The Olympics are not just in Vancover

Ryan has been inspired by the Olympics as only Ryan can be. Homemade snowboard and skis, his brother's snowboard helmet and a carpet.!

Why do I love homeschooling

Because of mornings like this one! The other day we read the book Around The World in 80 Days for children and it inspired us to start our own journey. Ryan had a great time looking at our map of the world and pointing out where we were to go! Whew we will be busy.

We headed to the library and checked out books on Egypt,Spain,Great Britian and Ireland.

This morning we watched a PBS video called Pyramids hosted by David Macualay. It is very informative and easy to understand for kids. Some of it we learned from our Story of the World cd we have been listening to.

This inspired us to create our own pyramid. The Pharos and his queen

The tomb inside

complete with mummy
and hieroglyphics on the wall
and a sphinx guarding the tomb

We spent the entire morning learning and creating! THat is why I love homeschooling. We can complete a project from start to finish. This also inspired Ryan to head to the computer and create pyramids in photoshop and has a very cool pic started!

Just a side note - we have been working very hard this month on reading and math so this was a great break for us!