Education

We've discovered that in order to get into the various school lotteries, we have to start thinking about A's schooling Right Now!

Well...

let's see. In the Trivium

• grammar -- has an excellent vocabulary; still uses some "-ed" endings incorrectly
• rhetoric -- probably has a good understanding of pathos, but ethos and logos needs some work
• logic -- we're not touching this one with a 40 foot pole other than to try to teach cause and effect

In the Quadrivium

• geometry -- can draw a pretty good circle; still working on letters
• arithmetic -- "two" seems to be a favorite answer to most math questions, or else the series "four, five, six, seven, eight!!"
• music -- got him singing the Revenge Aria from "The Magic Flute" and numerous English Renaissance songs
• astronomy -- can identify the Moon, Venus, Saturn, Mars, and Jupiter; also Antares and Sirius.

I think we should have a liberal arts student by the time he's ready for kindergarten. Looks like I'd better finish work on that monochord.