We had to do...and will do more tonight...ALOT of math review. I was reallly suprised at how quickly she had forgotten things that we had studied only 3 weeks prior. I need to do alot more review with manipulatives, using real money and more speed drills. I'm sure that some her age are past this...but she's moving a little slower in this area. I know, just like other things, it will just "click" one day.
We had a great discussion today in history . The "plan" that we are on has us cycling through different time periods....beginning with The Ancients and progressing to The Moderns...every 4 years. Well, today we talked about Life in Athens. We talked about Life in Sparta last week.
It was Great!
About a month ago I attended a conference that dealt with parenting & homeschooling. The main idea that I took away from there was : Teach your kids to interact with ideas.
Todays lesson was a fabulous example of this. It began by describing a young Spartan male's life and then the life of a young Athenian male. We did a lot of comparing. When the word democracy was introduced, we discussed Plato's idea that every citizen needed to be educated in order to vote responsibly. This was a great experience for me - to see her begin to interact with ideas about society & education. We also discussed the public forum. She also said that the Athenians needed to "rule" the Spartans because they "knew how to read, write and think through laws....and the Spartans knew only how to fight." I know that that is elementary...but hey- that's what she is and I think that it is pretty good for a 1st grader.
Her writing exercise for today (we do this everyday after history) was:
"Spartans would rather die than lose a fight. The boys were seven years old when they went to military camp. They were strong and silent."
"The people of Athens were educated. They were always fighting about the law. They had a vote. Plato thought people should be educated. Women could not vote."
Well, that's it for day one of "In Recovery".
more tomorrow.....
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>>She also said that the Athenians needed to "rule" the Spartans because they "knew how to read, write and think through laws....and the Spartans knew only how to fight.">>
What a smart kid! But also, doesn't the interpretation of those laws come into consideration? You could draw some pretty serious parallels between that and current events.....but she doesn't need to think about that stuff yet. I don't even want to think about that stuff yet! LOL
Hey Trace! Good to see you back. I pray all is well with you post-surgery. God bless you!
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