Today I took a teacher's in service day-whatever that means. Alex stayed home and worked on the tile he is laying in a couple of the rooms. Olivia went to town for scholar school. Jared and Caleb did nothing productive. Luke spent hours working on his story. I went to town with a friend and just "hung out" and had lunch.

Tonight Alex and I went to the temple. Life is good. : )

Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in the Bible.
Math: Did a Saxon 7/6 lesson.
Language Arts: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Creative Writing: Went to scholar writing class.
Spelling: Did a spell drill.
Science: Did a science lesson from her science textbook.
Music: Practiced her piano lesson. Practiced her vocal solo and other random songs.
Book on Tape: Listened to more Nancy Drew.
PE: Went on a walk.
Social: Went to a friend's house.
Club: Went to Activity Days.
Logic/Math Game: Played Battleship.

Jared
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced piano lesson.
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did another Saxon 6/5 test and a subtraction drill sheet.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Creative Writing: Did a Let's Write lesson.
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Spelling: Practiced his spelling words.
Book on Tape: Listened to another Nancy Drew book on tape.

Luke
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 3 lesson.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Reading: Read several stories in his McGuffy Reader.
Spelling: Practiced his spelling words and 1 spell drill.
Creative Writing: Worked on a story for almost two hours. Started chapter one. His writing is absolutely amazing! Went to his scholar writing class.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson.

Caleb
Religion: Read some verses to me in the Book of Mormon.
Reading: Read a story to me. Read in his McGuffy Reader to me.
Geography: Did a lesson from Evan-Moor.
Math: Did one Saxon Math 2 lesson.
Spelling: Practiced his spelling words.
Phonics/Handwriting: 2 pages of Explode the Code
Math Game: Played Money!Money! and Rack-O with me.

To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, word of the day, went to a stake meeting for primary and some conference talks.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, lots of tile work, went to work, listening to some lectures on tape.

Mom School
Pray/Pledge
Music:We sang 5 primary songs and practiced our rhythm poem.
Bible: "King David" from The Old Testament Reader.
Family Scripture Study: James 2
Weekly Family Scripture Memorization: 2 Nephi 25:26
Friend Article
Idaho History: Read about the Spaldings and the Whitmans who were the first missionaries in Idaho from A Rendezvous with Idaho History.
World History: We read about the clothing of the Greek people from Usborne's Greek History book.
World History Literature: Read one chapter in Gilgamesh by Geraldine McCaughrean
Myths: We read several long stories including Jason and the Golden Fleece, Theseus and the Minator and the Labors of Heracles from the book Greek Myths by Geraldine McCaughrean.
Literature: Read and finished the last half of The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis. We just kept reading and reading. We ended up eating lunch at 2:30.
Science: We read more about birds from The Natural World Illustrated Science Encyclopedia by Usborne. We also read a chapter from Science: A Closer Look by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill.
Chores: House chores and animal care

Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in the Bible.
Math: Did a Saxon 7/6 lesson.
Language Arts: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Reading: Read several chapters in the Work and the Glory #7.
Spelling: Did a spell drill.
Science: Did a science lesson from her science textbook.
Music: Practiced her piano lesson. Practiced her vocal solo.
Book on Tape:Listened more Nancy Drew.
PE: Went on a walk.
Logic/Math Game: Played Battleship.

Jared
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced piano lesson.
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did another Saxon 6/5 test and a subtraction drill sheet.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Creative Writing: Did a Let's Write lesson.
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Spelling: Copied a list of spelling words and practiced them.
Book on Tape: Listened to another Nancy Drew book on tape.

Luke
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 3 lesson. Did a worksheet on rounding to the nearest ten.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Reading: Read several stories in his McGuffy Reader.
Spelling: Copied a list of spelling words and practiced them.
Creative Writing: Worked on a story for almost two hours. Finally finished the "prologue" and added dress up words to complete it for his writing class tomorrow.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson.

Caleb
Religion: Read some verses to me in the Book of Mormon.
Reading: Read a story to me. Read in his McGuffy Reader to me.
Geography: Did a lesson from Evan-Moor.
Math: Did one Saxon Math 2 lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill and copied a list of spelling words and practiced them.
Phonics/Handwriting: 2 pages of Explode the Code
Math Game: Played Money!Money! and Rack-O with me.

To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, word of the day, read a book about global warming that I won on Goodreads and finished the Susan Wise Bauer history book.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, lots of outside work, went to work, listening to some lectures on tape and went to scouts mutual and taught some more on a merit badge he'd teaching them.

Mom School
Pray
Bible: "King David" from The Old Testament Reader.
Family Scripture Study: James 1
Weekly Family Scripture Memorization: 2 Nephi 25:26
Friend Article
Idaho History:Started a section on missionaries from A Rendezvous with Idaho History.
World History: We read about life in Greece for the everyday person from Usborne's Greek History book.
World History Literature: Read one chapter in Gilgamesh by Geraldine McCaughrean
Myths: Read about Pericles out of the book Greek Myths by Geraldine McCaughrean.
Literature: Read one chapter in The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis.
Science: We read about birds from The Natural World Illustrated Science Encyclopedia by Usborne. We also read a chapter from Science: A Closer Look by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill.
Scriptures quizzing: I quizzed them for an hour on scriptures/church history facts.
Game: We played Monopoly and Jungle Journey.
Chores: House chores and animal care
PE: Danced to Christmas music for over an hour. Okay and lots of pillow fighting and wrestling in all of that.

Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in the Bible.
Math: Did a Saxon 7/6 lesson.
Language Arts: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Research/History/Writing: Finished writing her paper about George Washington for her Friday Scholar class.
Science: Did a science lesson from her science textbook.
Music: Practiced her piano lesson.
Book on Tape:Listened to a Nancy Drew book on tape.
PE: Went on a walk.
Logic/Math Game: Played Battleship.

Jared
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced piano lesson.
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 6/5 test and a subtraction drill sheet.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Creative Writing: Did a Let's Write lesson.
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Spelling: Did a spell drill.
Book on Tape: Listened to a Nancy Drew book on tape.
PE: Went on a walk.
Logic/Math Game: Played Battleship with Olivia and Alex.

Luke
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 3 lesson.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Spelling: Did a spell drill.
Creative Writing: Worked on a story for almost two hours.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson.
Scouts: Worked on some scouting requirements.

Caleb
Religion: Read some verses to me in the Book of Mormon.
Reading: Read a story to me. Read with his teacher on the phone.
Geography: Did a lesson from Evan-Moor.
Math: Did one Saxon Math 2 lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 2 pages of Explode the Code
Music: I gave him a piano lesson and sang some songs with me.
Game: Played a couple of games with me.

To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, word of the day, various reading, practicing the piano, went through a lot of things (tomorrow our big dumpster leaves and we've made good of of it) and threw away a lot!
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, listening to some church CD's, went to work, working on the tile-about 60% done, and did some home teaching.

Mom School
Pray/Pledge
Song: 5 primary songs and a rhythm poem
Bible: "David and Goliath" from The Old Testament Reader.
Family Scripture Study: Hebrews 12
Weekly Family Scripture Memorization: 2 Nephi 25:26
Friend Article
Idaho History:Finished our section about mountain men from Idaho from A Rendezvous with Idaho History.
World History: We read about the city of Sparta and the Peloponnese War from Usborne's Greek History book.
Writing: They had to write down as many things as they could think of that would help them to have a good day.
World History Literature: Read two chapters in Gilgamesh by Geraldine McCaughrean
Myths: Read about King Midas out of the book Greek Myths by Geraldine McCaughrean.
Literature: Read two chapters in The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis.
Science: We read about frogs and toads from The Natural World Illustrated Science Encyclopedia by Usborne. We also read a chapter from Science: A Closer Look by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill.
Writing: They had to write down as many things as they could think of that would help them to have a good day.
Scriptures quizzing: I quizzed them for 30 minutes on scriptures/church history facts.
Chores: House chores and animal care

Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in the Bible.
Math: Did a Saxon 7/6 lesson.
Language Arts: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Research/History/Writing: Spent an hour writing a paper about George Washington for her Friday Scholar class.
Science: Did a science lesson from her science textbook.
Music: She practiced with me for a vocal solo for Christmas that she's been asked to do. Practiced her piano lesson. She went to piano lessons.
Book on Tape:Listened to a Nancy Drew book on tape.

Jared
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon.
Music: Went to his piano lesson.
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 6/5 lesson and a subtraction drill sheet.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Creative Writing: Did a Let's Write lesson.
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Book on Tape: Listened to a Nancy Drew book on tape.

Luke
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 3 lesson.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Spelling: Did a spell drill.
Creative Writing: Worked on a story for almost two hours.
Music: Had his first "real" piano lesson today.

Caleb
Religion: Read some verses to me in the Book of Mormon.
Reading: Read a story to me.
Geography: Did a lesson from Evan-Moor.
Math: Did one Saxon Math 2 lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 2 pages of Explode the Code
Logic Game: Played Book of Mormon Who? with me a couple of times.

Family Home Evening:
Songs: The Armies of Helaman, Families Can Be Together Forever, Follow the Prophet and The Books of the New Testament
Testimonies: Alex, Deanna, Olivia and Luke
Character: Learned about taking phone messages from Uncommon Courtesy.
Scripture Memorization: 2 Nephi 25:26
Proclamation to the World and the Family paragraph: 3rd
Articles of Faith: 10th
Talent: Hand stand walking by Caleb.
Lesson: Given by Jared based on Elder Bednar's conference talk.
Activity: Monopoly- this was the first time the kids have played. We also played Christmas records and the kids danced around for over 30 min. They had so much fun.
Treats: Homemade toast and hot chocolate

To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, word of the day, practiced the piano, did lots of outside yard work, made homemade bread for some family members, and read for 30 min in The Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome by Susan Wise Bauer.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, went to work, did some home teaching, wrote a paper for the Scouting Drive, and finished listening to a wealth book.

Mom School
Pray/Pledge
Song: 2 primary songs
Bible: "David is chosen king" from The Old Testament Reader.
Family Scripture Study: Hebrews 8
Weekly Family Scripture Memorization: 1 Nephi 15:11
Friend Article
Idaho History:Read about several more mountain man from Idaho from A Rendezvous with Idaho History.
World History: W read about the Acropolis from Usborne's Greek History book.
Science: We read about crocodiles and snakes from The Natural World Illustrated Science Encyclopedia by Usborne.
Chores: House chores and animal care

Olivia
She attended a her first scholar school class- "Key of Liberty" in town. She loved it! She wasn't ready to start and the beginning of the school year but she is ready now. Every Friday she will meet with about 18 other kids and she learns about Early American History for several hours. There are lectures, book discussions, oral reports, written reports and many other assignments given. She really enjoyed it. After class they had a guest lecture come in and talk about several things. They then went as a class to a students class and watched a movie about the militia and minute men in the Revolutionary War. She is excited to go back next week.

Jared
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 6/5 lesson and a multiplication drill sheet.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Creative Writing: Did a Let's Write lesson.
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.

Luke
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 3 lesson.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Creative Writing: Working on a story for over an hour.
Book on Tape: Listened to Eragon for over an hour.
Creativity: Made another set of homemade arrows for his bow.

Caleb
Religion: Read some verses to me in the Book of Mormon.
Reading: Read a story to me.
Geography: Did a lesson from Evan-Moor.
Math: Did one Saxon Math 2 lesson.
Phonics/Handwriting: 2 pages of Explode the Code

To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: See family link post here. Scriptures, journal, word of the day and read for two hours in a adult history book by Susan Wise Bauer.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, went to work, listening to a wealth book of some sort, and laid tile in the evening.

Mom School
Pray/Pledge
Song: 2 primary songs
Bible: "King Saul" from The Old Testament Reader.
Family Scripture Study: Hebrews 7
Weekly Family Scripture Memorization: 1 Nephi 15:11
Friend Article
Idaho History:Read about a mountain man from Idaho from A Rendezvous with Idaho History.
World History: W read about the city of Athens from Usborne's Greek History book.
Myths: Read about Archanae and Athena out of the book Greek Myths by Geraldine McCaughrean.
Literature: Read one chapter in The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis.
Science: We read about turtles and tortoises from The Natural World Illustrated Science Encyclopedia by Usborne.
Chores: House chores and animal care

Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in the Bible and studied in Preach My Gospel.
Math: Did a Saxon 7/6 lesson.
Language Arts: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Creative Writing: Went to her scholar writing class.
Science: Did a science lesson from her science textbook.
Music: Practiced her piano lesson.
Reading: Read in Work and the Glory #7 by Gerald Lund for over an hour.
Social: Played at a friend's for several hours.

Jared
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 6/5 lesson and a multiplication drill sheet.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Creative Writing: Did a Let's Write lesson.
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Book on Tape: Listened to Eragon for a couple of hours.
Club: Went to scouts.

Luke
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 3 lesson.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Creative Writing: Worked on his 30 minutes for scholar school. Went to his scholar writing class.
Book on Tape: Listened to Eragon for over an hour.
Club: Went to scouts.

Caleb
Religion: Read some verses to me in the Book of Mormon.
Reading: Read a story to me.
Geography: Did a lesson from Evan-Moor.
Math: Did one Saxon Math 2 lesson.
Phonics/Handwriting: 2 pages of Explode the Code
Book on Tape: Listened to Eragon for over and hour.

Family (in the evening):
Art: Painted pumpkins (Yes, can you believe it Tasha? Oh that's right, they were home with the babysitter then).

To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, word of the day, read a book about the works of Louis L'Amour for a BYU writing assignment, and went on a date to the temple.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, finished roofing the house, went to work, I still don't know what he his listening too, and went on a date with me to the temple.