Beavers are busy, and so are we!

Okay I am gonna hit you with a bunch of pics! thanks to my new camera and of course doing things worthy of taking the pictures in the first place!

YEAH!!!!!!!

So we are doing Rodentia in science... for you non science minded people that is rodents... mice, rabbits, moles, schrews, beavers, rats!

We did most of our study on beavers... I am trying to pick one or two animals from each chapter to put a lot of focus on! I am also trying to add things for Emily to do to get out of the science that is really TOOOOOOO advanced for her! Also to help Matt and Kate get more of the hands on that they need!

So on to our Beaver unit:

My mom helped the girls make Beaver lodges! They are awesome!

I had to give you a close up of the beaver pushing the branch in the water... do you see his hands! I LOVE IT!!!

Emily worked on the copywork- Beavers are Busy Builders.

Our character training word for last week was Diligence so we focused on the fact that Beavers are such hard workers!!! They are busy.

We also learned the poem Idle Hands, becasue we have been having trouble getting in trouble when we have nothing better to do so we talked about being busy keeps the devils mischief at bay!

Emily also made a beaver mask and Kaitlin made an awesome beaver tail! So it made a cute costume!

We studied about beavers and different rodents from our Jonathan Parks Goes to the Zoo!

We LOVE this series and we love this particular one. It give quick, GODLY facts about animals and how and why they were made and how different animals show what an awesome God we have!

We read Paddy the Beaver

We did lots of other beaver activities, worksheets. We even go to watch a Beaver IMAX and see like Beaver bites at Martin Dies State Park.

The kids studies the anatomy and bone structure of a beaver. Kaitlin did an awesome job of drawing it...

Okay I had a picture of this to post and now it is lost!!!!!!!!!! It was awesome though.. If I find it later I will post.

So anyway...... beaver unit done!