Here's a look at what E's. done so far this week in school. E. is the one narrating to me. :)
Monday
In This Country of Ours, we learned about General Braddock who led a lot of English soldiers to try and chase the Indians and French out of English Territories. They marched out into an open field with their vibrant red coats all lined up while the French and Indians were hiding behind bushes blending into their surroundings. The English soldiers were a fair target and they started to shoot at them. George Washington had a lot of bullets shot into his coat, but he didn't get hurt even though he had two horses shot out from underneath him. In the end, General Braddock and almost every English soldier was killed. Washington started an army of his own later and managed to drive the Indians and French out of the English Territories by fighting in their own style.
In George Washington's World, we discovered Benjamin West, the famous American painter. He was invited to visit His Majesty George III. He painted him and the Queen. King George liked his paintings so much he commissioned him to paint paintings for England. After the public saw some of his paintings, they were outraged because the custom of the time was to paint everyone with flowing Greek robes. Even Native American Indians were depicted wearing Ancient Greek dress. Benjamin West said that he thought an artist had a duty to paint things exactly the way he sees them. The King wholeheartedly agreed. We then moved on to learn about Frederick the Great who became known as Frederick The Miser when after the war ended he was trying to raise money to make Prussia great again. He sent away all these people who had been important to his war effort with nothing more than a "goodbye". One of these important men was Baron von Steuben who had been specially trained in the higher tactics of war. Baron von Steuben eventually made his way to America and helped fight w/ the Americans. Meanwhile, in France, King Louis XV was more interested in his own pleasures, the coffers of France were dry and he didn't care. The people of France were poor and starving. The King and his friends came up with a plan to get more money from their already starving people by purchasing all the wheat and grain in the country, storing it in their warehouses until there was a scarcity of food. Then they would sell it back to the people charging them a lot of money for the grain. Louis knew that this couldn't last forever and that the people were becoming more and more discontent. However, he still didn't care and adopted Madame Pompadour's quote "Apres nous le deluge" which means, "After us the deluge!" Saying, "But so long as it comes after I myself am dead, what of it?" At this same time, Maria Theresa of Austria, trying to strengthen Austria's position after the war with Prussia, arranged to have her youngest daughter Marie Antoinette marry the Dauphin (Do fa), the French Crown Prince. Marie Antoinette was a girl who didn't want to do any lessons. All she wanted to do was play all day. When she was 14, she excitedly went to France to meet her husband. She was disappointed when she met her husband, Louis. He was dull, quiet and interested only in making locks and hunting. Marie Antoinette soon discovered she'd have to make her own fun at court.
At about the time Marie Antoinette visited Paris for the first time, Lafayette was also living in Paris. Lafayette had been born in the countryside of France and was raised by his Grandparents. His mother eventually came back for him and brought him to Paris to live with her father. Lafayette's life in Paris was very different from his life in the countryside. He was appointed as a Courtier in the Dauphin's court, but was not happy there. He wanted to be a soldier like his ancestors. His wish to be dismissed from court was granted. In 1775, at the age of 17 he was given a post with a regiment of soldiers in Metz. Through this post, Lafayette would meet with the Duke of Gloucester, brother of George III, which would lead him to America and to help fight for American Liberty.
We also learned about Napoleon Buonaparte, born in Corsica. Corsica had just been taken away from Italy by France the year he was born.
In Madam How and Lady Why we learned how there is a lot of chalk in limestone, which eventually helps to make caves. The water is filled with chalk that goes to the limestone. When the water meets the limestone it digs into it and makes a big cavern. The water that is left in the cave drips off the ceiling. As it drips it makes stalactites because there is a lot of chalk in the water. Stalactites look like stone icicles that hang from the ceiling. The water on the ceiling drips onto the floor of the caves and it builds up forming stalagmites.
We learned about animals which have designs in their bodies like modern inventions we use today. Bats have sonar, there are thermometer birds which keep their nests at the right temperature, baby spiders that fly kites, gazelles have "car radiators" in their heads, keeping their brains cool as their core body temperature increases during flight from predators.
We mourned with Abigail Adams as dysentery plundered Braintree, where the Adam's family lived. John was away at the time with the Continental Congress and was devasted when the news finally reached him.
Here's a look at what E's. done so far this week in school. E. is the one narrating to me. :)
Monday
In This Country of Ours, we learned about General Braddock who led a lot of English soldiers to try and chase the Indians and French out of English Territories. They marched out into an open field with their vibrant red coats all lined up while the French and Indians were hiding behind bushes blending into their surroundings. The English soldiers were a fair target and they started to shoot at them. George Washington had a lot of bullets shot into his coat, but he didn't get hurt even though he had two horses shot out from underneath him. In the end, General Braddock and almost every English soldier was killed. Washington started an army of his own later and managed to drive the Indians and French out of the English Territories by fighting in their own style.
In George Washington's World, we discovered Benjamin West, the famous American painter. He was invited to visit His Majesty George III. He painted him and the Queen. King George liked his paintings so much he commissioned him to paint paintings for England. After the public saw some of his paintings, they were outraged because the custom of the time was to paint everyone with flowing Greek robes. Even Native American Indians were depicted wearing Ancient Greek dress. Benjamin West said that he thought an artist had a duty to paint things exactly the way he sees them. The King wholeheartedly agreed. We then moved on to learn about Frederick the Great who became known as Frederick The Miser when after the war ended he was trying to raise money to make Prussia great again. He sent away all these people who had been important to his war effort with nothing more than a "goodbye". One of these important men was Baron von Steuben who had been specially trained in the higher tactics of war. Baron von Steuben eventually made his way to America and helped fight w/ the Americans. Meanwhile, in France, King Louis XV was more interested in his own pleasures, the coffers of France were dry and he didn't care. The people of France were poor and starving. The King and his friends came up with a plan to get more money from their already starving people by purchasing all the wheat and grain in the country, storing it in their warehouses until there was a scarcity of food. Then they would sell it back to the people charging them a lot of money for the grain. Louis knew that this couldn't last forever and that the people were becoming more and more discontent. However, he still didn't care and adopted Madame Pompadour's quote "Apres nous le deluge" which means, "After us the deluge!" Saying, "But so long as it comes after I myself am dead, what of it?" At this same time, Maria Theresa of Austria, trying to strengthen Austria's position after the war with Prussia, arranged to have her youngest daughter Marie Antoinette marry the Dauphin (Do fa), the French Crown Prince. Marie Antoinette was a girl who didn't want to do any lessons. All she wanted to do was play all day. When she was 14, she excitedly went to France to meet her husband. She was disappointed when she met her husband, Louis. He was dull, quiet and interested only in making locks and hunting. Marie Antoinette soon discovered she'd have to make her own fun at court.
At about the time Marie Antoinette visited Paris for the first time, Lafayette was also living in Paris. Lafayette had been born in the countryside of France and was raised by his Grandparents. His mother eventually came back for him and brought him to Paris to live with her father. Lafayette's life in Paris was very different from his life in the countryside. He was appointed as a Courtier in the Dauphin's court, but was not happy there. He wanted to be a soldier like his ancestors. His wish to be dismissed from court was granted. In 1775, at the age of 17 he was given a post with a regiment of soldiers in Metz. Through this post, Lafayette would meet with the Duke of Gloucester, brother of George III, which would lead him to America and to help fight for American Liberty.
We also learned about Napoleon Buonaparte, born in Corsica. Corsica had just been taken away from Italy by France the year he was born.
In Madam How and Lady Why we learned how there is a lot of chalk in limestone, which eventually helps to make caves. The water is filled with chalk that goes to the limestone. When the water meets the limestone it digs into it and makes a big cavern. The water that is left in the cave drips off the ceiling. As it drips it makes stalactites because there is a lot of chalk in the water. Stalactites look like stone icicles that hang from the ceiling. The water on the ceiling drips onto the floor of the caves and it builds up forming stalagmites.
We learned about animals which have designs in their bodies like modern inventions we use today. Bats have sonar, there are thermometer birds which keep their nests at the right temperature, baby spiders that fly kites, gazelles have "car radiators" in their heads, keeping their brains cool as their core body temperature increases during flight from predators.
We mourned with Abigail Adams as dysentery plundered Braintree, where the Adam's family lived. John was away at the time with the Continental Congress and was devasted when the news finally reached him.
History:
This Country of Ours by HE Marshall 1783-1914
Abraham Lincoln's World by Genevieve Foster
The Story of the World Vol. 4 by Susan Wise Bauer
History Tales/Biography:
Trial and Triumph by Richard Hannula
Of Courage Undaunted: Across the Continent with Lewis and Clark by James Daugherty -- Finished
Passion for the Impossible: The Life of Lilias Trotter by Miriam Huffman Rockness
Carry a Big Stick: The Uncommon Heroism of Teddy Roosevelt by George Grant
Geography:
The Book of Marvels: The Occident and The Orient by Richard Halliburton
Natural History:
Handbook of Nature Study by Anne Botsford Comstock
Wild Animals I Have Known by Ernest Thompson Seton
Science:
Christian Liberty Nature Reader, Book 5 by Worthington Hooker
The Fairy-land of Science by Arabella Buckley
Physics Lab in a Housewares Store by Robert Friedhoffer
Apologia Elementary Science Botany by Jeanne Fulbright
Science Biography:
Isaac Newton
Alexander Graham Bell -- Always Inventing by Tom L. Matthews
George Washington Carver
Poetry:
Rudyard Kipling
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
John Greenleaf Whittier and Paul Lawrence Dunbar
Literature:
Age of Fable by Thomas Bulfinch Chapters 15-28
The Story of King Arthur and His Knights by Howard Pyle -- Finished
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Kim by Rudyard Kipling
Shakespeare
Love's Labors Lost -- Finished
Macbeth
The Taming of the Shrew
Plutarch
Poplicola -- Finished
Brutus
Dion
Free Reading
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling
Puck of Pook's Hill by Rudyard Kipling
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Lad: A Dog by Albert Payson Terhune -- Currently Reading
The Treasure Seekers by Edith Nesbit -- Finished
The Wouldbegoods by Edith Nesbit -- Currently Reading
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery -- Finished
Little Town on the Prarie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder
These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The First Four Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin
Hans Brinker by Mary Mapes Dodge
Michael Faraday, Father of Electronics by Charles Ludwig
Carry on, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham
Riffles for Watie by Harold Keith
Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt
Rilla of Ingleside by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Falcons of France by Charles Nordhoff, James Norman Hall
Goodbye Mr. Chips by James Hilton
The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
Math
Math U See Delta/Episilon
Handwriting
Italics
Grammar
Growing with Grammar
A's List 4th Grade
History
This Country of Ours by HE Marshall Charles I - George III
George Washington's World by Genevieve Foster
History Tales/Biography
Trial and Triumph by Richard Hannula
Geography
Natural History
The Handbook of Nature Study by Anna Botsford Comstock
Madam How and Lady Why by Charles Kingsley
Science
It Couldn't Just Happen by Lawrence Richards
Apologia Elementary Science Botany by Jeanne Fulbright
Poetry
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Emily Dickinson
William Wordsworth
Literature
The Age of Fable by Thomas Bulfinch
The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
Paul Reveres' Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving
Shakespeare
Love's Labors Lost -- Finished
Macbeth
The Taming of the Shrew
Plutarch
Poplicola -- Finished
Brutus
Dion
Free Reading
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
Pollyanna by Eleanor Porter
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Railway Children by Edith Nesbit
A Book of Golden Deeds by Charlotte Yonge
Bambi by Felix Salten -- Finished
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Little Britches by Ralph Moody
The Borrowers by Mary Norton
Lassie Come Home by Eric Knight
Gentle Ben by Walt Morey
Gone Away Lake by Elizabeth Enright
Thimble Summer by Elizabeth Enright
Return to Gone Away by Elizabeth Enright
By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Peterkin Papers by Lucretia Hale
Calico Captive by Elizabeth George Speare
The Sign of the Beaver
Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
Tree of Freedom by Rebecca Caudill
Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates
The Reb and the Redcoats by Constance Savery
Caddie Woodlawn
Justin Morgan had a Horse by Marguerite Henry
Math
Math U See Beta/Gamma
Handwriting
Handwriting Without Tears Cursive
Spelling
Sequential Spelling
R's List 2nd Grade
History
An Island Story by HE Marshall chapters 22-60 1-66-1553
This Country of Ours by HE Marshall Chapters 1-5
A Child's History of the World by Virgil Hillyer Chapter 47-61
History Tales/Biography
Trial and Triumph by Richard Hanula
The Little Duke by Charlotte Yonge
Joan of Arc by Diane Stanley
Geography
Tree in the Trail by Holling C. Holling
Seabird by Holling C. Holling
Natural History/Science
The Handbook of Nature Study by Anna Botsford Comstock
The Burgess Animal Book for Children by Thornton Burgess
Pagoo by Holling C. Holling
Apologia Elementary Science Botany by Jeanne Fulbright
Poetry
Walter De La Mare
Eugene Field and James Whitcombe Riley
Christina Rossetti
Literature
Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare by Nesbitt
Pilgrim's Progress Book 1 by John Bunyan
Parables from Nature by Margaret Gatty
Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Robin Hood by Howard Pyle
Free Reading
A Wonder Book by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew by Margaret Sidney -- Currently reading
Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales
Abraham Lincoln by Ingri D'Aulaire
Pied Piper of Hamlin by Robert Browning
Five Children and It by Edith Nesbit
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Story of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting
Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers
Brighty of the Grand Canyon by Marguerite Henry
Mr. Popper's Penquin by Richard Atwater
Otto of the Silver Hand by Howard Pyle
Chanticleer and the Fox by Barbara Cooney
Along Came a Dog by Meindert De Jong
The Door in the Wall by Marguerite De Angeli
Math
Math U See Alpha/Beta
Handwriting
Handwriting Without Tears
Spelling
Sequential Spelling
S's. List Kindergarten
FIAR Studies
The Story About Ping by Marjorie Flack -- Finished
Lentil by Robert McCloskey -- Finished
Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans -- Rowing this week
A Pair of Red Clogs by Masako Matsuno
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost
The Rag Coat by Lauren Mills
Who Owns the Sun? by Stacy Chbosky
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
The Glorious Flight by Alice and Martin Provensen
How To Make an Apple Pie and See the World by Marjorie Priceman
Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say
Another Celebrated Dancing Bear by Glady's Scheffrin-Falk
Phonics
Reading Made Easy By Valerie Bendt
Math
Math U See primer
Handwriting
Handwriting Without Tears
My Reading List
The Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning
Too Wise to Be Mistaken,Too Good to be Unkind by Cathy Steere
HomeSchooling at the Speed of Life by Marilyn Rockett
Kids in the Syndrome Mix by Martin L. Kutscher MD
The Gift of Dyslexia by Ronald D. Davis
Love and Logic Solutions for Kids with Special Needs by David Funk
The Out of Sync Child Has Fun by Carol Stock Kranowitz
Do You Think I'm Beautiful?
Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv
Ordinary Mom, Extraordinary God by Mary E. DeMuth
Other Books We're Reading
Mother Daughter Bookclub
September The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pene DuBois
October Roller Skates by Ruth Sawyer
November In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Lord
January Little Women
February Betsy & Tacy Go Downtown by Maud Hart Lovelace and Lois Lenski
March Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink
April Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
May All of a Kind Family by Sydney Taylor
June The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
July Rabbit Hill by Robert Lawson
Book Club Across The Miles a bookclub w/ fellow homeschoolers across the country
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