I'm not making anything beautiful, like Laura, or anything useful, like Alaska. I'm sitting here, recuperating from math this morning. Maybe it was the nature walk we took before breakfast, hoodies and baskets at the ready, tapping into their creative side too early... Maybe it was the music playing on the stereo, distracting him from his work... Maybe it's just that he's eight, and this happens. Whatever it was, we determined it's a housekeeping thing, not a knowledge thing. So we broke out the graph paper, took a few deep breaths, and got it worked out. There are word problems still to do, but we both needed a break.
While he worked on his math, the other ones got their math, reading and writing done. They played with puzzles (in another room - I love having more than one room in which to live!) Then they went back outside to plunder the meadow seas with the trusty Pirate Dog, who refused to wear an eye patch, in spite of their most empassioned pleas.
Some days don't seem so hard, even when the hurdles come. We leap them, not always with gazelle-like grace, and sometimes we do land on our tushes, but we leap them nonetheless. I wish I could figure out what causes that and bottle it, or write it down, or have it tattooed on my arm. Something. Because there are other days lurking, where we won't be able to clear the front door threshold. I know this, so I'm going to savor today, which is a hurdle clearing day. :-)
We also found two different berry plants on our walk this morning. We suspect they're choke berry and muscodine, and after a little research to see if they're edible, perhaps we'll have something to make jams and syrups for this winter! (Or, maybe just dyes... we'll see.)
We'll have a late lunch and do our Latin, and then I think we're going to spend the afternoon working outside. It's too beautiful to spend the day indoors, and this is the time of year for preparing for the winter.
What do you enjoy about Mondays in the Fall?
Kiss those babies!
~Dy
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The sky here is so blue and the air is crisp. We went outside and watched a huge Black Swallowtail flit from leaf to leaf on an Ash tree, laying eggs. We made a rock pillar. Heard a bird that we will have to seek out, and identify because it was a new one to us. This was all after school was mostly wrapped up for the day.
You make something beautiful every day with your word pictures here on your blog! (And thanks for the kind words of praise.) I love these fall days - Monday morning or any other time/day! And the nights - so clear, so clean, so crisp.
I like the newness of autumn Monday mornings - new day, new week, new slate for all of us. The week stretches ahead full of endless potential. And each Monday is slightly cooler, with the sun in a slightly different place than it was the week before.
I am hoping you found chokecherries! I had some wonderful jelly once -- the product of a homeschool hike turned berry picking adventure. MMMmmmMMM! You can't beat those days, even if the math lesson *isn't* perfect.
I'm sorry, fall? What is that exactly? Here in Texas we have summer and lesser degrees of summer.:^) Actually our mornings have gotten quiet around here as it's the only time the AC isn't running. I love that!
What math do you use? (I'm sure you've posted it before but I can't remember!) We're still not doing much formal math, but I'm thinking about delving in. The girls both seem to have a bit of an aptitude for it, at least in real-life math, and we've started playing with this book (except the geometry shapes - can't find a photo of it!). I'm always curious to see how others approach math.
Today was 75 degrees, with not a cloud in the sky. Incredible. We spent the day at the neighborhood lake, marveling at flocks of birds, then went to the park for dinner, then gardened all evening. Too perfect-- I love fall!
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