We've started our new "school" year already and so I thought I'd share some photos of that. This first picture is of the very first day, the kids are all bright eyed and bushy tailed!! Check back in a few months and the smiles won't be quite so big!! :) I decided to do a few studies on things that have affected Ohio's history this year and the first one we tackled was a quick little study on Johnny Appleseed. We read a few stories about him, did a blind apple taste test, planted some apple seeds, did apple print art, and made homemade applesauce. We're planning to plant an apple tree as well in the yard, but we're waiting for it to get a little cooler. It was nice to learn that Johnny was a Christian man who planted these apple trees to not only make a living for himself by selling them, but also to give the settlers moving west, a crop to enjoy when they arrived. We learned that there is a tree in northern Ohio that they believe to be one planted by Johnny and we'd love to take a trip to go see it, maybe in the fall. It was a fun study. We're going to also do studies on the canal systems in Ohio, the underground railroad in Ohio and a study on Ohio government with a trip to visit the capitol. I think these studies will help cement some of these ideas in their minds (and mine as well!!). It does amaze me how much I learn right along side of the kids. Well anyway, here's some pictures!!
Our apples for the taste test: a red delicious, golden delicious, granny smith and fuji.
After both blind and uncovered taste tests, the kids decided that they both liked fuji apples best and Abby also enjoyed the golden delicious!
With our results we made line graphs.
Apple print art. I was amazed at how many things they came up with using that one shape. They made angels, hearts, mountains, shoes, butterflies and an eye. I love their creativity.
And the kids peeled, chopped, stirred and seasoned the apples to make our applesauce. I told them to put in a bit more cinnamon than we actually should've, so it was a bit cinnamony, but it was good anyway!!
1 comment:
Very cool! We love making home made applesauce. I always make it in the crockpot. Mmmm! It's a great way to use up "old" apples.
Great ideas on how to use apples too. There is a canal close to where I live - hence the name, Canal Winchester. HA! ;)
You know you can join the Ohio Historical Society and get into a lot of Ohio History sites. Also, there are homeschool days at Roscoe Village. http://www.roscoevillage.com/Home%20School%20Days%20brochure%202010.pdf
We are thinking about going to it.
We haven't started school yet. We are waiting until after Labor Day. We are thinking of doing year round school, but we are not sure how it'll work with Jake being in virtual.
Hope you have a great school year!
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