On Sunday after Mass we went to the cub scouts crossing over ceremony where the boys moved up to their new ranks.
Monday June 25
Ben: math, copywork, Explode the Code
Anthony: math, copywork, Child’s History
Sophie: math, copywork, dictation, French, Child’s Geography
Bella: math, copywork, dictation, Latin
Stories: Lamb’s As You Like It, Seabird, St Magnus, Son of Charlemagne, St Benedict, Secrets of the Universe, Daily Lectionary readings.
Bedtime stories: poems from The World of Christopher Robin.
Tuesday June 26
Ben: math, copywork,
Anthony: math, copywork, Child’s History
Sophie: math, copywork.
Bella: math, copywork
Field trip day. We drove down to Mattapoisett for a Shakespeare class/beach day organized by a friend.
We arrived early for a picnic lunch. As we ate we watched a pair of grey catbirds fluttering about among the tables, scavenging food. They were very bold and not very afraid of people, swooping quite close, perching on the tables. Sophie and Bella were entranced.
Our group is studying As You Like It in preparation for attending a performance later this summer. Today we talked about Shakespeare and introduced the play, reading a synopsis. Then the kids played a game in which they had a character’s name taped to their back and had to ask the other players yes or no questions to determine which character they were.
After our class the kids headed to the beach for some splashing and swimming. Sadly, four out of five kids received multiple abrasions from barnacle covered rocks within the first ten minutes of arriving at the beach. That cut short the swimming, but they still played in the tide pools and on the rocks. Bella found some crabs and put them in a bucket. She also collected some great shells. Sophie dug a pit and Ben tried to keep it filled with buckets of water. Anthony leapt on the rocks while Lucy wandered about. They played with friends and had a great time.
On the way down and back we listened to The Last Battle. I love Patrick Stewart’s reading of this book.
For our bedtime story we read The Bard of Avon, keeping up the Shakespeare theme for the day.
Wednesday June 27
Anthony: math, copywork, read about St Cyril of Jerusalem.
Ben: math, copywork, read a Bob book
Sophie: math, copywork, French, Read Child’s Geography
Bella: math, copywork, Latin (ver excited about the new Minimus Secundus book that just arrived).
Read alouds: Seabird, St Magnus, Son of Charlemagne, Story of the World.
Bedtime story: finished Bard of Avon.
Thursday June 28
Anthony: math, copywork, read about St Irenaeus.
Ben: math, copywork, Explode the Code
Sophie: math, copywork
Bella: math, copywork, Latin, dictation.
Read alouds: Seabird, St Benedict, St Magnus, Son of Charlemagne, North with the Spring. (Ben got very excited about vertical migration in North with the Spring.) Daily lectionary readings.
Bedtime story: The Neverending Story
Friday June 29
Anthony: math, copywork.
Ben: math, copywork, Bob book, Explode the Code
Sophie: math, copywork, French, Geography
Bella: math, copywork, Latin, dictation.
Bella and I went to the library and the grocery store.
Read alouds: Seabird, St Benedict, St Magnus, Son of Charlemagne, Secrets of the Universe , Book of Marvels, Story of the Chosen People. Daily lectionary readings.
Bedtime story: library book (Zen Shorts).
