It’s been a fairly normal week school-wise, except that music lessons were cancelled because of colds. We enjoyed our Art with Friends Valentine’s party yesterday. Miss A and I made heart-shaped pretzels – well some of them looked like hearts, anyway. It was kind of fun. 🙂 We exchanged Valentines (we made bubble ones) and the kids made animals out of various sizes of paper hearts.
So on to some scholé (in case you missed it, last week’s post explaining the three categories):
Scholé of Intention: Last week, the Scholé Sisters talked about the importance of bringing a little humor into our homeschooling days. A while ago I saw or heard (can’t remember where) the idea of reading jokes during Morning Time as a way to lighten the mood, so I bought a joke book and the kids take turns reading a couple each day. Although I must say some jokes elicit more groans then giggles. 😉 They also love doing Mad Libs, which also counts as grammar (parts of speech).
Scholé of Method: I know that finishing schoolwork in the mornings and having the afternoons free is the Charlotte Mason ideal, but I find it less stressful, at least in this season of our homeschool, to do some things in the afternoons or evenings. So subjects like math, foreign language and music are completed first, followed by Morning Time. The kids usually have a fairly long “lunch break” followed by quiet time. The older ones do their independent reading then, and often I read to one of the older boys (usually Mr. E these days). Then they can play quietly by themselves until 4:00. And many evenings I read something to Miss A and/or Mr. D. Hubby sometimes does science in the evenings or on Saturdays as well.
Scholé of Outcome: Sometimes something captures our imagination and leads to “rabbit trails” or further research. After reading about the Parthenon this week, Mr. D asked to see pictures online, so I looked it up on Wikipedia. Then he wanted to look up St. Peter’s (which we read about the other week) and the Coliseum (I think he was a bit disappointed Halliburton hadn’t written about it 😉 ). He also told me this week that he really wants to study physics. We have many of David Macaulay’s books already, and The Physics of Superheroes (although the second edition looks even more fun). Any others you can recommend for an 11-year-old?
Reading joke books in Circle Time. I love it!
It really does bring a little levity to our mornings!
Your bubble valentines were adorable and a huge hit with our kids!
So glad they enjoyed them!