Wordless Wednesday

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Silverdale Press LLC ~ Review

We were given the opportunity to review some unit studies from Silverdale Press LLC. We received the White House Unit Studies which consists of six different unit studies.

The six holiday unit studies we received are as follows:

• Labor Day - 3 lessons
• Veterans Day - 3 lessons
• Thanksgiving - 5 lessons
• Christmas - 4 lessons with 6 activities per lesson
• MLK - 5 lessons
• Valentine's Day - 5 lesson

Each of the unit studies is designed for children ages 5-18. All of the studies come with plans for elementary and high school, which helps when you have a large range of children you are wanting to do the studies with. Each unit study is designed to be completed in a week. If you are wanting to spend more time on each study it can easily be spread out over a few weeks for each study.

During this review, we focused on tow of the studies ~

The first study we did, over a period of a couple of weeks, was the labor day unit study. This study teaches children about the history of labor day. The unit is fifty three pages long and includes an overview for the teacher and three lessons each for K-6th and 7th-12th.  The k-6th lessons take approximately one hour to complete and the 7th-12th grade lessons take anywhere from ninety minutes to two hours to complete depending on how in depth you do the activities.

The first lesson focuses on Eleanor Roosevelt’s involvement in fighting against child labor and unsafe working conditions.  There is an activity after each lesson and this one shows a picture of families with small children who are all working and asks different questions about the picture. Lesson tow talks about the first labor day and lesson three tells about how the President proclaimed Labor Day a holiday.

I have four children in different grades. I only have one elementary child and three middle and high school age children. The studies are set up where it is easy to use for each level. The 7th-12th grade level does go more in depth and the activities are longer, but it was easy to involve all of my children and discuss the holiday with them.  The older children understood more than the seven year old, but she also learned a lot about why we have Labor Day and what we can learn from it.

The other study we focused on during the review period was the Veteran’s Day study. This study is forty nine pages long. The lessons include President Wilson and Armistice Day, Wilson’s Fourteen Points, and Dwight Eisenhower and How We Got Veteran's Day.

My seven year old enjoyed this study and is looking forward to being able to do the activities listed this coming Veteran’s Day that include going to a parade, visiting veteran’s in our town, and writing letters to veteran’s. My older kids really did not know very much about Veteran’s Day and they were thankful to be able to learn more about the holiday. We will probably revisit this study in October before Veteran’s Day and do more of the activities listed for this study since we have many nursing homes and a Veteran’s home in our town where we can visit.

 
 

We plan to use these studies during the school year. One for each month from November to February to learn about these last four holidays.

Overall, we enjoyed going through the studies and learning more about the holidays and about the history involved around the holiday.

Busy!

Whew. It has been busy around here the past few weeks. I started a new part-time job in May which took a little time to get used to. June has brought driver's ed for my second son, which he passed the classroom portion of.

I had been praying (since January of this year) for a 2nd shift (3pm -11pm) job to open up for me due to some financial needs our family had. I applied to several places, but not having worked outside the house for the past 15 years, it was difficult. I never heard back from any of the places I applied to. One day in May, a friend from church who owns a senior/assisted living facility, called and asked if I would want a part-time, Monday through Thursday, 3pm - 9pm job! I said yes and started working the following week. It has now been five weeks and I am enjoying it so much. My kids have also adjusted to me being gone. It is the almost exactly the job I was praying for. God knew what I needed and when I needed it.

My second son who will be 15 in July took driver's ed this past week at the local high school. He was able to pass the classroom portion with a 95%. He will do the driving portion in the next few weeks. If he passes that part, he will be able to get his permit.

That's just a little update about what's been happening around here the last several weeks. I have a review this week and another in a few weeks. I've cut back from reviews since I started working so I could have some time to adjust. Have a great weekend!

Scripture and a Snapshot ~ 6/3/18

Photo taken by me at Fort Macon.

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Dinosaurs!

We went to one of our favorite aquariums yesterday for a little field trip. The Pine Knoll Shores Aquarium in North Carolina has a dinosaur exhibit this summer. Most of the dinosaurs move and make noises and some of them even spray water at you. It was a fun day and if you are in the area this summer, you should stop by the aquarium and see the dinosaurs.