I discovered this peculiar stuff on our family’s whiteboard a few weeks ago. I figured we’d either been visited by aliens, or Darla was being creative.
It turns out she’d developed a code with funky symbols replacing letters. It was pretty cool. So we went with that and read the decoder wheel section of Kris Bordessa’s awesome book, Great Colonial America Projects You Can Build Yourself.
She made this out of a Pringles can.
It’s a model of the decoder wheel American spies used to help win the American Revolution.
Summer homeschool is cool.
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7:14 am
My son would love that. Your kids are always thinking out of the box!
8:43 am
Love it!!! That is so creative!
9:25 am
Your daughter is very creative. Our boys made their own code too, around the time we were reading a book on Egyptian hieroglyphics. It’s neat when kids can apply what they learn to a project all their own.
12:59 pm
Okay that’s just fun!
Hugs,
Holly
2:14 pm
Good for your little code-breaker! I remember reading Code Breakers in college and being amazed by the linguistic skill required to code and decode.
4:52 pm
This reminds me of when my girls studied ancient Egyptian culture! You got a few little smarty britches there, don’tcha? BTW, I’m having another Great Pop’rs Giveaway, starting tomorrow. Aunt Julie really needs the help of all her Bloggy Pals–she’s planning a rehearsal dinner for 60 people! Hope you drop by soon!
8:15 pm
That certainly looks like a lot of great fun. Darla is so creative to develop those codes. They looks kind of complicated to me. I like the idea of using a Pringles can to create the decoder wheel. Who said learning history is boring and dry anyway
10:40 pm
That is an excellent idea. Good for her.
11:08 pm
What a wonderful idea! The Doodlebug and her best friend used to have a coded language.
12:17 am
Hey, thanks for the link - neat post about your daughter = Very fun and creative.
9:56 am
Thats so creative!
11:02 am
I have a 10 year old and a 13 year old that would love, love, love this. I’ll be back for that giveaway too!
4:23 pm
Now that’s creative! I used to love things like this when I was a child.