We love the concept of reading literature and then doing activities to reinforce some of the ideas in the book. We are now using Catholic Mosaic and Five in A Row as a guide for this. So we read Across A Dark and Wild Sea which tells the story of Columcille - a monk and scribe who copied books during the dark ages - before the printing press. We made ink from crushed blackberries and then used a feather to try writing like he did.
Now, that sounds like fun. I have never heard of using berries for writing ink. I learn something new every day!
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