Ancient China, Walking on the Moon, and more

With Spring Break and a week to get back into the swing of things I am finally posting on our blog. We had a great week filled with playing with legos, building tents, library trip, and lots of bookwork.

Heres a update on what we are discussing these days:

History: We learned about Chin.. the first emperor of China and how to write some Chinese characters. We also learned about the Great Wall, and what China was like when there were warlards in charge. I found some great sites to get some visuals on China and the great wall. The link below is AMAZING, it is a virtual tour of China. On this site you can see The Great Wall, The Forbiden City, The Marco Polo Bridge and hear classic chinese music as well as learn how to say "the great wall" in Chinese... A MUST SEE and hear :)!
http://www.beijingbeforetheolympics.com/

Science: We are one the Moon. Learning it does not have an atmosphere and about the first man on the moon etc. We got to see the back side of the moon via a great link in the book extras that come with the Apologia book.

At lunch everyday we have enjoyed Kiddierecords.com and listend to "Bugs Bunny", "Tickety Tock", "The Crawly Caterpiler" and "Build me a House" .. among others.

We have been loving a new Good Seeds Album called "Seeds of Praise" This is a cd that has put scripture to music. We have memorized "Psalms 148: 1-5" (among others) Praise the LORD.
"1 Praise the LORD from the heavens,
praise him in the heights above.

2 Praise him, all his angels,
praise him, all his heavenly hosts.

3 Praise him, sun and moon,
praise him, all you shining stars.

4 Praise him, you highest heavens
and you waters above the skies.

5 Let them praise the name of the LORD,
for he commanded and they were created."

I am behind on posting pictures. I have some great shots of the kids, building with legos, going to the firestation and at skate and bowl. Below are some shots I took before spring break. I will try and post more later tonight.
The kids playing and talking. (they love hanging on that bar)
Sweet Melissa and the girls.
Kamie and Taylor stopping for a second so I could take a shot.
Playing cards back at home.