Coincidentally, our tale for this week is TWELFTH Night. :)
Our free reads: Bunnicula, Galileo - The Starry Messenger, and Voyage of the Dawn Treader
(We read the Galileo book to complement the chapter in Charlotte Mason's Elementary Geography about Galileo. We also watched a DVD about Galileo from our public library - "The Animated Hero Classics: Galileo" by NEST; I highly recommend it.)
In addition to the free reads I read aloud to Gemma, she reads independently all the time. She has been enjoying the Mrs. Piggle Wiggle series, the Boxcar Children series, and the Encyclopedia Brown series, and Classic Starts Sherlock Holmes.
In geography, we read "The Gulf Stream" and "The Polar Sea."
Gemma chose The Boy and the Well for her fable.
We revisited our Degas painting from last week, and our Beethoven piece from last week.
For Natural History, we learned about the oyster crab. Did you know the female oyster crab lives inside an oyster shell? I had no idea. We also read "How a Seed Grows" from Plant Life in Field and Garden, and watched a time lapse video of a seed sprouting. (A long while ago, we sprouted bean seeds in a clear plastic cup with wet cotton.)
There was also a day at Temescal Canyon, an afternoon at a park, and an afternoon at the beach.
One of our co-ops held a bake sale and lemonade stand to raise money for hurricane relief. We raised over $800!
Swim lessons started up again.
In Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Gemma got her gi.
And, of course, there was dance class.
For math, we did Life of Fred: Kidneys chapter 14.
We sang, recited, read more Stevenson poetry, learned to write s, t, u, and v in cursive, rang bells at church, did Duolingo, etc.
Our Bible story was Elijah and the Ravens.
In piano, Gemma continued to work on Caravan, and also learned to play the hymn "Jesus, Lover of My Soul" from her Sacred Solos book.
Next up, Exam Week...
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