Co-op in Review: April 30, 2015

This week in co-op our classes read about one of the most famous natural disasters in all of history--the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in Italy.  It's not the volcano or the explosion that makes this so famous, but the fact that when Mt. Vesuvius erupted, it sealed the city of Pompei in layers of ash and soot that preserved it, almost intact, until modern archaeologist discovered it decades ago.  Between the discovery of the buried city of Pompei, and the writings of Pilny the younger, we have learned so much about the ancient Roman way of life.  The Dialectic kids continued to learn about Rome, discussing it in depth and working on their Roman architecture projects.  The Upper Grammar and Lower Grammar classes both made models of Mt. Vesuvius, erupting them outside, of course!  The Five in a Row class read the book, "The Gullywasher."  It's the charming story of a grandfather telling his grandchild how he got his wrinkles and gray hair from working outside his whole life!  The kids then made beautiful artistic suns and played outside with umbrellas!