The usual math, language lessons, spelling, etc., as well as reading lots of things with God's Instruction Book I as the top priority. We also read about "India and Hinduism" in Mystery of History after Jaden did a quiz and pretest, the January edition of Ranger Rick where we read about the crabs on Christmas Island and some other things, the Learn-to-Read Bible with Trusten; and Jaden and I started reading The Children's Homer.
The Children's Homer
At the beginning of The Children's Homer, the king of Ithaka Odysseus was told by a messenger that he was being called to war with the other kings against Troy to rescue King Menelaus' (of Sparta) wife Helen whom was stolen by Paris, a prince of Troy. Odysseus was a man of wisdom, among other things, and he feigned being mad in order to avoid leaving his wife and newborn son for war. So what did he do to make it look as if he was crazy? He started plowing a field with a donkey and ox yoked together! I stopped at this point and talked to Jaden about the statute in the law of Moses that commanded not to yoke a donkey and ox together. It's apparent that those of Greece didn't think this was a good thing, either. The messenger tested him, though, by placing his firstborn infant son in the way of the plow, and when Odysseus got to the child, he stopped, so it was seen that he was sane and so went to war with some of his men. Odysseus, if he was a real king, wasn't the only king recorded in history to feign madness. King David of Israel pretended to be insane so that people would not know who he was, actually before he became king, but Achish, king of Gath, thought it was David the king, and so David was afraid, because he had fled from Saul who was still king and was envious of how the people treated David over him.
Robots
In one issue of Weekly Reader/Scholastic News we read about robots, especially humanoid robots and how they're being used more and more. That led to some very interesting discussion about where our future is heading and the pros and cons of such a thing.
Some Art
We started reading in the booklet that came with the Origami set that was a gift from my sister. There are a couple other things we need to start doing origami.
Here are some of the recent drawings and colorings of Trusten (who went quickly from practically no drawing and coloring experience to doing it and enjoying it), as well as an addition done by William to my turtle family set that I keep on my dresser. My sister gave me the turtle family as a gift she got from Cozumel a year or two ago. It was perfect, as it had a daddy turtle on bottom, a momma turtle, two boy turtles, and a girl turtle. But now we have Elizabeth, so Jade decided to take a couple of my shells and make a new turtle (without legs, because I do not have shells small enough). He got eyes and a puffball from his art stuff to add the finishing touches.
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| L: A pink person, a blue rabbit, and a yellow flower for Momma, from Trusten; An "Elizabeth" turtle (notice he used blue eyes) added to top of pile-up by Jaden William |
Icicles
Jaden got his beloved wish to play with icicles from the bluffs. It truly made his day that day:
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| A lovely sight for us to drive by whenever we go out |
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| He doesn't like what he calls "the toddler picture." ;-) He was appalled by his facial expression when I snapped the picture. He was talking. |
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| Ice treasures!!! And yes, those are his good shoes! We had gone to town that day. |
Sabbath Day
Ahhhh....just gorgeous scenery and such a lovely day to relax and praise God on His holy day:
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| See the moon in the top picture? |
Until next time...
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