Mom’s Africa Unit Study Wish List

May 2, 2010 | 0 Comments

These are resources I didn't find in our local library. I've gone ahead and requested that they purchase these, so hopefully I'll be able to read them one day soon. Make good use of your library's "suggest this purchase" page! These are food-related books but I'm sure...

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Africa Unit Study: Day 5

May 2, 2010 | 0 Comments

Geography: Print out this map of Africa. Label the following: - major bodies of water - Equator - major land forms Fill out this chart and discuss. Additional discussion questions can be found here. Craft: Choose a mask to print out and cut.. History: Read Kingfisher...

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Africa Unit Study: Day 4

Apr 30, 2010 | 0 Comments

Read Kingfisher History Encyclopedia, pages 46, 51, 60, 95, 117. Read pp. 268-269 of All Ye Lands. Take notes/Make entries in Book of Centuries. Read-aloud: Namibia: Nolwandle, Girl of the Waves in African Tales. Take a peek at Africam -- you might catch some...

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Africa Unit Study: Day 3

Apr 29, 2010 | 0 Comments

Read Kingfisher History Encyclopedia, pages 4, 6, 20, 30 and 31. Take notes/Make entries in Book of Centuries. African Mathematics: Read, take notes/narrate. Art Study: Our Lady of Africa chapel Read aloud: We All Went on Safari Today's Menu: Jollof Rice Sweet Pepper...

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Africa Unit Study: Day 2

Apr 28, 2010 | 0 Comments

Read All Ye Lands, pp. 262-268. Read about Mercator maps. Draw and take notes. Learn about Africa's Climate. Draw and take notes. Copywork/Vocabulary: Tropical Rainforest Humid Savanna Steppe Highland Altitude Latitude Attitude Monsoon Our Lady of Africa: About Our...

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Africa Unit Study: Day 1

Apr 27, 2010 | 0 Comments

Mom: Read Africa at New Advent. Read (can be aloud) All Ye Lands, pp. 257-262 Color in and label Africa Outline Map, or pick something from Enchanted Learning's selection. Copywork/Vocabulary: voracious assimilate scimitar cuisine colonialism Snack: Plantain Crisps...

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Rabbits

Mar 16, 2010 | 1 Comment

.... are really only lovely and adorable in books. In real life, they are mean things that deserve to be put in paella. Yesterday, I had 6 beautiful, unopened crocus buds. We were looking forward to taking pictures and sketching them this morning. Today, I have 3...

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Love and Devotion, Pussy Willow, Miquelrius

Mar 11, 2010 | 0 Comments

Thinking: Love is a fire, which when fanned into a flame, becomes devotion. The love which we begin with early on is a tiny bud, which we water and feed and grow under the light of His Grace... until it becomes DEVOTION. Love brought us together, bound us together......

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