After an unexpected summer break, we started up school last week and are ready to resume our Tapestry of Grace studies tomorrow!   

In the coming weeks we'll further study the injustice of slavery (a thread we've been following from early times) and we'll look at our nation's struggle to abolish it.  Simultaneously, the older girls will be delving deeper into the constitution as we look at the War Between the States from a variety of perspectives. 

On the literature front, Mark Twain, Louisa May Alcott and Laura Ingalls Wilder will tell us their stories from the era.  (Louisa May Alcott's Jack and Jill is one of my Favorites, as is Twain's The Prince and the Pauper.)  

The children are all excited to be resuming Tapestry!  Kaira announced she'll be getting up early tomorrow to dig into the book basket, and Kendra's already picked out a few she's itching to read.  Keianna's excited to be a full Tapestry student this unit with independent reading assignments instead of just tagging along on read-alouds.  (So far the boys are just along for the ride.)