Looks like your children are loving co-op. I don’t even try to list all that we do in school, school…TOG is so book rich. I list the things we add or the extra treasures we find. LOL In ohter words I gave up with listing the curriculum.
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION:
- By : Cynthia
- Category : Homeschool Co-op, Reviews
Homeschool Co-op
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We had a special visit from three Revolutionary War soliders at co-op one day! The main goal of our co-op is to “enhance and reinforce” our at-home studies. There’s nothing like a LIVE re-enactment to fulfill that goal.
Later in the day, Josh’s class split in 1/2. 1/2 were tories and 1/2 were whigs. I’m not sure why Josh is out of line here (LOL).
In class, they practiced minute man drills. Another mom and I would go up and down the hallway giving different cues to different classes and we would holler “The British are Coming”… then the kids were timed to see if they could get dressed in a minute.
Here is Josh all dressed up and ready to go…..
along with the others on his team…
We read a LOT of books this time and I had great expectations of listing them all here with a quick little review. However, time has gotten away from me so you’ll only see reviews for the ones I wrote right after we read them. I’ll have to work on updating my blog in a more timely fashion. Our curriculum moves at a pretty good pace and sometimes it’s all I can do to get through it… never mind trying to update the blog regarding every single book we’ve read…. we’ve read dozens upon dozens already this year. Maybe I should just take a picture of our entire bookcase for this year and call it good? (LOL).
I wasn’t able to find ANY books on Phillis Wheatley, but one of the other co-op moms found this one at the library and shared it with all of us. It was a very nice book!
A Voice of Her Own – The story of Phillis Wheatley, Slave Poet by Kathryn Lasky, illustrated by Paul Lee.
This book with BEAUTIFUL illustrations is about a young girl who was kidnapped at the age of 8 or 9. She was sold to a family in Boston in 1761. The book describes the differences between northern and southern slaves and how Phillis learned to read and write, study geography and latin, and eventually began to write poetry. She was fortunate to have been sold into a family who cared for her as their own daughter.
This book by Judith Berry Griffin was an interesting and quick read. It’s a true story about Phoebe Fraunces’ who saved Gen George Washington from poisoning by one of his body guards during his stay in New York during 1776. Phoebe’s family was unique for that time because their family was free during a time when most black people in New York were slaves. Phoebe’s father owned a restaurant, the Queen’s Head Tavern, that was popular with the Patriots. After the war, GeorgeWashington celebrated his victory party at this same restaurant which is still standing in New York city today… minus the red tile roof. Later, when Washington became president, he invited Phoebe’s father to be his offical steward .
