Works in progress
Aug 26th, 2010 by lapazfarm
Aren’t we all? Works in progress, I mean? I could probably title EVERY post “works in progress” and remain accurate!LOL!
That being said, this year has started off more smoothly than perhaps any year before and we are really hitting a groove here. I am beginning to feel like all of the plans I stressed over carefully made over the summer may just work in practice after all! If that’s not progress, I’m not sure what is!
Anyway, just so I don’t get too far behind recording our progress, I thought I’d write this quickie post to share a few things, mid-week (sort of) that may or may not be quite finished.
JBug’s art studies are coming along brilliantly. She’s had a lot of fun spending the past two weeks with Gustav Klimt and is currently finishing up a Klimt-inspired collage project. I’ll try to get a picture of the finished product up soon because I think it is going to be really cool and other folks may want to give it a shot (it’s our own interpretation of this project).
Superboy is thoroughly enjoying chemistry, Caveman Chemistry that is!
Making fire, caveman style…
which is actually much harder than it looks. Those cavemen were no slackers!
Then on to “flint knapping”…
(aka making an arrowhead out of a glass bottle.)
Pretty nice work, I’d say. Definitely caveman-worthy.
In literature he’s moving through his reading list at a great clip, finished Hittite Warrior, about to polish off Gilgamesh. I just hope all of this “ancient” stuff doesn’t go to his head. It’s hard enough to keep teenage boys from turning barbarian without any added influence! Luckily he moves on to the civilizing influence of the Greeks very soon.
And today we celebrate the 100th birthday of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta! In her honor we are making Indian food for dinner—curry chicken and warm lentil salad. We will see how it goes, because as a chef, I am most definitely a work in progress!
How cool! You are inspiring. What tools did Sboy use to make his arrowhead? I bet my son would love to do something like that.
Faith, he used a huge 50d nail, a 20d nail, and a flat-head screwdriver. He wore leather gloves and eye protection. For the blank he used the bottom of a cream soda bottle (brown glass).
What a great, fun post, Theresa! I always love peeking into your home and activities. Give JBug and Superboy hugs from me!
Please, please, pretty please, will you post all of JBugs history timeline art…I am planning on getting vicarious homeschool satisfaction from her project, since neither of my boys was inspired by a similar assignment.
I did get one boy to do a fabulous set of world history maps, and the other is willing to do montessori-esque collage timelines…but I so love JBugs artistic vision.
LOL! Sure, Carrie! I’ll do an update on her timeline work soon!
That’s a very sharp arrowhead! Be careful!
What wonderful activities. Your homeschool is so cool!
Blessings,
Dawn