Some people love to plan. I like to have a plan, but i never stick to it. So, i've given up having a proper plan and instead work to our natural rhythm and remind myself that homeschooling is a marathon, not a sprint. Today I knew we would cover history but i didn't have any idea exactly how it would unfold...
We started off reading from Story of the World 3. Today's section covered King James VI of Scotland and Guy Fawkes. The kids thought it was great but when it came time to see what was in the activity book they were very disappointed to find there was no colouring in page for this section :( I set up Bugsy and Chicky to draw pictures of a bon fire and fireworks whilst I did a narration with Flossy. It was an awesome CM style narration.
While she was busy copying her narration into her history notebook i quickly looked at the activity suggestions feeling like the kids had been short changed with no colouring in page. I came across Parkin, so off we went to the kitchen and made some Parkin. It was in the oven by lunchtime and ready for afternoon tea. Everyone LOVED it!
Whilst having lunch i thought, hmm, wonder if anyone's got some filming of their bon fire or fireworks on You Tube. I just put in Guy Fawkes and was offered a plethora of clips along with one from BBC. We watched it and the kids LOVED it! In all honestly you'd want to pre-watch this one, it's definitely PGR.
Who knew that was how our day would unfold when we got started this morning. What a great day! I love homeschooling :-)
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