Sonlight Core B (or 1): Week 4

Why did Sonlight have to change core names on me? That's so confusing...though I'm sure there's a method to their madness. Well, whatever the case, here's my list of hands-on activities we'll be doing for Core B's fourth week. (And I should note, I'm using the 5 day schedule, but only schooling for 4 days each week. Thus, ever so slowly, my weeks are becoming different than Sonlight's weeks!)

Peoples of the World / Houses & Homes:

• During breakfast, listen to a variety of world music and discuss the different sounds! Spanish guitar, Arabic Ud, Sitar, Bagpipes, Indonesian xylophone, African drums
• Watch video of flamenco dancing.
• Notebooking: Put different types of houses on the timelines.
• Use modeling clay and construct some houses for show & tell!
• Mud is everywhere! Easy for anyone to build with. Create some mud bricks in ice trays. Put them in the sun to dry. Later, use them to make a structure.
• As we learn about tents in Houses and Homes, we can also read this go-along - Amelia Bedelia Goes Camping  

Animals of the World

• Watch video about baby loggerhead turtles
• Read One Tiny Turtle
• Give each girl 8 cards, each containing one of the living things from the science game below.
• Play Food Chain Game. Let them both click on the living things.
• Then, as read about each of the animals, have them lay out their cards to represent who eats who in the food chain. Then finish the online game. 
• Play Camouflage game