an egg in a "wagon" going west...

Today we finished up Unit 29 for both kids. D's history story was about Pioneers loading their wagons and heading west. His Science activity was to take an egg and pack it in cornmeal.



Then he was to pretend to be the "wagon" heading west. He was to go up a "mountain" and come down (steps), "roll" over the plains and bounce around like traveling on rocky ground. Of course K wanted in on the science experiment, too. So they both took turns...






Then we inspected the egg after each turn and found it survived D's trip and K's wagon trip! D was amazed! :o)


Yesterday K painted on foil and did a great job creating the Garden of Gethsemane where Jesus prayed the night He was betrayed (her Bible story yesterday). I sat with her while she painted - suggesting to paint a green line in the middle for the grass like the picture in her Bible story book. I didn't paint any of it for her - she did all the painting herself insisting the sky was to be purple like nighttime. :o)


Her completed painting...


I love to see her progress! I'm so glad I decided to do LHTH with her this year - the daily learning of letter sounds/review, Bible stories and little projects to help her cut, draw, color, count...has been so good for her!