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| Mr. B compared these two portraits as part of his art appreciation this week. |
Two weeks ago things changed around here with Mr. A. He got a part-time job...a real job! He is excited about the opportunity but for our family it has meant seeing a little less of his smiling face. It is just another step in the direction of becoming a mature young man and it is nice to see his satisfied look when he comes home each afternoon.
Mr. B and I have really missed him. I have lost a walking partner in the afternoons. Mr. B misses the basketball games in the driveway. I miss his help in the garden. It brought into focus even more that he is growing up and soon will be taking the next big steps.
In the meantime, we will finish off the remainder of the year with a flourish. We have started planning his graduation celebration with friends and family. We decided on a picnic and gathering of friends for fellowship and fun in the middle of May. I am ordering his graduation announcements in the next few weeks. I need to take his graduation portrait soon and get those printed to include in the announcement. These are fun times and I hope that he is ready for us all to celebrate his hard work.
The last few weeks have been busy with the same day to day schoolwork...reading and writing mostly.
Mr. B is reading: These Were the Romans, Bible: Matthew 1-7, Luke 1-3, sections in Mythology by Edith Hamilton along with the Aeneid (listening to snatches on Naxos.com).
Mr. A is reading: History of the 20th Century, Kennedy and Nixon, 1984 (final part of this book...much to my relief).
Mr. B is writing his very own ebook which is going to be a story writing tutorial for elementary grades using LEGO characters and settings. This is turning out so much better than I anticipated.
Mr. A is writing a formal essay on Richard Nixon and the space program. I can't remember if I shared his webpage on the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that he made on Squidoo. I think he did a pretty good job at pulling things together and writing the narrative parts of the lens.
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| Here is the pile I am working on right now....HFA Grade 3. |
We are taking next week as our Spring Break and I hope to catch up on posting and sharing videography, robotics, poetry, and astronomy. Great things taking place but no time to write about it this time around.
Barb-Harmony Art Mom
11 comments:
I just love Chopin. It's raining out, too, so it's just perfect. I like the webpage, too. Nice!
You must be meeting this new change with mixed feelings. I know I will have them when my next one graduates.
I love Chopin, he was so aptly nicknamed "The Poet of the Piano"! I always enjoy reading your blog!
Ah, we too have a graduation in the horizon... it went so fast, but the years were amazing...
gotta love it.
~Sheri
Wow! You are amazing! I just found your site. I have a soon to be 9th grader and have been in the middle of research on what to do for next year. I want to do American History. Would you recommend anything but TOG????
I love the portraits he compared--both so regal. The ebook is such a good idea--so many kids want to work with those lego robots.
Hi Tami,
I really don't have any suggestions at this time for American History other than using TOG history which I love because of the format. I found it so much more meaningful to learn American history while learning about European history at the same time because of the influences and connections that were made. I decided that teaching American history in isolation is not giving the child the complete picture.
Hi Barb! Wow! Exciting things going on around there. I love the ebook tutorial and the Squidoo project. What a fabulous way to integrate learning with instruction and today's tech resources. Have fun planning the graduation picnic; I think it sounds like a perfect plan to celebrate!
Those two portraits are wonderfully similar. What a great pair to compare. Brilliant!
I have two young men who would be interested in writing about lego figures.
I agree, the portriats are an awesome pair, and the Chopin is lovely.
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