We celebrated the first day of Fall with a swim party!† Heather hosted us and yes, the kids swam.† Since the weather has been about 18∞ above normal it was perfect weather for it!† It was a great day with great friends.
There was a full moon last week and Kei and I went outside and howled at it.† What??? Doesn’t everyone do that???
We went to Early Works Museum this week to see a presentation on Harriet Tubman and The Underground Railroad. † It was amazing! She did about a 45 minute One-Woman show.† Wow!
Afterward they asked if any of the kids had questions.† Of course Kei was the 1st in line.† We studied The Civil War last year and learned so much about the Underground Railroad.† It was great to see it ‘come alive.’
Then they had different stations they went to to learn about slavery, womens right to vote, and more about The Underground Railroad.
It was a mix of PS and HS kids.† Of course our kids already had big plans for after the show.† They love Early Works and have some ongoing scenario going on where some of them are Colonial shopkeepers and some are Pirates.† Roles were already assigned long before we arrived.† I love our kids!† They couldn’t ‘free’ play until the PSers were loaded onto their buses.† Then it was on!
When the Pirates stole from the store, Kei was ready with her trusty Cast Iron Skillet.
It was a great day!
We are learning about Ancient India in History.† We saw pictures and videos of the ancient city of Mahenjo Daro.† It was really interesting.† Kei used different materials to make bricks.† The bricks of the city of Mahenjo Daro are still standing.† I told Kei I doubted hers would last 1 week!
We get a Science Newsletter from† Home Science Tools that has a “Question of the Month”.† Last month Kei sent in a question and she was picked as the winner!† She got a tin of Thinking Putty.† We love Thinking Putty.† It is the coolest thing.
Also I made a comment on a blog about how I would love to teach Kei to knit but hadn’t a clue.† One of my favorite bloggers, AmiMental, saw my comment and sent me an email that she just happened to have a Klutz knitting book that her daughter didn’t use.† She told me that if I didn’t mind giving her our address she would send it to Kei.† Kei got it last week and was so excited.† Not only did she send the book but also yarn and the sweetest card.† Aren’t blog friends just great???† I have met so many online friends that I just adore.† Thanks again Ami. 😉
A very good week indeed.
I can’t wait until next week when the weather is supposed to FINALLY get more Fallish!
“I love the fall. I love it because of the smells that you speak of; and also because things are dying, things that you don’t have to take care of anymore, and the grass stops growing.”
– Mark Van Doren
What a thoughtful gift! And I would love to take my kids to that Harriet Tubman show!
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Thank you again for the links about deschooling. I am researching it now. I was given two book recommendation for Grace to read as well. I REALLY appreciate your advice!
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Yes, a very good week indeed!!
we howl at the moon sometimes, this time the boys were busy LARPing under the moon.
We were just looking at Thinking Putty!!! Now with your endorsement, I think we will buy some!!
There are so many things in your post I want to comment on! I really love that you guys howled at the moon. ‘Our’ moon was rising through the trees the other night while we were at a concert. I stood outside, listened to the music through the open windows, watched kids play hide and seek and kept an eye on the moon. Bliss.
And we learned about Mohenjo-Daro too! There’s an awesome link about it, if you’re interested: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/indusvalley. We spent about 4 hours on this site, exploring the town, making a newspaper, going on an archaeological dig. So much fun.
And my daughter is learning to knit too! And a friend wrote on my blog about sending me simple knitting patterns, so yes, blog friends are lovely.
So snap, snap and triple snap! Thanks for another great post. I’m sure there are more things I could respond too but that would make this comment the Longest Blog Response In the World, and I’m not sure I want to be THAT person!
I taught myself to knit from videos at the library and youtube. I need to see if being done, very slowly. Books don’t help me. Very patient people will teach you casting on and off and the pearl stitch on youtube. That is about all I can do so far! But I have made some nice scarfs and facecloths!
Have fun Kei!
I love that you howled at the moon. 😀
And if the knitting takes off, let me know. I have a few more little items Kei might want.