Igloos, Inuits, and Polar Bears

Aly has really been interested in igloos so we decided to make a couple and create an Inuit village. While we are making them and creating our village we have been studying about the Inuits and their way of life. We have learned that they live in the north mostly above the Arctic Circle which is an imaginary line that goes around the Arctic Ocean. Parts of Alaska are inside the Arctic Circle and so is most of Greenland.
Here is a picture of our first igloo. We will add to this as we get things completed and as we learn more.

This igloo is made from sugar cubes and frosting.

Temperate Deciduous Forest

We have been learning all about the different kinds of forests and focusing on the TDF (Temperate Deciduous Forest). While we were studying this Aly created a painting of some birch trees which are deciduous trees.

We are going to be finishing up a birds nest and we will add it later.

Sick kid

Well having a sick kiddo can really change your plans. :( She has spent the last 3 days reading and watching tv. Bronchitis for certain, possible pneumonia. Poor baby. But tomorrow is a new day and we will take it from there.

Update

Wow! It has been a really long time since I updated this. :) We nearing the end of our first year homeschooling. Time has went by really fast! Aly turns 7 in less than a month and I feel like this year of homeschooling has really given me a chance to get to  know her. She is a natural born learner and we are going to take advantage of that and move into a more unschool type of learning environment.

We have made some great friends over the lat few months and have done some really fun activities like this trip to Point Defiance Zoo.

We are starting some new activities tomorrow which will involve igloos and seals and dog sleds. Hopefully I will remember to update. :)

New Year

So I have not been very good keeping things updated since October. It seems like we are always busy doing something. Aly and I both hope you have a great new year and we hope you are looking forward to lots of exciting things in 2012 just like we are!

Busy, Busy, Busy

Things have been really busy around here! We are rolling pretty good with Aly's school. Her math and reading were both way to easy so we are adapting and adding to and making things work. Tomorrow we are starting "Little House in the Big Woods" for reading. I am excited and hope that Aly enjoys it as much as I always have. She has also started gymnastics which she seems to really like.

This month we are studying pumpkins and Halloween. We have read about them, cooked things with pumpkin, and done lots of art projects. Here are some of them.

Pastel Pumpkin

Skeleton

 

She also planned and cooked dinner for us. She chose skillet chicken parmesan. It was really good and she did a good job.

Cooking dinner

We have also went to the zoo in Seattle and had a great time even though it was slightly wet.

Feeling foxy

Fun with friends-Anna

Looking forward to some more good times together, laughing, learning, and loving. :)

Dice Data

More apple stuff

We painted a picture using an apple. After stamping her apple Aly turned the stamps into butterflies and a ladybug.

She also made an apple tree. This painting was done with a straw, cotton balls, and a cotton swab.

About ready to wrap up apple month and move onto something else. Thinking that we will do tigers next and then Halloween.