We’re still on summer break, but here’s what I’m hoping to accomplish together this fall.
Daily
Bible & Catechism: We will continue to read through Comforting Hearts, Teaching Minds – we usually review a previous Lord’s Day section each day, along with the current one.
Memory Work:
- Scripture: Isaiah 40: 21-31 (although I’d like to memorize the whole chapter!)
- Poetry: A True Knight, since E will be reading The Story of King Arthur and His Knights and D is doing Year 7. Closer to Christmas we’ll memorize A Christmas Carol by G.K. Chesterton.
- Shakespeare: Probably the “A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse!” passage, although that may change as I pre-read Richard III myself.
- Grammar: Memoria Press’ English Grammar Recitation
Also hymns (O Splendor of God’s Glory Bright in September), prayer, jokes, and manners.
Weekly
Music Appreciation & Composer Study: The Young People’s Concerts make Monday something to look forward to – at least for me. 😉 I’m choosing this year’s composers based on a couple of local concerts we plan to attend, so this fall we’ll learn about and listen to Brahms.
Geography: We’re still slowly working through A Child’s Geography: Explore the Classical World – I love that we’re learning about some less-known countries like Serbia.
Art and Picture Study: Every other Wednesday, we’ll watch a lesson from The Fundamentals of Beginning Drawing and do the exercises. Our artist this term will be Mary Cassatt, whom I think will be a good first artist to study for Mr. L. 🙂
Shakespeare: I think we’ll actually follow the AmblesideOnline Shakespeare schedule this year, so this term’s play will be Richard III (and no, I won’t be making Mr. L listen along with us!). Mr. D will be reading The Daughter of Time later this year, so reading Shakespeare’s play will help him understand the traditional view of Richard’s character. A fun connection for me: when I got the Dover editions of the play in the mail, I saw the note on the back cover stating that the painting on the front was William Hogarth’s David Garrick as Richard III, and because I’d recently read Fierce Convictions, I knew who he was!
Plutarch: continuing with The Life of Marcus Cato the Censor.
local concerts- how lovely!!!! we attend a Shakespeare play or two each year but I’d like to find a few concerts! 🙂
And I’d like to attend a Shakespeare play! 🙂 So far we’ve just watched a few of the tamer movie versions of some of the plays we’ve studied.