One of my favorite things about reading history and great world literature with my children is watching how they reinterpret these classic stories into their play. Today was a great example.
All afternoon, my 3yo has been running around the house, charging everything and shouting, "I am Caesar and I'm gonna cross the Rublebon!"
I love how "Rublebon" rolls off his tongue in an attempt to say Rubicon . . .
Showing posts with label history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label history. Show all posts
Monday, January 26, 2009
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
St. Constantine learns to spell
We've been studying St. Constantine lately in history, along with his vision and the legalization of Christianity in the Roman Empire.
Today while drawing a picture of an icon of St. Constantine, 7yo commented,
"There are three N's in 'Constantine.' I bet Constantine learned to write his N's really well."
Today while drawing a picture of an icon of St. Constantine, 7yo commented,
"There are three N's in 'Constantine.' I bet Constantine learned to write his N's really well."
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Some recent fun
Some recent school fun at our house. Science: learning about friction and gravity with a parachute experiment using quarters and homemade plastic parachutes. Which size parachute will make the quarter fall the slowest? Small, medium or large? Our hypothesis ended up being correct!
History: Vesuvius erupting over Pompeii (well, a small Lego version of Pompeii). After this day, 7yo said, "Thanks mom, that was such a good idea for an activity!" Score one for me.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Seige
This post is from 12/28/08
On Wednesday afternoon, right in the middle of my kitchen floor, the Roman Empire took Jerusalem. Yep, that's right. 6yo's whole battalion headed out to conquer Jerusalem, and they succeeded. I kept wondering what historical event he must be thinking of. When dad asked him about it, he said, "Well, in Jesus' time, Jerusalem was in the Roman Empire, so the Romans must have conquered it before then."
On Wednesday afternoon, right in the middle of my kitchen floor, the Roman Empire took Jerusalem. Yep, that's right. 6yo's whole battalion headed out to conquer Jerusalem, and they succeeded. I kept wondering what historical event he must be thinking of. When dad asked him about it, he said, "Well, in Jesus' time, Jerusalem was in the Roman Empire, so the Romans must have conquered it before then."
The Current War
This post is from 11/21/07
Thought you might all like to hear 6yo's take on the current war in Iraq. Bear in mind that he is studying Ancient Civilizations in History, and he LOVES history these days.
As he was setting the table last night he turns to us and says,
"Daddy, why did America attack Mesopotamia?"
It took us a few minutes to figure out what he was asking. Later he said,
"Mom, when I asked you that, were you thinking of that area as Iraq?"
Thought you might all like to hear 6yo's take on the current war in Iraq. Bear in mind that he is studying Ancient Civilizations in History, and he LOVES history these days.
As he was setting the table last night he turns to us and says,
"Daddy, why did America attack Mesopotamia?"
It took us a few minutes to figure out what he was asking. Later he said,
"Mom, when I asked you that, were you thinking of that area as Iraq?"
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