Here’s a collage of several projects that we did this year.
The first one is a model of the cell of an animal.
We also had fun dyeing a cloth purple by using grapeskins.
We experimented with different kinds of arrow heads. Of course, we wished 
we had the real ones, but our construction paper heads did work- some better than others.
We did a mini-unit on China, focusing on inventions. Joy helped carve Chinese characters for “person”, “forest” and “big” on pencil erasers. Then, we dipped a cotton bud into black calligraphy ink and painted them on the “printing blocks”. We also made paper by using torn-up magazines, water, bits of foil and thread. I haven’t got a picture of that though.
Joy made some paper-dolls and presented a story to the family. Grace decided that it was easier to use her “baby” as a minor character . I thought they were lovely!
10/10/2009 at 6:57 am Permalink
The animal cell looks…gooey. What did you use for the green liquid? Water and coloring?
How long did it take to get than much grape skin for the dye?
Joshua of Tyatora
12/10/2009 at 9:28 am Permalink
Green jelly accounts for the gooeyness.
We soaked the cloth in grapeskin solution overnight. The next day, we dried it under a fan.