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One of the nice things about buying a used book online is that sometimes you get a handwritten note from the seller. 🙂 We are currently reading this one during Morning Time.
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I told you about Mr. E’s new timeline in this post, and I wanted to share the narration he gave the other day about Edward II:
When they [the English] were fighting, it looked like another Scottish army was coming, so they fled. Edward escaped and went on a little boat to England. He was a terrible king, so they took him from the throne and made him prisoner from castle to castle. One night, there was shrieks in the castle, and the next morning he was laying dead. He was murdered.
He was excited to see what he had said written down, so I think this will be a good motivation to remember more from the readings. 😉
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Miss A, Mr. D, hubby and I enjoyed an evening out together attending a performance of Shen Yun. Both the venue and the dancing were beautiful, and it was nice to be able to spend time with just our older kids.
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Last week, A, D, and I started reading Plutarch’s Life of Marcus Brutus, using Anne White’s study guide. We aren’t following the AO schedule because Mr. D didn’t want to wait until 2020 to do Brutus. 🙂 He surprised me again, as he did with Crassus, with his previous knowledge of the story. At some point during the past year or two, he listened to Jim Weiss’s Julius Caesar and the Story of Rome CD several times over, and apparently still remembers it very well. So last Saturday, I listened to it on my phone while cleaning bathrooms, and encouraged Miss A to do a re-listen as well. I highly recommend it if you are starting out with Plutarch, especially if you are reading about one of the people connected with Julius Caesar (Crassus, Brutus, Pompey) or Julius Caesar himself. I think knowing who at least some of the characters are beforehand has really made Plutarch a lot less intimidating for Mr. D. Coincidentally, we will be reading about the death of Julius Caesar (hopefully) later today, and tomorrow is the Ides of March!
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Earlier this week, I discovered via Facebook that the publishers of Map Trek have posted integration guides to help AO users coordinate the Map Trek maps with some of the AO books. Since map work is an area we need to improve around here, I decided to purchase Map Trek and give it a try. On the to-do list today: print out currently-needed maps.
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Here’s a few great blog posts I’ve enjoyed recently:
When I read Leisure: The Basis of Culture a year and a half ago, I knew I wanted to be a philosopher. 😉 Thankfully, according to Charlotte Mason, being a philosopher is a part of being a teacher to my children. The Teacher as Philosopher by Karen Glass, is a good explanation of why and how to take on that role.
Helena at These Irish Hills wrote a great post, Lifelong Learners, in response to a critic. I like her emphasis on love as the goal of education.
Have you read, here or elsewhere, about an education based on Charlotte Mason’s philosophy, and you’d like a brief explanation of what that looks like without any “CM jargon”? Check out this post at the Ambleside Online Advisory’s blog: Defining Charlotte Mason.
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The title of this post isn’t just random: Miss A started learning ‘My Favorite Things’ from The Sound of Music during voice lessons this week! I had to admit to her teacher, with some embarrassment, that we haven’t watched that with the kids yet. Well, Miss A said she watched part of it years ago, but never finished (probably too young to be interested). I think a movie night is in order soon. 🙂
