this is a typical day for us . . alternating work at the table (reports, cosmic calculator, key to math, italian/french/latin), computer subjects (latin, typing, khan academy math, duolingo for french, german and italian), instrument practice, recitation and reading together or crafting while listening to a book on cd.
eleanor of aquitaine lived into her 80's and traveled extensively into her 70's (crossing the pyrenees on horseback to deliver a bride to her son in sicily, and then returning and crossing the alps back to her home in normandy).
she was very outspoken, confident and brave and helped create a stronger image of women in medieval times. she traveled throughout aquitaine and england presiding over court cases, settling disputes, and issuing charters. she enjoyed the arthurian legends and inspired exciting versions of the story to be put into verse and dedicated to her. at the end of her life she settled in fontevrault abbey on the river loire (near the town of poitiers) and died there on april 1, 1204.
two of the books we used about eleanor.
umm . . i think this dinner looks rather pathetic; not very appetizing. what is it? certainly not a nice pasta dish. it's ground pork with fennel seeds, garlic and parsley with spaghetti squash . . spaghetti squash filling in for . . . spaghetti . . which i miss . . along with orrechiette, italian fig bread, pastina . . etc. (no pasta on the gaps diet).
The dish needs some color :). What is the cosmic calculator? (I am too lazy to look it up).
ReplyDeleteBy the way, did you add this blog entry just recently? I don't remember it being there yesterday.
ha ha. yes I did. a little sneaky?! :) cosmic calculator is a vedic math curriculum. i consider it kind of funky and fun. chanda enjoys it and actually does the work! she has a separate notebook in which she copies out the exercises.
Deletethe meat in the dinner dish could use some green parsley and white fennel bits in it for color. you're right :)
That is to confuse your poor readers. I think you mentioned that curriculum before, just not the name. Do you do no other math?
DeleteHello Eva, We also do Live Ed Algebra and Geometry and the Key to series, and Morgana is studying the math that will be on the SATs through the SAT practice books. Morgana and Chanda also work online with Khan Academy. Math. They both enjoy that.
DeleteI have only heard good things about Khan, but haven't taken a look. I think some of their lectures can be used together with Singapore Math.
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