Oct. 2, 2007
Connecticut Renaissance Faire
Posted in Middle Ages
So we aren't really doing any formal schooling this week as it is the Jewish Holiday of
Sukkos (The Festival of Booths). It lasts 8 days and there is just too much going on to try and force myself to fit school in too. The beginning and ending days are Holy and are treated as such. It is the intermediate days in the middle that need to get filled up. So we try and do fun stuff...
Right now we are doing a unit on the Middle Ages and have been having a lot of fun with it. Since it is Renaissance Faire season around here we decided to do a field trip yesterday to the
Connecticut Renaissance Faire. What a great time we had! The Faire was open yesterday only for school groups - and there were just a ton of homeschoolers there.
We got to see King Arthur's Court, a re-enactment of the Duel between Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, a jousting competition, storytellers, music, a marionette show.... The list goes on. There were also lots of merchants of course selling their wares, but also doing demonstratons - like a blacksmith.
This was such a great way to make our learning come to life!
The only down side was that I didn't bring my camera! I thought it was in my bag, so I didn't even try to find it before we left. Boy was I surprised to find it not in it's pocket when we got there... I found it on my desk when we got home. So, no pictures - but a lot of great memories.
Now here is the question from Little Miss: Why do they call it a Renaissance Fair? Really it is from the Medieval Period... I told her it was because Renaissance Fair sounded better.
Comments
Oct. 2, 2007 - Untitled Comment
Posted by lahbluebonnet
Oh, I didn't realize the Feast of Booths was this week. We first learned about the festivals last year in TOG Y1. I'll pull our book down tomorrow to review during our devotions.
Blessings,
Laurie
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Oct. 2, 2007 - Untitled Comment
Posted by lahbluebonnet
Oh, I also want to say we recently read the story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight in our King Arthur read aloud and I think that is my favorite knight story so far!
Blessings,
Laurie
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Oct. 2, 2007 - Oooh! How fun!
Posted by abbettfamily
I'm glad you all had a good time. We'll have to remember about this next year! Glad you are blogging!
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Oct. 2, 2007 - Hi from a Moving On Loop Friend
Posted by kmathre
Glad to see you started a loop. My gets done in stops and fits. I'll post several things in a couple of days and then it seems to be 2 weeks before I get back and post more. I was thinking of your family when they were talking on NPR about the candy booth in Jerusalem which sounded really strange to me. I can't believe your oldest is a sophomore already but then my oldest gets his graduate degree in next May. Happy posting, Karen
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Oct. 2, 2007 - Yeah!
Posted by ltjewel
Welcome to Blogging, I added your blog to my list of Homeschool-MovingOn Blogs (on the sidebar of my blog.)
Amy B
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Oct. 3, 2007 - Hi Yonit
Posted by Anonymous
Good for you coming out with your own blog...I have often thought of having my own.Perhaps you will inspire me. I'm not sure if you remember me but we met back in your Natick home at an Usborne Book party.I lived in Worcester for several years and now we have a house out in Warren.My oldest daughter is in college now also so it's just me and my seven year old daughter.I'll look forward to hearing more from you.Take care and have a great day!
Lisa Cobb
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Oct. 3, 2007 - Nice avatar:-)
Posted by Anonymous
Love the glamorous avatar--it suits you:-)
Thanks for getting me back to blogging--let's see if it lasts longer than a week!
Joanne
homeschoolmami.blogspot.cm
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Oct. 4, 2007 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Alison
Nice writing! I Charlotte Mason a bit too, and I think we talked about it once at swimming in Sutton. I'll try to remember to visit! I have a blog too: everydaybest.blogspot.com.
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