We enjoy our Yuletide Session. This week, for Thanksgiving, we’re mostly off. No school except piano practice & lesson. (Here are our plans and thoughts from 2010, 2011, and evidently nothing from 2012!) Starting Friday, we’re going to read The Handel’s Messiah Family Advent Reader. I must find the CD, though I have some suppositions…
It’s the start of a new Academic Year for us right now. Two days down … too many to count to go. On a previous post, Brandy commented, “I think I *just* realized that you do a year in a year–I mean not Aug-May but Jan-Dec. That is very Australian of you. 😉 Have you…
Glory to God in the Highest! On Earth, Peace among those with whom he is pleased!
We’re having a lot of fun with this Yuletide Season, but not getting a lot of my plans accomplished. I’m OK with this. We’re barely finding time to read A Christmas Carol, but we’ll finish when we finish. Monday, my parents took N-boy to Cambridge for their Victorian Christmas and light show. He had a…
FOR TODAY Monday December 12, 2011 … Less than 2 weeks before Christmas! Outside my window… quite chilly this morning, a hard frost, but sunny and bright. I am thinking… about doing some laundry. I am thankful… the family progressive dinner went well this weekend. From the learning rooms… we’re enjoying our break. We’re getting…
This coming week begins our Yuletide Session 2011. I’m always very excited for the start of a new season. Last year I explained our rationale for Yuletide Session, how it fits in educational plan. A lot of what we did last year is what we’re going to do this year, same poem, same carols, similar…