Christopher Columbus Day 7

This is the last day of our Christopher Columbus Unit.  Today we reviewed a lot of map skills that we learned throughout this unit.  We have come to the end of our Christopher Columbus Unit.  There are many more lessons in Hands on History Christopher Columbus by Mary Tucker that we didn’t do.  Be sure to look through… Continue reading Christopher Columbus Day 7

Christopher Columbus Day 5

Today we explored with Columbus farther South to Cuba and Haiti. We also learned about his return to Spain after his discovery of the New World and what a Coat of Arms is. We learned about another landform, mountains.   The boys had fun making a mountain cake and eating it! 1. Review: read “A New World” on… Continue reading Christopher Columbus Day 5

Christopher Columbus Day 3

On this day we learned about Columbus’ 3 ships the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria.  We learned what life was like for the sailors on the ships and actually measure out how big the ships were.  J also learned about navigation in Columbus’ time and  got to explore outside with a compass. 1. Review: read “At Home… Continue reading Christopher Columbus Day 3

Christopher Columbus Day 1

For the first day of our Christopher Columbus unit study we became more acquainted with his early life.  We learned that he was from Italy over 500 years ago and that he loved to sail.  We read a little from the book Columbus by Ingri and Edgar Parin D’Aulaire each day of this unit. 1. Read: pages 4-13 in Columbus by… Continue reading Christopher Columbus Day 1