Veteran's Day!

I know, I'm a few days behind. We did a unit study on Veteran's Day last week and I thought I'd share a little with you guys.

I asked the kids to write about their favorite Veteran or American Patriot. It didn't have to be one of the specific ones we talked about during their study, it could anyone as long as they are a Veteran. Here's what they wrote:

Son.... "Dear Dad (he put the name but we try to remain anonymous) is an American Patriot. I think he is an American Patriot because he served honorably in the Su.S. Army. He is a Veteran of three wars, Korea, O.E.F, and O.I.F. He cureently just got back from Iraq. Not only is he a war vet, he's my dad."

Daughter... "My favorite veteran is my dad. He's an American Patriot because he's in the army. He's very special because he does his part in America and he serves American by leaving his country."

Okay, let me explain the leaving.... she mean leaving his family to serve his country but when she wrote it down she got a little confused. She is only 7.

DS hates to write so that he wrote even that little bit is amazing. He prefers to do it all orally in discussions. But doing these unit studies has really helped his handwriting a lot! Maybe he'll writing more before long.

During our unit we talked about Presidents Teddy Roosevelt and Dwight D. Eisenhower, Colin Powell, and George C. Marshall. We also listened to music by John Phillip Sousa.

It was neat unit. If you like unit studies you might check out Amanda Bennett's.