Who Owns the Sun?

We're reading Who Owns the Sun? by Stacy Chbosky this week. It's about a little boy who asks his father who owns different things, like the sun, stars, or wind. The father responds that each thing is too wonderful, precious, and powerful to be owned by anyone. But then the boy finds out that his father is owned, and he is crushed. It's a very beautiful way to describe the horrors of slavery to young children. Jimmy immediately understood a little of what slavery means and how terrible a thing it is.

This week, we've discussed what "slavery" is, talked about how the son feels about his father, and counted how many questions the boy asked his dad. We'll finish up the week with taking a closer look at the illustrations, creating our own artwork, and listening to/discussing slave songs.

We had fun in math this week. We've really backed off on the calendar work, since Jimmy has a very good grasp now. We're still quizzing Jimmy occasionally (like "what day of the week is it today, Jimmy?") and doing occasional formal calendar work. During our lessons, we've worked on numbers 0-20 using number cards. Today, we did some math experiments with colored water, which Jimmy & Caleb LOVED doing. We'll finish up the week with some pattern blocks work and paying for pretend items with dimes.

Our letter this week is Q. Jimmy picked up this week's verse very quickly. It's a short verse, but the reference isn't very easy... First Thessalonians! We'll continue working on writing Q and q & reciting the verse, but we won't be writing any words with Q yet, since we haven't done the letter U yet. Jimmy has already asked for what Q words he wants to write once we get to U.

It's been a crazy time lately, so I might be posting weekly for a while.