Well now we've been through the first 2 levels of American Heritage Girls already. I haven't been diligent with this blog but any memories I save here when you add them all together at the end of 13 years...it will seem like a lot so I'm satisfied.
Our first meeting of the school year went off without a hitch, we started our meeting with me teaching the girls more about prayer and how to pray. Then they submitted anonymous prayer requests on slips of paper (that I did not read aloud) and we prayed together for the needs of the girls in the group. Some of the girls wrote down lots of requests!
Afterwards we went down to the kitchen to learn about cooking. We made super healthy muffins and we put a secret ingredient in...baby food sweet potatoes! The girls all screamed but they absolutely loved the muffins. Then we wrote out the scientific method in our journals and applied it to what we thought would happen if we put eggs in vinegar overnight. Of course I came prepared with two eggs that has already been soaking in vinegar for a tad over 24 hours, the acid in the vinegar dissolved the eggshell! The uncooked egg you could practically see through the membrane, which stayed in tact, and the hard boiled egg could be bounced. The girls took home their own set of eggs in vinegar to see for themselves.
Our next meeting is going to be a trip to Sur le Table in Rookwood Commons, a cookwares store I love.
Friday, September 10, 2010
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Christmas Party!
Well the year has been going great so far! We've taken a couple of field trips, we visited the historical replica ships of the Nina and Pinta when they sailed into Newport back in September. The girls loved getting on actual ships, we were even lucky enough to get one of the men who sail the ship to give us a tour and explain what we were seeing! He was fabulous! He even told us how the men on the ship got their jobs, what their work entailed and how they lived below deck. It was really cool.
We also went on a field trip to help the girls who were new earn their Golf Badge. Jackie has already earned it so she got an activity patch instead.
We've earned the World Heritage Badge together this year, now THAT was fun. The first meeting of the year was all about Japan and I brought in a Bento Box filled with foods and treats. Plus I had Steve go to Ban Thai and pick up some take-out sushi for the girls to see. Some California rolls and also salmon. The next country was Morocco and we ate cous cous and had ginger cookies. I put some Moroccan spices in a crock pot and the room smelled delicious!
The next two countries were Australia and Germany, but I combined those into one meeting. Last meeting we started the Photography badge. I had Steve hook my laptop up to my projector so I could project the images I wanted to talk about onto the wall for the girls to see well. They had a hard time paying attention, and Jackie herself was a little too excitable to sit still, so when I review I'm going to think of a fun way to reteach this information. We are having to split the badge between the first meeting of December to the first meeting of January and there's no way they'll remember. I'll make a pictorial "quiz" for them.
Now today is a Christmas party, just for the class! Everything is always so structured so they can achieve, and that's great, but today is all about unstructured fun. I'm going to set up game stations, and card playing stations, craft stations, fingernail polishing, coloring, Christmas movie watching...and I need to come up with a group game or two that we could play to start the day. I'll end the day by reading them The Legend of the Candy Cane and giving them small candy canes to eat while I read. This should be a blast for them! Just some unstructured fun time, that's what it's all about today.
We also went on a field trip to help the girls who were new earn their Golf Badge. Jackie has already earned it so she got an activity patch instead.
We've earned the World Heritage Badge together this year, now THAT was fun. The first meeting of the year was all about Japan and I brought in a Bento Box filled with foods and treats. Plus I had Steve go to Ban Thai and pick up some take-out sushi for the girls to see. Some California rolls and also salmon. The next country was Morocco and we ate cous cous and had ginger cookies. I put some Moroccan spices in a crock pot and the room smelled delicious!
The next two countries were Australia and Germany, but I combined those into one meeting. Last meeting we started the Photography badge. I had Steve hook my laptop up to my projector so I could project the images I wanted to talk about onto the wall for the girls to see well. They had a hard time paying attention, and Jackie herself was a little too excitable to sit still, so when I review I'm going to think of a fun way to reteach this information. We are having to split the badge between the first meeting of December to the first meeting of January and there's no way they'll remember. I'll make a pictorial "quiz" for them.
Now today is a Christmas party, just for the class! Everything is always so structured so they can achieve, and that's great, but today is all about unstructured fun. I'm going to set up game stations, and card playing stations, craft stations, fingernail polishing, coloring, Christmas movie watching...and I need to come up with a group game or two that we could play to start the day. I'll end the day by reading them The Legend of the Candy Cane and giving them small candy canes to eat while I read. This should be a blast for them! Just some unstructured fun time, that's what it's all about today.
Monday, August 31, 2009
Ice Cream Social Open House!
Tonight is the Ice Cream Social open house and I am so excited for the new year! I've been thinking about what I want to do with the girls, and there were some things we didn't get the time to do this summer that I want to do...this is going to be a great year! I can't believe the girls are already in 3rd grade!!!!!!! I know how fast time flies with Candy graduating last year and I plan to be more diligent about posting her activities here.
So tonight is sign-up night and tomorrow is our first meeting. Today I'm going to plan the badges I will be working on through May, a rough outline. That worked for me last year, and having an idea of what I'm doing is helpful for those times when I come across fun activities to incorporate. I'll add a picture later on!
So tonight is sign-up night and tomorrow is our first meeting. Today I'm going to plan the badges I will be working on through May, a rough outline. That worked for me last year, and having an idea of what I'm doing is helpful for those times when I come across fun activities to incorporate. I'll add a picture later on!
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Need to be more diligent with this blog!!!!
Yesterday we learned more about manners, this time we went over introductions and we also talked about the kinds of manners children from 100 years ago were to use. They thought that was pretty funny. For example children had to bow when they entered a room with their parents or other adults. And they had to refer to address their parents as "Sir" or "Madam". What became very frustrating to me was the fact that I found it very hard to find websites that would give me very much really good information about manners for children out there. I found a zillion that were selling something but very few that told me what I needed to know. I need to remedy that myself! LOL
But the girls had fun.
We also had a tea party on Sunday. Jackie really loved that!
But the girls had fun.
We also had a tea party on Sunday. Jackie really loved that!
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Meeting Today...Etiquette!
We started the Social Skills and Etiquette Badge. I read a Madeline book about manners, everything from introductions, greetings, how to handle receiving and thanking for gifts...all that jazz.
Then I taught them in depth telephone etiquette which was surprisingly very difficult for them! But most of them don't answer the telephone at home yet and they are just starting to call friends so this was a great time to start this badge. I found a great website with etiquette rules I used: A to Z of Manners and Etiquette
The girls had so much fun practicing with phones mom and I brought in to use!
Then I taught them in depth telephone etiquette which was surprisingly very difficult for them! But most of them don't answer the telephone at home yet and they are just starting to call friends so this was a great time to start this badge. I found a great website with etiquette rules I used: A to Z of Manners and Etiquette
The girls had so much fun practicing with phones mom and I brought in to use!
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Cooking Badge
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#3 February 3, 2009 Jackie made cupcakes and tonight she decorated them for a family night treat (and for her doll Tika's birthday). She used measuring spoons, mixing bowls, measuring cup, an icing press with interchangeable tips for decorating.
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#3 February 3, 2009 Jackie made cupcakes and tonight she decorated them for a family night treat (and for her doll Tika's birthday). She used measuring spoons, mixing bowls, measuring cup, an icing press with interchangeable tips for decorating.
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