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I’m sure many of you have [...]

This is the week for cleaning up my side bar!  Here are the references that have been in the sidebar for February’s artist, Pierre August Renoir.  Next month, we’re studying Van Gogh, you can find those references in the sidebar now.

A Girl With a Watering Can

La Grenouillere

Luncheon of the Boating Party

Picking Flowers
Websites To Visit
Biography for [...]

Wagner was February’s composer.  I’m making room in the sidebar for next month’s composer, Mozart. 

Did you know Renoir painted a portrait of Wagner?
Classics For Kids Biography
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Wow.  We’re on our last planned history unit of the school year.  It feels great to be ahead of schedule!  (At least in history, anyway!)

I’ve sketched out the main topics I hope to cover in a unit on slavery and the Civil War.  I think we’ll plan to make this mostly a literature and writing [...]

Did you know the Newport Aquarium offers two free children’s admissions per adult in January and February each year?  I didn’t until recently.  We’ve been wanting to go forever, but haven’t wanted to fork over the steep prices.   Our first trip today was made even sweeter with the $42.oo savings!
The Aquarium sits right beside the [...]