We have been working with another homeschooling family, co-oping.
We meet every second week. We have been sharing the driving, so turn about at each others homes.
It has been a really special time for the girls and us Mums.We always start late morning and we have morning tea. I usually make Scones, Jam & Cream.
We share lunch together and go our seperate ways mid afternoon.
We have been following a book on Poetry. It was meant to take us a term. !! But..it took us nearly 2 and a half.
Now its time to research and discover Shakespeare.
Firstly us Mums' got together. How What ??
Well lets start with the man himself.
We were unable to get together this week, so we have homework to do.
Firstly we must Google his birth place. Look around the area. Research his life and have it ready for show n tell, next time.
So this type of researching is quite up our alley. We love discovering from various sources and Brid will put it to paper as part of our co-op.
Then...we begin...A Midsummer Nights Dream. We have chosen various ways to study this. Read the story, watch a DVD, the Ballet, the Play, try and place our poetry trope' in the Play..and lastly read it aloud together. We will need to have several parts each.
Its such a fun way to look at various areas of Language Arts.
We meet every second week. We have been sharing the driving, so turn about at each others homes.
It has been a really special time for the girls and us Mums.We always start late morning and we have morning tea. I usually make Scones, Jam & Cream.
We share lunch together and go our seperate ways mid afternoon.
We have been following a book on Poetry. It was meant to take us a term. !! But..it took us nearly 2 and a half.
Firstly us Mums' got together. How What ??
Well lets start with the man himself.
We were unable to get together this week, so we have homework to do.
Firstly we must Google his birth place. Look around the area. Research his life and have it ready for show n tell, next time.
So this type of researching is quite up our alley. We love discovering from various sources and Brid will put it to paper as part of our co-op.
Then...we begin...A Midsummer Nights Dream. We have chosen various ways to study this. Read the story, watch a DVD, the Ballet, the Play, try and place our poetry trope' in the Play..and lastly read it aloud together. We will need to have several parts each.
Its such a fun way to look at various areas of Language Arts.
We also studied that play and enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteThe movie does have nudity at the end and there is some yukky stuff with the donkey.
We preferred Much Ado about nothing. The movie version is also nicer.
Thanks Michelle, thanks for the heads up there. We are just reviewing it first.
ReplyDeleteI think the Ballet could be better then.
We did Much Ado about nothing with the others on a friday afternoon. a few years ago, but I doubt brid remembers it.
We're doing a lot of poetry and Shakespeare, too, right now. Have you read Shakespeare's Storybook? Our children are loving it.
ReplyDeleteI used to read the plays with the older children but, for now, I'm just reading the stories to the younger ones.
Your learning looks a lot like ours, right now. (You're not reading about Mary, Queen of Scots, too, are you?!)
God bless, Leanne:)
Hi vicki,
ReplyDeleteWe have read usbournes Shakespeare stories. Brid loved it.
re Mary Queen of Scots.. We will be reading about her, so I watch your post with interest.
So yeah..our learning is similar isn't it..
God Bless You.
Hi vicki,
ReplyDeleteWe have read usbournes Shakespeare stories. Brid loved it.
re Mary Queen of Scots.. We will be reading about her, so I watch your post with interest.
So yeah..our learning is similar isn't it..
God Bless You.
Leanne, try the BBC version of A Midsummer's Night Dream, available from ABC shops. There's no nudity and it is very funny. We loved it.
ReplyDeleteI think Felix Mendelssohn composed music for this play. There is something about the music on the site. Classics for Kids.
I can't wait to write my own Shakespeare post!
Thanks Sue,
ReplyDeleteI knew there was a good play out there we could watch.
Brid listened to Classics for kids for years, it gave her a real love of Classics. It was her favourite time of the week.
I can't wait to read your Shakespeare post.
I will keep posting about our Shakespeare experience.
God Bless
Leanne