This was a busy week b/c Dd and I went with Dh to Nashville, TN. He had a seminar to attend and we had never been to Nashville....so off we went (easier said than done, though!).
I will post pix of the 2 places we went to seperate from this posting. We went to Andrew Jackson's home; which he called "The Hermitage". We also went to the Parthenon; which is an exact replica of the one in Athens, Greece. Both places were fantastic and wonderful!!!!
WEEK 3: Core E
We managed to get some of our lessons in during our down time. Here is what we accomplished this week, regarding our book learning--
Bible:
exerps from: Luke, Mark, John, and Matthew
"Starting Strong" bible devotion book--chapters 2 and 3
History/Geography:
William Wilberforce by John Holzmann
Landmark History of the American People, Vol. 1 (Yay! we haven't read from this book in a few months and I had been missing it...glad it is back!)
Sounding Forth the Trumpet
RA's
Moccasin Trail
We are really liking this book. It is an exceptionally fun one to read aloud due to the great 'voice' of the characters..."By Gore!" I think I am going to advise my Dh to read this one after we are done with it. It is such a good read!
Oxforsd Illustrated Book of American Children's Poems
I also checked out a PBS dvd from our library on Walt Whitman to watch this week with Dd. WW was from this exact time period, and I thought it would be good to get to know him and his work a little better to add to our history knowledge. I am not sure this was such a good pick for my Dd's age though. This dvd focused a little too much on WW personal life and was probably intended for adults not children. I'll keep trying to bring in more poets though...
Thee, Hannah
What a book, fun book! We are enjoying this one too!
Readers
Freedom Train
Dd really is slagging on this one. The first 2 chapters were very harsh. I've offered to make this a Read Aloud; but Dd doesn't want that. She says she wants to read this alone and she is 'fine'. But, she usually goes through books so quickly and definitely isn't going quickly with this one.
Math
Dd is still avoiding long division a bit longer, so she finished her TT4 this week. She did lessons 113-119 and a quiz to finish up. She earned herself a new Star Wars figurine--for those of you that know Star Wars this is a Clone Wars character--"Ahsoka Tano". She has 3 different Ahsoka's and this one is the oldest version. She is taller and her 'tails' are longer. Dd is loving her!!!
Because we went to the Parthenon, Dd has been very much interested in the Greek myths...again. We go through phases of loving the Greeks. We are very much Percy Jackson fans here and have read the series. We studied them in history prior to that; so we just keep circling back to them every few months.
Here are the books Dd read this week--or perused through--as she is still reading this group:
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