Epiphany: celebrating the visit of the Magi to the infant Jesus.
Epiphany: the sudden realization or comprehension of the essence or meaning of something.
We started out Epiphany day with some discoveries in refraction...
and sketched them.
Then we went on to Ancient History, reviewed the Canaanites and Philistines and then talked about the Hebrews... 
and made a puppet 
of the Hebrew leader, Moses.
Quentin then got out all his puppets from his history notebook...
and reenacted the Hebrews exodus from Egypt... 
and then the imagination took over 
and all sorts of people from different ages began interacting together.
Meanwhile I helped James with some writing and sorting words with "ow" and words with "ou", and then Sam joined us for a digraphs-go fish game.
By this time Quentin was ready for some math...
I left him for a minute with these instructions to build "14" out of the Math-U-See blocks...
It is interesting having creative children.
He has gotten very interested in painting in great delicate detail.
He said that he learned to use the little detail brushes from his big sister, 
so he was anxious to show her his paintings.
She was appropriately impressed and flattered.
We then went on for a reading of a favorite book...
a math book, no less...
and then on to a project with Katie in practicing cutting skills...
I left him for a minute with these instructions to build "14" out of the Math-U-See blocks...
It is interesting having creative children.
He has gotten very interested in painting in great delicate detail.
He said that he learned to use the little detail brushes from his big sister, so he was anxious to show her his paintings.
She was appropriately impressed and flattered.
We then went on for a reading of a favorite book...a math book, no less...
and then on to a project with Katie in practicing cutting skills...
and making an octopus.
Sam worked on his Astronomy Lapbook and wrote about Egyptian taxes. Alex worked on his Language Arts, math and then we played a grammar game.
James and Quentin spent the rest of the afternoon playing elaborate games with
math manipulatives,
while for the rest of us it was time for chores and making new cleaning supplies.
while for the rest of us it was time for chores and making new cleaning supplies.
I spent some time playing with my new toy until dinner, Kielbasa with peppers and onions for the kids, fresh tomato soup and Gouda for the adults.
And then we undressed the tree...
and packed away the Christmas pretties...
and little gifts from a friend were given out,
just as the Magi gave gifts to Our Lord this day.
Epiphany.
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