Screamin' For Ice Cream!

We have had a wonderful, fantastic, super, duper start to our school year!  I decided to really focus on the start of our school year this time, something I haven't done so far in our homeschool journey, and I really think it's paying off.  We had an awesome, two week ice cream unit study!  We have had such a fun time exploring the history of ice cream, doing some expository and creative writing, working ice cream into our math, and (of course) lots of ice cream science!  I love the internet, Pinterest, and everyone out in the cyber world who shares their awesome ideas.  I found some great ice cream activities by searching Teachers Pay Teachers and also Homeschool Share.  Love those sites!!  And we rounded out our unit with LOTS of books from the library.  And of course, some field trips!  Our big wrap up field trip was a trip to the Blue Bell Creamery with my parents.  SO MUCH FUN!  And how great that my parents support the boys by participating in our field trip adventures.  I'm going to post a lot of pictures, because those really show how much fun we had better than I can type!  :)  What fun things did you do for the start of school?

Melting Popsicle experiment:

 Fun ice cream math:

 Some Ice Cream English and Writing (Did you get that?  Writing!  Without tears!!  Almost a smile even!!)

 Field Trip Fun

As always, let me know if you would like more specifics about our until studies, and I'll be happy to share exactly what we used, what we did, and where I found the information!