Year 5: Rome to The Reformation, Week 2

     So, did you hear about the eclipse that occurred this week?

     We spent most of our Monday in and out of the house viewing the eclipse as it slowly progressed.  When our day ended we gathered our books and headed outside to enjoy the beautiful weather. 

     We began reading Augustus Caesar's World and the story began with the death of Julius Caesar, which of course my Little Toughie found sad.  Sometimes the readings are a bit long so I end up reading it to them while they have their lunch.  So far we're all enjoying it, but then again I've always been a fan of Roman History.

     We also began science this week.  We're starting with Human Anatomy.  They did a great job on their Cell Anatomy pictures:

     We aren't following the My Father's World recommended science since my daughter really enjoyed Apologia's Science and wanted to use it again.  I simply looked at what MFW had listed as the science focus and selected the corresponding Apologia books.  Plus, we already did the human body project a few years ago when we were still participating in Classical Conversations.  Eventually, we'll be moving onto Astronomy toward the end of the year.

     That's about it.  All the excitement of Monday's eclipse subsided into a quiet week; another one in the books!

Year 5: Rome to The Reformation, Week 1

     We started our fifth year, albeit a week late, but we started!  After placing our order for our My Father's World curriculum I decided to pull up our calendar to start scheduling subjects and saw that we should have already started.  Oops!  Luckily, my order arrived a few days later and I was able to start a week later.

     These were the goodies we got just in the nick of time along with my handy file box that has all their MFW (and any other sheets) organized by week:

     We began our studies in the founding of Rome, which is a bit of a review for the kids since we studied Rome in our Mystery of History Vol. I last year.  First up was a notebooking page about Romulus and Remus:

Next, we got to enjoy a Roman snack (as Roman as I could make it) outside as the Ancient Romans would have done.  I even played music for them:

     We're finishing up Long Story Short, our Bible study, before we move into Old Story New, which ties in with this year's history.  Plus, I love how in depth these books are and how they open up discussion for me and the kids.  MFW had a great project to help the kids remember the different types of books within the Bible.  I prepped it the night before by cutting out the covers and the next day they worked on wrapping and labeling:

     The finished project:

     All in all, in was a pretty good week.  I'm starting out slowly, as always, adding in something new every week.  In about four weeks our schedule will have our full load.  Right now, we're just working on history, reading and math.  Over the next few weeks we'll be adding science, Latin, spelling and writing.  I think that's it.  Well, at least that's it for this post!