If you homeschool, preparing for school is a lot like getting ready for Christmas. Secrets abound, rooms are off limits, lengthy discussions occur about what's festive and what's crazy. I love it every year. This year is the best year.
Studying the ancients takes one on a whirlwind tour through cultures and places. Last year all we needed was a ship for the Age of Exploration, but for the ancients, we needed a Tardis. Kurt and I had such a good time putting this together for the kids. It's a huge hit with my most reluctant student asking me to start school half an hour early.
They had 3D Tardis, but it wasn't bigger on the inside. :)
The Dalek is there for motivation. Motivation he happily supplies
These are the Tardis controls. We collected them from thrift stores, antique stores, and whatever wasn't currently in use around the house. Most items are non-functioning. The drum set works. Simon works. We bought a weather station because we are studying weather first trimester. We attached a holder for the iPad too.
My friend Janet Tyson helped create our Tardis interior. I told her I wanted it to look like a theremin sounds. She certainly succeeded. We attached inflatable planets to the ceiling, but we can't keep the sun inflated.
This is the back of the Tardis controls. It is also an arts and crafts depot. My kids are growing up and can be trusted with paint and markers. Hallelujah!
The time out chair and the Dalek's original home, but I thought it might be overkill.
The bulletin boards/portholes are supposed to have Mesopotamian items on them, but I can't find the timeline I was going to cut them from. I guess the Tardis portholes are on the fritz until Egypt.
Video equipment for The Great Courses, the kid's books, binders and supplies, white board and storage, drawers for copies and completed work in need of grading.
We bought this table when our oldest seemed too short for it. We were right to buy it. We'd never have seen it again and it cost us next-to-nothing. We're doing Flannelgraph this year. The Bible is ancient literature too.
All those book over all those years, they add up. The planets continue across the ceiling. My workstation is there in the corner.
Mea made this for the kids to get them to do their work within the time allotted. Everyone who does so gets a sticker to get them closer to the top. With our fancy Tardis interior we are running out of wall space.
This is the most fun I've had in years. The Tardis theme makes everything play and exploration. What a wonderful gift from this other Christmas.
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