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Melissa | August 31, 2009
Just a few days ago it was a slight bit turbulent in the atmosphere around here. While we hadn’t had any major storms over us they were certainly around us. I walked out on our back deck to see if the skies were clearing up as I had noticed the sun was shining again. I looked [...]
Melissa | August 26, 2009
Since my oldest daughter will be taking the Civil War class at co-op this semester we have a handful of field trips planned. For our first one we went to a Civil War Museum this past Saturday. They were having special activities that weekend, and not only was it fun but very educational. Here are some [...]
Melissa | August 23, 2009
We are currently studying the Civil War era in history. I’ve sifted through tons of books from our library and will begin posting the really good ones that we have really enjoyed!
Topic: Slavery Who Owns the Sun Follow the Drinking Gourd A Picture Book of Harriet Tubman
Topic: Civil War United No More The Everything Civil War Book With Malice Toward None [...]
Melissa | August 19, 2009
One day a week this school year we will be focusing on poetry. Today was that day! I thought I’d give you a glimpse into what that’s been looking like for us. On these days the kids not only try their own hand at writing their own poetry but we also pick a poem to [...]
Melissa | August 16, 2009
It is only by chance that you may come across an opportunity to observe one of the more beautiful moths in creation. Hiding behind the shadows of nightime, they are only coming awake as we are going to sleep. But as chance has it, or Divine intention, you can observe such beauty as is found [...]
Melissa | August 11, 2009
Today, we got back into a regular schedule of studying famous artists and composers. We had the pleasure of starting out with studying about the French artist, Paul Cezanne.
Self Portrait, 1875-1877
There were two main lessons that we learned from researching about Cezanne. First, here is a quote from a letter that he wrote to his childhood best [...]
