Try teaching your children about a season they have never seen...
WHAT happens to the trees?
What do you mean it's so cold that there's ice on the ground?
What's ice?
Why can you see people's breath in the air?
In most cases, I can hardly believe how little I remember from my days as a Biology major in college (a few lifetimes ago). So, it's a good thing that we live in a modern era of missions which gives me access to internet and a wealth of information! We also just got a package with a batch of new-to-us books (horray!) which included a book on the first thanksgiving and a book on autumn leaves.
So this week, is a unit study on Thanksgiving and autumn. 4 out of 5 of my children can not put up with any more than a few days of studying something as abstract to them as autumn. The fifth one can read on her own and can satisfy her own curiosity once the others have moved on to eating dirt and hitting things with sticks again. (Baby Micah Otim is not eating dirt yet, but any day now, I'm sure!)
A few sites that I found that I'll use with my kids:
http://www.treetures.com/Autumn2.html
http://www.kidskonnect.com/subjectindex/32-categories/holidaysseasons/113-autumn.html
Thanksgiving ideas:
http://spoonful.com/thanksgiving
WHAT happens to the trees?
What do you mean it's so cold that there's ice on the ground?
What's ice?
Why can you see people's breath in the air?
In most cases, I can hardly believe how little I remember from my days as a Biology major in college (a few lifetimes ago). So, it's a good thing that we live in a modern era of missions which gives me access to internet and a wealth of information! We also just got a package with a batch of new-to-us books (horray!) which included a book on the first thanksgiving and a book on autumn leaves.
So this week, is a unit study on Thanksgiving and autumn. 4 out of 5 of my children can not put up with any more than a few days of studying something as abstract to them as autumn. The fifth one can read on her own and can satisfy her own curiosity once the others have moved on to eating dirt and hitting things with sticks again. (Baby Micah Otim is not eating dirt yet, but any day now, I'm sure!)
A few sites that I found that I'll use with my kids:
http://www.treetures.com/Autumn2.html
http://www.kidskonnect.com/subjectindex/32-categories/holidaysseasons/113-autumn.html
Thanksgiving ideas:
http://spoonful.com/thanksgiving
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