Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Read Alouds at Present....

Great Expectations- done (what a marathon- but it was worth it!)
Julius Ceaser- done
Around the World in 80 Days
Simirrillion- H, A, and I
The Silver Chair- Papa to boys
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader- done
Trumpet of the Swan- Aa. and I
Jane Eyre- (still) H. and I
An Island Story- the boys and I

Wed. April 14th, 2010


Let's see...
All:
Prayers and Acts of the Apostles
2 Chapters of Around the World in 80 Days
Artist Study- Lawren Harris- Beaver Swamp (oldest three wrote out their narrations)

A:
Algebra- 1/2 of new lesson
Read: Blessed John, Caesar's Gallic Wars, Microbe Hunters (?)
Biology: studied more Cnidaria and made a page on P. Man of War
Writing: Description exercise in Writing in English (did a good job!)
Pennywhistle: off to tea and tunes tonight

H:
Algebra- 1/2 of new lesson
Read: The Fellowship of the Ring, spiritual reading
Writing: art narration
Rest of the day at play practice for Twelfth Night

C:
Math- next lesson
Read: Harry Potter, 2 chapters of The Last Battle
Writing: art narration
2 chapters An Island Story on audio at lunch
LOTS of outside play with water fight etc.

A:
Math- couple of lessons
Read: Explode the code
Writing: a wee bit of copywork
2 chapters An Island Story on audio at lunch
Ditto C. with the play!

Lunch:
Baked beans, carrots, and toast
Dinner:
hmmmm (way to nice outside- prob. whip up a red lentil soup and serve it with bread).

Last night we had a nice long Simmirillion read- that book goes down like honey- it is so hard to stop reading. Papa is reading the Silver Chair to the littles at night when he can fanangle the last Harry Potter book out of C's grip.

Boys are on the Wii and A is off to his music night (H. is off at ballet all night).

That's a wrap!!