We did CalcuLadder (new level! yay!), two reading lessons for Elias, the girls made their June calendars, Anna Kate practiced typing, Olivia wrote a thank-you note to her grandmother, and in SOTR we read about the attempt of one dishonest patrician to take over Rome by giving welfare to the plebians. Cincinnatus to the rescue again. Also, the siege and destruction of Veii and the gradual improvement in the rights of the plebians (those patricians could be real stinkers, I guess). In SOTW, we're up to Augustus Caesar, so we're moving to the time of the birth of Christ now. I need to pause and add a few things to the timeline!

And...I finally bought a tape recorder last night. It was twenty bucks at Wal-Mart and the sound quality isn't the greatest, but we've been recording our storybooks since I brought it home. I love that their little voices are getting recorded right along with the stories! I hope that Elias will find it helpful to have his favorite stories on tape as he learns to read by himself. They were all greatly amused by the recording and play-back process. Anna Kate wants to re-read The Hobbit and put it on tape. We'll probably start recording SOTW II when we begin that too. I hope to use it with their own narrations as well. Eventually, they will be able to take their own dictation.

Just a few minutes ago I talked to a lady who wants to join our homeschool group. She has one son, going into 2nd grade. Conversations like those leave me feeling so grateful for the privilege of homeschooling! Her son has serious allergies (peanut, etc.); imagine how dangerous it could be to send him off to school.

So, anyways...Oh, I also erased a bunch of pencil writing from my used Daily Grams workbook. I will be using that for Anna Kate's grammar next year. Can you believe I actually lay in bed the other night, fretting over whether I was doing enough grammar for her? It's amazing how things get so out-of-perspective in the middle of the night.

There's a homeschool swap in the next county next week that I might attend. I have a few things I could swap. I just have to find out how it all works. I have put a call in to a friend about it. My Spelling Power never showed up; perhaps I could find a used one.

Also, our first planning meeting for next year's history co-op is next Thursday.