So I’m trying to be a better piano teacher this year. To that end, I was searching for free printable music sheets that we can use for sight reading, since what I’ve been doing is hand-printing sight reading sheets myself.
Making Music Fun has many that we can use. They have several levels [...]
Finishing up Migi’s course plans for the year. I’ve got several book studies lined up for him, but he wants to round it all out with some Ranger’s Apprentice material. And Harry Potter, but I think I may have to come up with those myself (more on the HP subject later).
I did [...]
Whew! Finally, after weeks and weeks of not having phone, internet, and a few days where I didn’t have my right thumb (long story), we are ready.
Paco is enrolled at Kolbe Academy shooting for Honors. I’ve got his curriculum figured out and agreed upon (very important ) and here it is:
Theology: [...]
Read aloud: Galimoto
Art activity: Make your own galimoto with different grade wires from the hardware store. More ideas here.
Read and narrate: Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. (3rd grade and up)
Continue to work on African Saints today.
Mom: Food Culture in Sub-Saharan Africa provides a wealth of information that can [...]
Fun Read Alouds or for Beginning Readers: What’s Cooking, Jamela?
Fun Read for Older Kids: King Solomon’s Mines (Mom, pre-read please). For discussion: Should fiction be included in a serious study of history? Why or why not? In reading King Solomon’s Mines, what did you learn about Africa that you [...]
Mom and older kids: Saints of Africa. Can also read aloud certain sections. Pick 12 saints to include in our Africa scrapbook.
(Note about this book: It is a worthy compilation of well-known, lesser-known and obscure African saints. What bothers me about it (so far, and I’m only into the first few [...]
I finally found *the* one…. and realized just how visual I am.
at Folded Space — a png file
It’s tempting to do a post on “GTD for Homeschoolers”… except I wouldn’t know where to begin. [...]
Read Aloud: A is for Africa. Add notes to the Nigeria page.
Read Aloud: Moja Means One. Copy and illustrate the numbers in the book.
Older kids: Read African Fractals. Take note of interesting information and include in the Math section of the Africa scrapbook.
Print out banknotes to add to your country [...]
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The oldest boy is reading Cry, the Beloved Country. Here’s a set of questions from LoveToLearn.net if you want to go that route. I’ve watched the movie and highly recommend for late teens to adults.
The younger ones are reading Nelson Mandela’s Favorite African Folktales and Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.
For [...]
Read Aloud: Chidi Only Likes Blue. Make a color wheel. You can use this blank wheel if you like. In each section of the wheel, write down your notes or draw the items Chidi and Nneka like. Put this page in our African scrapbook.
Read Aloud: The Jungle Grapevine. Make [...]
This is my list of what *not* to include in our study. For various reasons.
The White Giraffe
The Slave Dancer
Africa for Kids
The Power of One — ugh. couldn’t even get past the first few pages. I borrowed it because of the high Amazon ratings.
I’ll go ahead and add comments here too about [...]
How timely (and ironic, but more on that later) that we’re doing our Africa unit study and today is the feast day of St. Charles Lwanga and Companions! I’m keeping it simple (everyone’s still recovering, bad coughs all around) so we’re simply going to read from the Liturgy of the Hours, which includes a portion [...]
Where did Mogo live?
What is the mundo-mugo?
What is the legend of the 9 Kikuyu tribes?
If you were Kikuyu like Mogo, how would you answer the question, “What is your name?”
Based on what the author tells about Mogo’s thahu, what are some other possible explanations for Mogo’s problems?
On page 13, Mogo’s dad wonders if it might have [...]
All Ye Lands, pp. 273-278. Take notes and make entries into Book of Centuries/Adventure: Africa scrapbook.
Read Aloud: For You Are A Kenyan Child
Tea Party!!! For an African Princess, from Princess Tea
Continue working [...]