Viking Bread

Story of the World Cooking Project

I didn't really supervise their activity. I only came in to the kitchen to snap photos and save them from a sticky mess. 
I let them know they should have floured their hands and boards before kneading. They had quite a sticky mess on their hands! I'm sure you can picture it because I forgot to grab the camera. 
I formed the bread for them and threw it onto the baking sheet so they wouldn't become frustrated. I helped a little but it was mostly all them. From reading the recipe, finding the ingredients, to mixing and setting the oven and cleaning up. 

Eagle said he could see why the vikings ate this bread because it was very filling.
I agree, it was heavy. With a mild baking soda flavour to it. haha *wink*

They ate their bread with leftover meat sauce from a spaghetti dinner a few nights back.
Talking like vikings throughout lunch was just a given. 
Think of How To Train a Dragon
"ya"
"ie"
"lad"
Funny stuff!


The boys did a great job! I know they're proud of their accomplishments.

With this activity I can check off

• History
• Life Skills
• Character (they argued twice)
• and Lunch!

The Book

The Activity Book

Happy Home Schooling, 

Mo

Digital Narrating

Narration is a term used by Charlotte Mason. 

It is basically telling back what you know.

We are fairly new to this practice but I do my best to work it into most of what we do in our learning time.

In the summer when preparing for this coming school year I purchased a digital voice recorder. I initially bought it for creative writing and/or Eagle to get his ideas out verbally.  

One of the problems I find is multi-tasking multiple children's needs throughout the school day. I'm sure I'm not alone in this. It seems that at the moment I need to spend time with Zazu (7) of his narration, Alba requires some TLC, or Eagle needs to run something by me. So using a voice recorder I'm able to kill two birds with one stone. 

Just recently I decided to pull out the recorder to give to Zazu for his narration in history. I just told him to tell back what he could remember from our reading into the recorder. I prompted him a few times to jog his memory (because I knew he knew). He pressed pause when he needed to think and used the recorder quite well, I found. I played it back for him to hear his narration. And as a bonus he finds it fun to use also.

Then I took the digital file and I transcribed it, and popped it into his notebook. He can also add images to it from the web, or drawn and coloured by hand to make it personal. Or of course, leave it as is without any illustrations.

It's been a great tool for Zazu (7) to narrate all on his own. 
As, it's taken the pressure off of him to present what he knows to me. Because sometimes there's an off day and he just needs to get alone with his thoughts.

This is the one we have

Another idea

• An older student could upload the file onto the computer for a multimedia presentation, using an application like Keynote (Apple) or Microsoft's Movie Maker.




Happy (digital) Narrating,
Mo

Weekly Wrap Up 10

some photos from last week...

I mentioned in last weeks wrap-up that we did school on Saturday. I had photos and totally forgot to add them, so here they are.

Alba on Starfall. 
Love, love that site. Fell in love when Zazu was a toddler. It's really a treat for any of my kids to go on a device (computer & iPad). I usually make it "Educational". Eagle gets annoyed when I pull the educational card, but, oh well. I'm the Mom(hee hee).

Our progress in Song School Latin.

And also on each of the boy's cork board they have their phonegram charts up from All About Spelling. I hope to be on our way into the next section next week. We're right at the beginning of Level One but so far, the program is living up to the reviews and hype I've read over the last few years. 




On to This Week...


Monday
Sniffles, Cleaning & Lego

Even though the sniffles have struck two of my kids (Alba&Eagle), Alba and Zazu wanted to help wash puppy drool windows. I caught Alba working hard to get the goobers off. 
My little helper!
  

Currclick Lego Club (Knights & Castles)

Perfect go along with our history study.

Tuesday
I walked into the school room to find Alba and Zazu had already started on the things I set out the night before for school in their pj's. Alba said with a huge smile, "Thank you Mom for making all this for me!" I felt so special when she said that, it made my morning.

Cowboy Zazu 

Another perk to homeschooling! 

Unfortunately the toy gun became a distraction.

Eagle completed the final bridge in his Life of Fred Pre-Algebra with Biology  today! yay!

On to Pre-Algebra 2 with Economics.

credit

If anyone wonders, Zazu is on Chapter 11 in Life of Fred Cats. 
The boys REALLY enjoy Life of Fred! Math has never been the same since we brought that little 5 year old genius into our home! 

Wednesday
Some items on our agenda which were completed.

• Baked Viking Bread for History (family work)

• Botany (family work)

 

• Reading

• Read Ch.2 All-of-a-Kind Family (family read aloud)
• Math
 

Thursday
Considering Daddy came home Thursday, it was a little more relaxed around here. Daddy gathered everyone to pray before school (love when he initiates prayer with the family). Chores and a bit of school work were on the agenda. The boys worked on little chunks of things, like spelling, history and botany. Besides their independent work of math and copywork for the day. 


  
Friday
The kids and Daddy hopped in the vehicle this morning to drive to Edmonton to take in a Star Wars exhibit. It's a 3 hour drive, but for Daddy and the boys it's well worth it. Only 2 cities in Canada are getting this exhibition apparently. I would have liked to tag-along, but Daddy insisted I stay home and have some quality Mommy time. So here I am with you, and the dogs. I hope they bring back a few photos I can share with you.
I did pack a workbook and reading material for  each of the kids for the drive.

Alba is 3 yrs old

Mommy helped make a "letter E" word in the Word Whammer

E Week & 

Wrap up to The Snowy Day

We've had fun reading The Snowy Day many, many times. Alba has worked on most of the activities, and some, well just not yet. The lapbook we made will surely entertain her in the future. I plan to keep it in our cloth storage bin filled with all the other age appropriate activity books, lapbooks, and other fun things for Alba.

Melissa & Doug Cube Pets Puzzle. 

She almost had it, except for two middle pieces. 

I'm noticing that she seems to have more fun with the rice in the Letter sensory bin than anything else I put in. This week I've taken away the rice and the bin, to see if she'd be more inclined to explore the themed items on their own. It seems she's stuck between big girl preschooler and toddler sometimes. So, I'm at a loss when she proclaims she's bored.

One of her favourite tot activity, is sticking tooth picks in a spice container. I set it out for her, but she wasn't interested.

If you read previously, Alba and I planted Touch plant seeds on Valentines. Things weren't looking great in the germination department, so I covered the dirt with plastic wrap last week to help keep the top moist. I think it may have helped. We checked on the Touch Plant seeds today and there's GREEN, wonderful living green! I think I may need to do a little research on our new plant, to insure it's continual growth.

We had a GREAT time painting together!

And food...

Quiche (spinach, shredded potato, cauliflower)

Printables used in this post

ABC's (1+1+1=1's Animal ABC's, Puppets)

A Snowy Day (Homeschool Share and Homeschool Creations)

This post is linked with

Weird Unsocialized Homeschoolers

Hammock Tracks

Homegrown Learners

The Homeschool Mother's Journal

Homemade Notebooking Pages

I was busy as a bee a few days ago.

Whipping up

all these pages

It's easy and only takes a bit of your time and a little creativity.

It doesn't need to be fancy really. 

My oldest son (12) appreciates non-themed pages just the same as decorated ones in some cases.

I have purchased pre-made themed notebooking sets in the past. 

I was recently going to invest in a notebooking membership online but I just didn't see the point in spending more money on pdf files for notebooking pages when I am very capable of making my own.

Eagle made this all on his own.

When your kids are old enough and left to their own, joy and much satisfaction can come out of their own creative efforts.