Week of Feb 1st

We started the week with Co-Op. Hannah loved her Bill of Rights class. She is very interested in politics, so she enjoyed debates they had over court cases. In Bible we learned about being generous. The kids learned Luke 6:38. In music, we are learning about Beethoven. In art we looked at paintings by Valesquez because Hannah is reading "I, Juan de Pareja".

We had a poetry reading while we drank hot chocolate. I had read about someone making it a tea time, but David does not like tea. It went over so well. We have memorized some poetry this year, but they have never had a real appreciation for it. Both wanted turns reading some of the poems. It is a new tradition we will be continuing.

In history we read about the slave trade triangle. Although we are not to the time period of it's end, we watched the movie, "Amazing Grace", a personal favorite of mine. We also read "Amistad Rising" by Veronica Chambers. It was very good.

The both began studies in chemistry, so we discussed atoms, molecules, etc. They enjoyed making their own like these.
We thought this one looked more like a skier than a molecule.


Both had work to do in grammar, math, literature, and critical thinking. Hannah is reading "The Hound of the Baskervilles" for her novel club. She also went to her writing class that started back this week. David was very excited this week to do well on his speed drills and make A's on his tests in math and language arts.