MFW EX1850: Week Five

This week found us reading more about the early settlers...those in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.  We continued to work on the Pilgrim activities in the History Pockets:Life in Plymouth Colony book and the boys had fun choosing their occupation and designing their own store signs:

We also talked about quilt making and the boys colored patterned quilt squares and glued them together to form a paper quilt.

We were supposed to do these Indian games last week and squeezed them into this week instead.  In this one, we played Twig Toss using a craft stick.  You start with the stick on the back of your hand, toss it in the air and catch it in the palm of your hand.  I think we were supposed to use two hands, which would have made it much easier.  Next time I'll read the instructions better.  It was challenging, but we still had a lot of fun with it and caught it a few times.

In this next game, Almond Toss, you mark one side each of six almonds and place them into a bowl.  Toss them into the air, catch them in the bowl again, and for every almond that lands with its marked side up, you get a stick (or a toothpick in our case) to keep track of points.

Gabe won!

We finished up the history pockets book with a letter "home" from Plymouth to England.  In our home, I let the boys be creative and silly a lot as long as they are getting the basics of writing down.  And they love to be silly.

This fun little activity was an example of entertainment for children back in the day.  It's a simple little game where you pulled a lever and the geese went back and forth, snacking on the bush in between them.  My boys all thought it was pretty fun too (for a little while anyways).

Math.  Not Christopher's favorite subject but he likes it a bit more when he gets to use cool math tools.

And finally...Leah makes several requests a day to do preschool until I either make time to do BFIAR with her or I find her some worksheet to do school with while I'm doing school with the boys.

I hope your week was great!