Teaching Moments

In Social Studies we are studying the fifty states.  Today's state was Alabama and our fun fact today was about the Boll Weevil Beetle, which decimated Alabama's cotton crops.  Amazingly enough, Enterprise, Alabama created a monument to the Boll Weevil in the early 1900's because the loss of the cotton crops encouraged the state to find alternative crops.  Eventually they started planting peanuts, which was much more cost effective and productive than the cotton crops.  

One thing I LOVE about homeschooling? We were able to take a pause in our state study to learn more about the Boll Weevil, including hearing a cute song written in the 1980's, taking a virtual tour of the Enterprise monument, look at images of the boll weevil in different stages of development, and learn about it's habitat.  

Then we went back to our state study, completed the second stage of our 4D USA puzzle, glued it, and next we'll be adding the monument pieces (after the puzzle dries of course).  

Teaching Moments - sometimes I don't even realize how many we get in one day.