New York, New York!

Ok- I wish this was a post saying we get to visit New York....but I guess we'll just have to learn about it instead.

Bug did his study last week on New York. What a fun project! The state studies are going well, Bug's enjoying his studies, and he's learning independently- and learning how to find out about what he's interested in. :D

He did his worksheet on New York- learned the basic facts, Then he researched the Native American Indian Tribes that lived there. He also learned about he first settlers. He had to find 10 interesting people who lived in New York and do a report on one of them- He picked Lou Gehrig. (We read a great Childhood of Famous Americans book on him for our Boys Club last month.)

He read 2 books that happened in New York- Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing and My Side of the Mountain.

He found 10 native plants and 10 native animals and drew pictures of one of each. He found out what is produced in the state, how many temples are in the state (2) and researched 10 interesting places and did a report on one- The Statue of Liberty.

He drew a map of New York Labeling the Counties and the places he'd like to visit.But his most impressive project of all was his Empire State Building- made to scale out of paper.

He's pretty pleased with his project! It ended up being taller than he was! He used this site to help him with the measurements- 1 mm on the papertoys model was equal to 1 cm on his model.