Homeschool Schedule: Week of Feb. 4th

 

Nibbles has finally arrived!

We watched patiently as Hamster Gal (name changed to reflect current interests) wrote reports, drew pictures, read books and talked nonstop about this day. Did I mention talk nonstop?! The best part-no reports, pictures or books were assigned-she did it because she wanted to. Yep, I love homeschooling!

Shhhh…she’s reading to Nibbles now!

This week brings us back to the Burgess Bird Book for Children-one of my favorites. I also confess that I adore Mother Westwind “why” Stories, it’s a delight to read. Mentioning Living Books such as these, our Charlotte Mason Co-op starts back this week. Imagine me in “happy dance” right now! We participated during the summer and had a blast.

OK, here we go into another week, it’s hard to believe February is already here. Wow!

Just a reminder:

Ambleside Online is our primary curriculum.

Click on images of text to go to Google Book.

History

• Fifty Famous Stories Retold “Grace Darling”
  • A comprehensive resource site about legendary Victorian heroine, Grace Darling
• An Island Story: chapter 14 “The Story of Gregory and the Pretty Children“
• George Washington by Ingri D’Aulaire
  • Interactive Portrait of George Washington

Literature

• Aesop’s Fables: “The Fox and the Leopard“
• Aesop’s Fables: “The Heron“

Natural History/Science

• Salt vs. Sugar Experiments-melting point, freezing point.
• Mother Westwind “why” stories-“Why Jimmy Skunk Never Hurries“

• Burgess Bird Book for Children-“Drummers and Carpenters“
• Astronomy
  • The Stars: Lyre, Swan, Hercules, Little Fox
  • The stars and their stories: a book for young people

Geography

• Paddle to the Sea: Chapter 18
  • Google Earth tour – (direct link)

Poetry

• The Golden Treasury of Poetry
  • The Robin and the Cows-William Dean Howells
  • Bob White-George Cooper
  • The Skylark-Christina Georgina Rossetti
  • To the Cuckoo-William Wordsworth
  • The Swallow-Christina Georgina Rossetti

Art

Pieter de Hoochl- At the Linen Closet

• Information about Pieter de Hoochl

Composer

Giacamo Puccini: “Un Bel Di” from Madama Butterfly, and “Nessun Dorma” from Turandot.

• About Giacomo Puccini
• The biography of Giacomo Puccini

Shakespeare

• The Winter’s Tale by Charles and Mary Lamb

Bible

• Devotions
  • Creation Moments
• Memory Work
  • 1 John 4:15
  • Romans 5:8
• Focus:  Bible: Matthew 2:1-12 (The star and the wise men)

Hymn Study

Copywork

Handwriting Worksheet Creator

• She cared most kindly for the ship-wrecked men until the storm had died away and they were strong enough to go to their own homes.
• Still he kept up a flow of sarcastic talk, just to exercise his wits and to have the fun of disputing.
• The Heron saw no more fish, and very glad was he at last to breakfast on a tiny Snail.
• Redhead did his best to look innocent, but Peter noticed that he gave a guilty start and very abruptly changed the subject, and a moment later flew away.
• The shepherd, being a kind-hearted man, took home the little baby to his wife, and they brought it up as their own child.