WEEKLY SUMMARY #4

Another slow week. As will be next week. Then we will be taking two weeks off for the holiday break, since people will be expecting us to visit and whatnot.

We finished Little House in the Big Woods this week, and started Little House on the Prairie. We also started The Dragon and the Raven, by Henty, about the days of King Arthur. We had started Jo's Boys, but found that it really is not as good as Little Women and Little Men, so we dropped it. She says in a preface that she did it over a period of seven years, and really only because people were insisting on a continuation of the series. You can really tell the difference when an author is writing because they have to, rather than because they want to. We will be reading a couple other Alcott books, as well as her biography.

Big Girl started reading The Hobbit to Little Girl this week.

I let Big Girl drop everything but math, thinking skills, and MegaWords for next week. Little Girl only has to do math and copywork.

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