Week 21-22 in ECC

We finished this about a week ago, with an interruption due to sickness - Rabbit had pneumonia. But, she's fine now.

Saudi Arabia was rather a "dark" country. Not many books at the library. I found a few about their religion and how important oil is to the region. We read facts from our MFW books. We didn't do any of the activities from the Trip Around the World book - I really didn't like them. We did try to copy the Arabic alphabet. Rabbit thought it was interesting that they read and write from right to left. We also made the flag.

We did try making hummus - that was one of the scheduled activities. Rabbit didn't really like it too much - thought it tasted funny. I thought it was interesting how the different flavors don't hit you all at once. You taste the garlic, then the sesame, then the lemon hits you. Must be how the different areas of the tongue taste those different favors.

We didn't do one art project, and the other, the "Cylinder Seal" we modified. I just had Rabbit press different shapes into the Play-Dough to see how the impressions were made.

There was one science experiment to see how a big foot helps keep camels from sinking into the sand. We tried doing it in our box of cornmeal that we use for spelling, but it didn't seem to work. So, we went out to the sandbox and tried it there, and were really able to see and feel the difference.

We started reading Amy Carmichael for our read aloud. One thing that has stuck out to me is her desire to do only things that please God. That would really improve the world a lot, if we all did.

A good couple of weeks, and I felt good that we tried the food activity. I'm not sure how much Rabbit is ready to learn about Islam, so I pretty much veered away from that. We'll hit this again in 8th grade, so we'll probably discuss it more then. I want her to have a real good Biblical foundation before looking at other religions too much.

Oh yeah, in Awana's she is working on her "Silver" sections in her book.

For the boys, I've just been doing the usual. Trying to really get them to learn the days of the weeks, months of the year, basic counting, letter names, spelling their names, phone number and address. Tigger knows if phone number, address, days of the week, and months of the year pretty well. Pooh, well, he can do his phone number. He doesn't seem to really care too much. He always misses Thursday when reciting the days of the week. But, he knows his letter names pretty well.