Family Schooling for February

I have yet to find a World History curriculum that does African history justice.  I cobbled together these books to give the kids a better understanding of what was happening in West Africa during the Middle Ages.

Our study of African history naturally led us to learn more about their Arab trading partners and the Islamic religion that they brought to the region.

All 5 of these were wonderful children's books that told history with stories and pictures. We do history as a one room schoolhouse so I am always on the lookout for books that appeal to all ages.

For our art class we studied Michelangelo and replicated some of his architecture. 

We are starting to spend a lot of time planting and transplanting seeds for this year's garden.

Big sister A has a buddy that wants to be our "farm intern" and learn about all the things that we do. 

She also helped re-white wash the chicken coop in preparation for this year's pullets.

Brother S and Miss L have been creating little dioramas, just for the fun of it. No tech lifestyle = creative kids.

Beardie has been joining some of our classes, including morning bible study.

Earlier this month we did an art class on Maria Martinez. The instructions were to create a coil pot in a similar Native American style, but some of the kids had a hard time keeping their creativity in check.