The kids with Governor Otter. Olivia is displaying her new book.
Olivia with the First Lady of Idaho-Lori Otter.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Go Olivia!
Today Olivia sang for at our county's Republican Parties "Lincoln Days." She did great and received a standing ovation! She sang, "God Bless the USA." The Governor, Senator, Congressman, and Lt. Governor were all there. The First Lady presented Olivia with a signed copy of the book she wrote about Idaho History. The book was suppose to be auctioned off, but The First Lady took it off the auction table to give to Olivia because she was so impressed with her! Yeah!
Friday, February 27, 2009
02/27/09: (Fri) And the Winner Is....
Today the older two kids went to work with their dad. The younger two stayed home and had mom school and did other things with me. Olivia submitted and won a writing contest for Southern Idaho 3rd-8th grade! Awesome job Olivia! There's also a picture of Luke doing his math. Can life get any better?
Caleb
Math: Counting
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 3 pages of Explode the Code
Geography: North, South, East and West
Family (in the evening): The kids went to a friends house and played while Alex and I went to our final book discussion on The Iliad by Homer. Moving on to The Odyssey now...
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, conference talk, brain storming for New Beginnings (the next thing on the list) spell drill, word of the day, read six chapters and finished The Iliad and attended the book review for it.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, read some Ensign articles, went to work, and set up for a Republican rally tomorrow.
Mom School
Pray, Pledge and Song
Book of Mormon Stories: The angel comes to Laman and Lemuel.
Friend Article Fairy Tales/Fables: The Three Little Pigs and Beauty and the Beast Retold by Louie Stowell (Usborne)
Character: Say Please, Louise! A cautionary tale by Phil Roxbee Cox (Usborne)
Music: Watched a taped copy of American Idol from this week. (Fast forward is the best!) We watched this in the late afternoon.
World History Fairy Tales: The Dragon Painter by Rosie Dickins (Usborne)
Science: Living in Space by Katie Daynes (Usborne)
Game: Sorry!
Pray, Pledge and Song
Book of Mormon Stories: The angel comes to Laman and Lemuel.
Friend Article Fairy Tales/Fables: The Three Little Pigs and Beauty and the Beast Retold by Louie Stowell (Usborne)
Character: Say Please, Louise! A cautionary tale by Phil Roxbee Cox (Usborne)
Music: Watched a taped copy of American Idol from this week. (Fast forward is the best!) We watched this in the late afternoon.
World History Fairy Tales: The Dragon Painter by Rosie Dickins (Usborne)
Science: Living in Space by Katie Daynes (Usborne)
Game: Sorry!
Olivia
Religion: Read 1 chapter in the Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced for her vocal solo tomorrow!
Math: Lesson 108
Language Arts: Verbs
Creative Writing: Finished her essay, submitted it and won!
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day-Cantankerous
Free Reading: 1 hour of Jane Eyre
Life Skills: Went to work with her dad at a business office. She also set up for a big dinner tomorrow.
Jared
Religion: Read a chapter in the New Testament Reader.
Math: Story Problems lesson from Singapore Math
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code.
Free Reading: Read Tonight on the Titanic from The Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne.
Religion: Read 1 chapter in the Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced for her vocal solo tomorrow!
Math: Lesson 108
Language Arts: Verbs
Creative Writing: Finished her essay, submitted it and won!
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day-Cantankerous
Free Reading: 1 hour of Jane Eyre
Life Skills: Went to work with her dad at a business office. She also set up for a big dinner tomorrow.
Jared
Religion: Read a chapter in the New Testament Reader.
Math: Story Problems lesson from Singapore Math
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code.
Free Reading: Read Tonight on the Titanic from The Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne.
Creative Play: Lego's
Life Skills: Went to work with his dad at a business office. He also set up for a big dinner tomorrow.
Life Skills: Went to work with his dad at a business office. He also set up for a big dinner tomorrow.
Luke
Math: Math lesson from Saxon 2
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Life Skills: French Toast
PE: 30 min of Wii sports
Creative Play: Lego's
Math: Math lesson from Saxon 2
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Life Skills: French Toast
PE: 30 min of Wii sports
Creative Play: Lego's
Writing: Wrote a letter and colored a picture.
Caleb
Math: Counting
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 3 pages of Explode the Code
Geography: North, South, East and West
Creative Writing: Drew a picture of his neighborhood. (From a writing course assignment suggestion. I really don't make my kids do these things they just do!)
Reading: Practiced his sight words.
Creative Play: Lego's
Reading: Practiced his sight words.
Creative Play: Lego's
Family (in the evening): The kids went to a friends house and played while Alex and I went to our final book discussion on The Iliad by Homer. Moving on to The Odyssey now...
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, conference talk, brain storming for New Beginnings (the next thing on the list) spell drill, word of the day, read six chapters and finished The Iliad and attended the book review for it.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, read some Ensign articles, went to work, and set up for a Republican rally tomorrow.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
02/26/09 (Thur): Dad School
Dad School
American History: They watched the two hour long documentary A More Perfect Union by BYU. This film is about the singing of the Declaration.
Mom School
Business/Public Speaking: The kids participated in an Usborne book show with me this afternoon. They all gave a little speech on their favorite book a couple of different times.
Social: Played with friends during the four hour show.
I'm tired and I can't think so here's what they did in a nutshell. I'm sure I forgot something...sigh...
Olivia : Math lesson, science lesson, Greek Root words test, geography lesson, read Jane Eyre for a long time, played on Infopath, vocabulary word of the day, read a book about the horse Seabiscuit, practiced her vocal solo, and read her Book of Mormon.
Jared: Math lesson, read in the New Testament Reader, practiced the piano, Explode the Code phonics, spell drill, Lego's and wrestling practice.
Luke: Math lesson, Explode the Code phonics, Book of Mormon Reader, 1 hour + silent reading of various things, spell drill, Lego's and wrestling practice.
Caleb: Math game, Explode the Code phonics, spell drill, wrestling practice, and overall extremely naughty.
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, word of the day, went to the temple (it was my mom and dad's day to work in the temple and I ended up being in the same session-neat!), read a couple chapters of the The Iliad by Homer.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, held his first dad school and survived, went to work and listened to The Iliad by Homer.
American History: They watched the two hour long documentary A More Perfect Union by BYU. This film is about the singing of the Declaration.
Mom School
Business/Public Speaking: The kids participated in an Usborne book show with me this afternoon. They all gave a little speech on their favorite book a couple of different times.
Social: Played with friends during the four hour show.
I'm tired and I can't think so here's what they did in a nutshell. I'm sure I forgot something...sigh...
Olivia : Math lesson, science lesson, Greek Root words test, geography lesson, read Jane Eyre for a long time, played on Infopath, vocabulary word of the day, read a book about the horse Seabiscuit, practiced her vocal solo, and read her Book of Mormon.
Jared: Math lesson, read in the New Testament Reader, practiced the piano, Explode the Code phonics, spell drill, Lego's and wrestling practice.
Luke: Math lesson, Explode the Code phonics, Book of Mormon Reader, 1 hour + silent reading of various things, spell drill, Lego's and wrestling practice.
Caleb: Math game, Explode the Code phonics, spell drill, wrestling practice, and overall extremely naughty.
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, word of the day, went to the temple (it was my mom and dad's day to work in the temple and I ended up being in the same session-neat!), read a couple chapters of the The Iliad by Homer.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, held his first dad school and survived, went to work and listened to The Iliad by Homer.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
02/25/09: (Wed) Reading Fever
Mom School
Pray/Pledge
Song: My Eternal Family
Theology: Chapter 19: Repentance from Gospel Principles.
Book of Mormon Stories: Nephi and his brothers try to get the Brass Plates.
Friend Article
Literature: "The Taming of the Shrew" from Stories From Shakespeare by Usborne
Greek Myths: "Jason and the Golden Fleece" and "King Midas" from Greek Myths by Usborne
Memorization: 41 states of the USA
Family History/American History: From the Draper Manuscripts "Adventure at Fort Boonesbourough" by William Hancock. This recounts a fight with the Indians at Fort Boonesbourough, Kentucky in the late 1700's. Also present with the Hancock brothers fighting the Indians was their friend Daniel Boone.
Geography: Kentucky
Science: Muscles from The Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia and we started Animal World: Explore the Living Planet by Capella. This is a question and answer book. We talked about Big Cats, Elephants, Marine Mammals, Birds of Prey, and Monkeys to name a few.
Health: Eating healthy snacks from Chapter 6 Eat Well and Keep Moving by Lilian Cheung
PE: We played baseball and basketball at the church for an hour. We also did a warm-up and stretched. I taught the kids some of these sports basic fundamentals.
Science/Pet Care: Jared and Olivia each have a hamster that they are responsible for. They also take turns caring for our dog, cat and sea monkeys.
Olivia
Religion: 1 chapter in The Book of Mormon
Music: Had her voice lesson.
Math: Lesson 106
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Helping Verbs
Creative Writing: Worked on her essay on My Access!
Writing: Wrote a letter to her pen pals.
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day-Apocryphal
Free Reading: Read Jane Eyre for an hour.
Life Skills: Swedish Pancakes. She also operated on Jared's in-grown toe nail. See family blog post.
Jared
Religion: Read a chapter in The New Testament Reader.
Math: Mental Math Division-Singapore
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Free Reading: He read for 2 hours and finished Eragon. Yeah!
Writing: Wrote a book review for Eragon on Goodreads.
Creative Play: Lego's and Star Wars
Luke
Religion: Read a Book of Mormon Reader chapter.
Music: Practiced part of his piano lesson.
Geography: Keg legends
Math: Lesson from Saxon 2
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Creative Writing: More on pre-writing strategies and grouping.
Free Reading: He is so excited about reading and finishing his book yesterday that he read for two hours today in a Magic School Bus chapter book. I told him to read some easy stuff right now.
Creative Play: Lego's and Star Wars
Caleb
Friend/Computer: Played around on www.friend.lds.org
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 2 pages from Explode the Code
Free Reading: Spent an hour reading/looking at a book.
Reading: Read 3 McGuffy Primer lessons to me.
Family (in the evening):
Went horseback riding.
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 organ, completed and submitted my first monthly report for IDEA (it took a lot longer than I thought it would, but I think it will go faster once I get use to it), and went to mutual.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, went to work, installed the DVD player into the suburban-it works now! and listened to The Iliad by Homer.
Pray/Pledge
Song: My Eternal Family
Theology: Chapter 19: Repentance from Gospel Principles.
Book of Mormon Stories: Nephi and his brothers try to get the Brass Plates.
Friend Article
Literature: "The Taming of the Shrew" from Stories From Shakespeare by Usborne
Greek Myths: "Jason and the Golden Fleece" and "King Midas" from Greek Myths by Usborne
Memorization: 41 states of the USA
Family History/American History: From the Draper Manuscripts "Adventure at Fort Boonesbourough" by William Hancock. This recounts a fight with the Indians at Fort Boonesbourough, Kentucky in the late 1700's. Also present with the Hancock brothers fighting the Indians was their friend Daniel Boone.
Geography: Kentucky
Science: Muscles from The Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia and we started Animal World: Explore the Living Planet by Capella. This is a question and answer book. We talked about Big Cats, Elephants, Marine Mammals, Birds of Prey, and Monkeys to name a few.
Health: Eating healthy snacks from Chapter 6 Eat Well and Keep Moving by Lilian Cheung
PE: We played baseball and basketball at the church for an hour. We also did a warm-up and stretched. I taught the kids some of these sports basic fundamentals.
Science/Pet Care: Jared and Olivia each have a hamster that they are responsible for. They also take turns caring for our dog, cat and sea monkeys.
Olivia
Religion: 1 chapter in The Book of Mormon
Music: Had her voice lesson.
Math: Lesson 106
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Helping Verbs
Creative Writing: Worked on her essay on My Access!
Writing: Wrote a letter to her pen pals.
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day-Apocryphal
Free Reading: Read Jane Eyre for an hour.
Life Skills: Swedish Pancakes. She also operated on Jared's in-grown toe nail. See family blog post.
Jared
Religion: Read a chapter in The New Testament Reader.
Math: Mental Math Division-Singapore
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Free Reading: He read for 2 hours and finished Eragon. Yeah!
Writing: Wrote a book review for Eragon on Goodreads.
Creative Play: Lego's and Star Wars
Luke
Religion: Read a Book of Mormon Reader chapter.
Music: Practiced part of his piano lesson.
Geography: Keg legends
Math: Lesson from Saxon 2
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Creative Writing: More on pre-writing strategies and grouping.
Free Reading: He is so excited about reading and finishing his book yesterday that he read for two hours today in a Magic School Bus chapter book. I told him to read some easy stuff right now.
Creative Play: Lego's and Star Wars
Caleb
Friend/Computer: Played around on www.friend.lds.org
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 2 pages from Explode the Code
Free Reading: Spent an hour reading/looking at a book.
Reading: Read 3 McGuffy Primer lessons to me.
Family (in the evening):
Went horseback riding.
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 organ, completed and submitted my first monthly report for IDEA (it took a lot longer than I thought it would, but I think it will go faster once I get use to it), and went to mutual.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, went to work, installed the DVD player into the suburban-it works now! and listened to The Iliad by Homer.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
02/24/09 (Tue): Test is done!
Mom School
Pray, Pledge and Song
Theology: Chapter 18 Faith in Jesus Christ from Gospel Principles.
Book of Mormon History: Lehi and his family leave Jerusalem.
Friend Article
American History Literature: Proceedings from the Virginia Convention of 1775.
Greek Myths: Echo& Narcissus, Daedalus & Icarus and Bellerphon & Icarus from Usborne Greek Myths
Tall Tales: "Johnny Appleseed," "John Henry" and "Joe Magarac" from American Tall Tales by Adrien Stoutenburg-finished book.
Family History: The biography of John C. Hancock
Science: Types of Bones from The Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia.
Health: Good and Bad Fats from chapter 5 of Eat Well and Keep Moving by Lillian Cheung.
Science Experiment: Delta Science Experiment from the Flowering Plants kit.
Science/Pet Care: Jared and Olivia each have a hamster that they are responsible for. They also take turns caring for our dog, cat and sea monkeys.
Olivia
Religion: Read 1 chapter of Book the Mormon.
New Era Articles: Read several New Era articles.
Friend Articles: Read some articles on www.friend.lds.org .
Music: Practiced her vocal solo and listened to a bunch of music from www.newera.lds.org .
Math: Lesson 104
Logic: Did scripture suduko's from www.newera.lds.org .
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Verbs and Helping Verbs from Easy Grammar.
Creative Writing: Did a lesson from Editor-in-Chief about editing.
Writing/Typing: Wrote a blog post.
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- Proliferate
Vocabulary/Language Usage: Did a classical root words lesson.
Business/Computers: Played around again on Microsoft Info Path.
Jared
Religion: Read a New Testament chapter.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson.
Math: Story Problems math lesson from Singapore Math.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code.
Free Reading: Read for two hours in Eragon. He's almost done!
Creative Play: Lego's and Star Wars
PE: Had wrestling practice.
Luke
Religion: Read a chapter in the Book of Mormon Reader.
Math: Did a math lesson from Saxon.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code.
Writing: Wrote a book review for his book on Good Reads.
Free Reading: Luke finished The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis!
Creative Play: Lego's and Star Wars
PE: Had wrestling practice.
Caleb
Computers: Played and colored on www.friend.lds.org .
Phonics/Handwriting: Did 8 pages of Explode the Code.
Creative Play: Played Lego's and Star Wars.
PE: Had wrestling practice.
The kids also went and bought flooring and carpet with Alex while I took by test.
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, conference talks, spell drill, word of the day, studied for my test and took my test!
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, worked at the temple, went to work and listened to The Iliad by Homer.
Pray, Pledge and Song
Theology: Chapter 18 Faith in Jesus Christ from Gospel Principles.
Book of Mormon History: Lehi and his family leave Jerusalem.
Friend Article
American History Literature: Proceedings from the Virginia Convention of 1775.
Greek Myths: Echo& Narcissus, Daedalus & Icarus and Bellerphon & Icarus from Usborne Greek Myths
Tall Tales: "Johnny Appleseed," "John Henry" and "Joe Magarac" from American Tall Tales by Adrien Stoutenburg-finished book.
Family History: The biography of John C. Hancock
Science: Types of Bones from The Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia.
Health: Good and Bad Fats from chapter 5 of Eat Well and Keep Moving by Lillian Cheung.
Science Experiment: Delta Science Experiment from the Flowering Plants kit.
Science/Pet Care: Jared and Olivia each have a hamster that they are responsible for. They also take turns caring for our dog, cat and sea monkeys.
Olivia
Religion: Read 1 chapter of Book the Mormon.
New Era Articles: Read several New Era articles.
Friend Articles: Read some articles on www.friend.lds.org .
Music: Practiced her vocal solo and listened to a bunch of music from www.newera.lds.org .
Math: Lesson 104
Logic: Did scripture suduko's from www.newera.lds.org .
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Verbs and Helping Verbs from Easy Grammar.
Creative Writing: Did a lesson from Editor-in-Chief about editing.
Writing/Typing: Wrote a blog post.
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- Proliferate
Vocabulary/Language Usage: Did a classical root words lesson.
Business/Computers: Played around again on Microsoft Info Path.
Jared
Religion: Read a New Testament chapter.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson.
Math: Story Problems math lesson from Singapore Math.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code.
Free Reading: Read for two hours in Eragon. He's almost done!
Creative Play: Lego's and Star Wars
PE: Had wrestling practice.
Luke
Religion: Read a chapter in the Book of Mormon Reader.
Math: Did a math lesson from Saxon.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code.
Writing: Wrote a book review for his book on Good Reads.
Free Reading: Luke finished The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis!
Creative Play: Lego's and Star Wars
PE: Had wrestling practice.
Caleb
Computers: Played and colored on www.friend.lds.org .
Phonics/Handwriting: Did 8 pages of Explode the Code.
Creative Play: Played Lego's and Star Wars.
PE: Had wrestling practice.
The kids also went and bought flooring and carpet with Alex while I took by test.
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, conference talks, spell drill, word of the day, studied for my test and took my test!
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, worked at the temple, went to work and listened to The Iliad by Homer.
Monday, February 23, 2009
02/23/09 (Mon): Used a new website
Mom School
Pray, Pledge and Song
Theology: Chapter 17, The Church of Jesus Christ Today in Gospel Principles. And we talked about the principles of Zion and Elder Christofferson's Conference talk.
Book of Mormon: Lehi Prophesies
Friend Article
Biography/American History: Read 5 chapters and finished Abigail Adams: Girl of Colonial Days by Jean Brown Wagoner.
Greek Myths: Adventures of Heracles from Greek Myths by Usborne.
Tall Tales: "Davy Crockett" from American Tall Tales by Adrien Stoutenburg
Memorization: First 38 states of the USA.
Family History: Read the biography of Johnathon Barton Hancock.
Music: Finished Music Theory by Usborne
Geography: Holland and Nevada
Science: Our Skeleton and Bones from Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia.
Health: Vitamins, Minerals and the importance of variety in our diet- finished chapter 4 from Eat Well and Keep Moving by Lilian Cheung.
Science/Pet Care: Jared and Olivia each have a hamster that they are responsible for. They also take turns caring for our dog, cat and sea monkeys.
Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter from The Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced her solo. Listened to Broadway songs.
Geography: Studied more about hemispheres.
Science: Read more about plants and experiments.
Math: Lesson 104
Geography Game: Played Snapshots Across America with Caleb.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Contractions
Creative Writing: Worked on a essay regarding Number the Stars on www.myaccess.com
Business/Computers: Played around on Microsoft Word Info Path and created pretend invoices and wrote documents up over two hours. Can we say love of learning?
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- Aggrandize
Writing: Did an editing lesson from Editor of Chief.
Free Reading: 1 hour of Jane Eyre.
Life Skills: Apple Pie and Cheese & Broccoli Soup
Computers: Played around on the new Friend website: http://www.friend.lds.org/ .
Jared
Religion: Read 1 chapter in the New Testament Reader.
Music: Had a piano lesson.
Math: Mental Multiplication-Singapore 3B lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Free Reading: Read for over two hours in Eragon.
Creative Play: Lego's
Computer: Watched a video about making movies on www.brainpop.com .
Luke
Religion: Read a chapter in the Book of Mormon Reader.
Geography: Compass Rose and directions
Math: 1 math lesson from Saxon Math 2
Spelling: 1 spell
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code.
Creative Writing: Organizing thoughts for writing-listing, ordering.
Reading: Read 2 lessons from McGuffy 2 to me.
Free Reading: Read 1/2 chapter from The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis.
Creative Play: Lots of Lego's.
PE: Shoveling snow/ice.
Caleb
Friend/Computers: www.friend.lds.org
Math: Right Start Lesson 8
Geography Game: Played Snapshots Across America.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 2 pages of Explode of Code.
Phonics/Computers: Played www.explodethecode.com online.
Creative Writing: Wrote about his neighborhood.
Reading: Sight words
Creative Play: Lego's
PE: Jumped in Mud Puddles for 15 min. Does that count?
Family (in the evening):
Family Home Evening: Debt
Game: Cashflow for Kids
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, conference talk, word of the day and studied for my geography test tomorrow.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, read a chapter from Leadership 101 by Maxwell, went to work, and listened to Dracula.
Pray, Pledge and Song
Theology: Chapter 17, The Church of Jesus Christ Today in Gospel Principles. And we talked about the principles of Zion and Elder Christofferson's Conference talk.
Book of Mormon: Lehi Prophesies
Friend Article
Biography/American History: Read 5 chapters and finished Abigail Adams: Girl of Colonial Days by Jean Brown Wagoner.
Greek Myths: Adventures of Heracles from Greek Myths by Usborne.
Tall Tales: "Davy Crockett" from American Tall Tales by Adrien Stoutenburg
Memorization: First 38 states of the USA.
Family History: Read the biography of Johnathon Barton Hancock.
Music: Finished Music Theory by Usborne
Geography: Holland and Nevada
Science: Our Skeleton and Bones from Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia.
Health: Vitamins, Minerals and the importance of variety in our diet- finished chapter 4 from Eat Well and Keep Moving by Lilian Cheung.
Science/Pet Care: Jared and Olivia each have a hamster that they are responsible for. They also take turns caring for our dog, cat and sea monkeys.
Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter from The Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced her solo. Listened to Broadway songs.
Geography: Studied more about hemispheres.
Science: Read more about plants and experiments.
Math: Lesson 104
Geography Game: Played Snapshots Across America with Caleb.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Contractions
Creative Writing: Worked on a essay regarding Number the Stars on www.myaccess.com
Business/Computers: Played around on Microsoft Word Info Path and created pretend invoices and wrote documents up over two hours. Can we say love of learning?
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- Aggrandize
Writing: Did an editing lesson from Editor of Chief.
Free Reading: 1 hour of Jane Eyre.
Life Skills: Apple Pie and Cheese & Broccoli Soup
Computers: Played around on the new Friend website: http://www.friend.lds.org/ .
Jared
Religion: Read 1 chapter in the New Testament Reader.
Music: Had a piano lesson.
Math: Mental Multiplication-Singapore 3B lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Free Reading: Read for over two hours in Eragon.
Creative Play: Lego's
Computer: Watched a video about making movies on www.brainpop.com .
Luke
Religion: Read a chapter in the Book of Mormon Reader.
Geography: Compass Rose and directions
Math: 1 math lesson from Saxon Math 2
Spelling: 1 spell
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code.
Creative Writing: Organizing thoughts for writing-listing, ordering.
Reading: Read 2 lessons from McGuffy 2 to me.
Free Reading: Read 1/2 chapter from The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis.
Creative Play: Lots of Lego's.
PE: Shoveling snow/ice.
Caleb
Friend/Computers: www.friend.lds.org
Math: Right Start Lesson 8
Geography Game: Played Snapshots Across America.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 2 pages of Explode of Code.
Phonics/Computers: Played www.explodethecode.com online.
Creative Writing: Wrote about his neighborhood.
Reading: Sight words
Creative Play: Lego's
PE: Jumped in Mud Puddles for 15 min. Does that count?
Family (in the evening):
Family Home Evening: Debt
Game: Cashflow for Kids
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, conference talk, word of the day and studied for my geography test tomorrow.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, read a chapter from Leadership 101 by Maxwell, went to work, and listened to Dracula.
Friday, February 20, 2009
02/20/09 (Fri): Let's Play Ball!
Mom School
Pray, Pledge and Song
Theology: Chapter 16, The Church of Jesus Christ in Former Times from Gospel Principles
Book of Mormon History: The introduction
Friend Article
Biography/American History: 3 chapters from Abigail Adams: Girl of Colonial Days by Jean Brown Wagoner
Literature: Romero and Juliet from Stories From Shakespeare by Usborne
Greek Myths: We read the stories "Persephone and the Seasons" and "The Story of Arachne" from Greek Myths by Usborne.
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, spell drill, word of the day, practiced the piano, practiced the organ, and studied for my test.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, went to work and listened to Dracula by Bram Stoker.
Pray, Pledge and Song
Theology: Chapter 16, The Church of Jesus Christ in Former Times from Gospel Principles
Book of Mormon History: The introduction
Friend Article
Biography/American History: 3 chapters from Abigail Adams: Girl of Colonial Days by Jean Brown Wagoner
Literature: Romero and Juliet from Stories From Shakespeare by Usborne
Greek Myths: We read the stories "Persephone and the Seasons" and "The Story of Arachne" from Greek Myths by Usborne.
Tall Tales: "Mike Fink" from American Tall Tales by Adrien Stoutenburg
Memorization: First 36 states of the USA.
Family History: We read the biography of Anna Sophia Walbum Christensen.
Music: Sharps and Flats from Usborne Music Theory
Geography: Denmark (where are Grandmother Christensen was from) and the 7 continents.
Science: Hair, Skin and Nails from The Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia. The kids also finished the Magic School Bus video they started yesterday.
Health: Chapter three-the importance of exercise-from Eat Well and Keep Moving by Lillian Cheung
PE: We ran laps to warm-up, stretched, did sit ups and push ups. (We had discussed this in our Health book). Played catch (baseball) at the church for an hour in the gym. Then they ran around and played basketball and whatever while I practiced the organ.
Science/Pet Care: Jared and Olivia each have a hamster that they are responsible for. They also take turns caring for our dog, cat and sea monkeys.
Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter from the Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced her vocal solo for next week.
Geography: Learned about longitude, latitude, hemispheres, and the equator.
Math: Lesson 103 from Saxon 6/5
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Contractions
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- Judicious
Vocabulary/Language Usage: Took a test from her Classical Roots Words program.
Free Reading: Read Number the Stars by Lois Lowry.
Life Skills: Lemon pudding, pizza and pumpkin bread.
Jared
Religion: Read a chapter in the New Testament Reader.
Math: Did a Singapore Math lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode of Code
Free Reading: Read 3 chapters in Eragon.
Creative Play: Lots and lots of Lego's.
Luke
Religion: Read his Book of Mormon Reader.
Music: Had a piano lesson.
Geography: Learned about east, west, north and south.
Math: Did a math lesson from Saxon Math 2.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: Did 5 pages of Explode the Code.
Creative Writing: Learned about brainstorming.
Free Reading: Read a chapter in The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis.
Creative Play: Lego's
Caleb
Music: Played Music Ace.
Geography: Learned about North and South America.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: Did 2 pages in Explode the Code.
Writing: Wrote the names down of all our family members and pets.
Creative Play: Lego's. He's actually just started playing Lego's the last couple of weeks. Before he didn't ever want to.
Family (in the evening):
Homemade pizza party.
Memorization: First 36 states of the USA.
Family History: We read the biography of Anna Sophia Walbum Christensen.
Music: Sharps and Flats from Usborne Music Theory
Geography: Denmark (where are Grandmother Christensen was from) and the 7 continents.
Science: Hair, Skin and Nails from The Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia. The kids also finished the Magic School Bus video they started yesterday.
Health: Chapter three-the importance of exercise-from Eat Well and Keep Moving by Lillian Cheung
PE: We ran laps to warm-up, stretched, did sit ups and push ups. (We had discussed this in our Health book). Played catch (baseball) at the church for an hour in the gym. Then they ran around and played basketball and whatever while I practiced the organ.
Science/Pet Care: Jared and Olivia each have a hamster that they are responsible for. They also take turns caring for our dog, cat and sea monkeys.
Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter from the Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced her vocal solo for next week.
Geography: Learned about longitude, latitude, hemispheres, and the equator.
Math: Lesson 103 from Saxon 6/5
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Contractions
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- Judicious
Vocabulary/Language Usage: Took a test from her Classical Roots Words program.
Free Reading: Read Number the Stars by Lois Lowry.
Life Skills: Lemon pudding, pizza and pumpkin bread.
Jared
Religion: Read a chapter in the New Testament Reader.
Math: Did a Singapore Math lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode of Code
Free Reading: Read 3 chapters in Eragon.
Creative Play: Lots and lots of Lego's.
Luke
Religion: Read his Book of Mormon Reader.
Music: Had a piano lesson.
Geography: Learned about east, west, north and south.
Math: Did a math lesson from Saxon Math 2.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: Did 5 pages of Explode the Code.
Creative Writing: Learned about brainstorming.
Free Reading: Read a chapter in The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis.
Creative Play: Lego's
Caleb
Music: Played Music Ace.
Geography: Learned about North and South America.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: Did 2 pages in Explode the Code.
Writing: Wrote the names down of all our family members and pets.
Creative Play: Lego's. He's actually just started playing Lego's the last couple of weeks. Before he didn't ever want to.
Family (in the evening):
Homemade pizza party.
Geography Game: Take Off!
Logic Game : Linkety
Watched a taped copy of American Idol from this past week.
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, spell drill, word of the day, practiced the piano, practiced the organ, and studied for my test.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, went to work and listened to Dracula by Bram Stoker.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
02/19/09 (Thur): Doctor Day
Today we went to town for a doctor's appointment for one of the kids. We've waited for two months for the appointment so we couldn't be picky about the time. We were gone most of the day. Here's some highlights...
Olivia: Read for an hour about Greek History. She read a chapter in the Book of Mormon.
Jared: Read Eragon for two hours. He read a chapter in his New Testament Reader.
Luke: Read two chapters from The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis. He read a chapter in his Book of Mormon Reader.
Caleb: Did 8 pages from his Explode the Code book.
Deanna: Scriptures and studied for two hours for a midterm in Geography next week. Read Number the Stars by Lois Lowry.
Alex: Scriptures, Dracula, and went to work.
Family: We went to the library. We listened to Story of the World vol. 2 for 30 min. The boys had wrestling practice. The kids watched part of a Magic School Bus Science video. The kids also watched a couple of science videos on outer space on Brain Pop.
Olivia: Read for an hour about Greek History. She read a chapter in the Book of Mormon.
Jared: Read Eragon for two hours. He read a chapter in his New Testament Reader.
Luke: Read two chapters from The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis. He read a chapter in his Book of Mormon Reader.
Caleb: Did 8 pages from his Explode the Code book.
Deanna: Scriptures and studied for two hours for a midterm in Geography next week. Read Number the Stars by Lois Lowry.
Alex: Scriptures, Dracula, and went to work.
Family: We went to the library. We listened to Story of the World vol. 2 for 30 min. The boys had wrestling practice. The kids watched part of a Magic School Bus Science video. The kids also watched a couple of science videos on outer space on Brain Pop.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
02/18/09 (Wed): Scouts
Mom School
Pray/Pledge
Theology: Chapter 15 from Gospel Principles - The Lord's Covenant People
Bible History: Day of Pentecost and Saul's Conversion
Friend Article
Biography/American History: 3 chapters from Abigail Adams: Girl of Colonial Days by Jean Brown Wagoner
Literature: Read an abridged Macbeth in Stories from Shakespeare by Usborne
Greek Myths: The Gift of Fire and Pandora's Box from Usborne Greek Myths
Tall Tales: "Stormalong" from American Tall Tales by Adrien Stoutenburg
Memorization: First 26 states of the USA
Family History: Finished the biography of Almon Fullmer.
Music Theory: Rhythms from Usborne Internet-Linked Music Theory for Beginners
Science: Cells from The Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia
Health: Review Chapter 2 from Eat Well and Keep Moving by Lillian Cheung
Science/Pet Care: Jared and Olivia each have a hamster that they are responsible for. They also take turns caring for our dog, cat and sea monkeys.
Service: Made dinner for a family.
Olivia
Religion: 1 chapter from the Book of Mormon
Music: Practiced her vocal solo for next week.
Economics: Helped Alex pick out a stock and a covered call and bought it on line with him.
Science: Read a lesson in her science book about classifying animals.
Math: Lesson 102 (Saxon 6/5)
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Prepositions
Testing: Practiced for the state tests with a computer program on our new computer that the state gave us.
Writing: Did a lesson on Editing from Editor-in-Chief.
Research: More fish tanks... (don't ask)...
Vocabulary/Language Arts: Did a lesson from Classical Vocabulary Root Words
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- PRESCIENCE
Literature: Read in Jane Eyre and read and abridged version of Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, A Midsummer's Night Dream and As You Like It. This is from Stories From Shakespeare by Usborne.
PE: Ran/Walked on the Treadmill.
Social: Had Activity Days.
Jared
Religion: Read a chapter from his New Testament Reader.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson.
Science: Listened to some science videos on Brain Pop.
Math: Workbook lesson from Singapore Math 3B.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages from Explode the Code
Free Reading: Read Eragon for over two hours.
Creative Play: Lego's
PE: Ran/Walked on the treadmill.
Social: Went to scouts.
Luke
Religion: Read a chapter in his Book of Mormon Reader.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson.
Geography: Did a geography lesson from Evan-Moor-about continents.
Science: Listened to some science videos on Brain Pop.
Math: Did a lesson from Saxon Math 2.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages from Explode the Code
Creative Writing: Did a creative writing lesson from Just Write Book 1.
Free Reading: Read a chapter from The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis.
Creative Play: Lego's
Social: Went to Scouts.
Caleb
Geography: Did a geography lesson on Globes.
Math: Did a Right Start math lesson and practiced his number writing. He also practiced what he learned on the abacus yesterday.
Phonics/Handwriting: 8 pages of Explode the Code and finished a book.
Reading: Practiced his sight words.
Science/Social Studies/Computer: Listened to some videos on Brain Pop.
Creative Play: Lego's
Family in the evening:
PE: Practiced wrestling and did sit ups.
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, word of the day, went to a book club, led cub scouts, walked for 40 min, and studied for my midterm.
Alex: Scriptures, read a chapter in How To Win a Local Election, word of the day, went to work, listened to Dracula by Bram Stoker and read through several financial books for two hours.
Pray/Pledge
Theology: Chapter 15 from Gospel Principles - The Lord's Covenant People
Bible History: Day of Pentecost and Saul's Conversion
Friend Article
Biography/American History: 3 chapters from Abigail Adams: Girl of Colonial Days by Jean Brown Wagoner
Literature: Read an abridged Macbeth in Stories from Shakespeare by Usborne
Greek Myths: The Gift of Fire and Pandora's Box from Usborne Greek Myths
Tall Tales: "Stormalong" from American Tall Tales by Adrien Stoutenburg
Memorization: First 26 states of the USA
Family History: Finished the biography of Almon Fullmer.
Music Theory: Rhythms from Usborne Internet-Linked Music Theory for Beginners
Science: Cells from The Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia
Health: Review Chapter 2 from Eat Well and Keep Moving by Lillian Cheung
Science/Pet Care: Jared and Olivia each have a hamster that they are responsible for. They also take turns caring for our dog, cat and sea monkeys.
Service: Made dinner for a family.
Olivia
Religion: 1 chapter from the Book of Mormon
Music: Practiced her vocal solo for next week.
Economics: Helped Alex pick out a stock and a covered call and bought it on line with him.
Science: Read a lesson in her science book about classifying animals.
Math: Lesson 102 (Saxon 6/5)
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Prepositions
Testing: Practiced for the state tests with a computer program on our new computer that the state gave us.
Writing: Did a lesson on Editing from Editor-in-Chief.
Research: More fish tanks... (don't ask)...
Vocabulary/Language Arts: Did a lesson from Classical Vocabulary Root Words
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- PRESCIENCE
Literature: Read in Jane Eyre and read and abridged version of Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, A Midsummer's Night Dream and As You Like It. This is from Stories From Shakespeare by Usborne.
PE: Ran/Walked on the Treadmill.
Social: Had Activity Days.
Jared
Religion: Read a chapter from his New Testament Reader.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson.
Science: Listened to some science videos on Brain Pop.
Math: Workbook lesson from Singapore Math 3B.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages from Explode the Code
Free Reading: Read Eragon for over two hours.
Creative Play: Lego's
PE: Ran/Walked on the treadmill.
Social: Went to scouts.
Luke
Religion: Read a chapter in his Book of Mormon Reader.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson.
Geography: Did a geography lesson from Evan-Moor-about continents.
Science: Listened to some science videos on Brain Pop.
Math: Did a lesson from Saxon Math 2.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages from Explode the Code
Creative Writing: Did a creative writing lesson from Just Write Book 1.
Free Reading: Read a chapter from The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis.
Creative Play: Lego's
Social: Went to Scouts.
Caleb
Geography: Did a geography lesson on Globes.
Math: Did a Right Start math lesson and practiced his number writing. He also practiced what he learned on the abacus yesterday.
Phonics/Handwriting: 8 pages of Explode the Code and finished a book.
Reading: Practiced his sight words.
Science/Social Studies/Computer: Listened to some videos on Brain Pop.
Creative Play: Lego's
Family in the evening:
PE: Practiced wrestling and did sit ups.
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, word of the day, went to a book club, led cub scouts, walked for 40 min, and studied for my midterm.
Alex: Scriptures, read a chapter in How To Win a Local Election, word of the day, went to work, listened to Dracula by Bram Stoker and read through several financial books for two hours.
You know you're a homeschooler when...
Today in cub scouts we were talking about America. (ABC's of America is the theme). We were playing American J-I-N-G-O which they all loved. This is just Bingo with questions to find out the picture. Anyway...one of the questions was about the Civil War and it mentioned in there that families fought against families. Most of the boys all started talking about some football players that played against each other. (If I understood them). However, Jared (my son) internalized it differently. He said, "Oh, I know like in Macbeth when Macbeth takes out his cousin Duncun. They were on different sides. Is that what you're talking about?"
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
02/17/09 (Tue): Back in the groove
Mom School
Pray/Pledge
Family (in the evening):
Went to wrestling practice. Just started today.
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, word of the day, walked for 30 min, and studied for my college midterm.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, worked his temple ordinance worker shift, went to work, listened to Dracula by Bram Stoker, and installed a DVD player into the Suburban (our old one broke).
Pray/Pledge
Theology: Chapter 14 from Gospel Principles: Priesthood Organization
Bible History: Parable of the Goats and the Sheep
Friend Article
Biography/American History: 3 chapters from Abigail Adams: Girl of Colonial Days by Jean Brown Wagoner
Literature: Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare abriged from Stories from Shakespeare by Usborne
Memorization: First 26 states of the USA
Family History: Started a biography of Almon Fuller our ggggrandfather (he retraces a lot of church history events so count this in the Church Cistory/American History section also!)
Music Theory: Note Lengths from Usborne Internet-Linked Music Theory for Beginners
Geography: We practiced the 7 continents
Science: Mammals from The Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia
Health: Read about Protein, Fats and Carbohydrates from Chapter 2 of Eat Well and Keep Moving by Lilian Cheung
Friend Article
Biography/American History: 3 chapters from Abigail Adams: Girl of Colonial Days by Jean Brown Wagoner
Literature: Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare abriged from Stories from Shakespeare by Usborne
Memorization: First 26 states of the USA
Family History: Started a biography of Almon Fuller our ggggrandfather (he retraces a lot of church history events so count this in the Church Cistory/American History section also!)
Music Theory: Note Lengths from Usborne Internet-Linked Music Theory for Beginners
Geography: We practiced the 7 continents
Science: Mammals from The Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia
Health: Read about Protein, Fats and Carbohydrates from Chapter 2 of Eat Well and Keep Moving by Lilian Cheung
Science Expierements: Planted our seeds that we had soaked over night. This expierement is from a Delta Science Kit.
Science/Pet Care: Jared and Olivia each have a hamster that they are responsible for. They also take turns caring for our dog, cat and sea monkeys.
Olivia
Religion: Read Alma 50 in The Book of Mormon.
Typing/Family History: Finished her typing project. She typed a biography of her ggrandmother and namesake for her grandmother.
Music: Practiced her solo for Governor Otter.
Geography: Did a geography lesson from Daily Geography Practice by Evan-Moor.
Art: Drew a picture of horse from a drawing book she bought.
Olivia
Religion: Read Alma 50 in The Book of Mormon.
Typing/Family History: Finished her typing project. She typed a biography of her ggrandmother and namesake for her grandmother.
Music: Practiced her solo for Governor Otter.
Geography: Did a geography lesson from Daily Geography Practice by Evan-Moor.
Art: Drew a picture of horse from a drawing book she bought.
Math: Lesson 101
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Prepositions
Creative Writing: Worked on her essay on My Access!
Research: Researched the various kinds of fish tanks available. Particularly those that are safe from cats.
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- EXEMPLAR
Free Reading: Read in Jane Eyre, Princess and the Pea, Alexander the Great and other various books.
Library: Requested a book from the library on line.
PE: Ran/walked on the treadmill.
Jared
Religion: 1 chapter in The New Testament Reader (Jesus is born).
Music: Had his piano lesson.
Science: Watched several videos on Brain Pop about things in space.
Math: Singapore lesson: mental math subtraction and story problems. His workbook finally arrived today!
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages from Explode the Code.
Free Reading: Read Eragon for 1 hour.
Creative Play: Lego's
Luke
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon Reader (Limhi's People Escape)
Music: Practiced his piano lesson.
Geography: Did a lesson from Daily Geography Practice by Evan-Moor.
Science: Watched several videos on Brain Pop about things in space.
Math: Did two Saxon Math 2 lessons.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code.
Creative Writing/Typing: Worked on his story. He uses a dictionary to find words he doesn't know. We are working on editing skills also. When he done we will print it and edit it some more. Then he'll rewrite it. Luke loves to write stories!
Writing Skills: He started the program Just Write Book 1: Creativity and Craft in Writing by Elsie S. Wilmerding and Alexandra S. Bigelow to learn more writing skills. Today he learned about brainstorming, listing, and categorizing. He really liked what he learned.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Prepositions
Creative Writing: Worked on her essay on My Access!
Research: Researched the various kinds of fish tanks available. Particularly those that are safe from cats.
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- EXEMPLAR
Free Reading: Read in Jane Eyre, Princess and the Pea, Alexander the Great and other various books.
Library: Requested a book from the library on line.
PE: Ran/walked on the treadmill.
Jared
Religion: 1 chapter in The New Testament Reader (Jesus is born).
Music: Had his piano lesson.
Science: Watched several videos on Brain Pop about things in space.
Math: Singapore lesson: mental math subtraction and story problems. His workbook finally arrived today!
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages from Explode the Code.
Free Reading: Read Eragon for 1 hour.
Creative Play: Lego's
Luke
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon Reader (Limhi's People Escape)
Music: Practiced his piano lesson.
Geography: Did a lesson from Daily Geography Practice by Evan-Moor.
Science: Watched several videos on Brain Pop about things in space.
Math: Did two Saxon Math 2 lessons.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code.
Creative Writing/Typing: Worked on his story. He uses a dictionary to find words he doesn't know. We are working on editing skills also. When he done we will print it and edit it some more. Then he'll rewrite it. Luke loves to write stories!
Writing Skills: He started the program Just Write Book 1: Creativity and Craft in Writing by Elsie S. Wilmerding and Alexandra S. Bigelow to learn more writing skills. Today he learned about brainstorming, listing, and categorizing. He really liked what he learned.
Free Reading: Read a chapter in The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis.
Creative Play: Lego's
PE: Ran/Walked on the treadmill.
Caleb
Science: Watched several videos on Brain Pop about things in space.
Math: Did lesson 6 and 7 from Right Start Math. Practiced writing his numbers and worked with the abacus.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Writing: Did several pages from Write About Me by Elsie S. Willmerding. This was the first day he did this. He didn't want to stop. He answered questions about him and he drew some pictures about himself and his family.
Free Reading: Looked at books.
Reading: Read 3 lessons to me from his McGuffy Reader.
Logic: Looked at The Big Book of Things to Spot by Usborne for an hour.
Creative Play: Lego's
PE: Ran/Walked on the treadmill.
Caleb
Science: Watched several videos on Brain Pop about things in space.
Math: Did lesson 6 and 7 from Right Start Math. Practiced writing his numbers and worked with the abacus.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Writing: Did several pages from Write About Me by Elsie S. Willmerding. This was the first day he did this. He didn't want to stop. He answered questions about him and he drew some pictures about himself and his family.
Free Reading: Looked at books.
Reading: Read 3 lessons to me from his McGuffy Reader.
Logic: Looked at The Big Book of Things to Spot by Usborne for an hour.
Creative Play: Lego's
PE: Wii
PE: Wii
Family (in the evening):
Went to wrestling practice. Just started today.
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, word of the day, walked for 30 min, and studied for my college midterm.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, worked his temple ordinance worker shift, went to work, listened to Dracula by Bram Stoker, and installed a DVD player into the Suburban (our old one broke).
Monday, February 16, 2009
02/16/09 (Mon): What a great day!
Mom School
Pray, Pledge and Song
Theology: Chapter 13 from Gospel Principles: The Priesthood
Pray, Pledge and Song
Theology: Chapter 13 from Gospel Principles: The Priesthood
Bible History: The Second Coming
Friend Article
Biography/American History: 1 chapter from Abigail Adams: Girl of Colonial Days by Jean Brown Wagoner
Fables: Pecos Bill from American Tall Tales by Adrien Stoutenburg
Memorization: First 26 States of the USA.
Family History: Jane Griffiths (ggggrandmother from Martin/Wille Handcart Company)
Music: Alto, Treble and Bass Clefs from the Usborne Internet-Linked Music Theory For Beginners
Geography: Practiced the 7 continents. Map scales and key legends from Maps and Mapping by Kingfisher.
Science: Birds from the Kinfisher Science Encyclopedia.
Science Experiment: Day 1 about bean sprouting from our new Delta Science Kit.
Friend Article
Biography/American History: 1 chapter from Abigail Adams: Girl of Colonial Days by Jean Brown Wagoner
Fables: Pecos Bill from American Tall Tales by Adrien Stoutenburg
Memorization: First 26 States of the USA.
Family History: Jane Griffiths (ggggrandmother from Martin/Wille Handcart Company)
Music: Alto, Treble and Bass Clefs from the Usborne Internet-Linked Music Theory For Beginners
Geography: Practiced the 7 continents. Map scales and key legends from Maps and Mapping by Kingfisher.
Science: Birds from the Kinfisher Science Encyclopedia.
Science Experiment: Day 1 about bean sprouting from our new Delta Science Kit.
Health: Food Pyramid and review of healthy lifestyles from Eat Well and Keep Moving by Lillian Cheung
Art: Painted some wood boards
Game: Played Linkity and Take Your Pick. These games focus on decision making, logic, and associations to name a few things.
Science/Pet Care: Jared and Olivia each have a hamster that they are responsible for. They also take turns caring for our dog, cat and sea monkeys.
Olivia
Religion: 1 chapter from The Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced her voice lesson. She was asked to sing another solo. She's actually singing for the Governor next week!!!
Science: Read through the science experiments for our four new Delta Science Kits. She thinks they are very cool! (and so do I!) And she read a lesson in a science textbook about plants.
Art: Painted on a canvas with oil paints.
Math: Lesson 100
Game: We played Flip together, which is a spelling game with Scrabble tiles.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Prepositional Phrases
Creative Writing: Worked on an essay on the My Access! website. She utilized a dictionary several times also.
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- DORMANT
Business: Delivered all the Usborne books today with me.
Game: Played Linkity and Take Your Pick. These games focus on decision making, logic, and associations to name a few things.
Science/Pet Care: Jared and Olivia each have a hamster that they are responsible for. They also take turns caring for our dog, cat and sea monkeys.
Olivia
Religion: 1 chapter from The Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced her voice lesson. She was asked to sing another solo. She's actually singing for the Governor next week!!!
Science: Read through the science experiments for our four new Delta Science Kits. She thinks they are very cool! (and so do I!) And she read a lesson in a science textbook about plants.
Art: Painted on a canvas with oil paints.
Math: Lesson 100
Game: We played Flip together, which is a spelling game with Scrabble tiles.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Prepositional Phrases
Creative Writing: Worked on an essay on the My Access! website. She utilized a dictionary several times also.
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- DORMANT
Business: Delivered all the Usborne books today with me.
Jared
Religion: Read a chapter from the New Testament Reader. (The Angel comes to Joseph).
Music: Practiced his piano lesson.
Math: Did a Singapore lesson: mental math addition and story problems
Spelling: Our spell drill our temporarily out of service (expect for Olivia) because of our switch of computers. We don't know why they won't work!!
Phonics/Handwriting: 7 pages of Explode the Code-finished a book.
Science: Read in a Magnet book and played with magnets.
Free Reading: Read 3 chapters from Eragon.
Logic/Creative Play: Finished his 650 piece Star Wars ship again.
Free Reading: Read 3 chapters from Eragon.
Logic/Creative Play: Finished his 650 piece Star Wars ship again.
Luke 
Music: Practiced his piano lesson.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson.
Religion: Read in his Book of Mormon Reader.
Math: Saxon Math Lesson. Used an abacus.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages from Explode the Code.
Creative Writing: Working on a Star Wars story. Using a dictionary also.
Free Reading: Read 1/2 chapter from The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by CS Lewis.
Math: Saxon Math Lesson. Used an abacus.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages from Explode the Code.
Creative Writing: Working on a Star Wars story. Using a dictionary also.
Free Reading: Read 1/2 chapter from The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by CS Lewis.
Creative Play: Lego's
Caleb
Caleb lost his first tooth today!
Scriptures: Read/looked at a scripture picture book.
Book on Tape: Listened to a book on tape about Pirates.
Math: 5 lessons from Right Start Math. We used an abacus, tally sticks, and tile cubes. He wrote out some of the numbers.
Book on Tape: Listened to a book on tape about Pirates.
Math: 5 lessons from Right Start Math. We used an abacus, tally sticks, and tile cubes. He wrote out some of the numbers.
Logic: Played chess and Turtle Mania (visual perception and matching)
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Reading: Sight words drill
Free Reading: Read several of his new books from Usborne.
Reading: Sight words drill
Free Reading: Read several of his new books from Usborne.
Phonics/Computers: Played Explode the Code online for 30 min.
Creative Play: Legos
Creative Play: Legos
PE: 30 min of Wii Sports
Family (in the evening):
Family Home Evening: Mortal Life
Family Home Evening: Mortal Life
Watched a church video about the Plan of Salvation-a 3 act play.
Played: Turtle Mania and Linkety again
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, walked for 20 min, wrote several blog posts and studied for my midterm.
Alex: Scriptures, Read a chapter from Leadership 101 by Maxwell, read in the Ensign, word of the day, went to work, and played Wii Sports with Caleb.
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, word of the day, walked for 20 min, wrote several blog posts and studied for my midterm.
Alex: Scriptures, Read a chapter from Leadership 101 by Maxwell, read in the Ensign, word of the day, went to work, and played Wii Sports with Caleb.
Saturday, February 14, 2009
02/13/09 (Fri): Valentine's Play
Today we made Valentine cookies and decorated them.
We played with our cousins ALL day long.
We had a sleepover with our four cousins.
The painting in our house was finished.
We worked into the night putting the house back together including all the pictures hung.
We look forward to embracing a full week of school next week!
Here's some pictures of our library room.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
02/13/09
Mom School
Pledge and Song
Theology: We read chapter 12 from Gospel Principles.
Bible History: The Accession
Friend Article
Biography/American History: Read two chapters and finished John Quincy Adams: Our Sixth President by Gerry and Janet Souter.
Biography: We read the book Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin about the man who photographed snow flakes.
Fables: Read Paul Bunyan out of American Tall Tales by Adrien Stoutenburg
Memorization: Practiced the first 34 states of the USA.
Music: The Staff and the Treble Cleff out of Music Theory for Beginners by Usborne.
World History: We listened to two hours of Story of the World vol. 2.
Geography: Indonesia (where the Komodo Dragon is from)
Science: Reptiles from The Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia.
Health: Case studies from chapter 1 about healthy living in Eat Well and Keep Moving by Lilian Cheung.
PE: Playing outside in the snow with their cousins.
Science/Pet Care: Jared and Olivia each have a hamster that they are responsible for. They also take turns caring for our dog, cat and sea monkeys.
Olivia
Religion: 1 chapter from The Book of Mormon.
Science: Read a chapter in her science book.
Math: Lesson 100
Language Arts: Prepositional Phrases
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- ANTITHESIS
Life Skills: Babysitting
Jared
Religion: Read a chapter out of the New Testament Reader.
Free Reading: Read 3 chapters of Eragon.
Creative Play: He's building his massive Lego ship. He's been working very hard on that and doesn't want to do anything else until he gets it done.
Luke
Math: Did 1/2 a math lesson.
Phonics/Handwriting: Did two pages from Explode the Code.
Creative Play: Lego's also.
Caleb
Math: Worked with his scales set.
Phonics/Handwriting: 3 pages of Explode the Code.
Creative Play: Played with his cousin for most of the day.
Family (in the evening):
We went to town again. This time we were hunting down flooring and furniture. We come home empty handed. We did eat yummy Italian food for dinner though.
On the way home Jared, Caleb and I listed to an adaptation about MacBeth. They liked that.
And we put back our Dining Room and Family Room! The paint looks great. Only the library room, the entry way, and the hall way are left! (The Mud Room and Kitchen were finished yesterday).
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, word of the day and I helped a friend/cousin most of the day.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, went to work, listened to The Iliad by Homer.
Pledge and Song
Theology: We read chapter 12 from Gospel Principles.
Bible History: The Accession
Friend Article
Biography/American History: Read two chapters and finished John Quincy Adams: Our Sixth President by Gerry and Janet Souter.
Biography: We read the book Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin about the man who photographed snow flakes.
Fables: Read Paul Bunyan out of American Tall Tales by Adrien Stoutenburg
Memorization: Practiced the first 34 states of the USA.
Music: The Staff and the Treble Cleff out of Music Theory for Beginners by Usborne.
World History: We listened to two hours of Story of the World vol. 2.
Geography: Indonesia (where the Komodo Dragon is from)
Science: Reptiles from The Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia.
Health: Case studies from chapter 1 about healthy living in Eat Well and Keep Moving by Lilian Cheung.
PE: Playing outside in the snow with their cousins.
Science/Pet Care: Jared and Olivia each have a hamster that they are responsible for. They also take turns caring for our dog, cat and sea monkeys.
Olivia
Religion: 1 chapter from The Book of Mormon.
Science: Read a chapter in her science book.
Math: Lesson 100
Language Arts: Prepositional Phrases
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- ANTITHESIS
Life Skills: Babysitting
Jared
Religion: Read a chapter out of the New Testament Reader.
Free Reading: Read 3 chapters of Eragon.
Creative Play: He's building his massive Lego ship. He's been working very hard on that and doesn't want to do anything else until he gets it done.
Luke
Math: Did 1/2 a math lesson.
Phonics/Handwriting: Did two pages from Explode the Code.
Creative Play: Lego's also.
Caleb
Math: Worked with his scales set.
Phonics/Handwriting: 3 pages of Explode the Code.
Creative Play: Played with his cousin for most of the day.
Family (in the evening):
We went to town again. This time we were hunting down flooring and furniture. We come home empty handed. We did eat yummy Italian food for dinner though.
On the way home Jared, Caleb and I listed to an adaptation about MacBeth. They liked that.
And we put back our Dining Room and Family Room! The paint looks great. Only the library room, the entry way, and the hall way are left! (The Mud Room and Kitchen were finished yesterday).
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, word of the day and I helped a friend/cousin most of the day.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, went to work, listened to The Iliad by Homer.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
02/11/09: Paint
Today we were kicked out of our house so it could be painted. So went to town and did other things....
- Picked out and ordered carpet.
- Bought a new upright freezer.
- Practiced 30 Spanish words on the children's menu at a Mexican restaurant. Good thing Alex knows how to speak Spanish, because I was messing up the pronunciations.
- Listened to Story of the World vol. 2 for two hours. (To town and back).
- I was pulled over for the first time in my entire life. (See family blog post).
- Went to scouts.
- Had cousins over after scouts for a couple of hours. The painter had left. (She's really a family friend. I shouldn't refer to her as the "painter").
- Alex and I put the Mud Room and the Kitchen back together. (Almost, except the food storage).
- Olivia rode the horse with Alex.
- I read 1/2 chapter out of The Iliad by Homer.
- The boys bought new Lego's in town with their saved up money. They've spent all evening working on them. Jared's was a 650 piece one and Luke's was a 450 piece one.
- Oh, and yesterday Olivia measured the house with Alex and he had her figure out the square feet so we knew how much carpet to order.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
02/10/09: Lights Out!
We didn't get as much done today as we'd (I'd) hoped to. Outside forces have a way of converging into your life sometimes. The power was out for several hours this afternoon so that "added" to the excitement.
Mom School
Pray, Pledge and Song
Theology: Gospel Principles chapter 11
Bible History: "Go Ye Thereforth"
Friend Article
Biography/American History: 1 chapter from John Quincy Adams: Our Sixth President by Gerry and Janet Souter
Geography: Started the book Young Discoverers: Maps and Mapping by Kingfisher.
Science: Amphibians from The Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia
Health: Healthy Lifestyles from Lesson 1 in Eat Well and Keep Moving by Cheung
Science/Pet Care: Jared and Olivia each have a hamster that they are responsible for. They also take turns caring for our dog, cat and sea monkeys.
Service: Babysitting
Olivia
Religion: Read 1 chapter in The Book of Mormon.
Science: Read a chapter and worked on her vocabulary in her science book. She's learning about cells.
Art: Held an art class for her 2 yr old cousin and she made paper snowflakes.
Math: Lesson 98
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Prepositional Phrases
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- ADEPT
Reading: Read books to her 2-yr old cousin.
Life Skills: Babysitting
Computers: Put some more programs onto the computer for me.
Jared
Religion: 1 chapter in The Old Testament Reader.
Math: Learned about grams and kilograms.
Creative Play: Lots of Lego's. He put himself in quiet time all day.
Luke
Math: 1 math lesson
Phonics/Handwriting: 6 pages of Explode the Code, finished a book.
Free Reading: Read The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis for 1 hour.
Creative Play: Lot's of Lego's
Caleb
Math: Played with his weights and measures kit.
Free Reading: Read various books for 30 min.
Creative Play/Social: Played with his 5 year old cousin all day.
Family (in the evening):
Tore our house apart (this was an all night event) because it's getting painted tomorrow. The fun never ends!
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, finished a Geography chapter for my BYU class, took a quiz and ordered my midterm, read part of a chapter in The Iliad by Homer.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, worked in the temple, read in the Ensign, listened to Dracula by Bram Stoker, listened to the Iliad by Homer and went to work.
Mom School
Pray, Pledge and Song
Theology: Gospel Principles chapter 11
Bible History: "Go Ye Thereforth"
Friend Article
Biography/American History: 1 chapter from John Quincy Adams: Our Sixth President by Gerry and Janet Souter
Geography: Started the book Young Discoverers: Maps and Mapping by Kingfisher.
Science: Amphibians from The Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia
Health: Healthy Lifestyles from Lesson 1 in Eat Well and Keep Moving by Cheung
Science/Pet Care: Jared and Olivia each have a hamster that they are responsible for. They also take turns caring for our dog, cat and sea monkeys.
Service: Babysitting
Olivia
Religion: Read 1 chapter in The Book of Mormon.
Science: Read a chapter and worked on her vocabulary in her science book. She's learning about cells.
Art: Held an art class for her 2 yr old cousin and she made paper snowflakes.
Math: Lesson 98
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Prepositional Phrases
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- ADEPT
Reading: Read books to her 2-yr old cousin.
Life Skills: Babysitting
Computers: Put some more programs onto the computer for me.
Jared
Religion: 1 chapter in The Old Testament Reader.
Math: Learned about grams and kilograms.
Creative Play: Lots of Lego's. He put himself in quiet time all day.
Luke
Math: 1 math lesson
Phonics/Handwriting: 6 pages of Explode the Code, finished a book.
Free Reading: Read The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis for 1 hour.
Creative Play: Lot's of Lego's
Caleb
Math: Played with his weights and measures kit.
Free Reading: Read various books for 30 min.
Creative Play/Social: Played with his 5 year old cousin all day.
Family (in the evening):
Tore our house apart (this was an all night event) because it's getting painted tomorrow. The fun never ends!
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, finished a Geography chapter for my BYU class, took a quiz and ordered my midterm, read part of a chapter in The Iliad by Homer.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, worked in the temple, read in the Ensign, listened to Dracula by Bram Stoker, listened to the Iliad by Homer and went to work.
Monday, February 9, 2009
02/09/09: Babysitting
Mom School
Pray, Pledge and Song
Theology: Chapter 10 of Gospel Principles
Bible History: The Resurrected Christ Appears to Mary
Friend Article
Biography/American History: 1 chapter of John Quincy Adams: Our Sixth President by Gerry and Janet Souter
Literature:
Memorization: First 26 states of the USA.
Family History: Read a autobiography of Anna Christensen Fullmer, my great, great grandmother.
Geography: Denmark (Where Anna Fullmer was from).
Science: Fish from The Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia
Health: Read and discussed the first chapter of Eat Well and Keep Moving by Cheung. (food pyramid and healthy living)
Science/Pet Care: Jared and Olivia each have a hamster that they are responsible for. They also take turns caring for our dog, cat and sea monkeys.
Service: Babysat today.
Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in the Book of Mormon.
Music: Played Music Ace 2 for a while.
Science: Read first 1/2 of a chapter from her new science book. Worked on science vocabulary.
Math: Lesson 97
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Prepositional phrases.
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- VIVACIOUS
Free Reading: Read Young Puzzle Adventures by Usborne and read Jane Eyre for 10 min.
Life Skills: Babysitting and Key-lime Pie
Computers: We have a new computer and Olivia as loaded all our old programs onto the new one. She is definitely my tech support when Alex is gone.
Jared
Religion: Read a chapter in The Old Testament Reader.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson and had a piano lesson.
Math: Lesson 87
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code.
Free Reading: Read 3 chapters of Eragon.
Creative Play: Lego's
Luke
Music: Practiced his piano lesson.
Math: 1 Saxon Math 2 lesson. He used an abacus for the first time and that was great!
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Creative Writing/Typing: Worked on another story for an hour.
Creative Play: Lot's of Lego's
Writing: Prepared the lesson for FHE.
Caleb
Music: Played Music Ace.
Math: 1 workbook page, used the abacus for the first time. This worked great! We ordered Right Start Math for him. Wow there's a lot of stuff! I still haven't figured it out. Hopefully I can figure out how to teach him his first grade math soon with this new program. It's supposedly the top of the line. This program should help Right Brained Caleb.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 3 pages of Explode the Code
Creative Play: Played with his 5 year old cousin between his school choices.
Family (in the evening):
Family Home Evening: Pre-mortal existence/veil
We played Uno Spin.
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, chased a 2 year old all day, did laundry, read 30 min in biography of Helen Keller and worked on my Usborne order. Today was one of those days that I don't feel like I accomplished anything, but I never sat down. Sigh... Yesterday I did give a talk and play the piano for a musical number...
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, went to work and listened to Dracula.
Pray, Pledge and Song
Theology: Chapter 10 of Gospel Principles
Bible History: The Resurrected Christ Appears to Mary
Friend Article
Biography/American History: 1 chapter of John Quincy Adams: Our Sixth President by Gerry and Janet Souter
Literature:
Memorization: First 26 states of the USA.
Family History: Read a autobiography of Anna Christensen Fullmer, my great, great grandmother.
Geography: Denmark (Where Anna Fullmer was from).
Science: Fish from The Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia
Health: Read and discussed the first chapter of Eat Well and Keep Moving by Cheung. (food pyramid and healthy living)
Science/Pet Care: Jared and Olivia each have a hamster that they are responsible for. They also take turns caring for our dog, cat and sea monkeys.
Service: Babysat today.
Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in the Book of Mormon.
Music: Played Music Ace 2 for a while.
Science: Read first 1/2 of a chapter from her new science book. Worked on science vocabulary.
Math: Lesson 97
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Prepositional phrases.
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- VIVACIOUS
Free Reading: Read Young Puzzle Adventures by Usborne and read Jane Eyre for 10 min.
Life Skills: Babysitting and Key-lime Pie
Computers: We have a new computer and Olivia as loaded all our old programs onto the new one. She is definitely my tech support when Alex is gone.
Jared
Religion: Read a chapter in The Old Testament Reader.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson and had a piano lesson.
Math: Lesson 87
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code.
Free Reading: Read 3 chapters of Eragon.
Creative Play: Lego's
Luke
Music: Practiced his piano lesson.
Math: 1 Saxon Math 2 lesson. He used an abacus for the first time and that was great!
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Creative Writing/Typing: Worked on another story for an hour.
Creative Play: Lot's of Lego's
Writing: Prepared the lesson for FHE.
Caleb
Music: Played Music Ace.
Math: 1 workbook page, used the abacus for the first time. This worked great! We ordered Right Start Math for him. Wow there's a lot of stuff! I still haven't figured it out. Hopefully I can figure out how to teach him his first grade math soon with this new program. It's supposedly the top of the line. This program should help Right Brained Caleb.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 3 pages of Explode the Code
Creative Play: Played with his 5 year old cousin between his school choices.
Family (in the evening):
Family Home Evening: Pre-mortal existence/veil
We played Uno Spin.
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, chased a 2 year old all day, did laundry, read 30 min in biography of Helen Keller and worked on my Usborne order. Today was one of those days that I don't feel like I accomplished anything, but I never sat down. Sigh... Yesterday I did give a talk and play the piano for a musical number...
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, went to work and listened to Dracula.
Friday, February 6, 2009
02/06/09: Usborne
Today we had a fun day! This morning we read lots of books. Everyone was reading independently. This afternoon we had our home show for Usborne. That went well. The kids each presented a book(s) that they liked and why they liked them. They played with the friends who were coming and going all day. Olivia helped with the orders and helped people pick out books. Tonight we have a cousin spending the night. I worked on my college class amongst the comings and goings of the day. I visited an "afflicted" friend and gave her dinner. Alex went to a Republican District meeting. Good, fun day.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Mom School
Pray, Pledge and Song
Theology: Chapter 8 from Gospel Principles
Bible History: Burial of Christ and we watched a 60 min video about the life of Christ.
Friend Article
American History: A True Book: The American Flag by Patricia Ryon Quiri
Fairy Tales: Beauty and the Beast by Mercer Mayer
Memorization: First 26 states of the USA.
Family History: Horace Fullmer
World History: Usborne Starting Point History: Who Were the Romans? by Phil Cox
Science: Spiders and Insects from The Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia
Writing/Presentation: They each wrote about the book(s) they are going to talk about at our party tomorrow and they practiced them.
Science/Pet Care: Jared and Olivia each have a hamster that they are responsible for. They also take turns caring for our dog, cat and sea monkeys.
Olivia
Music: Practiced her voice lesson.
Religion: Read one chapter of The Book of Mormon.
Government: Read 4 pages in a government book.
Math: Lesson 96
Game: Played Phase 10 with me.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Prepositional Phrases
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- PANACEA
Reading: Read Jane Eyre for 30 min. She also read numerous Usborne books.
Business/Life Skills: Did lots of things with me for the Usborne book sale tomorrow.
Jared
Religion: Read one chapter in The Old Testament Reader.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson.
Math: Lesson 85
Math Drill: Multiplication Wrap-ups
Game: Played one round of Phase 10 with Olivia and I.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Free Reading: Read 3 chapters in Eragon.
Creative Play: Lego's for a couple of hours.
Luke
Music: Practiced his piano lesson and played on Music Ace for a while.
Math: Did a Saxon Math 2 lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code.
Free Reading: Read various books for an hour.
Phonics/Computers: Played Explode the Code online.
Creative Play: Lego's for a couple of hours
Caleb
Math: 1 math page
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: Did 7 pages of Explode the Code
Free Reading: Looked/Read a lot of books for several hours.
Reading: Sight Words
Phonics/Computers: Played Explode the Code online.
Creative Play: Played Lego's for an hour.
Science: Played Brain Pop, Jr and learned about weights and measurements and several other things.
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, spell drill, word of the day, read and researched quite a bit for our home show tomorrow and cleaned!
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, went to work, went to the Day on the Hill at the Capitol for insurance people, and he listened to Dracula by Bram Stoker.
Pray, Pledge and Song
Theology: Chapter 8 from Gospel Principles
Bible History: Burial of Christ and we watched a 60 min video about the life of Christ.
Friend Article
American History: A True Book: The American Flag by Patricia Ryon Quiri
Fairy Tales: Beauty and the Beast by Mercer Mayer
Memorization: First 26 states of the USA.
Family History: Horace Fullmer
World History: Usborne Starting Point History: Who Were the Romans? by Phil Cox
Science: Spiders and Insects from The Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia
Writing/Presentation: They each wrote about the book(s) they are going to talk about at our party tomorrow and they practiced them.
Science/Pet Care: Jared and Olivia each have a hamster that they are responsible for. They also take turns caring for our dog, cat and sea monkeys.
Olivia
Music: Practiced her voice lesson.
Religion: Read one chapter of The Book of Mormon.
Government: Read 4 pages in a government book.
Math: Lesson 96
Game: Played Phase 10 with me.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Prepositional Phrases
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- PANACEA
Reading: Read Jane Eyre for 30 min. She also read numerous Usborne books.
Business/Life Skills: Did lots of things with me for the Usborne book sale tomorrow.
Jared
Religion: Read one chapter in The Old Testament Reader.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson.
Math: Lesson 85
Math Drill: Multiplication Wrap-ups
Game: Played one round of Phase 10 with Olivia and I.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Free Reading: Read 3 chapters in Eragon.
Creative Play: Lego's for a couple of hours.
Luke
Music: Practiced his piano lesson and played on Music Ace for a while.
Math: Did a Saxon Math 2 lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code.
Free Reading: Read various books for an hour.
Phonics/Computers: Played Explode the Code online.
Creative Play: Lego's for a couple of hours
Caleb
Math: 1 math page
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: Did 7 pages of Explode the Code
Free Reading: Looked/Read a lot of books for several hours.
Reading: Sight Words
Phonics/Computers: Played Explode the Code online.
Creative Play: Played Lego's for an hour.
Science: Played Brain Pop, Jr and learned about weights and measurements and several other things.
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, spell drill, word of the day, read and researched quite a bit for our home show tomorrow and cleaned!
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, went to work, went to the Day on the Hill at the Capitol for insurance people, and he listened to Dracula by Bram Stoker.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
02/04/09
Mom School
Pray, Pledge and Song
Theology: Chapter 7 in Gospel Principles
Bible History: Christ's burial
Friend Article
Biography/American History: And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? by Jean Fritz
World History/Fables: Pepi and the Secret Names by Jill Paton Walsh
Science/Mythology: Seeing Stars: A book and poster about the Constellations by Barbara Seiger
Memorization: First 18 states in the USA
Science: Crustaceans from The Kingfisher Encyclopedia
Science/Pet Care: Jared and Olivia each have a hamster that they are responsible for. They also take turns caring for our dog, cat and sea monkeys.
Olivia
Religion: Read one chapter in the Book of Mormon.
Government: Learned about the House in Congress from a high school government book.
Sewing: Working on a cross stitch.
Art: She made some "craft" projects today. She just messed around with various art supplies.
Math: Lesson 95
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Prepositional Phrases
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- VERISIMILITUDE
Technology: She played Brain Pop and learned about Technology.
Biography/Literature: Read a book about Shakespeare.
Reading: Read several of our new Usborne books.
Business/Speech: Watched a video showing how to host your own Usborne show.
Activity Days!
Jared
Religion: Read one chapter from The Old Testament Reader.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson.
Science: Played Brain Pop, Jr. on line which taught him about the scientific method.
Math: Lesson 85
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Free Reading: Read 3 chapters in Eragon.
Scouts!
Luke
Music: Practiced his piano lesson.
Science: Watched what Jared was doing on the computer about the Scientific Method.
Math: 1 Saxon Math 2 lesson
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages from Explode the Code
Literature: Read 1 chapter from The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
Free Reading: Read several of our new Usborne books.
PE: 30 min of Wii sports
Scouts!
Caleb
Science/Computer: Watched what Jared was doing on the computer about the Scientific Method. He also played on his own and learned about health and various science things. (Brain Pop, Jr.)
Math: 1 math workbook page
Math Drill: Addition Wrap-ups
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 1 page of Explode the Code
Free Reading: Looked at/read several Usborne books also.
Reading: Sight words
PE: 30 min of Wii sports
Social: Played with his cousins while we had scouts/activity days.
Family (in the evening):
Family in the evening:
Rode horses with Alex
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, spell drill, word of the day, helped at scouts, watched a video from Usborne, read a lot about Usborne, spent some more time with curriculum on the phone with my state teacher, wrote some books reviews on Goodreads, and went to mutual.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, went to work, wrote a letter to our congresswoman, listened to radio broadcasts through the early 1900's, (he really likes these
Pray, Pledge and Song
Theology: Chapter 7 in Gospel Principles
Bible History: Christ's burial
Friend Article
Biography/American History: And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? by Jean Fritz
World History/Fables: Pepi and the Secret Names by Jill Paton Walsh
Science/Mythology: Seeing Stars: A book and poster about the Constellations by Barbara Seiger
Memorization: First 18 states in the USA
Science: Crustaceans from The Kingfisher Encyclopedia
Science/Pet Care: Jared and Olivia each have a hamster that they are responsible for. They also take turns caring for our dog, cat and sea monkeys.
Olivia
Religion: Read one chapter in the Book of Mormon.
Government: Learned about the House in Congress from a high school government book.
Sewing: Working on a cross stitch.
Art: She made some "craft" projects today. She just messed around with various art supplies.
Math: Lesson 95
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Prepositional Phrases
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- VERISIMILITUDE
Technology: She played Brain Pop and learned about Technology.
Biography/Literature: Read a book about Shakespeare.
Reading: Read several of our new Usborne books.
Business/Speech: Watched a video showing how to host your own Usborne show.
Activity Days!
Jared
Religion: Read one chapter from The Old Testament Reader.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson.
Science: Played Brain Pop, Jr. on line which taught him about the scientific method.
Math: Lesson 85
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Free Reading: Read 3 chapters in Eragon.
Scouts!
Luke
Music: Practiced his piano lesson.
Science: Watched what Jared was doing on the computer about the Scientific Method.
Math: 1 Saxon Math 2 lesson
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages from Explode the Code
Literature: Read 1 chapter from The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
Free Reading: Read several of our new Usborne books.
PE: 30 min of Wii sports
Scouts!
Caleb
Science/Computer: Watched what Jared was doing on the computer about the Scientific Method. He also played on his own and learned about health and various science things. (Brain Pop, Jr.)
Math: 1 math workbook page
Math Drill: Addition Wrap-ups
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 1 page of Explode the Code
Free Reading: Looked at/read several Usborne books also.
Reading: Sight words
PE: 30 min of Wii sports
Social: Played with his cousins while we had scouts/activity days.
Family (in the evening):
Family in the evening:
Rode horses with Alex
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, spell drill, word of the day, helped at scouts, watched a video from Usborne, read a lot about Usborne, spent some more time with curriculum on the phone with my state teacher, wrote some books reviews on Goodreads, and went to mutual.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, went to work, wrote a letter to our congresswoman, listened to radio broadcasts through the early 1900's, (he really likes these
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
02/03/08: Just another day...
Mom School
Pray/Pledge
Theology: Chapter 7 Gospel Principles
Bible History: The Crucifixion
Friend Article
Biography/American History: Played Presidential and First Lady JINGO.
Fairy Tales: Sleeping Beauty by Mercer Mayer
Family History: Eliza Matthews
Geography: Peru
Science: Worms from The Kingfisher Encyclopedia and Oceans (Smithsonian) by Seymour Simon.
Science Experiment: Finished our egg experiment with vinegar. Talked about the importance of calcium...
Social: Played outside with their cousins for 2 hours.
Reading: Our Usborne kit arrived and we looked at all our books! There are some fun, neat books.
Science/Pet Care: Jared and Olivia each have a hamster that they are responsible for. They also take turns caring for our dog, cat and sea monkeys.
Olivia
Religion: Read one chapter from The Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced her voice lesson and had her voice lesson.
Math: Lesson 94
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: 2 Prepositional Phrase lessons.
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- MEAGER
Writing/Typing: Good Reads reviews.
Life Skills: Delivered some Usborne invitations.
Sewing: Did some cross stitching that she designed.
Jared
Religion: 1 chapter in The Old Testament Reader.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson.
Math: Lesson 84
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Reading: Sight Words
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code.
Free Reading: 3 chapters in Eragon.
PE: 30 min of Wii sports
Luke
Music: Practiced his piano lesson.
Math: 1 Saxon Math 2 lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code.
Free Reading: Read a chapter in The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis.
Reading: Read the McGuffy reader to me for 15 min.
PE: 30 min of Wii Sports.
Caleb
Math: 1 workbook page
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 7 pages of Explode the Code.
Free Reading: 15 min of independent reading.
Reading: Read the McGuffy Reader to me for 10 min.
PE: 30 min of Wii sports
Creative Play: Lego's
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, spell drill, word of the day, wrote a blog post for TJED Trenches, hung out with my best friend (besides my husband), gave IV meds to my cousin (brings back the olden days) looked through all the Usborne information, and read and finished the Hunger Games.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, worked in the temple, went to work and listened to old radio broadcasts.
Pray/Pledge
Theology: Chapter 7 Gospel Principles
Bible History: The Crucifixion
Friend Article
Biography/American History: Played Presidential and First Lady JINGO.
Fairy Tales: Sleeping Beauty by Mercer Mayer
Family History: Eliza Matthews
Geography: Peru
Science: Worms from The Kingfisher Encyclopedia and Oceans (Smithsonian) by Seymour Simon.
Science Experiment: Finished our egg experiment with vinegar. Talked about the importance of calcium...
Social: Played outside with their cousins for 2 hours.
Reading: Our Usborne kit arrived and we looked at all our books! There are some fun, neat books.
Science/Pet Care: Jared and Olivia each have a hamster that they are responsible for. They also take turns caring for our dog, cat and sea monkeys.
Olivia
Religion: Read one chapter from The Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced her voice lesson and had her voice lesson.
Math: Lesson 94
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: 2 Prepositional Phrase lessons.
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- MEAGER
Writing/Typing: Good Reads reviews.
Life Skills: Delivered some Usborne invitations.
Sewing: Did some cross stitching that she designed.
Jared
Religion: 1 chapter in The Old Testament Reader.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson.
Math: Lesson 84
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Reading: Sight Words
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code.
Free Reading: 3 chapters in Eragon.
PE: 30 min of Wii sports
Luke
Music: Practiced his piano lesson.
Math: 1 Saxon Math 2 lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code.
Free Reading: Read a chapter in The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis.
Reading: Read the McGuffy reader to me for 15 min.
PE: 30 min of Wii Sports.
Caleb
Math: 1 workbook page
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 7 pages of Explode the Code.
Free Reading: 15 min of independent reading.
Reading: Read the McGuffy Reader to me for 10 min.
PE: 30 min of Wii sports
Creative Play: Lego's
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, spell drill, word of the day, wrote a blog post for TJED Trenches, hung out with my best friend (besides my husband), gave IV meds to my cousin (brings back the olden days) looked through all the Usborne information, and read and finished the Hunger Games.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, worked in the temple, went to work and listened to old radio broadcasts.
Monday, February 2, 2009
02/02/09: Cousins
This afternoon the kids went to grandma's house and played with their cousins while I went to 'town' for a doctor's appointment. Word to the wise: Ignoring a bladder infection because you are to busy to go to the doctor usually just leads to a kidney infection. Also today Luke was sick. He didn't do a whole lot.
Mom School
Pray, Pledge and Song
Theology: Chapter 6 Gospel Principles
Bible History: Peter's Denial
Friend Article
Biography/American History: ...If You lived at the Time of the American Revolution by Kay Moore and A is for America: An American Alphabet by Devin Scillian
Fairy Tales: Cactus Soup by Eric A. Kimmel
Fables: Saint George and the Dragon Retold by Margaret Hodges
Memorization: The books of the Old Testament and the books of the New Testament.
World History: Secrets of the Mummies by Harriet Griffey (Korling Kindersley Reader)
Science: Earthquakes (Smithsonian) by Seymour Simon and Mollusks from the The Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia.
Science/Pet Care: Jared and Olivia each have a hamster that they are responsible for. They also take turns caring for our dog, cat and sea monkeys.
Olivia
Religion Reading: Read a chapter in the Book of Mormon.
Music: Lots of Mary Poppins music!
Art/Science: Painted a picture of crabs on the beach and painted a bunch of other pictures.
Math: Lesson 92
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Prepositions
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- WINSOME
Free Reading: Read some in Jane Eyre
Computers/Typing: Goodreads
Government: Read 4 pages out of a high school government book.
Life Skills: Olivia made a list with me of all the people we need to invite to our Usborne book party on Friday and we we need to do between now and then. She'll also went and invited someone to it.
Jared
Religion: Read a chapter out of his Old Testament Reader.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson and had his piano lesson.
Math: Lesson 83
Math Drill: Played Totally Tut (a math game) with Caleb.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Handwriting: Did a cursive writing lesson.
Free Reading: Read 3 chapters in Eragon.
Life Skills: He prepared the Family Home Evening Lesson on his own and presented it by himself. It was excellent. We drill our kids on the Plan of Salvation and the Law of the Gospel over and over...
Luke
Math: 1 math page from Saxon 2
Reading: Practiced his sight words. He knows all the sight words through 3rd grade. I haven't been able to find a list with more words yet. He just needs to work on speed. Which he wants to.
Caleb
Math: 1 math page and he played Totally Tut with Jared.
Math Drill: Played Chess on the computer.
Spelling: 2 spell drills
Phonics/Handwriting: 2 Explode the Code pages.
Reading: Practiced sight words.
PE: Played Wii Sports for 30 min.
Family (in the evening):
Family Home Evening: Plan of Salvation
Pay Day! The kids were payed and they took out tithing and saving.
PE: Olivia and I went to a late night rescheduled game at the school for basketball. It was at 8:00 P.M. It's the only game I've seen my Young Women girls play in. Alex goes to bed early on Monday nights (because of the temple) and Luke was sick anyway. So it worked out perfect!
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, spell drill, word of the day and 1 hour of the Hunger Games.
Alex: Scriptures, 1 chapter in Leadership 101 by Maxwell and 1 chapter in How to Win a Local Election, word of the day, went to work and old radio broadcasts of great war events from history.
Mom School
Pray, Pledge and Song
Theology: Chapter 6 Gospel Principles
Bible History: Peter's Denial
Friend Article
Biography/American History: ...If You lived at the Time of the American Revolution by Kay Moore and A is for America: An American Alphabet by Devin Scillian
Fairy Tales: Cactus Soup by Eric A. Kimmel
Fables: Saint George and the Dragon Retold by Margaret Hodges
Memorization: The books of the Old Testament and the books of the New Testament.
World History: Secrets of the Mummies by Harriet Griffey (Korling Kindersley Reader)
Science: Earthquakes (Smithsonian) by Seymour Simon and Mollusks from the The Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia.
Science/Pet Care: Jared and Olivia each have a hamster that they are responsible for. They also take turns caring for our dog, cat and sea monkeys.
Olivia
Religion Reading: Read a chapter in the Book of Mormon.
Music: Lots of Mary Poppins music!
Art/Science: Painted a picture of crabs on the beach and painted a bunch of other pictures.
Math: Lesson 92
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Prepositions
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- WINSOME
Free Reading: Read some in Jane Eyre
Computers/Typing: Goodreads
Government: Read 4 pages out of a high school government book.
Life Skills: Olivia made a list with me of all the people we need to invite to our Usborne book party on Friday and we we need to do between now and then. She'll also went and invited someone to it.
Jared
Religion: Read a chapter out of his Old Testament Reader.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson and had his piano lesson.
Math: Lesson 83
Math Drill: Played Totally Tut (a math game) with Caleb.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Handwriting: Did a cursive writing lesson.
Free Reading: Read 3 chapters in Eragon.
Life Skills: He prepared the Family Home Evening Lesson on his own and presented it by himself. It was excellent. We drill our kids on the Plan of Salvation and the Law of the Gospel over and over...
Luke
Math: 1 math page from Saxon 2
Reading: Practiced his sight words. He knows all the sight words through 3rd grade. I haven't been able to find a list with more words yet. He just needs to work on speed. Which he wants to.
Caleb
Math: 1 math page and he played Totally Tut with Jared.
Math Drill: Played Chess on the computer.
Spelling: 2 spell drills
Phonics/Handwriting: 2 Explode the Code pages.
Reading: Practiced sight words.
PE: Played Wii Sports for 30 min.
Family (in the evening):
Family Home Evening: Plan of Salvation
Pay Day! The kids were payed and they took out tithing and saving.
PE: Olivia and I went to a late night rescheduled game at the school for basketball. It was at 8:00 P.M. It's the only game I've seen my Young Women girls play in. Alex goes to bed early on Monday nights (because of the temple) and Luke was sick anyway. So it worked out perfect!
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, spell drill, word of the day and 1 hour of the Hunger Games.
Alex: Scriptures, 1 chapter in Leadership 101 by Maxwell and 1 chapter in How to Win a Local Election, word of the day, went to work and old radio broadcasts of great war events from history.
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