7-Quick Takes

1. Last year I taught General Science at our homeschool co-op. Next year I will be teaching the follow-up course- Physical science. I started making my syllabus this week. We only have 24 weeks of co-op – so it’s a little tough to get the entire course in – but not impossible if they follow a syllabus!

I have last year’s General Science course syllabus as well as the Youtube channel with all of the movies we watched with the course. I’ll be sharing those links with my e-mail subscribers in the coming weeks as well as the Physical Science syllabus. If you’d like to be included in that, sign up here. 

2.  At one time, the Simon Perkins estate was the largest sheep ranch east of the Mississippi. This was around the 1840s. John Brown, the famous abolitionist, worked on the estate and presumably with the sheep.

For the last several summers they have brought sheep back to “Mutton Hill” and they have been keeping the yards nice and trim, just like they did over 100 years ago. 

The girls and I went to see them in action last Wednesday. They brought in a couple of border collies and the trainer put them through their paces. It was fascinating.

Our favorite part was the new 16-week old puppy. Just like any other pup, this one was cute and wiggly and not particularly interested in anything other than hugs, kisses and doggy treats. But a couple of times I saw his genetics kick in and he looked totally focused on the sheep and getting them to move. That only lasted for 30 seconds or so, but when it happened it was great. They are going to have a couple more of these sessions and I hope we can go back. 

6. This is a neat opportunity! Sign up and get a different rosary each month, with the first month free! Then a new rosary is sent on the 15th of every month. This month is the red rose rosary – also very timely for the month of June!