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Schilter Family Farm

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We took a day off from school to enjoy a new pumpkin patch , Schilter Family Farm 🎃
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It was so much fun! It is a beautiful location and well laid out. We were able to do the corn maze , which was Top Gun themed and the maze was cut into jets .. so cool! I really appreciated that they had a Q code of the maze so you could find your way out of there within a reasonable time . There are some mazes that I feel like we are in forever so this was a great option.
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We also enjoyed riding the tractor . It dropped us right in front of the pumpkin patch and we were able to pick a pumpkin.


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Another fun treat we enjoyed were some Apple cider doughnuts and a cup of yummy apple cider. Delicious! It was the perfect treat to end our time at the pumpkin patch .

You can visit them online ⬇️ https://schilterfamilyfarm.com

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American Girl Doll History~McKenna Brooks

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What better doll to start with on our new doll lineup then McKenna Brooks. She is from Seattle , Washington and dreams of being a gold medalist on the Olympic team . She loves gymnastics but really struggles with reading . As her story unfolds , she is teamed up with a tutor, Josie. As her friendship develops with Josie, we see McKenna grow in maturity and we see how they both help each other in their friendship .. so good!
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We also learned about the history of the Olympics and gymnastics.
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We added our sticker to Washington State for the geography of where Mckenna lived .
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Our craft for Mckenna was a balance beam for our dolls. This was such a fun project ! We started by wrapping the beams in colorful duct tape. Some of the students decided to leave them unwrapped so their friends could sign them. The students also had the opportunity to hammer their legs onto their balance beam.Thankfully no one hammered their fingers .


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Our Tea party was the highlight! We had Oreo cookie medallions .. Yumm! And Cheeto torches made out of icecream cones. So cute!



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And we had lots of opportunities to shop! The students earned class money from doing homework pages . I have attached them below ⬇️


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Spring Farmers Market

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Our Homeschool Coop hosted a Farmers Market this past week and the littles had fun making items for it.
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We made pickles , dirt cups, wood swords, s’mores bars and I had several Mickey Mouse Keychains leftover from the 5k we did do I took those also.

It was fun to see the littles take inventory and sell their items. They were so excited when something would sell.
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Overall, it was a fun successful event. The littles are learning valuable business skills and having fun as they do⭐️

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Marie-Grace~American Girl Doll History class⭐️

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Marie-Grace & Cecile from @americangirlbrand was one of our Dolls of the Month.
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The story takes place in 1853 in New Orleans and is full of history, an epidemic, and a friendship that transcended all social barriers at that time.

Most of the people in New Orleans at that time spoke French so it was fun learning a little french and speaking it at our tea party.

For our tea party we served chocolate drizzled croissants , scones and walnuts ( for our take on pralines)

We played a game from American Girl instead of doing the vocabulary bingo and the girls loved it!

The girls then decorated masquerade mask for their dolls and for themselves.

Such a fun day!
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Resource links below ⬇️


http://web.archive.org/web/20140815135703if_/http://www.americangirlpublishing.com/media/Spring2012/AG_CM_CostumeSearch.pdf

http://web.archive.org/web/20140815135712if_/http://www.americangirlpublishing.com/media/Spring2012/AG_CM_Fans.pdf

http://web.archive.org/web/20140815135724if_/http://www.americangirlpublishing.com/media/Spring2012/AG_CM_FrenchLesson.pdf

http://web.archive.org/web/20140815135748if_/http://www.americangirlpublishing.com/media/Spring2012/AG_CM_TheaterNight.pdf

http://web.archive.org/web/20130829071546if_/http://www.americangirlpublishing.com:80/media/Spring2012/Mystery%20Event%20Kit%202012/CrossGrid.pdf

http://web.archive.org/web/20130829071845if_/http://www.americangirlpublishing.com:80/media/Spring2012/Mystery%20Event%20Kit%202012/CircusSquares.pdf

http://4littlepiglets.blogspot.com/2013/03/american-girl-lapbook.html?m=1

http://www.usa-printables.com/50_States/LA/la-pics/louisiana-map-01.gif

Click to access history-of-new-orleans.pdf


http://allfreeprintable.com/cont/gms/pdf/mardigr-triv.pdf

http://web.archive.org/web/20140815135734if_/http://www.americangirlpublishing.com/media/Spring2012/AG_CM_MarketGame.pdf

Click to access Cecile%20Marie%20Grace_reader_guide.pdf

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Teaching Time with Lego

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Teaching time is so much fun with @lego @legoeducation ⭐️
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They are the perfect size math manipulative and are a great way to teach the students there are 60 minutes in 1 hour.

I set the clocks to different times and had the students tell me the time displayed. I then had the students set the times I called out. It was a great way to practice reading clocks and it was super easy to implement ⏱Double win!!

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Maryellen~American Girl Doll History

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Last year we learned about Maryellen @americangirlbrand in our American Girl Doll History class.

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There were so many things happening in the world during Maryellen’s life .She grew up in the time following WW2, she was a polio survivor , there was a space race and Cold War happening ..so many big things and changes.We had lots of fun discussion. 

For our craft, the girls made  these super simple poodle skirts .They coordinated with their dolls and with just a bit of hot glue looked awesome! Check here for full tutorial

http://www.obseussed.com/2011/05/make-no-sew-poodle-skirt.html

For our Teaparty , we had icecream sundaes…yummm! The perfect treat to wrap up learning about Maryellen.

Below are a few of the printables I used ⬇️Enjoy⭐️

Click to access c2cc978e3f190497bf43c49dbe84a214

Click to access AL_11008_OL_Helicopter.pdf

Click to access AL_11008_OL_BlankPostcard.pdf

Click to access AL_11008_OL_ActivityBooklet.pdf


Sputnik space race

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Happy PI Day ⭐️

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Happy PI Day ⭐️
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Such a fun day to celebrate math,especially when it falls on one of our coop days ⭐️
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The elementary students had fun learning about PI with oreo cookies and the jr/sr high learned with pies.. Yumm!!
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Our family gets to finish the day off with pizza 🍕 for dinner ⭐️
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Who knew learning math could be so delicious ⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Do you have a special way of celebrating PI day? If so , share below ⬇️

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Stacking Spiders

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Stack the spider was a fun dice game we played for math.🕷
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The little’s competed rolling the dice and seeing who could get the most spiders or bats on their straw before we ran out or the straw was full.
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It was fun to see how competitive they were and how fast they stacked them…perfect game for fall🍁

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