Summer School

Audrey girl and I took many walks last week while Liv was at Hip Hop camp each morning.

I felt each day as if I was going to summer school and Audrey was the teacher. Here are a few of the lessons she taught me on our morning walks.

Geography
Canada
The red on the Canadian flag symbolizes the blood for freedom. The Maple leaf is because they have so many maple trees in Canada.

Alaska is connected to Canada if ever you need to drive there.

Australia
There are more sheep than people there. The largest lake in Australia is dried up and it does not contain water because it is so hot there and the sun dried it up. Australia is primarily flat land and there are very few mountains so there is no river water. There are crocodiles but there are no sea turtles and no sea anemones because we're talking more about lakes and not the sea there.

Cowboys live in the "Backout" away from most of the other people--I love that. Clearly she means the "Outback".

There are instruments in Australia but not typical ones we use like flutes, trumpets, violins, or pianos. In Australia they play djridoos and you blubber in them to make them work.

Art
Pointalism was created by George Seurat--and is the style of painting when you dot with paints rather than use a brush.

History
Abraham Lincoln slept diagonally in his wooden bed because he was so tall and did not fit lying straight. His father who was a farmer thought he was lazy because he was not out working in the farm but instead he was always reading. He was usually reading about George Washington the First President and Abe Lincoln himself became the 16th President. He freed the slaves, got killed in a theater, and legend says that he earned the name Honest Abe and a place on the penny because he walked for miles to return a penny to a person who he overcharged.

English
William Shakespeare wrote the play Romeo & Juliet and they died kissing. The story goes that they were madly in love but their parents did not like each other and did not want them together. Because Romeo & Juliet wanted to be together forever they got married and then drank a potion. Apparently, Juliet fell across Romeo as they died and there lips were touching.

There you have it--lessons by Audrey courtesy of her fabulous Montessori teacher and her magnificent brain. I am not sure if all the facts are correct as I am retelling the lessons. If you have any questions I am sure Audrey would happily answer them. ;)