Jesus grows up
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This week in History: The Egyptians c3100BC - 1700BC
Mummies and Pyramids
Tomb treasure
The Great Pyramid
mummification - This lesson was so much fun. We linked to some Usborne sites from our chapter on Egypt, and toured King Tut's tomb, studying the pictures painted on the interior walls. These pictures are treasured art to us now, but back then they were actually left as maps, leaving directions for the deceased Kings as they traveled through to the next life. Then I wrapped Noah as a mummy and took his picture so he could see what he looked like. He was so interested in the whole process. He especially wanted to know how the ancient 'doctors' removed the brains - through the nose of course!
He was anxious to get out of the wraps though.
Person(s) of interest - Cheops, Pharaoh of Egypt c2589BC - 2566BC pronounced key-ops; also Khufu in Greek
The Great Pyramid was made for him . . . or was it?
Mapping Egypt
----------------------------------------------------------------------This week in Science: Teeth & Digestion
Meat eaters - carnivores (Lions) Plant eaters - herbivores (Giraffe) and the all purpose teeth of the omnivores (monkeys)
kinds of teeth: canines, carnassials, incisors, permanent teeth, premolars, molars. Other animals referenced: sharks, cows, and deer
Digesting plants; we learned about the special digestion system of rabbits and cows (Noah was surprised to learn that cows have 4 stomachs!)
Digestion in birds - some birds eat small rocks to help them crush the seeds and some birds swallow their food whole, coughing up pellets of indigestible fur and bone.
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MaTh We're still working with money, learning denominations and how many coins of each kind go into a dollar - this is also an easy way to introduce the concept of fractions. Also reviewing counting by 5s and 10s
We work on Spelling words whenever we're in the car
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