LITTLE HOUSE IN THE BIG WOODS ~ PANCAKE MEN

We are having fun reading Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder.  For our last 2 chapters we made log cabins, corn cob dolls, homemade butter and learned about prisms.  This week at home we read about Christmas morning and how Ma made pancake men.  We decided it would be fun to do the same.

When I read aloud  I allow the kids to draw, color or play quietly as long as they are listening.

 They enjoy the illustrations.

 We gathered our supplies.  We realized we were out of milk.  After a quick run to the store we started again.

 Carefully measuring........

 ......and mixing.

 Pancake men on the griddle.

 Watching them cook.

 I had Boo flip one.  I flipped the one on the right.

 Ooopsie.

 Hee, hee.

 He is ready to dig in!

 She wanted a snowman.  

YUM!

 We bought real maple syrup.

 She named him Olaf.

 Ready to eat!  

 Olaf gets 2 thumbs up.

 Two more pancake men.  One for me pictured here and one for Elvis.

 Of course there was clean up.  True to Little House life they washed the dishes.

It was a fun & tasty lesson.  

WRITE ON!

 

 My boys LOVE this writing program.  I must first mention that neither of my boys like writing.  If I sit down with them in other subjects and try to get them to write they will give me the bare minimum.  Sometimes I have to push for even that.  BUT with this program they want to not only do the assignments but to do multiple examples and multiple lessons!  WOW! 

I've owned this program for years and used it with my girls when they were younger.  They loved it too.  I found it at a homeschool convention when it was just coming out.  I had been searching for years for a program like this but my search always came up empty.  I was overjoyed when I talked to the author and she explained how the program worked and her reasons for writing it.  With co-ops and such taking up our time it sat on the shelf for a few years.  But now I've dusted it off and I'm kicking myself for not bringing it down earlier.  It is so much fun!

 The lesson on this day was describing a setting.  The boys each had to choose a book to use for their example.  Bugs chose to use his book he is reading for his literature study.

 Sam the Minuteman

 I had Elvis do two examples since he is older.

 Think, think, thinks!  Hee, hee. 

(He's not having a hard time, I promise.  He is a goofball especially when I get out the camera.  Lol!)

They were busy beavers.  After they have completed their assignments they are always eager to share with me and with each other what they have written. 

Yesterday we learned about the different kinds of plots & then about developing your plot.  Very cool!  I'm looking forward to tomorrow when they put it all together and begin writing their story.

CHICKA, CHICKA, BOOM, BOOM

We started our second Book Adventure this week.  Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom!  Princes is loving it.  In fact, she asks to "do school" every day.  She starts out with Easy Peasy with Boo Bear and then she & I work on her Book Adventure activities.  Here is Day 1 of Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom.

 

We checked these books out from the library.  We only used the a,b,c one today.

While she waits for me to set up she enjoyed the book she chose from the library.

I got this DVD from Netflix. 

 

Digging for letters.

Boo helped me make the coconut tree.

She dug for letters A, B & C.

B!

She found them all!

Putting up the coconut tree.

 

 

She is really happy with her new tree.  We started putting letters on it on Day 2.