Melissa in Australia Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 The school year in Australia starts end of January,so I am right in the tail end of planning. next year will be our Medieval History Cycle. Does anyone have any ideas of some fun things i could add. I as a rule don't do fun, but I have some money left over in my school supply budget. I will only be homeschooling 3 next year , in fact i will only have 3 at home, ds14 and twins almost 7. Something that is aimed close to the twins that ds14 could help them with would be great. I have ordered those cut out castles and villages and thought we could turn a table into a medieval model for a while. I also bought some knight figurines to use for math manipulatives. please help me out as I am no good at fun at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plink Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 I'd pick up a couple cheapo kits to build a trebuchet, catapult, and ballista, and let them figure out which is most efficient at distance, aim, force, etc. If you are also covering the renaissance, anything DaVinci is fun too. There are wooden models of his inventions, puzzles of his paintings and drawings, and all sorts of DIY books out there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherry in OH Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Knight costumes and play swords Mini-marshmalllow catapults 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted December 4, 2017 Author Share Posted December 4, 2017 I'd pick up a couple cheapo kits to build a trebuchet, catapult, and ballista, and let them figure out which is most efficient at distance, aim, force, etc. If you are also covering the renaissance, anything DaVinci is fun too. There are wooden models of his inventions, puzzles of his paintings and drawings, and all sorts of DIY books out there. what great ideas. I will have to search for some sort of AUS source. after changing to AUS dollars and paying international freight they would be close to $100 each. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted December 4, 2017 Author Share Posted December 4, 2017 (edited) I just found a book with instructions on how to build them . that will be great for a project for ds14. thank you for the ideas. Edited December 4, 2017 by Melissa in Australia 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted December 4, 2017 Author Share Posted December 4, 2017 Knight costumes and play swords Mini-marshmalllow catapults thank you for the suggestions. we cannot do play swords. one twin has Nystagmus. if he damages one eye he will be completely blind. I am a bit paranoid of things like sticks and play swards because of this. the marshmallow catapult sounds like fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2_girls_mommy Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 This is our medieval year. Our big projects were building giant castles out of huge cardboard boxes and paper roll insides for the turrets. The boxes were given to us from a paper company. The kids learned castle architecture and defenses and were challenged to design a castle with defenses and to try to come up with a new one of their own. We learned calligraphy and each created our own illuminated manuscript page. This was a long art project. We have also done a lot of art projects from the SOTW2 manual like make Chinese wooden letter stamps. We did "stained glass" by using puff paints on glass picture frames that were pretty. For Christmas we are learning about a Renaissance Christmas, reading a synopses of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, and doing some games on the symbolism from the Twelve Days of Christmas Song. Each child had to give a presentation on something from the middle ages that they were interested in and create a poster of their subject. The subjects kids chose ranged from Dragon mythology, to make up habits and history, Eastern Religions, Women in Japan (specifically ninja and samarai women,) weapons, foods, etc. We had a medieval feast and created fun foods similar to what they would have eaten and dressed in costumes while showcasing all of these projects! That was the first semester. I haven't planned semester two yet. :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strayer Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 I am not sure where in Australia you are but Lismore NSW has a Viking festival in Jun 2018 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted December 5, 2017 Author Share Posted December 5, 2017 thanks for the idea, I am a long way away from Lismore. I am way down in Victoria Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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