E (age 5.5) loves learning about the natural world and has a passion for art. Since she's also my early-riser, I decided to give her a special project that we could work on together in the mornings before the rest of the family woke up. Every day, E would copy one stanza of Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem, "The Brook". Unlike transitional classical education, I didn't require her copywork to be 'perfect' - I just wanted her to practice her writing and have fun with it. We looked up new vocabulary words, discussed spelling rules, etc... but the best part was to find pictures online of the plants and animals that were included and try to draw them (I made my own drawings, but E's turned out better). Here are some highlights of her project...
