We are in our third week of WWII. Ruby interviewed Bill last night about Pearl Harbor and put together a power point about the subject this morning. I think she learned a lot. She is finishing up The Devil's Arithmetic today so we can start on a book about Pearl Harbor and the Japanese internment camps.
Today during lunch, I lectured Ruby about some of Winston Churchill's most famous speeches, and the historical events that were the backdrop for the speeches. I get all choked up when I think about the Miracle of Dunkirk, and how all of England's fishing boats, yachts, pleasure boats and rowboats went across the English Channel and rescued over 300,000 British and French troops who were surrounded by German armies. Another speech we talked about was the "finest hour" speech, given when England alone stood unconquered by Hitler. We listened to some of Churchill's speeches on YouTube, and he was quite the orator, but his speeches are even more powerful in written form, knowing the events that were taking place at the time. I am trying to keep on top of all the history by reading ahead, but it is a lot of work. I have a stack of books about Churchill and Roosevelt and Churchill and Hitler, but I won't get to touch a fraction of the information that is available. I'm hoping to just focus on a few important points.
Ruby is doing well in math at school and creative writing with Coco. She is a great writer, and I'm glad she's getting such good instruction on that. She is also doing Spelling List 3 and memorizing the European capitals. She finished memorizing the map of Europe, which was pretty tough. There are so many Balkan nations now! And so many former Soviet Republics! :)
We have been using a fabulous website called freerice.com to do grammar, science, geography and vocabulary quizzes. It is incredibly useful.
Also, Ruby finished her powerpoint presentation on Pablo Picasso yesterday. I think she learned a lot. We're planning ot have some friends over to try out our Cubism skills soon. In correlation with the WWII unit, we focused on the painting "Guernica," Picasso's masterpiece depicting the Nazi bombing of Guernica, Spain. When the Nazis saw the painting in Picasso's apartment in Paris, they asked him, "Did you do this?" Picasso replied, "No, you did." He used his artisic voice as a weapon of war.
I think we're covering everything we should be, with the exception of science. We might have to have a week here and there completely devoted to science. It's hard to do all the subjects in one day, with an hour of practicing and all the reading I'm trying to have Ruby do. Although, it's going to be pretty easy to cover the science that is outlined in the school district curriculum. It's not much.
Today during lunch, I lectured Ruby about some of Winston Churchill's most famous speeches, and the historical events that were the backdrop for the speeches. I get all choked up when I think about the Miracle of Dunkirk, and how all of England's fishing boats, yachts, pleasure boats and rowboats went across the English Channel and rescued over 300,000 British and French troops who were surrounded by German armies. Another speech we talked about was the "finest hour" speech, given when England alone stood unconquered by Hitler. We listened to some of Churchill's speeches on YouTube, and he was quite the orator, but his speeches are even more powerful in written form, knowing the events that were taking place at the time. I am trying to keep on top of all the history by reading ahead, but it is a lot of work. I have a stack of books about Churchill and Roosevelt and Churchill and Hitler, but I won't get to touch a fraction of the information that is available. I'm hoping to just focus on a few important points.
Ruby is doing well in math at school and creative writing with Coco. She is a great writer, and I'm glad she's getting such good instruction on that. She is also doing Spelling List 3 and memorizing the European capitals. She finished memorizing the map of Europe, which was pretty tough. There are so many Balkan nations now! And so many former Soviet Republics! :)
We have been using a fabulous website called freerice.com to do grammar, science, geography and vocabulary quizzes. It is incredibly useful.
Also, Ruby finished her powerpoint presentation on Pablo Picasso yesterday. I think she learned a lot. We're planning ot have some friends over to try out our Cubism skills soon. In correlation with the WWII unit, we focused on the painting "Guernica," Picasso's masterpiece depicting the Nazi bombing of Guernica, Spain. When the Nazis saw the painting in Picasso's apartment in Paris, they asked him, "Did you do this?" Picasso replied, "No, you did." He used his artisic voice as a weapon of war.
I think we're covering everything we should be, with the exception of science. We might have to have a week here and there completely devoted to science. It's hard to do all the subjects in one day, with an hour of practicing and all the reading I'm trying to have Ruby do. Although, it's going to be pretty easy to cover the science that is outlined in the school district curriculum. It's not much.
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