Weaving

In line with our study of Moses and the Nile River, we also did some braiding and weaving. First the girls braided some raffia to make a basket. I don't know where I got the idea that this would make a good basket but with some trial and error, we managed to make a few, with the help of my handy-dandy gluegun! Grace's turned out looking like a straw hat -- perfect for her Build-A-Bear, Lilli! Emily's looked more like a basket and here she is with her Build-A-Bear poodle, Pinki.

The girls also tried their hand at the real act of weaving (once I watched a you tube video on it!). They made little placemats. We are going to convert their placemats into hearts to decorate for Valentine's Day. They loved weaving and seeing the final piece of art!

In March we are going to watch basket weaving from Longaberger themselves (You know, the really beautiful but very expensive baskets) at the Jelly Belly factory. We've been on that tour many times but this will be fun to see actual weaving going on.

Volume 2, Unit 2, Chapter 2

For the past 2.5 weeks, we have been learning about lots of things! For Bible, we are in Exodus 2, learning about Moses' family. Just when you think you know everything you can possibly know... So, in Social Studies, we have been studying the Nile River. We are trying to compose a lapbook for it, but my creativity is on the low end. We'll see if it gets done now or later! In Science, we have looked at the composition of the earth: land/water, crust, mantle, outer core, inner core. I found a great hands-on project for this:

Greenish-yellow: land mass; Blue: water; purple:crust; lt. orange: mantle; pink:outer core; dark orange: inner core.

The girls created their "earths" and then we cut away a section to see what it looked like inside. What a neat visual!