It was another scattered week here at Mt. Hope Academy. Lola had a couple rough nights (the boys joined her one night) which makes for a tired mommy/teacher, I had a meeting Thursday morning and then hostessed book club that evening, Levi had standardized testing on Friday, and Saturday was crazy busy including a family trip to the swimming pool. I’m hoping for a quiet productive week this next week!
I even missed linking my last Simple Homeschool post on Wednesday! Head on over if you want to read another introduction/overview of Classical Conversations.
Classical Conversations: Week 19.
Bible memory, history time line, presentations (public speaking), science experiments, music, geography, history/science/Latin/grammar/math memory work.
CC Memory Review
Fine Arts:
Beethoven Lives Upstairs (book and CD)
I Wonder Why Flutes Have Holes and Other Questions About Music
The Story of the Incredible Orchestra by Bruce KoscielniakThe Artists’ Specials: Rembrandt: Fathers & Sons (DVD)
Geography/Cultures:
Around the World Coloring Book: Korea
The Land of the Dragon King and Other Korean Stories by Gillian McClure
Review CC geography”Blobbing” continents (map drawing)
Language Arts:
All About Spelling (Steps 15-17)
Building Language (Stem Lesson 4)Practice Island (sentences 5-7)Sentence Island (pg 81-89)
Latin:
Song School Latin: Review, Ch 14
Standardized Testing (Levi) Math and Reading
Math:
(Levi) Daily test prep math (lots and lots and lots, bleh)Beginning Fractions and Decimals (Rock ‘n Learn DVD)
Science:
(Levi) The Story of Science: Newton at the Center (Ch. 36: A Number-One Law, Thermodynamically Speaking)
The Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia: Thermodynamics
Thermodynamics for PreschoolersGreatest Discoveries with Bill Nye: Physics (DVD)Bill Nye: Amphibians (DVD)Bill Nye: Reptiles (DVD)Bill Nye: Safety Smart Science: Electricity (DVD)
History:
The Kingfisher History Encyclopedia: Wars in Asia
The 1950s Decade in Photos: “The American Decade” by Jim Corrigan
Levi’s Assigned Reading:
A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park (Korea)
Maria von Trapp: Beyond the Sound of Music by Candice F. Ransom
Levi’s Free Reading:
The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
Family Read-Aloud:
Man of the Family by Ralph Moody (ch 2-5)
Miscellaneous:
Family Swim
Luke piano practice and lessonprepared presentations for CC week 20 (demonstration: paper snowflakes)
I’m sure I forgot something, but c’est la vie…
[Energy] once in existence cannot be annihilated; it can only change its form.
[From a one year old boy, to a two year old boy, to a three year old boy…..]
~Julius Robert von Mayer, German physician and physicist