Essentials & Faces of History

This year, Moo was enrolled in a Classical Conversations Essentials class each Tuesday afternoon. This class covered grammar, writing and mental math games. The grammar and mental math time was good, but the writing time was GREAT. They used the Institute for Excellence in Writing curriculum, and focused on writing projects that covered ancient history. The accountability of the group was good, and gave Moo a lot of opportunity to read her writing aloud in front of the class.

For the last class day, a Faces of History event was planned. The kids each dressed up as a famous person from ancient history and read a paper that they had written in the first person...without saying their name. The audience--which was composed of parents and grandparents for this "grand finale" performance--then got to guess the identity of the famous ancient personality. Moo was Ramses the Great, and did a wonderful job.

A normal class day consists of diagramming sentences and labeling parts of speech with Mrs. Nickell.

Moo really learned quite a lot this year, and enjoyed the classroom time. Okay, she enjoyed the recess time in the gym the MOST, but that's okay.

This is a group shot of my Ramses, the biblical judge Deborah, Cleopatra, Sarah, Julius Caesar, King Tut and more...

If I don't watch out, she'll want to wear gold lame ALL the time. :)

Moo is really so composed in front of groups, whether it is speaking, singing or playing violin. She did NOT get that from me.

I'm so proud of my little Pharaoh.
Okay, except for that hard-hearted decision to not let the children of Israel go... :)
Ironically, this Faces of History event was held on Passover.