Does this count as Language Arts if you're just (barely) 9 years old?Monday, July 5, 2010
4th of July
Does this count as Language Arts if you're just (barely) 9 years old?
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Don't worry, they are just lighting a snake. We had our usual wild and crazy 4th of July here on our street. It took me years to appreciate this holiday, but I'm now firmly in the pro-4th of July crazy fireworks camp. M has been talking about 4th of July since New Year's Eve, when a huge wind and rain storm precluded our use of the saved fireworks from last year. This afternoon this sign appeared on our fence:
Does this count as Language Arts if you're just (barely) 9 years old?
My random thoughts on juggling homeschooling, working, parenting, playing music, trying to keep the house from being a complete health hazard, and staying healthy and sane.
Does this count as Language Arts if you're just (barely) 9 years old?
Kids Books We're Reading (and recommend!)
- The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman Philbrick (Entertaining Civil War era adventure story, includes battle of Gettysburg)
- Killdee House by Rutherford Montgomery (Sweet story for kids who love animals, though one animal dies near the beginning)
- The Cay by Theodore Taylor (A classic for good reason, with a bit of interesting geography and WW II history)
- Questors by Joan Lennon (Good story, mostly sci-fi, but with dragons)
- Sophia Scrooby Preserved by Martha Bacon (A great story, one of my favorites as a kid)
DVD Schooling (DVDs we've enjoyed that have some educational value)
- Elegant Universe
- Einstein's Big Idea
- Desparate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower (Really engaging 3-hour show, interspersing documentary with acted vignettes)
- Elizabeth I the Virgin Queen (One of the less gory versions of Elizabeth's story)
- Rivers and Tides (about Andy Goldsworthy)
- The Presidents the Lives and Legacies of the 43 Leaders of the United States (I don't agree with everything, but good snapshot of each president)
- The Story of One (A very entertaining history of numbers)
My Favorite Blogs
Recent good reads for grown-ups
- Without a Map by Meredith Hall (Memoir, teen girl gets pregnant in 1965--some things have improved!)
- Ghost Riders by Sharyn McCrumb (Historical fiction, Civil War in the Appalachian mountains)
- The Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvani (Historical fiction, 17th century Persia--great storytelling)
- Teach Me by R.A. Nelson (Fiction, a cautionary tale)
- Warriors Don't Cry: The Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High by Melba Patillo Beals (An amazing memoir by one of the Little Rock Nine)
- The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music by Steve Lopez (Wonderful, inspiring true story)
- Last Exit to Normal by Mark Harmon (Fiction, teen boy coming of age story)
- Certain Girls by Jennifer Weiner (Great chick lit)
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