The Story of Ping ~ Happy Chinese New Year!!!

We began using "Five in a Row" curriculum last week and are LOVING it!!! 

We have been "rowing" the book "The Story of Ping" for a week now 

and have had so much fun.  

 Our Ping bagbook

 Ping lived on the Yangtze River in China. 

The Yangtze River is over 4,000 miles long.

 A brief intro to animal classification.

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!!!!!

2012 is the year of the Dragon 

Our decorations

Good Luck

Our "Good Luck" streamers

Tad's Chinese writing ~ good luck, good fortune, spring, dragon

Martin Luther King, Jr.

We did our Martin Luther King, Jr. bagbook last week and I never posted it, so here it is! 

 Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on Tuesday, January 15, 1929 in a yellow house in Atlanta, GA.

I learned so much about Martin Luther King, Jr. doing this book with Tad. We read a lot of additional books and watched youtube videos of his "I Have a Dream" speech. 

I have a dream...

In honor of Martin Luther King Day quickly approaching, we started a unit yesterday to learn more about him. I have to honestly admit that other than being excited about having a day off school, I don't ever really remember learning anything specific about him as a kid in school. Tad and I are both learning a lot and will be starting a lapbook tomorrow. I will post pictures as soon as we have some of it finished.

It's a New Year!!

It's been over a year since I've blogged and my goal for 2012 is to put a fresh  & fun focus on our homeschooling journey. I have some cool things planned for school coming up soon so check back often!