This picture was taken last summer in Keystone, SD outside of Mount Rushmore. Last night the kids and Mark (I actually think he was asleep) were watching a documentary on the assassin of Abraham Lincoln before supper. We sat down to supper and Kaleb started talking about Lincoln and asking questions. This was a teaching moment. Several weeks ago Kaleb read a book about Lincoln for language arts. So, I brought up what we had learned about him. Kaleb remembered that Lincoln was the president professed that slavery was wrong and put a stop to it and that started the Civil War.
Kalen is studying the colonization of America in history. In the last week she has learned about how the settlers discovered they could make big money off of tobacco (which Kaleb has confused with Tabasco) and how they didn't like doing all the work themselves. So they brought ships of slaves from Africa to work on their large plantations. So the conversation went on about slavery and Lincoln.
It was pretty cool that since I know what the kids are learning in school that we could have a discussion about it in our everyday life. It's just another advantage of homeschooling. When the kids were in public school I never knew that much about what they were learning. I would ask everyday what they learned, but by the time the got home they were done for the day.
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I think it is awesome that you are able to learn right along with the kiddos! And know everything they are learning. I bet it's cool when you see them put things they have learned into practical things in the world. Miss you guys!
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