painting, studying and library day
we started our ancient greek mythology block today. morgana hasn't done this before, so she worked with us. however, she will read more about the ancient culture and history; areas chanda will explore next year. we did water color painting, which we haven't done in awhile so it felt different and fun.
i believe they are all different versions of mount olympus with the palace of the gods and the sun and sky. i read the creation story about gaia and uranus and their offspring. talk about melodrama and communication problems . . . it makes for exciting and fun reading!
these are the pastel drawings they made after finding my pastel pencils up in the closet over the stove. i forgot i had them there. it's good some of us snoop around occasionally.
today was a library day. (of course the two books that were not renewable were not in my bag when i got there! they will have to be returned on another day.) it's women's history month, so we chose several biographies about women which we will read during these next few weeks.
our books today were aliki's gods and goddesses of olympus (our favorite drawing was of chronos swallowing his babies!), and tallchief, america's prima ballerina. rosemary wells interviewed ms tallchief, and it's a fascinating book about how she became interested in ballet, and how hard she worked to be a ballerina (these prima ballerinas are really incredible workhorses. they just don't stop dancing.)
korrina was working on her lab report (there were a lot of calculations, she says!) and studying for her exam which she took in the evening. of course there were a few friends going in and out while she was working . . . but she did manage to spend some time alone with her studies. well, never completely alone . . there's always a cat curled up around her somewhere.
going through the courtyard, on our way to the library, we were excited to see the crocuses poking their heads up through the leaf detritus!
we started our ancient greek mythology block today. morgana hasn't done this before, so she worked with us. however, she will read more about the ancient culture and history; areas chanda will explore next year. we did water color painting, which we haven't done in awhile so it felt different and fun.
i believe they are all different versions of mount olympus with the palace of the gods and the sun and sky. i read the creation story about gaia and uranus and their offspring. talk about melodrama and communication problems . . . it makes for exciting and fun reading!
these are the pastel drawings they made after finding my pastel pencils up in the closet over the stove. i forgot i had them there. it's good some of us snoop around occasionally.
today was a library day. (of course the two books that were not renewable were not in my bag when i got there! they will have to be returned on another day.) it's women's history month, so we chose several biographies about women which we will read during these next few weeks.
our books today were aliki's gods and goddesses of olympus (our favorite drawing was of chronos swallowing his babies!), and tallchief, america's prima ballerina. rosemary wells interviewed ms tallchief, and it's a fascinating book about how she became interested in ballet, and how hard she worked to be a ballerina (these prima ballerinas are really incredible workhorses. they just don't stop dancing.)
korrina was working on her lab report (there were a lot of calculations, she says!) and studying for her exam which she took in the evening. of course there were a few friends going in and out while she was working . . . but she did manage to spend some time alone with her studies. well, never completely alone . . there's always a cat curled up around her somewhere.
going through the courtyard, on our way to the library, we were excited to see the crocuses poking their heads up through the leaf detritus!
Lovely paintings. We begin studying ancient Greece next week. Thanks for the inspiration -
ReplyDeleteWhat a busy day...
ReplyDeleteYour drawings are beautiful. I think that the Aliki book looks interesting. Are you also using D'Aulaire's book?
ReplyDeletethanks grace, good luck with your studies!
ReplyDeletehi christine, i finally pulled out my cotton yarn for the hats :) i better get working!
hello eva, i have the d'aulaire's on hold at the library. i hope it comes in soon. i thought we had it at home here . .
Beautiful paintings and drawings.
ReplyDeleteI hear you about losing things - I'm doing it everyday!!! it can be very frustrating :)
Brandon read the first Percy Jackson book and asked to read some Greek Mythology. I know that it is a bit early for him but it really appeals. In fact the Romans and Egyptians do to. I sat the kids down the other day to ask them what they would like to learn and they said that they would like to do some more history. They just started spoutiing all this information about ancient Rome that I hadn't taught them or didn't even know! lol these home school kids hey :D
I just love these snippets of your day.
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hi carolyne, many of the historical fiction novels out now are fascinating. and the children really come away with a sense of how life was in the past, more so than when just memorizing facts. i relate to being amazed at what they know. korrina could give a lecture on new york city history. it's always been a big interest for her.
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