Teacups in the Garden

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Oct. 31, 2007: Finding God in a Name
Oct. 29, 2007: Lessons from a Pumpkin
Oct. 26, 2007: "I Think I Can, I Think I Can, Choo-Choo" Quilt
Oct. 22, 2007: From My Garden Summer 2007
Oct. 19, 2007: Duffel Bags
Oct. 18, 2007: On the Way out of Colorado Springs...
Oct. 16, 2007: Pikes Peak or Bust!
Oct. 15, 2007: Happy Birthday on the Landa Park Express!
Oct. 12, 2007: Flying W Ranch
Oct. 10, 2007: Sneaking in School
Oct. 10, 2007: Tea Room in Gruene
Oct. 5, 2007: Woodpeckers, Chickaree, Deer and Bear...Oh My!
Oct. 4, 2007: Midweek Movie Night with Drive Thru History

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About Me

Gardens thrill my soul. My senses awaken, my soul is refreshed, my mood calms down...and if given time for quiet ponder, I've enjoyed the sound of buzzing bees while collecting pollen, the delightful croak of shy Mr. Toad, the exuberant flutter a hummingbird near my face thanking me for scrumptious flowers, and the gentle touch of the butterfly who settles on my shoulder. I've been known to walk into the house with my hair showered in lavender crepe myrtle blossoms and my clothes covered in blue plumbago blooms. Picture a rustic wrought iron bistro set with floral cushions and gingham pillows under a crepe myrtle dripping in blooms. I've set out some tea. Come and sit with me while I catch you up on the latest of the happenings in my family. Welcome to my garden.

Rhetoric Literature

• The Old Man and the Sea

Rhetoric Government

• End of Prayer in Public Schools

Rhetoric Philosophy

• Willard Quine

Writing Assignment

• Assignments in The Elegant Essay

Art

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2009-2010 Curriculum for ds-14

• Pre-Algebra, Chapter 11
• Latin I, chapter 10
• Physical Science, Module 11
• Tapestry of Grace, Year 4 Dialectic History, Geography, Worldview, Church History
• Tapestry of Grace, Year 4 Dialectic Literature
• Tapestry of Grace, Year 4 Dialectic Fine Arts
• Institute for Excellence in Writing
• Piano
• Fife

Dialectic Literature

• The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

History Theme of the Week

• Kennedy, Bay of Pigs, Civil Rights, Space Race
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Writing Assignment

• The Elegant Essay

Dialectic Church History

• Brother Andrew

Dialectic Music History

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Art and Activities

• Origami

Current Read Aloud

The Lion of the North (The Thirty Years War) by GA Henty 1630

2009-2010 Books Read 16yod

• Bully for You, Teddy Roosevelt
• Kids at Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor
• The Panama Canal
• Selections from The American Regionalism Reader
• With Daring Faith
• The First World War
• Women's Right to Vote
• The Cherry Orchard
• Billy Sunday: Homerun to Heaven
• Eric Liddell
• Children of the Great Depression
• Gladys Aylward
• The Great Gatsby
• FDR
• The Glass Menagerie
• The Hiding Place
• Anne Frank: Beyond the Diary
• The Second World War
• Animal Farm
• Joseph Stalin

2009-2010 Books Read 14yos

• The Call of the Wild
• Bully for You, Teddy Roosevelt
• Kids at Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor
• The Panama Canal
• White Fang
• O'Henry Short Stories
• With Daring Faith
• The First World War
• Women's Right to Vote
• Billy Sunday: Homerun to Heaven
• Shoeless Joe Jackson
• Homesick: My Own Story
• Eric Liddell
• Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
• Children of the Great Depression
• Gladys Aylward
• Let the Circle be Unbroken
• FDR
• Anne Frank: Beyond the Diary
• The Hiding Place
• The Second World War
• Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two
• Joseph Stalin
• Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

Movies of the Era

• Gandhi
• The Long Grey Line
• Notorious

Books on My Nightstand

• Bible: Nehemiah and II Timothy
• Christ in the Feast of Tabernacles
• Colonial Williamsburg: Before and After
• Washington and Lafayette: A Friendship that Saved a Revolution
• Napoleon by Emil Ludwig
• What Clothes Reveal: The Language of Clothing in Colonial and Federal America
• The Crucible
• The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Twentieth Century (I don't like the title but it's our Y4 Core book.)
• The Presidents' Book
• 10,000 Days of Thunder
• Mao Zedong's China
• Homeland: The Illustrated History of the State of Israel
• The Civil Rights Movement for Kids
• Mission Control, This is Apollo: The Story of the First Voyages to the Moon
• Narnia: CS Lewis and His World

Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket

Graphic Credits

Awards

Tapestry of Grace: Map of the Humanities

Map of the Humanities

Ever wish your kids could see the "big picture" of what they're studying?

The "Map of the Humanities" puts it all on one page: history, literature, government, fine arts and philosophy from Creation to right now!

Tapestry of Grace Year 1: Creation to the

Fall of Rome

Tapestry of Grace Year 2: Middle Ages,

Renaissance, Reformation, Exploration,

Colonial America, American Revolution,

The Constitution

Tapestry of Grace Year 3: 19th Century

Tapestry of Grace Year 4: 20th and 21st Centuries

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