For social studies this year, I am using a book called The Story of the World. Our first couple lessons were designed to help the kids understand what history is and how we learn about history. So, to help the kids understand how we learn about history, we had our own archaeological dig in the garden.
I buried several "artifacts" that were clues to the kinds of people that lived in our home long ago and what kinds of things they did. Haydn was really getting into the dig with comments like, "I found a Lego! There must've been kids who lived here long ago!" and "I found a potato! This means they must've eaten too!" But, my favorite comment by far from the kids was when they found a toad in their dig site. Rylee exclaimed, "Holy Toledo, Mom! They had toads just like us too!"
Alas, a fun lesson had by all!
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| Rylee using her archaeologist tools to clean off her discovered artifact! |
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| "Is this some kind of old tool or what, mom?" |
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| You know McKay is thinking hard if the tongue comes out! |
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