Author: Thena

Week 1 of Homespun Homeschool: We opened our schule-tutes and got to work, found states and capitals of the U.S. on a map, studied the Bible, read about Benjamin Franlink and applied his story to the issue of eminent domain, learned about Columbus’ trip to America, read The Phantom Tollbooth, learned about 4 types of tissue, practiced spelling, started Algebra, read an introduction on Logic, picked back up on Latin, researched the scientist Hipparchus, and had a back-to-school breakfast with our Classical Conversations community!

Week 24 of Homespun Homeschool: We learned the anatomy of a neuron and neuromuscular junction, drew a map of the world from memory, wrote and presented a time-travel journal for Leonardo da Vinci, created bridges with straws & tape to see whose was the strongest, translated a poem from Latin, went bowling with friends, caught up on our Challenge A Class devotional, dissected brains and eyeballs, gave end-of-the-year presentations to our CC Community, had an end of the year auction, had an awesome end-of-the-year bluebook/candy party, and got to pie our teachers in the face!

Week 23 of Homespun Homeschool: We learned the anatomy of an eye, diagrammed sentences, drew a commissioned work of the Furman University Campus, worked on Decimals, had a native Australian share her culture and favorite foods, wrote a persuasive essay on Crispin: The Cross of Lead, worked on spelling, wrote a paper about The Wonderful World of Legos and Video Games, started writing a time travelling paper about Leonardo da Vinci, and went to see a Mock Trial put on by the Challenge B CC class!

Week 22 of Homespun Homeschool: We practiced integers, taught math concepts to our class, wrote a paper about the Superior, Spectacularly Super Mario Brothers Movie, diagrammed sentences, learned the anatomy of a brain, memorized the grography of Africa, wrote the ANI chart for Crispin: The Cross of Lead, gave a presentation on Mom’s music, learned cartography terms, played in the creek with friends, wrote a persuasive essay on The Secret Garden, and made egg protectors and had the fire department test them by dropping from their ladder!

Week 21 of Homespun Homeschool: We worked on spelling, finished our essay based on a Gathering of Days and read it in class, diagrammed sentences, continued running on the track team, had a special guest come to class to share about growing up in Africa then being adopted by missionaries, practiced drawing the anatomy of skin from memory and used pop tarts to diagram, practiced drawing a map of the Central World from memory, celebrated pi-day by finding the circumference of a strawberry rhubarb pie, practiced metric conversions, got pie thrown in our face for answering Essentials questions, and completed our Faces of History paper and read our monologue dressed as Leonardo Da Vinci in a wax museum presentation!

Week 20 of Homespun Homeschool: We wrote an ANI chart for our persuasive essay based on a Gathering of Days, learned how to ride a Jeep go-cart over rough terrain, diagrammed sentences, practiced finding area, worked with our class to build the tallest tower, learned about Newton’s Second Law of Motion, worked on spelling, practiced drawing the anatomy of a skeleton from memory, reviewed the difference between kinetic and potential energy, worked some more on our Faces of History paper about Leonardo Da Vinci and practiced our wax museum performance monologue, worked on Penmanship, and had our first real Tornado Warning where we had to evacuate to the basement until the coast was clear!

Week 19 of Homespun Homeschool: We learned about Van Gogh and painted cherry blossoms using his color scheme, started running on a track team, practiced penmanship, drew a map of the world and continents, practiced spelling, gave a class presentation on our Iron Man glove, learned about the United Nations and the League of Nations, worked on drawing a map of the Central World from memory, learned about the First Law of Thermodynamics, wrote a persuasive essay based on the book The Door in The Wall, studied quadrilaterals and triangles, diagrammed sentences, practiced drawing the parts of a heart from memory, and built a lighted shadow box!

Week 18 of Homespun Homeschool: We continued practicing drawing maps of the world from memory, did a math investigation into circumference and diameter, worked on sentence diagramming, practiced writing prefixes, attended Forest School where we worked on building forts, continued practicing drawing the respiratory system from memory, worked on our Faces of History paper about Leonardo Da Vinci, heard a lecture from a native Filipino and ate a traditional Filipino food for lunch, built a model for one of Leonardo Da Vinci’s catapults, built a mechanical soap dispenser, started creating a tri-fold board to present with our Da Vinci paper, and attended our first day at our new South Carolina Classical Conversations community, celebrating with ice cream after school at Pink Mama’s!

Week 17 of Homespun Homeschool: We practiced drawing the respiratory system from memory, built a magnetic sand-sculpting machine, learned about chickens and how to care for them, recited chart A for Essentials from memory, worked on sentence diagramming, reviewed SPIDO PONA, read in a Gathering of Days, worked on our acrylic painting skills, read an adaptation of Pilgrim’s Progress and attended Forest School where the kids got to “free-range” for hours!

Week 16 of Homespun Homeschool: We learned about Newton’s First Law of Motion, studied Monet and painted in his style, diagrammed sentences, practiced drawing Western, Southern and Central Europe from memory, received goodbye gifts from our CC classes (so sad!), worked on colored pencil technique, started memorizing the parts of the respiratory system, wrote a paper on the Noble Knighthood, reviewed PEMDAS, reviewed the parts of speech, and presented our Science Fair Project to the judges and our Classical Conversations community!