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Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Preparing for the Revolution

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The Older Elementary students have been learning about what events led up to the American Revolutionary War, using a worksheet that demonstrates the events as a domino effect.

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The Younger Elementary students have continued learning about daily life in colonial times.

They started the week, by using quill pens to write the alphabet.

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It looked like so much fun, that one of the older children wanted to try, but he discovered it was harder than it looked.

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We have been starting our history lessons this week with a "fireside" story that illustrates what colonial life was like.

Preparing for story time:
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This picture was taken by one of our 8 year olds:
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Today, we talked about the importance shipping, and briefly touched on the subject of whaling.

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