Huge bands of storms have been moving through with wind gusts up to 40 mph! That rocks the boat, let me tell you!
Burnt!
Pirate studies continue along with serious math time. Why is it just the smallest break allows all mathematical knowledge to drain out of the ears? I speak from experience and if you don't believe me, ask my long suffering mathematically inclined father who spent many, many years with a crying daughter at the kitchen table! It has not gotten quite that bad here, yet, (with the next generation that is) but it is always the simple things that mess up the big problems, isn't it? So frustrating! Bring on the flashcards!
The pirate studies have been much more fun, a Jolly Roger is in the works, and a great looking map - of Greece actually! Greek coastal waters works for us as we are starting our study with a few days of Ancient Pirates because, as you know, I said we were studying the Ancients this year and what's better than one rabbit trail that leads right into another? It is really quite fascinating, did you know Julius Cesear was kidnapped by pirates once? He wasn't very happy about it. In fact, once he was ransomed he came back and utterly destroyed the pirate outpost. Taking a look at the Greek and Roman Pirate ships is really neat, seeing how things have changed and yet how similar some things are.
Locally we are planning two big field trips in the near future, one to
Mel Fisher's Maritime Heritage Museum and one to
Pirate Soul!
Don't forget that voting continues up to Friday on the
Homeschool Blog Awards! Also on Friday,
Dawn's Field Day! Today is the
Loveliness of Easter Fair at Divina's. Busy, busy time in the blogosphere this week!
I managed to upload the buttons for these events in my side bar but they are not clickable! Why? Why?? Why??? Arrgh! Technology!