Kids had a quick cereal breakfast and got dressed and started on Bible verses. Bigger kids continued their Math while I nursed Ansley. We actually only got started 15 min later than usual, so it worked out fine. The big kids had Chapter 3 Grammar tests, which I had prepped the night before. Both did great! The littlers are splitting a little on their cutting/gluing work...Beau is improving AMAZINGLY and is cutting right along the lines. He knows where to glue what, and he is able to work on his own quite a bit. Geneva, on the other hand, easily tires of cutting and her attention span is much shorter than Beau's, despite her new age (turned 3 on Sept 25!) So Bailey is helping her more and trying to vary her sitting time a bit. Both Beau & Geneva look forward to their Phonics dancing time each day, and today was no exception. It's so fun to hear them dancing and singing their letters and sounds!
Henty was exciting again today. King Alfred had hidden away on a secluded island while the enemy took over his land. He and many other Saxons were biding their time until it might be possible to rise against the Danes. Edmund's return to England meant a revival of spirits for all, and after much training, fortifying, and arms manufacturing, they planned a revolt in the spring. They did much good by attacking by surprise, but the Danes remained smug as they retreated toward their fort at Chippenham. The Saxons performed well under the king's leadership and they routed the Danes, though they were greatly outnumbered. The much smaller remnant of Danes returned to Chippenham until the Saxons forced them out with a seige. Hungry and weak, the Danes surrendered. Rather than send them away, King Alfred chose to allow the Danes to stay and peacefully incorporate themselves under Saxon rule. The Danish king chose to embrace Christianity, and so this battle turned the tides of the future for England. If they had lost, England would have remained Danish. Since they won, England was restored and yet some Danes remained, intermarried, and continued a settled life. The next chapter is entitled, "Four Years of Peace," so there is more excitement coming! We are just past halfway through the book, so it will be interesting to see what comes next. I am especially interested to know if Edmund returns to the north to claim Freda as his bride! (Am I a romantic, or what?!) :)
For Science, the olders wrote papers about the sun and its effects on the eyes. They also drew pictures for their Astronomy notebooks.
I got to spend some time with the preschoolers while Bailey read Robin Hood. Beau is definitely doing well with his numbers, and I enjoyed reading aloud to all 3 littles. Ansley finally objected, however, and had to be put to bed. Beau and Geneva particularly enjoyed the "Hippos Go Berserk" book and they themselves enjoyed getting up and "going BERSERK!!!"
FUN MONDAY!!!!
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