Wordless Wednesday

I {Heart}...

Downton Abbey

I took the kids to the library last week and to my delight, they had the first season of 'Downton Abbey.'  I've been wanting to watch it since I've caught the random episode here & there. 

I'm only on episode 4 of season one but I'm completely hooked!  It's way better than the sci-fi shows I've watched with a certain member of my family...

I'm loving:

The Countess of Grantham - Cora Crawley

I love everything about her - she's classy, tactful, proper, modest, quite & soft spoken, a lady.  All things that seem to be lost in our society today.

Mrs. Patmore - The Head Cook

The things that come out of this lady's mouth is hilarious!  She has to constantly stay on Daisy -who is dreamy and tends to wander.  I always love when she's yelling for Daisy to get back to work.

I'm Disliking (because hate isn't a nice word is it?):

Thomas - the Footman 

Oh he's so obnoxious!  And I hate that smug look that he always has.  Never mind the fact that he's always causing trouble.

Ms. O'Brien

I liked her well enough until the typewriter incident.  Just watch it and you'll see...  She and Thomas are always collaborating to get Bates fired and he does a better job than the two of them combined.  Seriously, you just have to watch it to understand.

Columbus

Last week we spent the week learning about Christopher Columbus and his trip to the America's.  Hannah was very interested but I was thinking 'Why do we celebrate Columbus Day when he didn't even set foot in the United States?'  Regardless, we had fun last week and ended our lesson by making three boats and "sailing" them across the "Atlantic" (our bathtub.)

Poor kids...my boat making skills are dismal indeed but they had fun nonetheless. 

 It looks like it says 'Sista' but it says Pinta.

 The three ships set sail.

 Even Amos joins in the fun.

 Thankfully the real Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria didn't sink like our poor little ships did.  Amos decided to throw some "obstacles" into the mix.

Wordless Wednesday

School @ Home 2013-2014

The Clark School of Creativity if officially back in session.  We're always learning but for a few months each year we settle down to a home school curriculum and do the legal part of our learning.  You know, the part where I document daily the work the kids have done and twice during the school year present samples of said work to our accountability group. 

Samuel was so excited to start first grade this year.  He has been asking me daily for about three weeks if it's time for him to start yet.   Samuel will be doing My Father's World First grade work.  He'll learn phonic rules, basic addition & subtraction, as well as reading condensed Bible stories on his own.  Science will consist of a lot of outdoor exploration (think Charlotte Mason) with a few experiments here and there. 

Hannah has been excited too, but thankfully she hasn't asked on a daily basis to start school.  Now that we've started she hovers around while Sammy is working, waiting for her turn.  Miss. Hannah will be doing My Father's World Adventures in U.S. History (2nd grade.)  Obviously she'll be learning about American history and she'll finish her math workbook from last year.  We'll be adding an in-depth look at Science and beginning Spelling by Sound & Structure.  Hannah is an excellent at reading but terrible at spelling.  She learned to read by phonics so she spells everything phonetically. It makes for some interesting reads that's for sure!

I'll be sharing more of what we're doing - work, field trips, experiments, etc -so keep checking back!