Sunday November 15 Took Bella to see Hamlet. We left before 3 and got home after 9. A long day, but so very good. Monday November 16 A slow start, we were all pretty tired after a late night. Sophie did math and copywork and cursive and read me some...
On Friday we took a trip to the Museum of Fine Arts to see their current special exhibit, Class Distinctions: Dutch Painting in the Age of Rembrandt and Vermeer. I love Dutch painting. We went on a Vermeer kick last year and spent hours poring over...
Would I had met my dearest foe in heaven Or ever I had seen that day, Horatio! Last night I took Bella into Boston to see the National Theatre Live production of Hamlet, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, filmed at the Barbican Theatre in London. I...
Monday November 9 Sophie made up her own math problems, adding and multiplying hundreds and thousands. I’m happy with this because she’s really starting to grasp place value. She spent some time writing on the iPad, this little document she types in...
Monday November 2 Everyone did math. Sophie wrote a little story in lieu of copywork. A story about her ninja characters, Asheesh and Tom. And then did a little math from Saxon, geoboards and numbers that add up to 10. Bella did a page in Miquon...
1. The Stripping of the Altars: Traditional Religion in England, 1400-1580 by Eamon Duffy A thorough cultural history of England at the time of the Reformation, focusing on the practice of religion, with extensive background about what Catholic...
Today we took a field trip to the Harvard Museum of Natural History. We went once before, several years ago. I think Anthony was a baby then. So it’s been a while. I’ve been meaning to go for a while but it was hard to figure out the...
I started to add these to my learning notes post for the week and then wondered why I didn’t make them their own post. So here you go, Halloween. Some young moms from the other end of the street decided to throw a block party. We were...
Monday October 26 We began the day slowly with math. First I helped Sophie with a lesson. Introduction to division. We sat at the table and worked through the problems on the little whiteboard, me drawing matrixes of dots for her to divide up. I...
Monday October 19 Late start, but eventually we did get the ball rolling. I did math with Ben and Anthony and a little letter writing too. iPad time like a carrot waved in front of them. No iPad until everyone has finished their work. I did math...