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I’d just wait. I’m not convinced the retellings are worth the time. We tend to do a play one term, and then spend two terms doing a Plutarch. Sometimes we do a “rogue” Plutarch one term and read two plays. There are a few unpaired Lives.
Thanks Bookworm. That is where I am leaning as well. I think she can certainly wait.
We are thinking of schooling more officially year round this coming year. In that case, I could feasibly do 2 Shakespeare and 2 Plutarch.
Ex:
Fall:Shakespeare
Winter: Plutarch
Spring: Plutarch (opposite life)
Summer: Shakespeare.
Still thinking it through.
Might even consider this sort of division for artists/composers too. This would be less work for me this year with planning to fit in 3 of each in a year and less money in materials. Yet, they still get the benefits of Charlotte’s rich educational spread.
Our days would be less tight with trying to fit in Shakespeare, Plutarch, Artists, and Composers each week or even bi weekly. We would have only a few “extras” each week. I am talking myself into it – can you tell?
One thing I can REALLLY recommend is doing Shakespeare in the evening when dad is home. I really think some of our sweetest memories, outside of just reading to them, was having all of us do a play together. We’d spend 20 or 30 minutes once a week the term we were doing a play; that was enough to get through most of them. You should have seen my dh playing “Elizabeth” during Richard III. I don’t think the kids will ever forget it. LOL
We pretty much do a poem every day with our morning devotion, and then right away when we are all together, each day has one “extra”. Most only take a short time. Artist one day, composer one day, Plutarch or Shakespeare one day, logic one day, folk and hymn study one day. When we do one or more of these in the evening, like Shakespeare or logic, then I can sometimes add in an “extra extra.” We did a fun book on literary devices this year. I know it seems hard to get in the habit of these things at first–but it’s just a habit. Once the habit is made, it doesn’t take time out of your day. In fact my kids really liked having something different each morning before we hit the Latin and math books.
Interesting Bookworm! Something to think about! I am picturing my hubby doing Shakespeare with us! Hilarious!!
So what age do you recommend starting Plutarch Michelle? Also, at what age do you start Logic with your boys?
I think the oldest were about 10 and 12 when we started both. The third one started hanging out with us earlier than that, but I don’t know how much he got out of it at first. Not that it matters, really.
So which Lives pair would you recommend for Plutarch newbies for our first time? Do you go in order of the book? Or do you pick whatever you want?
What’s where depends on what book you have. I have the Modern Library Classics Dryden/Clough Vol. 1. You don’t want to start at the very beginning there–it starts with Theseus and Romulus—pretty heavy on the mythology, IMO. Lycurgus and Numa are next; Lycurgus will have a LOT you will have to, um, skip. The next pair is Solon and Poplicola–that is a GREAT place to start. AO has a study guide for both, which will make your life a little easier to start. Anne just didn’t pair them up for some reason. That’d be my vote for a beginning pair.
Thanks! That is exactly what I needed to know. I’ll start with Poplicola and Solon and look at Anne’s guides.
-Tanya
So, for those of us who are interested – why does AO recommend Plutarch’s Lives, but SCM doesn’t? Just curious if there is content that is objectionable or mature?
We do schedule a few Plutarch biographies for high school students in the Greece and Rome studies, but we don’t have it as a regular ongoing reading for all students because of what would require constant vigilance on the part of the parent and . . . shall we say prudent omissions.
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