The Three Wise Men
More nature study. This is the best time of year, at least I think so . . . but then I find beauty in Winter, Spring and Summer too! Noah was given a Salamander for his birthday so we have added the reptile to our lessons.
It's been interesting building him a suitable habitat. We read that yellow spotted salamanders are burrowers so we filled his aquarium with dirt, rocks and leaves and a little dish of water for soaking in. This is the time of year that he would be hybernating; he just dug right in and got comfy. They also eat worms, grubs and just about any insect, but so far we've provided him with tiny crickets to hunt and devour. Fortunately, they are so small and he is so addept at snapping them up in one gulp, that I haven't had to see anything disturbing. He seems happy for now and the kids love watching him so looks like he's here to stay for awhile. But they can live 20-30 years in the wild and even though that is much shorter in captivity, I don't know that we'll be keeping him that long.We've been two days ahead, so Noah was able to close his books on his birthday.
We also began working for the Juan Manigault campaign this week by going door to door in our precinct. We took a brief survey whenever someone would come to their door and handed out brochures to anyone needing more information about our candidate. Noah and I spent about three and a half hours doing this so far discussing Christian citizenship and our responsibilities while walking.
This week in History: The Egyptians c5000BC - 1700BC
Mapping Egypt
Farmers of the Nile Valley
*crops, animals and the farmer's year
This week in science: Feeding, Food & Energy - we learned about the parts of the animal's mouth made for finding and devouring food, food chains, and how the body makes energy from the food. Noah's favorite was studying the grasshopper's mouth parts: the Mandibles for holding or biting, the Palps for tasting food and the Maxillae for pushing the food into the mouth. All of these were acted out of course . . . on each other.
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Lol about his salamander's eating. I would be happy to share the instructions for the book I made Ella. I took 6 small paper bags & cut off the bottoms, then layed them in a stack & folded them in half. Then I stapled the side. I hot glued one of the bottoms to cover the staples. I cut out leaf patterns in shades of red, yellow, orange, green, and brown. I used a glue stick to paste a leaf or two to each page in the beginning & used the matching color marker to outline the leaves (especially important to make the brown leaf show up on the brown bag). The last few pages, I used little scrap pieces to make scattered leaves & drew a rake. Pages: 1 Red,2 Yellow,3 Orange,4 Brown. 5 Leaves twirling,6 Falling down. 7 Rake them to 8 a nice big stack. 9 Jump in! Scatter, 10 Rake them back. So there are 10 pages & a cover page & back. 12 total sides. If you have any Qs let me know. I know you are creative yourself & will be able to make a nice book for her.
Nice to see this entry fleshed out and with pics! I think it's a great idea to let the salamander go at some point...
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