Retreating a bit to 3rd Grade Oak Meadow

So, I pulled out the Oak Meadow 3rd Grade syllabus I had purchased last year on ebay.  It's a more recent edition that my 4th grade one... 2006.  There are things I like better in it...but thing I like better in the older edition of my 4th grade.

I love the morning verses in the 3rd grade.  I love the color.  I love the multiplication rhymes/ideas.  After saying the morning verse (taken from the 3rd grade book):

I stand erect between Earth and sky

My head rests on my shoulders high

The circling air blows in on me

My feet are firm, my hands are free

My heart will feel what is good and true

My head will plan what my hands will do

We did the 4s times table.  My just turned 3 year old loved joining in with us.  We swung our hands low from side to side and said softly... 1....2....3....and then at 4 (and every multiple of 4)... we swung our hands around in a circle... and then continued....5....6.....7....and big swing in a circle 8....

Then we closed with the closing verse:

May my hands work with care

My hears work with love

And my mind work with attention.

Today we read the "Tower of Babel" story from Oak Meadow 3rd Grade.  Sonic loves the stories written by the Oak Meadow folks, and this was no exception.  Insha'Allah (God-willing), we'll read it/think about it a few more days, and then do a drawing/copywork in our main lesson book.  We also talked about the Tower of Babel and similar stories in other traditions...including Islam.