We are finishing up Another Celebrated Dancing Bear this week. I am actually a little sad to be moving on because I have enjoyed this book so much and we’ve both learned so much! I came up with last minute project idea that we did this afternoon. While studying Russia, we learned about Faberge eggs, which are very expensive jeweled eggs that were made for the czars. I thought it might be fun to let Elliot create his own. I got a wooden egg and some craft “jewels” at Hobby Lobby. He had so much fun! It also got him interested in the names of gemstones, so I looked those up and we talked about that as well. By the end of the project he was referring to many of the jewels, like rubies, emeralds, and diamonds by name. It’s so fun when we learn something I had not planned on teaching (never would have occurred to me). I’m discovering that’s a big part of homeschooling….if you just follow the interest of your child, they will end up learning so much!
