Native Americans - Northwest - Totem Poles - Day 7

     This morning before we started school I decided it was time to tackle our homeschool room. We cleaned and organized and I finally feel like I can walk in there without feeling sad. It's not as cute as I would like, but I can deal with it. It is indeed functional and it holds all our learning materials and that's what matters.

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    We are continuing our Native American unit with emphasizes on the Indians of the Northwest. We started out reading a wonderful book by Petra Press - Indians of the Northwest - Traditions, History, Legends, and Life. 

We also decided to make a Totem Pole today. We had a lot of fun reading and learning about them and the history of the Northwest Native Americans. 

Make Your Own Totem Pole

Here are a couple pictures of the process of making the totem pole.

I didn't get a picture, but we lightly spray painted each jug. 

We then used construction paper for the faces.

We then told the story of our totem pole.

Below is a close up

Native Americans of the Northwest Resources

The Northwest Indians of the United States of America

Native Americans in Olden Times for Kids- Pacific Northwest

Northwest Coast Indians

Totem Pole Resources

Totem Pole Meaning

Make a Totem Pole Bookmark

Online Totem Pole Creater

Totem Pole Craft

Classroom fun!

She is loving Starfall.com in our newly organized school room

Okay, so a couple months ago I so-called organized our school room. Well I organized a bunch of junk is what I did! Keeping things, thinking how I could not rid myself of them, in fear of "maybe" needing them. Yesterday, I stepped in and finished the job! I rid the school room and for that, I'm feeling relief! How things can weigh a person down! They saying of Less is More, is so true in my case.  I hauled out bags of trash and my suv is filled with things to donate. I was keeping empty boxes in hope of turning them into art projects. I can get empty boxes anytime, so why was I keeping them! I moved things into nice little spots. I love it! I'm truly happy with it the room now. 


Last year we pulled up carpet to find hard wood floors. We haven't got a chance to sand them down and make them beautiful again. I can't wait until we are able to tackle that. Also can't wait to pick out paint and make this room a fun and bright color. For now I will find peace in what I have. I find it a blessing to even have this space for a school room. 


Many Blessings!
Jennifer