Today, for math, we talked about how ancient people used body parts to measure items. I measured the boys’ handspan, footprint, and pace (toe to toe a step ahead). We measured the bedroom, door width, and window width, using these elements. It was a bit of a challenge explaining to the boys why something was 15 handspans for ‘A’ and 18 handspans for ‘R’. ‘A’ thought that he should have the higher number, bcause a higher number is bigger. He had a hard time understanding that we needed more of ‘R’s handspans because his handspan is smaller.
Also, measuring a ‘pace’ was hard because they wanted to either take a huge step or something tiny. A regular step just was not going to happen!
For science, we read, "A Year at Maple Hill Farm", and learned about seasons and how animals respond to the changing of the seasons.
We continue to read Bible stories about Jesus’ miracles and teachings.
I will add more later…