“The walls that kept out death could drive you mad.” Rosamund Hodge writes darkly compelling fantasy stories haunted by images of blood and human sacrifice and death and mystery. Does that sound off-putting? They’re not gory, not horror; but they do...
Monday December 5 Woke up to a dusting of snow on the ground. Ben did letters, math, copywork. Anthony did math, read to me about St Anthony of the desert, copied a short sentence I composed about St Anthony. He was most struck by the fact that St...
Monday November 28 Ben did letters, Miquon, copywork. Anthony did Miquon, read to me from his saint book (St George), copywork. Sophie did Miquon, a bit of MEP, copywork. Bella did some Miquon, copied a prayer into her journal, chose a passage for...
Monday November 21 I woke with a migraine, totally unable to function. So I went back to bed and slept the morning away and got up at noon. Headache gone, but feeling fragile. The kids did a bit of work. Sophie did math and copywork, Bella did...
Monday November 14 Everyone did math and copywork. Sophie read me her geography. Bella picked a dictation phrase and copied it out. Picnic lunch at D.W. Field Park. Afternoon stories: Great Northern. Nothing else because it was pretty late when we...
Openness and Introversion? The other day I glanced down at an old Magnifikid from September that one of the kids had left open on a table. It was open to a little multiple choice quiz that asked the child reader to rate his or her openness to other...
Monday Nov 7 Bella did math and copywork and read to me. And chose a sentence for dictation and copied it. Sophie did math and copywork, French and geography. Anthony did math, read Little Bear, copied a sentence. Ben did math, pages in his letter...
