Two chapters from 2nd Samuel
Review of memory verses
some mapwork of the ancient world
McGuffey's third and fourth readers (the FYB is in the 3rd, but racing up behind the FYG, who is in the fourth).- these are great for advanced reading practice, but even better as source documents for American culture in the 19th century.
Calcluladders (oooh, a CD. We bought ours back in the dark ages of reprintable master copies, and they have lasted us through six children - the Cherub cannot use them) and over around 16 years or so).
Hidden Rods, Hidden Numbers- a sort of math/logic/riddles program
Two hymns, read first, then sung (All Things Bright and Beautiful and Consider Him)
The First 3,000 Years, by C. B. Falls (FYG)
The Story of Mankind, Conquests (FYB) We alternate these two- tomorrow the FYB will read The First 3000 Years, and the FYG will read Olive Beaupre Miller's Story of Mankind (this is from the Picturesque Tales of Progress)
Both of the above books, btw, predate the CPSC's 'bright line' calling for sequestering them from children)
Physics Lab in a Supermarket
Making Brothers and Sisters Best Friends
Eyewitness: Life (this is hard slogging. I thought it would be easier, but the FYG is really not enjoying it at all. The FYB likes it a little better, but finds it hard to understand in places as well)
Folksong period- we use the term folksong loosely. It's whatever we want to learn better to sing around the fire with Shasta. Today it was Puff the Magic Dragon and I Walk the Line (by Peter, Paul, and Mary and Johnny Cash, respectively)
Economics for Boys and Girls by Leonard Read of I, Pencil fame- it's an essay, just a couple pages long. You should be able to find it on about page 11 here.
Bullfinch's Age of Fable
the Daulaire's book of Greek Myths (these last two we also alternate- they each read one, and then the next day they switch)
Greenleaf Guide to Ancient Greece- our copy of this is the first one they did, I believe, and has numerous typos, is in a tan card cover with dark tape for the spine. I think we bought it nearly 20 years ago, and the oldest two girls I used it with still remember it well. I credit Rob and Cindy Shearer with at least some of the impetus for the HG's love for history.
At the Back of the North Wind
A poem by Aeschylus taken from here (I'm very excited about this find)
My two youngest also did the following on Monday:
Listened to this music from Greek Antiquity while cleaning the kitchen after lunch
played Blackjack
Rode their bikes and went swimming at a neighbor's house up the road
Watered plants outside and in the sunroom (this is a fairly largish job)
Drew pictures on a laptop white board
emailed friends (the FYG), looked at the Lego website (oh, guess)
Tried out the telescope, but the cloud was overcast, so we all
Watched Riverdance (our houseguest is passionate about all forms of dancing, with a particular affinity for ballet, and she had not seen Riverdance)
*We find that children lay hold of all knowledge which is fitly presented to them with avidity, and therefore we maintain that a wide and generous curriculum is due to them. ~Charlotte Mason. volume 2, page 232Pin It
