Homeschooling Summary for the Week

This week I picked up some history books from the library, which we added to our repertoire (see links to Amazon below):

The Very First Thanksgiving

The Very First Thanksgiving is short and not very detailed, but the illustrations were a good starting point for discussing pilgrims and Native American Indians. Also it helped my daughter connect the idea of Pilgrims and Indians to something that she already knows about --Thanksgiving.  

Tapenums Day

Tapenum's Day  shows how the Native Americans Indians in Massachusetts lived during the time when the pilgrims arrived. The most amazing part is that the illustrations are all photographs! They were taken at a re-creation of an Indian homesite in Plymoth Massachusetts. Maybe we can visit there when the other kids are a bit older. 

 ---If You Sailed on the Mayflower in 1620 is full of lots of detailed information about the pilgrims and their voyage to the New World.  The format of the book is a series of questions and answers. I thought my daughter would loose interest part way through because their was so much information, but I think the format helped her stay engaged.

Progress Chart for the week ending January 19, 2013

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Reading	Bob Books #4 & 5	Bob Books #4 & 5	Bob Books #4 & 5	Bob Books #4 & 5	X
Writing	Letter Q	Letter R	Letter R	Letter S	X
Math	X	X	X	X	X
Science	X	X	X	X	X
History/Geography	Mayflower	Pilgrims	Pilgrims	Indians	X