A & B Days

I have decided that my home school days have been "A" and "B" days so far. The "A" days are the days that have gone great! The "B" days have meant a few bumps along the way. I am hoping we don't degrade to "C" and "D" days, but I suppose that is likely to happen at some point. Yesterday was a "B" day, but today was an "A!"

We did our first day of Geography study. The kids had been talking about Japan and calling the people "Chinese," so I decided it was time to look at those countries and observe some of the differences. We have a book called, "Material World, A Global Family Portrait." It is really fascinating! We read about the "average family" in both Japan and China. The most interesting differences were that China is SO much larger, has SO many more people, and that about 75% of the Japanese are urban dwellers, while only 25% of the Chinese are urban. The kids enjoyed looking up the countries on the globe and the wall map. Aunt Gretchen has offered to come do some special stuff on a Geography day, so that will be fun to plan.

We have gone forward a few years in Henty, to 875 A.D. Things are not looking good for the Saxons, but King Alfred is working hard training his men to defeat the Danes.

We began our Science text today. It is Apologia's "Astronomy" textbook. I read some aloud and the kids seemed to find it very interesting.

The kids are doing well with their Bible memory module. I think they have 3-4 verses pretty well memorized. Even Beau and Geneva are doing well with this.

Kat is memorizing a really nice poem from her Serl book. We studied the 4 main types of sentences today and talked about classifying the different words in the sentences. Tomorrow the kids will do another entry in their journals. I'm happy to see how much they enjoy the journal time, but I was amused at how much they did NOT want to recite their Grammar jingles. I think the jingles (Shurley Grammar) are cool--an easy way to memorize the info. They complained some about it, but I think they were relieved that they didn't need to stand up and do it like they had done in school.

Beau and Geneva continue to love dancing to their Raceway and Phonics songs. Today we danced in the foyer, and there was much joy! What a precious age they are.

Tonight, I got to go to the Paramount to see "Wicked" with Bailey, Hahnna, Carter and Mattie. What fun! I really didn't enjoy the book, but the musical was very fun. The sets and costumes were fantastic, and the music was beautiful.

Dave and I finished watching "Quantum of Solace" tonight, and I must confess that I am a bit confused about the story-line. Sigh. I need to pay closer attention to these "guy" flicks. I try to do a little school prep now at night....not the best choice when taking in 007. Oh, dear...it's late. I've gone backwards. :)