Week Two of School

The new morning routine Drew instigated is awesome.  I am surely the main beneficiary which means we all are blessed!  I am trying to center our school day around an event or character in history using the Veritas Press History cards.  We started with Prince Henry the Navigator last week and were supposed to cover Christopher Columbus this week.  My plan is to use history as a springboard for a science activity or experiment.  For Prince Henry the Navigator we made a homemade compass.  For Christopher Columbus we are studying the constellations. Today is reward day for week two and I hope it is a clear night as we plan to stay up late and see how many constellations we can name.  We got a good book from the library called "The Kids Book of the Night Sky" by Ann Love and Jane Drake.  Mary made a planisphere which was one of the projects in the book.  A planisphere is a 365 day map of the night sky.