Fun with History

I have not posted in awhile about what we are doing in school, so I thought I would catch you up. We just finished Unit 24 of Beyond Little Hearts for His Glory, which means we only have 10 units left until we are done with first grade. Audrey is continuing to improve her reading and writing skills and I am very proud of her.

I thought it would be fun to share a little about what we have been learning in history. This year we have been studying American history and we are currently reading an historical fiction book called Boys and Girls of Colonial Days. Audrey is enjoying this book and the activities in Beyond that go along with it.

A couple of weeks ago we read about Samuel Adams voting to let Peter Faneuil build a public hall in Boston. On top of Faneuil Hall a copper grasshopper was placed on the weather vane. For science that day we read about grasshoppers and then the kids made one out of peanut butter.

Here is Audrey's finished product.

Nathan just had fun playing with and eating his art. :)

Next we began learning about the Revolutionary War. We read a story about some Redcoats trampling the garden of one of the colonists, so the kids made their own herb gardens.

This week we have been reading about Betsy Ross and how she designed the American flag at the request of George Washington. In honor of this, the kids made their own edible flags out of graham crackers and frosting.

Here is Nathan's flag.

This one is Audrey's.

Of course they both enjoyed eating their flags after I took the pictures. :)

I am so thankful for our Heart of Dakota curriculum that has so many fun activities planned for the kids to do. I would never have thought of any of this stuff on my own. I am planning on sticking with it for next year, but that is a whole other post. :)