FIAR: Miss Rumphius [co-op study]

The third and final book we covered in our FIAR class at our co-op was Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney.  This class had a bit of a twist because the teens had to teach it to the younger set.  Due [running theme here] to time constraints, I had to decide the majority of what they were to cover and assign the teens their duties for the two classes.  

What we did:

booklets from Homeschool Share (links you to Miss Rumphius' page)

We did Where is Maine? and How Seeds Travel

Enchanted Learning 

lots on plants/flowers available-esp. if a member

from the Worksheet Place, parts of a plant

Life Cycle of the Plant
to make it more manageable, I selected adding multiple pages per sheet when printing
-you'll have to adjust your page perimeters prior to printing
-otherwise, you'll get a much larger booklet of this.

Miss Rumphius copywork I created and you can download it from my Scribd page.

Project:

image from howstuffworks.com

I picked up some seed potting pots (packet of 10 in gardening section-these are the throw away ones)

potting medium and some Lupine seeds.  The kids planted a few seeds in their pot, and used a popsicle stick to identify it as theirs (wrote name on the stick).  The Lupine will tolerate being planted in at the seedling stage, or you can directly sow into the ground.  Obviously, we needed to pre-plant so the kids could watch them germinate and plant in their own yards. I found the seeds at our local grocery store, and am sure you can find them just about anywhere they sell seeds.