Sariah's African folktales lesson block

I don't think I've ever gone this long without blogging.  However, in the intervening time since my last post, I've manage to get a house ready to sell, endure 5 weeks of showings, get an offer on that house, look for real estate online, and--soon--put an offer on another house.   Plus continue to homeschool three children.   And feed and clothe them, get them to bed at night, pick up after them, and occasionally do some laundry.  Occasionally.

After an entire year of fairy tales, I decided to turn to some second grade material and share with Sariah some of the Anansi the Spider trickster tales from West Africa.  Judging by how much she adored these stories and how hard she laughed every time I told one, I'd say she was ready for this.  She did some really nice summaries and drawings in her main lesson book.  She generally has a lot to say and knows just exactly how she wants to say it.

The little drawings on the writing portion of her work are creative attempts to cover up mistakes, since we use no erasers.  The "golden path" helps her to keep her writing straight, and the yellow stars help her remember to put space between each word.

We did beeswax modeling of the "gum man" in the above story.  Mine is on the left, Sariah's on the right.