TRAIN DEMONSTRATION – DAY 95 of PROJECT 365

Homeschool Co-op
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Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at PhotobucketJosh’s last presenation was on the History of Travel by Land. He started out with information on the wagon wheel and moved through history telling about the development of axles, iron rails, and steam engines. He ended his demonstration with information on modern railroads and showed this model train setup.

Dorothy,
Yes. It’s a public speaking assignment. Every third week each of the kids in the MG (3rd-4th grade) group gives a presentation. It can be on anything they chose as long as it pertains to the timeline. FYI, you can make almost ANYTHING (even sports) pertain to the timeline if you do some research.

It’s been fun to see the kids’ confidence progress as we’ve gone through the year! Having a group to present to on a regular basis is one of the *many* benefits we’ve had through our co-op experience.

Country Living
COON “HUNTIN”

Early this morning our dog went crazy with barking and howling.  After the sun rose, we found out what all the commotion had been about as he pointed us toward a coon he had treed during the night! Mid morning the boys decided they needed to take care of the …

Grandkids - Charlie
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HARDWARE STORE

Uncle Josh and nephew, Charlie, cruising the hardware store aisles while Amanda and I shopped for tile for their entryways.   

Kids - Josh
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SKYVIEW GAME

Tonight’s game against Skyview was quite intense right up until the very last second!  Each team was back and forth all night taking the lead and slipping behind by a few.  The last minute continued in this same way.  In the last 8 seconds we were behind by 1 point …