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January 19, 2008
Weekly Report
Frankly, starting back into school has been like crawling up from the depths of some pit. For me, that is. The kids are doing well. Me? Well, I have cut coffee back out of my life. That explanation should cover everything.
The nuts and bolts: Our holy trinity of math, Latin, and Classical Writing and piano (oh, wait, now it's a quad - ? Quadrant? Quadrivium? Quadruped?) is going smoothly. Very smoothly. We're still very, very happy with Right Start, Singapore Math and Dolciani pre-algebra; we're still massively in love with Galore Park Latin; and I am still in love with Classical Writing. I think I can safely say that it is unlikely we will ever change from these programs. Everything else is subject to change at my whim.
For history, we learned about Vikings this week. We read about Vikings (Viking World, Who Were the Vikings?, Vikings, Life in a Viking Town, Life on a Viking Ship, and The Vicious Vikings). We perused some cool Viking websites. We colored some maps. When I can scrounge up some cardboard we'll pull out the old favorite of making cardboard Viking shields and axes, because they're boys and this is what boys do. We also plan to involve fire, which is always a good choice for engaging the children's minds, right?
What we're reading: Connor has discovered Orson Scott Card, and has read Empire and Ender's Game. No, he devoured Ender's Game. We knew he would. Aidan is reading the last Timothy Zahn book, Allegiance; The Phantom Tollbooth, and the Horrible Histories book on the Vikings.
Posted by lynx at January 19, 2008 8:57 AM
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You're week sounds great! I loved Ender's Game, what a great book. They were supposed to come out with a movie, but that plan may have fizzled.
Sarah
Posted by: Wee Pip at January 21, 2008 12:27 PM
I wish I could say we are still loving the Latin....it will be the death of me. DS can recite forms all the time, but when it comes to translating those longer passages (now that we've added in prepositions), he just has complete melt downs. I don't know what to do about it...I'm {}this close to dropping Latin for good.
Posted by: Pensguys at January 21, 2008 12:56 PM
Pen, how old is he again?
My 10 year old is very similar. We do have meltdowns over translation. And math. And ...
Posted by: Stephanie at January 21, 2008 1:54 PM
Ender's Game is on our read-aloud list to do soon, for me and Jared only since I don't think Nikki is quite ready for it. LOVE that book.
I'm climbing out of the pit along side you, only I don't have the lack of coffee to blame since I cut it out years ago. :}
Posted by: KathyJo at January 22, 2008 2:32 PM
Connor read it in THREE DAYS. Aha! Now I've got him. Now I've got evidence that no, he does not need two months to read a book that Mom assigns.
Aidan made a grab for it, but I told him no. There's time enough.
Sarah, I've heard about a movie for awhile. The idea makes me nervous. It could so easily be done *badly*, you know?
Posted by: Stephanie at January 22, 2008 10:15 PM
sounds like you need a family field trip to the Viking Runestone museum in Alexandria, MN.....I'd recommend coming in the summer...you can camp at my parents farm :-)
Posted by: e at January 24, 2008 11:12 AM