We have an “extra” week this first half of Term 2, so we’re easing in this week with Morning Time, math and piano – and apparently some sickness.
Hymns & Prayer: There’s much to pray about!
Bible & Catechism: We’ll read Marty Machowski’s Wise Up: Ten-Minute Family Devotions in Proverbs, and continue learning the Westminster Shorter Catechism. Seeing as we’ll be studying some of the Proverbs, I think memorizing at least part of Proverbs 8 is in order.
Poetry: Mr. R seemed fascinated by our copy of Poetry for Young People: Edward Lear when I was trying to decide what to do next the other day, so I guess we’ll go with that. Might add some levity to our day. I think we’ll learn The Owl and the Pussy-cat, although I think at least some of us have it mostly memorized already, thank to many readings of Jan Brett’s illustrated edition. 🙂
Music Appreciation: Edvard Grieg is our composer this term – there are a few Classics for Kids episodes about him – and we’ll continue with the Young People’s Concerts. (Also, Miss A is reading Year of Wonder in 2020, and Mr. D is reading about a few composers each term from The Gift of Music).
Picture Study: I have the Simply Charlotte Mason Picture Study Portfolio of Gainsborough waiting – portraits will be a change from the busy landscapes of Bruegel last term. 😉
Geography & History: Window on the World and Heroes of Ohio
Shakespeare: I am grateful for our current relaxed pace of 2 plays a year (the 3 older boys also do another one at co-op – this year it’s As You Like It). We’ll finish The Tempest over the first few weeks of the term and then start King Lear. That will be the 14th or 15th play we’ve studied together (a few with the abridged script in the Brick Shakespeare versions). Little drops of water!
Plutarch: We’re still reading Demosthenes, and after that we’ll learn about the Gracchi. I didn’t know who they were before reading The Story of the Romans last year, and now I want to know more!
And hopefully, if we have time, more of The Amazing Dr. Ransom’s Bestiary of Adorable Fallacies.
