Wow, what a weekend. We did the full blown crazy, camping in the cold weather. Joe, Elijah, and I traveled about 30 miles down the road to attend Cub Scout Family Camp. It was a lot of fun. Also cold. Did I mention it was C-O-L-D? No? Well let me tell ya….I think you get it. Besides being you -know-what, the boys had a blast. It was so neat to see Joe behave so well in a group of boys his own age. So take that everyone who thought my kid was going to turn into a pathetic weirdo via homeschooling (that wouldn’t be you guys. This is the best support group evah!). Elijah is the one having adjustment issues lately, but that is a whole other post. The boys learned archery, cooking over the campfire (mmmm, smores, mmmmm), bee bee gun rifling, fire making, etc. The best part was seeing them love the outdoors. Even though we are in WV, we are certainly city dwellers. So watching them just soak up all the vibrancy of mother nature was truly special. It sounds sappy, but I swear their behavior has improved since the trip. It was very special. And cold.
As for the homefront, Joe has started England in history. We are bucking the classical trend and doing our history geograhically through the Middle Ages. Because Joe is such a strong thinker/reflector, I thought it would be best to let him soak up a whole culture at a time. This week we are learning about the Viking Invasion, Eric the Red and Norse Mythology. He (and I) love mythology. It really seems to connect you to the group of people you are studying. We decided to do a timeline to keep some type of chronology of the history we study this year. For language arts we are working on Writing Strands right now and then will probably switch to grammar next week. Reading about learning styles has really helped me clarify what he is doing and giving him extra time to soak it up and mull it over makes him more peaceful. Frenetic is not a good pace for us. Hope everyone else is well. Cheers to the end of a peaceful, thankful, reflective day.
