
This week we studied Queen Elizabeth. After teaching a lesson, reviewing the chapter, and looking at lots of portraits of the queen, we took pictures of the girls dressed and posed like her.
Here are Ellen and Arianna and our other two friends. Beautiful!
The kids in the group (2 are not pictured) love going to "history" every week. They enjoy listening to and talking about stories from the past. They especially like doing crafts and dressing up. This year we have had them dress up like celtic warriors, samurai, knights, and ladies to name a few. They've also made all kinds of weapons including cannons, axes, swords, shields, etc. mostly out of cardboard tubes, paint sticks, and duck tape. In addition, they've done all sorts of crafts like mosaics, Japanese carp kites, illuminated letters, pysanky eggs, glue batik, etc. We've also tasted traditional foods from the Native Americans and the Moors.
I'm thankful to be involved in this group. We have developed some great friendships. Learning with friends can be a lot of fun! Besides having fun together it can also serve as an accountability group. Without them I might not push through the chapters and have the energy to do the activities. I know I've learned a ton about the middle ages from this coop!
Here's the link for the rest of the pictures I took today.
5 comments:
Gorgeous. Heart melts.
Daniel
Proud to have a toe dipped in that genetic pool -- they are queens of our hearts, for sure!
Props to the photographer, too -- beautiful pics, Jen.
WOW - the beauties (as I call them) are simply breathtaking! Lucky kids who get to be homeschooled by you guys. Sure wish I had been able to have some "schoolin" like that, I might have been a scholar!
Oh, and that gene pool thing does have a way of making one proud!
How lovely, KathyB expressed my very thoughts! Beautiful, so glad you shared!
jen. your girls are BEAUTIFUL.
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