MFW ECC Week 15 - France

"Although silhouette art was part of the Roman culture, the French are credited with the side view or profile view of a person's head and shoulder" Global Art (page 82).  Neither of my girls wanted to sit still long enough to trace each other so we decided to take a picture of the silhouette on the wall rather draw it.  We'll attempt the silhouette drawing in two years during our Rome to Reformation school year.  

            

This week we added Exploring Creation with Zoology 3: Land Animals of the Sixth Day (Apologia Science) to spice up our science time.  We are enjoying this book and looking forward to this addition.    

Katelyn's Summary:
We created a M&M habitat with orange, brown, and green construction paper. The orange and green M&M’s blended in, or camouflaged the best. The red and blue ones were the easiest to spot. If the M&M’ could reproduce the orange and green ones would reproduce faster. The red and blue ones would die off and become extinct because predators would find them. This is an example of natural selection. Animals that survive in a habitat reproduce faster. (Activity from Exploring Creation with Zoology 3: Land Animals of the Sixth Day). 

We chose French crepes for our cooking activity.  We all gave it a 2 thumbs up. We enjoyed our French Crepes with strawberries and maple syrup.   A new family tradition has started, making French Crepes on Bastille Day!  

French Crepe Recipe

3eggs, lightly beaten, 

 1 1/3 cups milk, 

 2 tablespoons butter, melted, 

 1 cup all-purpose flour, 

 2 tablespoons white sugar, 

 1/4 teaspoon salt, 

1/2 tsp. of vanilla, 

cinnamon 

1. Combine ingredients in the bowl and whisk together   

2.  Heat a lightly oiled frying pan over medium high heat. Spoon 2-3 Tbs. into pan.  Spread batter as thinly as possible.   Cook 1-2 minutes on each side. Serve immediately.  

Mom's Media Links:

European Cities	Classifying Animals	Kingdom Classification

   

What We Learned:

• Geography
  
  
  Download Coloring Paris template
  
• Exploring World Geography:  Mountains (79) & Cities (90)
• Geography From A to Z Vocabulary:  River &  rapids           
    
    

• Science


• Balance of nature is when producers and consumers are in equilibrium.
• Natural Selection is when animals that are best suited for an environment reproduce while those that cannot protect themselves become extinct.   
• Book of Animals - Classifying Animals 272 -277 
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• Bible
• Memory Verse: Matthew 11:28
• Read Matthew chapters 10:21-11:30
• Gypsies- Window on the World
• Hero Tales
• "Faith is the ability to leave unfinished work in God's hands." 
• "Patience is knowing that, in the long run, God's work will be done, in spite of obstacles and setbacks." 
• "Vision is seeing beyond 'the way things are' to what needs to be done."
  Download Mama Jenn's Hero Tales copy work
  
  
• Art
• Magformer Eiffel Tower & Global Art Profile Silhouette (82)
• Spanish
• We use Duolingo.com  
• Duolingo is a fun, free, & fantastic learning tool. 
• Much of the learning happens in the form of quizzes, which switch between testing speaking, listening, and writing. The grammar and sentence constructions become progressively difficult as you go along. It keeps reviewing previously learned words, allowing you to progress from basic words all the way through various verb tenses and abstract ideas. 
• We love that we can compare progress with our friends through Facebook
• Book Basket/ Read-Aloud

    

Curriculum for Exploring Countries & Cultures