Another great week, but I felt more of a time pressure this week & I didn’t get either of Ellie’s two logic lessons done. What we did do was rich & productive, so I am pleased with that outcome!
We are progressing well with memory work; we are up to the first chorus of The Periodic Table Song, Oberon’s speech from A Midsummer Night’s Dream is proving to be delightful, and we are making slow & steady progress with this book for multiplication. The girls are memorising a poem of their choice. I was particularly touched by Rosie’s choice:
Your thoughts begin to shrivel up
But when you’re with some other ones,
Your thoughts as thick as fireflies
Last but not least, we are memorising grammar facts. This video was made a while back – we still practice these but have added new ones too.
Our local pond study is keeping us busy! This week we focused on the trees the girls have chosen to study – Ellie’s is Alder, Rosie’s is Beech.
We have finished reading “The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe” and we made turkish delight to enjoy as we sat down for the final reading…never again! It was a sticky mess! But the girls said it tasted good.
The girls have also begun a ‘batik‘ inspired by our reading of The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe. Once it has dried overnight, they will be able to apply the layers of colour. Ellie is working on a scene with the White Witch, Rosie a portrait of Aslan.
Some of the books we have been reading this week:
The World of Columbus & His Sons
The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe
D’Aulaire’s Book of Norse Myths
Lots & lots of poetry!
Finally, my copy of Norms & Nobility has arrived! I am so excited to get stuck into this book! I think it will be extremely meaty & require me to have a pen in hand, making copious notes.
Happy Weekend!
We tried to do Turkish delight years ago and it was a real mess too.
Glad it’s not just us then 😉
Goodness me, what a busy and productive week you’ve had, with some much accomplished! The crocodile costume is so cute. My son still loves to dress up in character when he works. 🙂
Ah, it is lovely to see their imaginations working, isn’t it 🙂