Grade 3 - Weeks 15 and 16

Country: France
Science: Generals
Bible Verse:

Matthew 9:37b-38


The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.


Matthew 11:28


Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened; and I will give you rest.


Our second stop in Europe is France. Our main project was making an Eiffel tower. I had found some kits last summer and this was a lot easier than doing on our own. However, it was tricky to get all the pieces in place and required a little parental assistance towards the top.

We also made homemade soap. Since we used play-doh cookie cutters it was a lot like doing sugar cookies. Pour the soap, let the girls cut them out, put on pan to dry, pick up scraps and re-melt and start over. By the end the girls had lost interest and I just wanted to be done.

The Geography game is harder for Europe than North or South America. Maybe we just need to play more often.

In science we learned the three main ways that animals defend themselves: flight, trickery, and fight. We sorted animals based on their defense mechanism. We also studies caves. We also learned about animals classifications and turtles and snakes.

We are multiplying by 9 now. Multiplication seems so much easier than addition or subtraction for our girls. Does anyone know why this is?

Since it is Christmas time, we have been doing a lot of Christmas baking. So we talked about how the French like fancy little cookies and cakes and truffles.