Homeschool - Women's History Month

Olivia finished Volume One of her Math book.  She has become very proficient at adding and subtracting numbers and can count all the way to 100!

Each day of Women's History Month, we used great books to learn about amazing women throughout history.  Our first story was about Anne Frank, the brave young Jewish girl who lived in hiding during the Holocaust.  

We got our bodies moving in the morning with A-Z exercises.  Simon joined in.  They loved doing this!

 We learned about different food groups and designed meals including them.  Olivia practiced classifying foods into their respective groups.

Simon developed an affinity for playing with PlayDoh.

We read the book, "Rosie Revere, Engineer" and used her project book to make our own catapult out of an empty spool, some ribbon, and a plastic spoon.  They really enjoyed shooting cheerios across the room!

One of their favorite activities this month was playing restaurant at their very own restaurant called, "Soup, Salads, and More."  They set up their table, made their own menu, cooked in the kitchen, and served the customers.  One of my absolute favorite parts of homeschooling this year has been watching both of their imaginations blossom.  A year ago, Nolan would have NEVER agreed to dress up in an apron, make a menu, and wait on pretend customers, but he was so, so excited about this.  I'm so proud of them.  The best part for me, aside from watching them play, was getting to sit there and drink my coffee!

We talked about women who have made an impact on the food industry, including Julia Child and Ina Garten.  We also watched episodes of their cooking shows on youtube.

Another favorite was making our very own newspaper, The Timber Heights Times.  We got the idea from an episode of Sesame Street and decide to tie it in with our Women's History unit, making the paper centered around Women Heroes.  Nolan wrote a great article on Harriet Tubman and helped me write our opening article on Women's History Month.  He also wrote a great feature piece on the Lear's Macaw for World Wildlife Day and made an adorable comic of Lucille Ball working at the chocolate factory in her iconic, "I Love Lucy" episode.  Olivia helped me research the weather to write a weather column, as well as an article on jaguars.  Both kids helped to make chocolate chip banana bread for our cooking column and I made a crossword puzzle featuring some of the she-roes we studied.  It turned out beautiful and I'm very proud of them.

Livi has been getting ready for Easter by practicing egg hunts.  She and Nolan have taken turns hiding eggs for each other and finding them. 

The weather has been nice and the snow is gone.  The kids have been spending a lot of time playing outside. So thankful for the early spring!

I felt really proud of my kids in this moment, so I took a couple of pictures to capture what great humans they are.  Olivia volunteered to help me wash dishes and cheerfully and carefully washed all of the breakfast dishes with minimal help.  Meanwhile, Nolan read Simon his favorite truck books without being prompted.  These kind, caring kids warm my heart.

Here is our completed Women Heroes board, displaying all the women we studied this month.  There are obviously many, many more, but we learned the names and stories of so many women who changed the world.  I loved doing this unit with them!