Both Case and Amelia are continuing math with the Aleks program.Case is continuing the Story Of Mankind and so far has studied:
prehistoric man
the invention of writing
the beginning of civilization
the rise and fall of Egypt
Mesopotamia, the Sumerians
moses and the Jewish people
The Phoenicians and the alphabet
The Persians
The Indo-europeans
The Greeks and their contributions to the world
Alexander the Great
The Roman Empire
Jesus
Mohammed
This week both Case and Amelia did a book report. Case reported on The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien and Amelia finished and reported on Jahanara: Princess of Princesses, India,1627. Amelia became acquainted with Buddhism through a story of Siddhartha and The Four Noble Truths and is discovering how similar all the different religions of the world are. It is amazing how things present themselves for learning experiences. Amelia went to church with one of her friends this past week and as luck would have it they had a visit from a lady that had spent 5 months in India. Although the main idea of her presentation was "How silly all those gods are" in Hinduism which upset Amelia, it opened the door for much discussion and I was amazed at some of the profound thoughts Amelia has. I am so glad she is developing such an open and accepting view of our world and all the people that live in it. She is truly a compassionate person.
We took a wonderful trip with our homeschool friends to Long Shoals Wayside Park in Pickens county and found pool after pool of tadpoles. The girls had a blast observing and catching some to set up a habitat at home and watch the transformation. The boys studied water patterns and learned to read them, then tested that knowledge by sliding and tubing down the waters.
(pictures to come)
