Explorers!

We've been having a great time learning all about the Vikings, Christopher Columbus, parts of a ship, map-making and globes, continents, landforms, and many other explorers. Most of our papers will go in a lapbook, which I'll post when it's done.

We still have so much more to do: Lewis and Clark, the Spanish Conquistadors and I'm hoping to finish up with the pilgrims around Thanksgiving. (I know, I know, they weren't exactly explorers, but they did sail in ships to a new land.) I'd also love any book suggestions for a historical fiction about sailing and exploring that the boys might enjoy reading. I'm also looking for a model boat (not too complicated) but haven't found any great ones yet.

These pictures are water color paintings the boys did of a sunset on the ocean. For the water, we painted a paper with blues, then tore it into strips and glued it onto the sunset paper. The ship, of course, is just a simple printout that they colored and glued on. There is a small white tab attached to the ship so it will sail across the sea when you pull it.