This is an "early" post to celebrate the boys' accomplishment in the Youth Bird Competition. They went with a goal of identifying 115 species, and they actually identified 132! They placed 2nd in the High School division, 1st in most money raised, Stennes got 1st for his bird journal, and Levi also received 1st in his age group! They were very excited, not because they won some books but because they realize how much progress they have made. Teresa said that next year's goal is 150 birds!!! Celebramos!

Hello, all. This is Tonya posting for our family. The boys are getting ready to head out early (again!) tomorrow morning for their competition. We haven't been home long enough to do much, but next week we'll try harder. Josiah planted kale, his beans are sprouting, and all of the boys' other gardens are doing well. In school The Girl moved into a 3rd grade workbook; Branch did quite a few pages in his math; they both did their Spanish Bible, and The Girl read some in English. She's still learning to read in English. Anders and Josiah both did 4 pages of Greek, and Stennes finished his translation, so he'll start chapter 21 next week. Anders and Stennes both did some lessons in Saxon, and Stennes in pre-Algebra. No Latin, but I think we did very well considering that we've only been home for 1 day and will be heading out again tomorrow! We'll let you know how the bird competition goes. Congratulations on a fabulous first week!
Rebecca, I'm excited about this, too. Si mater felix non est, neum felix est. And I'm getting there!

Yeah! Friday!

Hi, I'm Wilson.
This is my first post on "celebramos"! I have lots to celebrate about. I copied in Latin and Greek 'The Lord Prayer' and 'The Gloria Patri'. What I also copied in Latin is 'The Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed' and 'The Sanctus', in Greek copied 'The Triagion' and 'The Kyrie'. Dad and Mom ordered my new Greek book by Mr.Mounce on Wednesday and I hope to get it soon (yeah).

Besides School, I have lots to celebrate in my outside work. I placed an ad about the roosters that Mom gave me in the Farmers' Forum. I already sold 3 roosters and I traded one hen for a tent. Each rooster cost $15! I also decided to get pigs, so I'm clearing a nice area near Kajsa's garden. I'm working for Dad and he is paying me with pigs and fence; hopefully, I will get it this month. I forgot to mention that Rosie is working for me. I'm paying her with a piglet. Well, that's enough celebrating for me this week.

Hey there! It's Kajsa. My Greek and Latin are coming along nicely. They don't seem like a chore any more. I've got the Kyrie memorized,and almost memorized the Pater Noster, the Gloria Patri, and the Sanctus. Mom's learning Chinese, and so is Rachel.

I finished one of my math books yesterday. Soccer is great. I found a great place to put a hammock in my shade garden where I can see the sun set. The drawing book Mrs. Teresa gave me is filling up fast with paintings and drawings. Thank You Mrs. Teresa. bye now

Hello all, I am practicing and improving in Latin and Greek. I'm getting really good at the Pater Noster and improving at the Sanctus and Gloria Patri. I have memorized the Kyrie.

Outside, we are already working on the garden. That is fun. I wrote a poem called "Winter Days." Here it is.

When winter days come and go,
the snow must come and go also.
When it comes the children smile;
they go and play for quite a while,
and when they're cold from head to toe
they go inside for hot cocoa.
After that they get their skates;
they go and skate with their playmates.
After the fun winter day,
they go home, kneel down and pray,
"Thank you God for the cold snow,
and thank you for the hot cocoa."

Rosie

Hi, it's Rachel. This is my first time writing a post. I am getting along in Greek and Latin. The Doxa Patri and the Triagion are a little hard, but I'm getting along. The snow is going away, and I can work in my garden. We are all also working in the main garden. I like working in the garden. Well, that's all for now.

Hey y'all. See I can write Southern, even if I can't talk! The weather here has been great (until today; it's snowing!) so we have gotten a fair amount of yard work and clean-up done. My sink is shiny, and I've had my shoes on most of the day. Wilson has been a great help in reminding me of that!

I brought out my old Chinese books and have been brushing up. I am glad to see I remember more and more as I work at it. As they say, "Use it or lose it." Thanks, Tonya, for the push. I plan to use it more. Rachel is asking to learn also, and has learned some dialogues introducing herself and others already.

We had an interesting day today with calls for roosters, but had a good "Monday on Friday" nonetheless. I'm still working on 1. We spent a quite a bit of time on 2. today, but I need improvement on 3. As for 4., I have been fairly diligent on my "less than/greater than"...T and T, can you guess?

We have so much to celebrate. Tonya, I think this has to be one of your best brainstorms yet. Celebramos!

Hurrah!

We are up and running. This is our first time to post on a blog, and it has been interesting so far. It is good to be able to learn from my mistakes! We had a good bit of a note here, but alas, I lost it. We will post again tomorrow, and are really excited about 'celebramos' and our "meetings" here.

Memory assignments: Benedic Domine, Signum Crucis, Gloria Patri, Sanctus, Pater Noster, Kyrie, Doxa Patri, Triagion, Lord's Prayer (Greek). Read through Nicene Creed in Latin, discussing grammar systems, et al. These need to be memorized by the end of June, although there will be a grace period for the Creed. Continue memorizing both active and passive verb endings in Latin, all declensions, and declension endings in Greek (as per the fill-in chart from Mounce). Immediate response and recognition is our goal. I'm giving serious consideration to a "model response" time on Mondays. For example: [teacher:] "puellarum", [student:] "of the girls", [teacher:] "to/for the law", [student:] "legis", etc. This might be a little bit difficult in Greek due to the varying levels of study, although we can certainly try.

Vave family, during our Monday class we in Georia are also working through the following: Greek worksheets (from the blue book), Latin roots, Rummy Roots. We do these activites: nature studies, read through Book of Virtues, Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Mad Libs, and trivia (both Bible and other). We should be finished with the Thinking Toolbox in a few weeks. Teresa teaches a "Poster Art" class with sketching assignments. We will be adding more literature in May, perhaps a Great Book. We will work through the writing schedule that was discussed during your visit. These classes flow in accordance with upcoming performances, field trips, and other areas of study, but they are generally consistent. Please include your choice (Vave family) of supplementary materials for Monday class, or follow along with us.

Be aware that Monday assignments are separate from Latin, Greek, and other studies throughout the week. Materials used during this time are not student books. Perhaps you would like to include the memory during your daily recitation time, but some of our recitations are lasting 2 hours already, so you may wish to do the required class memory only on Monday mornings.

We will be "out and about" this week, so we may not have much to post on Friday, but any goal that has been achieved (which we discussed privately, Becky) or other successful accomplishment will be welcomed.

Our Schedule

Mean Ol' Mama and Teresa will be out next week on field trips throughout southeast Georgia in preparation for competition. We'll be posting Friday.

On Our Way

We're going places! Latin and Greek, languages and living, gardening and growing, playing and performing....we're on our way now!