This is how I know our study of history is sticking:   at GMan's tball game last night the heavens opened up and it POURED.  Everyone ran into the dugout.   As the boys are all going stir crazy, GMan looks around and says "I know what happened.   Poseidon sent this storm!"    Ok.  I thought it was witty and clever. I am pretty sure I could read the faces of some of the parents in the dugout, though -- looked something like "Oh ~ he's that homeschooled kid!"  What gave it away?      Or, maybe it was my children riding their scooters in the driveway this morning making up songs about Icarus, Athene, and Heracles... seems like everything we learn transfers to real life.  What a minute -- LEARNING IS REAL LIFE!    

We are beginning our study of Ancient Greece.  Let me tell you, this is probably the most fun thing we have learned about this year.  Once again, I'm learning as much as the kids.   I'm sure we are going to spend several weeks on this period of history.

First, a look at a fun and simple hands on activity.  Last week we learned about Persia, and the kids made "Persian Plates" - an activity from the Story of The World.    Basically, they covered cardboard "plates" with aluminum foil and then transferred things that were precious to us onto them.    Hard to tell, but Miss B's has a peace sign, and GMan's has a baseball and him playing baseball.  Shocker.    It was a quick activity which showed them silver was precious to the Persians.