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..."I am the bread of life.  He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty."

- John 6:35

Want to read a really cute poem?  I would post it here if it weren't in violation of copyright, but you can hopefully read it following this link (you might have to type ("secret" into the search window there - I believe it pulls up on page 5).  Joshua memorized "A Secret" from his Primary Language Lessons book (lesson 7) last week and we always end up in giggles by the end.  Great memory work, son! :)

With Labor Day and our desire to spend some extra time on reading great stories, we've spreads weeks 6 and 7 out over these past 3 weeks. We still did 3 weeks of spelling and language lessons and actually worked in 4 weeks worth of math in addition to hour and hours of extra read-aloud. (Joshua's still trying to understand why you take a day off from work and school to celebrate labor?)

Our theme these past two weeks has been "Bread" and we have learned about all kinds of breads from different counties and periods of history, about various forms of leavening, wheat and other oats. We've done cool experiments with yeast (if I ever figure out how to post pictures, I'll have to show you our yeast-blown balloon) and will be eating fresh homemade bread, with fresh home-churned butter, with tonight's dinner. Ruthi has some lovely soft pink play dough she made today and Joshua has already baked his into a sculpture for display.

Historically we've moved our focus on into the 1700s and colonial settlements. Skippack School by Marguerite de Angeli was an especially fun reading book. We've watched immigrants from Germany, Holland and other European countries continue to spread out over the east coast. We hope to take a field trip to a local farm soon to help us understand more about the cultures of settlers such as the Pennsylvanian Dutch. And Joshua can now name all five of the Great Lakes near Michigan.