Tuesdays and Thursdays are Science, Religion/Mythology, and Poetry/Storytelling (which Sarah remembered as Poetry and Song, so that's what it seems to be becoming). We picked up Intellego's Unit Study on Weather because Sarah's been really interested in earth science and weather in particular, recently. We got the PDF instead of the book. I was expecting something a little different from the way the unit study is laid out -- maybe I was expecting a little more ease of use? Or maybe more information right there in the chapters -- at least at the start it seems to be more about pointing you at different activities you can do. But we did the first few activities -- listing what we know about weather and what we want to know, and then going outside to observe today's weather and noting it in a paper journal and on the Eye in the Sky website -- and read a little about how barometric pressure works.

We're using Sacred Myths: Stories of World Religions for our Religion/Mythology work. I like the stories, and the breadth of religions they cover, but I'm bummed that they don't seem to make any attempt to differentiate between different sets of Native American beliefs -- they don't even mention which Nation each story comes from -- and glancing at the Sacred Earth section, they seem to be suggesting that the only Earth-based religious traditions are the modern ones that might be called neopaganism. At some point soon I'll be digging around online and through my books, to see what other sources I can find for religious stories to broaden the perspective a little.

We read The Ghost and Jenny Jemima, and listened to the song version on youtube, sang Drunken Sailor, and each got in some independent work -- Sarah on her drawing and me with a few science articles. We also watched a couple programs -- one on Burgundy, France, and one episode of How the Universe Works, about Extreme Stars.

So far this more structured approach seems to be working pretty well -- we're pleasantly busy, but not making ourselves nuts.