Josiah helped to hang different posters over the "teaching couch", where one-on-one instrucion takes place. The kids really enjoy interesting posters.
Ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome are still in the same spot, along with many reference books, "Mama-only" books, and not-so-often-used Great Books now occupying the top shelf. Science books still fill the section on the bottom (not in the photo).
Wow! Empty shelves just waiting to be filled (..ahem...)! American History occupies this book case, but the shelves still need to be re-labeled.
The rest of the schoolroom is pretty much the same. Re-organizing gave us a bit more breathing space, though, which is always nice.
Paper for projects...
...and a dresser full of glue, art supplies, and assorted "special" art goodies.
The boys' free-for-all shelf is still overflowing with "fun" reads. With many assigned books in their yearly Reader Boxes, the kids are not supposed to read these except on weekends, but...
All of the orange books on the 3 middle shelves were once located upstairs (out of reach), but the boys begged to read them, so they were re-located for easier access. We had to move the kids' Greek and Latin books upstairs in order to gain this space. The shelves directly above and below the orange books are full of entertaining books that Mean Ol' Mama reads (one at a time) during morning memory time. These are just neat books that she wants to read for no particular reason except to enjoy them. Good enough reason, though...
Stennes has been working a lot at the U-Pick farm, Josiah worked with his uncle hauling branches, and Anders has been working diligently with Pop, helping him regulate the egg incubator. Yep, it's been another busy week. Hopefully, things will settle down again for a few months. Mean Ol' Mama is almost finished teaching, no more competitions (except one) for a few weeks, and work in the gardens should be slowing down a bit. For "Dinner at Our House", we're having sloppy joes on whole wheat buns (made by The Girl), fresh melon, pineapple, and broccoli, fried potatoes, and whatever else jumps in the pot...
