ECC Weeks 1-4 Intro & U.S.A. - A Recap of Our 2010-2011 School Year in Pictures

We used My Father's World Exploring Countries and Cultures program for our 2010-2011 school year.

WEEKS 1 & 2 - Intro

The first two weeks of our year started with an introduction to maps and globes.

One of our first assignments was to show how difficult it is to make a round globe appear flat.  The activity called for drawing the continents on a mandarin orange.  Then cutting it and laying it flat.  We substituted the orange with an inexpensive rubber ball from Wal Mart.

Our science in the first week included the study of niches.  We created an earthworm's niche as you see below.  Our worms started doing their thing and burrowing through the dirt but they never made it past the sand layer.  I don't know if I made that layer too thick or what.  It was still quite interesting and kids love anything involving anything slimy and squishy.

 For our second week's science we studied oxygen and water cycles.  We demonstrated the water cycle by planting grass in a glass jar, closing the lid and placing the jar in a warm location.

We celebrated our conclusion of week 2 with our version of a world cake.  Not the prettiest ever but as you can tell by my children's mouths, one of the tastiest.  ;)

WEEKS 3 & 4 - United States

For weeks 3 and 4 we studied the United States.  Our art included my versions of and Early American Quilt and Navajo Sand Painting.

The quilts consisted of red and blue felt pieces with holes punched in each corner, white yarn cut in about 6" lengths for each corner and felt star stickers from Joanns.  All the kids had to do was tie the corners together with the pieces of yarn and decorate the front with felt stickers.

The sand art consisted of sticker paper and colored sand from Michael's.

Mexico and Canada are up next.