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Doodle and I have been reading a bit about World War II lately. He's suddenly into all things war- he bought a army hat for dress-ups with his "tokens" (our token system is a post for another day) He's been playing with the little green army men, and tanks, and thinking I'd better hit him with the lessons while he's interested - we "rowed" A New Coat for Anna this past week. We learned about Post World War II Germany- and read Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot- about the Candy Bomber dropping candy into Germany to the children there. Also we read Don't you know there's a War on? We put World War II into our timeline book -and talked briefly about some key points of the war. (How do you explain such horrors as war, atomic bombs, and concentration camps to a first grader? I guess you just keep it simple!)
Doodle practing some measuring- we talked about how the tailor measured Anna to make a pattern for her coat- so Doodle practiced measuring some things, and reading 2-digit numbers.
Doodle learned about weaving- and waved this placemat. It was blue and lellow" so Roo loved it.
We also learned about Sheep and Wool-we read Farmer Brown Shears his Sheep and the process it takes to turn the fleece from the sheep into blankets and shirts. This is a cool resource we got from Pendleton Wool.
2 comments:
What a great unit!
Ooo, we'll be rowing this one soon ourselves. What a great idea to tie in some World War II, our "soon to be eighter" would like that. He's been intrigued by way since rowing Grandfather's Journey.. I agree.. how do you explain such horrific things. They see it through such a different light.
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