First let’s take a look back at our annual fall field trip to Creve Coeur Lake, where we walked the almost 4-mile loop and Ladybug took a bunch of pictures:

Ladybug identified hasty generalizations and analogies in logic. She started Book Two of A Tale of Two Cities. In writing she worked with the dictionary and thesaurus. In psychology she read about classical and operant conditioning and Pavlov’s dogs. She read about slave uprisings, the Civil War, and the Trail of Tears in A People’s History of the United States. In religion we discussed Augustine of Hippo. She started a 30-day photography challenge. She received her ACT scores…she was very pleased, as am I!

Chickadee learned how to calculate simple interest in pre-algebra. We finally finished Tom Sawyer! In history she read about Peter the Great in Russia. She learned about the different types of unconformities in science. We continued reading The Wizard of Oz and also made a pair of recipes from The Wizard of Oz: The Official Cookbook: “Monkey Goes Bananas,” a beverage with the unusual flavor combination of coffee syrup, spice syrup, pineapple juice, cream of coconut, banana, and chocolate, with a lemon-cardamom sugar that rimmed the glass, and lemon “Always on Hand Cake,” served with a dusting of powdered sugar, cream cheese whipped cream, and strawberries.

Next week, we’re planning on our annual visit to Cahokia Mounds…I can’t wait!