Posted in curriculum on Feb 6th, 2007 2 Comments »
This morning Josh and I finished our Math read aloud, The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster. What an amazing book! There is so much wisdom and insight in this book that both Josh and I agreed that we will definitely re-read it sometime in the future.
I have been contemplating the following passage all day:
“You must […]
Posted in curriculum on Feb 3rd, 2007 5 Comments »
When planning for the year, I decided to include other aspects of Math in our daily studies. These included: reading of fiction books with a math theme (our current math read aloud is The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster), discovering people in the mathematics field and reading biographies of them (this is a […]
Posted in curriculum on Jan 26th, 2007 4 Comments »
Over the Christmas holidays, Josh and I discussed what direction he wanted to go as concerned his studies for American History. After some thought, I suggested listening to a lecture course his older sister had used when she was homeschooling from the Teaching Company. This company offers lectures by college professors in DVD or CD/Audio […]
Posted in curriculum, fun stuff on Dec 21st, 2006 No Comments »
The forementioned aspiring historian (age 12), with a passion for the Great War, has watched:
- The Christmas Truce - The History Channel (you may still have a chance to view it tonight still)
Joyeux Noel - DVD rented from our local Hollywood video. Fantastic movie!
And last, a movie on the Hallmark Channel, we just luckily happened […]
Posted in curriculum, fun stuff on Nov 30th, 2006 1 Comment »
Last night to celebrate the birthday of Louisa May Alcott (Nov 29,1832) we watched the movie, “Little Women”. Her books were favorites of mine when I was younger and the movie was so enjoyable. I cry EVERY time at Beth’s death and last night was no exception. Josh said the movie was “ok” lol. I was […]
Posted in curriculum on Nov 30th, 2006 1 Comment »
This term, per Ambleside Online, Josh and I are studying Pieter Bruegel the Elder, a Flemish painter in the 1500s, and are really enjoying his paintings. I was hoping to find something of his, Christmas/Advent related, and upon searching was not disappointed when coming upon his painting, “The Numbering of Bethlehem”.
I also found this article which turned […]
Posted in curriculum, fun stuff on Nov 21st, 2006 4 Comments »
This morning I came across this quiz on MSNBC. We have been somewhat lacking in our science lately, especially things of current events, as showed when both of us scored just 4 right out of ten.
After Josh had taken the quiz, I had him choose one question he had gotten an incorrect answer on and […]
Posted in It Happened This Month, curriculum on Nov 20th, 2006 1 Comment »
This morning we added our latest entry to our “happenings this month”. (Please excuse my dirty door. Goodness, you never realize these things until you have a photo in all it’s honesty lol)
Once a week for Math, Josh and I read a biography about a mathematician along with his skills work. I use this site […]
Posted in curriculum, fun stuff on Nov 17th, 2006 2 Comments »
Josh and I have been having fun with stories from these two small volumes from the History Channel by Rick Beyer:
The Greatest Stories Never Told:100 tales from history to astonish, bewilder, and stupefy
The Greatest War Stories Never Told:100 tales from military history to astonish, belwilder, and stupefy
True to the author’s word, these stories (which have been researched […]
Posted in curriculum, fun stuff on Nov 14th, 2006 2 Comments »
Besides his WWI readings, Josh has become interested in Napoleon and the Napoleonic Wars. I thought it interesting then to find this article on the internet this morning concerning the finding of two panels done by Fra Angelico, the Italian Renaissance master, for the high altar at the Church and Covenant of San Marco in Florence. […]
