History: This week the kids are both reading the same book.
Literature: 
The kids are both reading this for literature this week.
The kids are both reading this for literature this week.World View:
Writing: This week Annsley is working on her outlining skills. She is taking five sections of the history book and making an outline from them. Seth is working on writing a compare/contrast essay and he will write an essay on the similarities and differences between Ancient China and the Ancient Indus Valley civilization.
Here are the kids trying to pick up a candy-corn with chopsticks. (Yes, I'm trying to get rid of the Halloween candy! :-)) You can also see a glimpse of the lapbook we did today. We learned the Chinese numbers and made a number book where we wrote different things from China. I kind of modified the idea from the Enchanted Learning Chinese Number book.
Next we made paper. I think this is a fascinating process and I'm amazed at how well it works. I found a paper-making kit at a garage sale 5 years ago and we did this same project the last time we did Ancient History. First you make the "slurry", a pulpy, watery mixture of cotton, torn paper (and other things). Next you use the little screen to strain the water out. Turn it onto a towel and let it dry.
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