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I couldn't wait any longer! So, we went ahead and have begun, and we have had so much fun this week!!! Now, I know first hand what all the fuss is about! I absolutely love the fact that I know that I have covered everything with the kids and still have time to clean my house and get dinner on the table.

Check out my blog for more pictures and details of our week.

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LeAnna

I loved reading about your week! Your kids all looked like they had so much fun!

So fun! Love the pictures!

And I LOVE that you gave yourself a "school" name! That is great!

Oh Leanna,

I absolutely LOVED your share! I LOVE HOD! I'll post my share this weekend

Looks like you had a great week. I love your blog! Thanks for sharing.

Gina

Hi LeAnna,

Looks like everything has come together so well! The pictures are great!

Candice

we've just completed our first week in beyond. it is really wonderful!! (not that i expected anything different.) we are all loving it! with our 3 month old, we're still totally without routine, which makes it hard to accomplish anything (at least for me), but we're slowly chipping away at it!

annegirl,

I'm so glad that you've had a good start! It will keep on getting better and better as you hit your stride! Those new babes are SO precious, but they keep us on an ever-changing schedule for awhile, don't they!

Thanks for sharing!

Blessings,
Carrie

What was YOUR week Like?

You can post:

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c- A written synopsis
d- Your favorite memory
e- Anything you want that shares your HOD excitement!

We had a GREAT week with Beyond! (Unit 5)

Story Time


This is a GREAT book for the adventure Genre. It takes place during the Revolutionary war. Ellen Toliver is a little girl who has lost her father and has a brother fighting for the patriots. She and her mother move in with her Grandfather the town barber who also happens to be a patriot spy! While coming home one morning he falls and hurts his ankle. Timid, scared little Ellen has to disguise herself as a boy and take a secret message that her mother baked into a loaf of bread to General Washington. This story is about how one little girl finds out what she's made of as she steps WAY out of her comfort zone on this quest for her country!


We decided to add an activity to help solidify our story. I had the boys write a message to their dad.


We then rolled it up...,


Wrapped them in parchment paper...,


Then baked them in our homemade bread!




Dinner time! Dad cutting the bread!






History



Check out my blog for full details! The boys are having a blast as we stop off in Holland on our way to America!


The boys listening to each others hearts. Check out the blog for full details!

It was such a wonderfully FULL week! You can see all the pictures and get all the scoop on my blog! http://homeschoolblogger.com/MamaMary/562354/

wow Mary I didn't realize you were only a few weeks ahead of us in Beyond. I'm thinking of reading A Lion to Guard us for adventure.

but we just finished week 2 of Beyond and more found here http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/noahsmom/562825/

off to start week 3

skillet04 wrote:wow Mary I didn't realize you were only a few weeks ahead of us in Beyond. I'm thinking of reading A Lion to Guard us for adventure.

but we just finished week 2 of Beyond and more found here http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/noahsmom/562825/

off to start week 3

Yes, we are starting Unit 6! I had begun the year with "Bigger" and then switched down to "Beyond" as it was a better fit. I loved reading your week in review! Great blog pics

We did Unit 23 (LHFHG) last week and had so much fun learning about the Pilgrims. We read "The Pilgrims of Plymouth" as our supplementary history and even my 3 year old enjoyed it with us. We also read "Pochahontas", but that was not as much of a hit. My son had been asking to read more during school time so I started looking for books on the supplementary history list.

I think it hit home how long it took the "Mayflower" when we did the activity with the two sheets of paper. At first my older son started really neat putting the paper right in front of the other and than he started putting it as far as he could step. I got to explain that sometimes things just can not be rushed.

Please tell about the book a "Lion to Guard" us when you are finished. I just found it this past weekend at the Goodwill bookstore. We will start BLHFHG in November.

Sandra, can I just say that I LOVE your floors?! They are beautiful and your chair guard too! Thank you for sharing about your week!

We had another good and fun week. Check it out in more detail on the blog!
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/holyhart/564292/