Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays are they days when we study history here. We use THE STORY OF THE WORLD , which is a great textbook. Part of our daily routine in classical education is the narration. Usually Aidan wants to recount every detail of the story to me and it's a difficult thing for him at times.
So, this is an exercise in getting to the point.
Today, he thought it might help if he wore the swim goggles.
Just so you get an idea of what this looks like for a second grader, here was his summary of the piece of history that we read.
"Yang Chien was a Chinese emperor who ruled when China was divided into two parts. He united the north and the south by invading the south. He was a cruel emperor. He forced the Chinese people to work for him and the people rebelled against him and killed him."
Nice.
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