Fleur de Lis Homeschool Blog: July 21-25th, 2013 SL- Core E- Week 32- Beatrix Potter Week

Thursday, July 25, 2013

July 21-25th, 2013 SL- Core E- Week 32- Beatrix Potter Week

I will add more pictures in later~

July 21-25th, 2013

SL- Core E- Week 32-

Beatrix Potter Week

We did something SUPER FUN this week, and very different than anything we have ever done before. Thanks for the family we worked together with!!!! We had so much fun!! We combined with another hs family to do a "Unit Study" together on the fabulous Beatrix Potter.

Here is a link to the other family's blog--with their pictures of our week together:

Blackberry Rambles

(you can click on the above "Blackberry Rambles" to go to her blog and see her pictures!)

She titled the post "Beatrix Potter Summer School" July 30, 2013

Each day had different things set up to do--here is a run down of our unique week:

Monday:

Slide Biography (with Tea!) on the Life and Times of Beatrix; focusing on her early years. We read aloud: Peter Rabbit, Squirrel Nutkin, Tailor of Gloucester, and Benjamin Bunny.Art time to draw and/or paint. Then we all went to Eagle Creek Park- Nature Center- and saw TONS of great things there! Frogs, Snakes, bugs, trees, plants, rocks....you name it---bee's, skinks...GREAT day!

Tuesday:

Slide Biography(with tea!) on Beatrix's Life and Times, focusing on her young adulthood, art, and holidays. We read aloud: Tale of Two Bad Mice, Mrs. Tiggywinkle, Pie and Pattypan, and assigned Mr. Jeremy Fisher for homework. Then we went to the "Secret Beach" at their neighborhood creek! She pictures below!!! Too much fun!! This part was Dd's FAVORITE part of the whole week, btw!

Wednesday:
Slide Biography (with tea!) on Beatrix's Life and Times, focusing on her getting her books published and getting engaged!! (to Norman Warne) We read aloud (while the kids did artwork): Tom Kitten, Jemima Puddleduck, Samuel Whiskers, and saved Fierce Bad Rabbit and Miss Moppet for our homework. Then we drove to the IMA to celebrate Beatrix and David's birthday's. We went to the Oldfields House at the IMA, and enjoyed gardens there that I didn't even know were there. We had an Easter Egg hunt like Victorian's would have at their parties, and played croquet too! It was a great afternoon!!! Below is a few pictures of the MagNiFicent MOTH I had the pleasure of Holding for a Brief moment!!

(IMA--is the Indiana Museum of Art)
The pictures show our time in the gardens playing crochet, egg hunt, and picnic lunch. Then we went to the Oldfield home--which was turned into a museum. This house was to show what it would have been like for Beatrix Potter, who rented houses like this during her summer months in the country with large tracts of property and gardens..during the Victorian period.

Crochet game

Trading candy from the egg hunt--the eggs were plastic eggs filled with candy!

This is the Oldfield home--really beautiful!

Thursday:

Slide Biography (with tea!) on Beatrix's Life and Times, focusing on the Lake District. Then we read aloud while the kids did their artwork: Flopsy Bunnies, The Tale of Ginger and Pickles, Mrs. Tittlemouse, and we left the story of Mr. Tod for homework. Then we had a MAJOR Victorian party meal! Too amazing to imagine-- Cornish Pastries/pie, a whipped airy dessert thing that was a bite of heaven with whipping cream on top and blueberries on top of that, and a mixed salad with all sorts of things in it, and green beans, a potato and yellow squash dish with olive oil and cheeses and tyme---that was delicious! heavenly tea on the side---3 different kids!

Friday:

Slide Biography (with tea!) on Beatrix's Life and Times, focusing on her later years. Then while the kids did their art work we read aloud: The Pigling Bland, Appley Dapply, Johnny Town Mouse, and saved Little Pig Robinson for homework. Then we had another Victorian meal that was amazing!! A Roly Poly dish--it was a bread that she put homemade Whipping Cream and Yokes cooked and then cooled quickly and wisked--what does that make--is it a "Curd"? Oh, boy! That was delicious! It was similar to having ice cream on top of your cake! Very good! This dessert, had flour and fruit jam in a bread roll that was intended for children to eat in the Victorian time period. The meat dish was called something special---but, I can't remember what--very British--a steak with grilled mushrooms in a heavy, dark brown, rich sauce and a crust over the dish. The crust was amazing, the meat was amazing, and the mushrooms were amazing--each element was by itself fantastic; but then when you put them all together it was a symphony in your mouth! R.L. made a cake called Dunder Cake, that had dried fruit in it, and almonds on top of it. There was a dish of cherries, and a dish of grapes, and a dish of shortbread cookies for the younger children. Oh, and I must not forget the peas!! The peas were very good!

After the fantastic meal---which I could have ate and ate and ate on----but didn't!!! Then we went to watch our movie:

Miss Potter Starring Renée Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, Emily Watson, et al.

"Miss Potter"! It was good to watch that movie and see what they deemed important to put in, and what they didn't put in as well! Poor brother Bertram didn't even really show up in the movie besides a quick shot when they were littles.

And this concludes our Unit Study with our friends. I have pages and pages of notes from I took from the other mother, and I have pages and pages of notes I took for my presentations about all the books I presented and read about each day. I may come back and give some of those details later; but not tonight! Thank you so much to our friends for such a great week!!!!

Our Lessons:

Bible:
Starting Strong: Never too Small For God: Chapter 6: COMPLETED this Book!

Math:
TT 5 (Teaching Textbooks) for math this week.
Lessons 35, 36, 37 and a Quiz.

Reader:
The Seventeenth Swap