I had hoped to travel through more than one country this week; nevertheless, here is what we have been doing! We: Read about and colored the Flag of South Africa. Learned what apartheid ("apartness" in Africaans) is. (A legalized racial separa…

Shalom! Hayom yom re'vee'ee. Translation: Hello! Today is day 4 ( Wednesday). Hayom (today) we learned the days of the week and related terminology. We learned how to say: "Ma hayom" - What is today? "Hayom" - Today is . . . Yom R…

~Mali is 48 months old~ Ttt alk about fun! He have had telltale time with the letter Tt ! Here is what he have been doing for preschool with the letter Tt : ABC Book: Tiger Mini Book Memory Verse: From Sing the Word A-Z T rust in the Lord with…

The Simple Woman's Daybook FOR TODAY . . . 2/16/09 Outside my window... street lights are casting a soft glow on the night sky. Earlier it was a beautiful sunny day! I am thinking... that I am ready for spring! I am thankful for... my family. From the lea…

~Eliana is 24 months old ~ ~Malachi is 47 months old~ I originally planned this for Tot School for Elli, but Mali decided he wanted to be a part of the fun too! So, together, we did a fun unit study on the book, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom! We: …

This week we explored the country of Nigeria. We: Colored the Flag of Nigeria Read Fascinating Facts Colored a worksheet on facts of Nigeria Made a Nigerian recipe, Banana Fritters, for our ethnic cooking project. Conducted an open-air market like t…

We learned about Israel's unit of currency, the New Israeli Shekel (NIS), when we studied Israel ; but, today we learned more about the kinds of shakah-leem (shekels) and practiced by exchanging them in our very own open-air market! The market was a proje…

Day 1: Read aloud - Escape from the Slave Traders Ch. 8-9 Overview of human geography: population, lifestyles, languages, education and religious beliefs Completed a graph on population growth in Africa Used information to mark the locations of important cit…