I’m busy prepping for Term 2 this week: printing out weekly checklists, switching out books, and finalizing Morning Time plans. School starts again on Monday!
Daily (4-5 times a week)
Hymns: January: All the Way My Savior Leads Me; February: Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise; March: We Lift Up as Our Shield God’s Name
Bible and Catechism: Comforting Hearts, Teaching Minds by Starr Meade (we’re up to Lord’s Day 24)
Memorization:
- Scripture: Hebrews 11:1-6, as well as learning the books of the Old Testament (both inspired by Cindy Rollins’ A Handbook to Morning Time)
- Poetry: ‘The Railway Train’ by Emily Dickinson (for my train-loving boy)
- Shakespeare: “But soft, etc.” from Romeo and Juliet
Grammar: Continuing with English Grammar Recitation from Memoria Press. And Mad Libs, of course.
Other: Manners, jokes, poetry reading, folk songs, and prayer
Weekly
Geography: We’ll be starting A Child’s Geography: Explore the Classical World by Terri Johnson – it’s been sitting on my shelf for a while and I’m looking forward to the trip! 🙂
Artist Study: We will be studying the art of Winslow Homer, using another lovely set of prints from Riverbend Press.
Composer Study: After finishing our MacDowell bio, we’ll read about Leonard Bernstein and listen to some of his music. And we’ll continue watching his Young People’s Concerts during our “Music Mondays”.
Shakespeare: I’m going to see how Romeo and Juliet goes over with the kids this term. After all, Valentines Day is coming up. 😉 I’ll probably read the Tina Packer version first. I already have several copies of Dover’s Four Great Tragedies for our listening and reading sessions (pretty cheap for four plays!).
Plutarch: After Publicola, which we didn’t finish before Christmas, we’ll read about Marcus Cato the Censor from The Plutarch Project: Volume One by Anne White.
Astronomy and Math: Two or three days each week, we’ll read a short section of H. A. Rey’s Find the Constellations. I also hope to read about a chapter each week from String, Straightedge, and Shadow: The Story of Geometry by Julia E. Diggins. This will be timely for both Miss A, who will be starting high school geometry; and Mr. D, who will be learning about ancient history. 🙂
