -A- Bear.