King John: The Phony King of England?
Last week we took a week off for a funeral. Not very fun, but it was nice to visit with family. This week we jumped… Read More »King John: The Phony King of England?
Classes
Gravity and Germs
This week we learned about gravity and germs. What? Those don’t create a natural combination for you? To start off both groups I rubbed Glo… Read More »Gravity and Germs
Attila the Hun: A Bit Bloodthirsty?
It was fun to teach about a villain this week that most of the kids had heard of before. Most knew the name, Attila the… Read More »Attila the Hun: A Bit Bloodthirsty?
Crime Scene and Fingerprints
This week we decided to mix it up a little and learn about fingerprints and crime scenes. Older Group We had a ton of fun… Read More »Crime Scene and Fingerprints
Nero
Today we learned about Nero. In researching him, I realized that in order to understand Nero, we would have to backtrack and also study his… Read More »Nero
Catapults
This week we stayed with projectiles, but moved on to catapults. This was also a ton of fun, but the kids were a little bummed… Read More »Catapults
Paper Rockets
Older Group Our first activity for Hands on Science was building and launching paper rockets. We had a blast with it! My older class went… Read More »Paper Rockets
Caligula
Today we learned about Caligula. I’ll be honest, I almost didn’t cover him because it was really hard to dial him down to a kid… Read More »Caligula
Qin Shi Huang
We started out our Villains From History class learning about the First Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang. Before the class I spent some time… Read More »Qin Shi Huang
Princess Academy
Miri comes from an isolated mountain town where all the people quarry a stone called lindor. It is determined that the prince of their nation will marry a girl from her town. All of the girls from age 12 to 18 are sent to a special academy to learn how to do everything from read to converse to matters of diplomacy. After a year at the academy a ball is held where the girls will meet the prince and he is to choose his future bride. Who will he choose?