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We had a really fun and interesting school week, so I thought I would share some of the highlights here:
+ We’re on a Narnia kick right now! One of my little guys wanted to know the backstory of the wardrobe from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe so we dove into The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis as a morning read aloud. They’re enjoying it so far.
+ In history, we read Empire State Building: When New York Reached for the Skies by Elizabeth Mann and learned all about the specific way skyscrapers are constructed. Instead of exterior brick walls bearing the weight of the building, innovators created a new metal framework version. This supported the weight from the inside, much like a skeleton supports a human body, and the height possibilities seemed endless! We were in awe of the bravery of the steelworkers as they ascended higher in higher in the sky to work. Can you believe that only six workers died during the building’s construction and none of those were steelworkers?! After we finished the book, the kids wanted to try their hand at a Minecraft mockup. They did great!
+ In geography, we jetted off to Japan, started map work and read The Way We Do It In Japan by Geneva Cobb Iijima. A cute look at the differences between American and Japanese cultures.
+ We have multiple science curriculums going on in the house, but two were animal related this week. My daughter is reading Pagoo by Holling C. Holling and is learning about hermit crabs. We found this fascinating BBC Earth video about the way hermit crabs swap shells. Who knew?! The little boys learned about chameleons and we read Chameleons are Cool by Martin Jenkins. The part about most people thinking chameleons changing their color to match their surroundings? That was me. I learn something new everyday.
+ My high school boys wouldn’t consider their school week particularly exciting (ha!) but we’ve got one reading The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and one learning about great thinkers like Aristotle and Erathosthenes (these short videos on the Socratica youtube channel are helpful). And algebra. Lots and lots of algebra.
