Studying Autumn: Making scarecrows

The children made stick scarecrows out of lollipop sticks.
Glue the sticks in this form.
Cut out some clothes.
Glue them on, with some "straw" and a face.
And you have stick scarecrows.

Learning about the Seasons - Autumn

Jude and I have started a theme on the seasons, we started with Autumn first because it is just around the corner.
Jude spent a lot of time and care on this tissue paper sunflower. It was nice to see him complete a craft in one go, he normally loses interest halfway, but his concentration span is increasing steadily.
His painting is a lot more careful too and the end product is lovely.
Autumn leaves, I had to help out with the colours a bit, he had started to use blue, so needed a bit of explanation about colours of autumn leaves :D

The Roman Army

It was amazing to learn about how organized the Roman army was. We created a make believe army, with Jude in on of the conteburnia(actually his name was Yudius as there are no J's in the Roman alphabet).

Dragon sketch by Eden

Eden sketched this up in about 10 minutes after asking daddy what she can draw. He gave her the idea and this is what she came back with.

Roman shields - a finished project

Our finished shields.
Jude in action with his shield.
The girls testing out some Roman battle formations, umm I think the soldier at the back is a bit short.

The Roman shield was called a scutum, and the boss in the middle was used for bashing into the enemy's stomach.

Roman Shields - part 5

Finish off by giving your shields some Roman like designs and glue on the boss in the middle.

Roman Shields - part 4

Make the handle by gluing a long piece of corrugated cardboard over on itself.

Cut two slits in the back part of the shield and slot the(dried) handle in.
Paint the shields Roman red.