Dogs

Isaac and I are both sick of school. He more so than I, but still, I cringe every time I look at any of his textbooks. Yesterday was horrible, and I can't even really blame him. We do these daily English/writing worksheets that are absolutely ridiculous, and I hate his spelling lists. Everyone loves Sequential Spelling except us, I guess. So, to make the rest of the school year bearable, we're scrapping everything but Math and Bible Study and doing a 4-week unit study on dogs. Did you just giggle at the idea of a 4-week study on dogs? It sounds silly, but I bought the lesson plans for $11 from http://www.unitstudy.com/, and I actually really like them. They even have a separate plan included for "young learners" in K-3. I'm thinking that Isaac and I will do some stuff from the young learners plan and some from the older learners. I also want to read either White Fang or The Call of the Wild with him. I think I have The Call of the Wild somewhere, so if I do, that'll be the deciding factor. There are sites where you can read whole books online for free (like this one: http://www.pagebypagebooks.com/), but there's something about having the actual book.
This morning, we're going to Wal-Mart to get a three-hole-punch folder to keep his "dog notebook" in ("notebooking" being a key part of unit studies, apparently) and to the library to get a bunch of books on dogs. The lesson plan has a ton of links to Websites on dogs, and the only thing that scares me is that it requires a lot of research and a lot of writing - two things for which Isaac has very little patience. And, for the record, this will NOT end in the purchase of a dog. No way, no how.
In conclusion, here is a family of duck-snakes (her words) that Esme created yesterday. She did the cutting and everything...isn't she clever?