Oct. 25, 2006 - Schoolin' Shtuff
Schooling n' Scrapbooking
I'm doing Matrix work today. ((wink!)) Really, they called it a 'matrix'... which is kind of misgiving, since a 'matrix' is a womb or a beginning... and these are just spreadsheets - but if they want to call it a 'matrix', I'm not going to complain. LoL!! See, there are thirteen books Lydia's doing as part of her Year 1 readings. This covers American History, World History, Myths, Theatre, Geography, Church History, Ancient History, Natural History, Fairy tales, etc. ((Which sounds like a lot, but it's REALLY short reading and geared to her age, and it develops her love of reading and stories, yadda-yadda.))
But the people who laid out what reading would be done when did it on a seven-page layout with big blanks all over and it's hard to read and follow and too much flipping of pages for me... so I put it all on one sheet. ((grins)) Seven pages condensed to one... NO MORE FLIPPING!!! I'm very geeked, btw. In case you didn't notice!
I've got 60+ pages of Parables of Nature formatted... it's the pictures that take the longest to find, crop, insert. But she's SIX, she needs pictures every few pages, y'know? Next I get to do Fifty Famous Stories the same way. ((Please, Lord, let it already have pictures.))
