October Focus: "Freedom Requires Courage"

October 2016

PRINCIPLE OF MONTH:

Freedom Requires Courage

Devotionals

WEEK #1 LEADERSHIP: People of Courage: what does it take to keep us free?

Painless Grammar M T W TH F

Read "The Gorgon's Head" and "Hypatia: Woman of Courage"

Moses and Ancient Israel

Abraham and Isaac

Writing assignment about what we learned from the leaders of that week

Crust skills:Painless Grammar, Math, Latin, Cooking

WEEK #2 GEO-CONQUEST: Geography and Culture

Mom-led:

Early Chinese rulers, wars and culture

Intro to Maps of Asia and points of interest

Buddhism and Confuscianism

Yin-Yang

Read Chinese myths

Kid projects:

Asian/Chinese culture and food

Art or Prezis

Map studies: know countries and major geographical features and cities of Asia

Simulations

Update time-line

Crust skills: Time line, writing, map studies, cooking 

WEEK #3) EUREKA: Math and Science

Chess: ancient game with much to teach us!

Watch new Uganda chess champion movie by Disney and discuss

Intro to Logic and Euclid

Abacus: how to use it and practice!

Study water and air from "In the Beginning" by Wilke (?)

Chinese animals: prezi or presentation?

Gunpowder: history, chemistry and uses

Chemistry: read "Mystery of the Periodic Table" Ch 1-3

WEEK #4) IMAGINATIVE ARTS: Literature, Art and Music

Study Chinese music, art and poetry with projects and immersion

Read "The Single Shard"

Catch up for rest of the month!

Spelling Bee

Practice Calligraphy

Origami