Monday, April 20, 2009

April 20, 2009 (Monday): Swimming

Mom School
Pray/Pledge
Song : My Eternal Family
Theology: Chapter 41: The Signs of the Second Coming from Gospel Principles
Book of Mormon Stories: Christ comes to the Americas
Friend Article
Biography/American History: 4 chapters from Crazy Horse: Young Indian Chief
World History/Literature: 1 chapter from Greek Myths: Ulysses and the Trojan War by Usborne
Memorization: Books of the Old Testament and The 12 Apostles
Family History/American History: Read 10 pages in grandpa Hancock's book Memories of A Flying Tiger about his experiences in World War 2.
Music: Rhythm Poem
Science: Read a chapter in Our Father's World. (about the seasons)
Science Experiment: We have a new pet snail that Caleb pulled from the river.
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.
Chores

Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in The Book of Mormon.
Social Studies: First 30 states and capitals memorizing.
Math: Lesson 136 from Saxon Math 6/5.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Verbs from Easy Grammar
Research/Writing: Researching and writing a paper about the Civil War for her scholar class.
Language Arts: Did an Editor in Chief lesson.
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- INSIPID
Vocabulary/Language Usage: Did a classical root words lesson.
Literature: Read The Red Badge of Courage for over an hour.
Life Skills: Homemade white layered cake
Computers/Typing: Blogging, research...

Jared
Religion: Read a chapter in The Doctrine and Covenants Reader.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson and had piano lessons.
Geography: 7 continents
Math: Singapore 3B lesson
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code 5
Reading: Read a Star Wars book for over a half an hour.
Creative Play: Lots of hours of Lego's

Luke
Religion: Read 3 chapters in The Book of Mormon.
Geography: Did a geography lesson in Evan-Moor 2.
Math: Did 2 Saxon Math 2 lessons.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code 4
Reading: 1 chapter of Prince Caspian.
Creative Play: Lots of Lego's

Caleb
Math: Right Start Math lesson (odd/even number, 10, 100, 1,000 place value)
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 2 pages of Explode the Code 3
Language Arts: Sight Words drill
Reading: Read me one phonics reader and 3 McGuffy Primer lessons.
Creative Play: Lego's (He plays with the Lego's but not near as much as the older boys).

Family Home Evening:
Song: I Hope They Call Me On A Mission
Talent: Headstands (Alex)
Article of Faith: 3rd
Strength of Youth: Letter from The First Presidency
Character: Uncommon Courtesy-6 rules of behavior
Proclamation Reading: 1st paragraph
Testimonies: Alex, Deanna, Olivia, Jared, Luke and Caleb
Lesson: WORK by Alex and Luke
Activity: Swimming in the river in the desert! Yes, it was cold. See family post here.
Refreshments: Homemade white-layered cake (Olivia)

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, research about Shakespeare for a book club I'm leading this week, research about Sophocles for a paper I'm writing, piano playing (I have a recital piece in June and another time to substitute on the organ in 2 weeks), read for an hour in The Westing Game, placed another Usborne order, made dinner for a lonely man and his son (haha-my dad and brother, my mom was helping my sister) and wrote a blog post for another homeschooling blog I'm a contributor on.
Alex: Scriptures, read a chapter in The Law by Bastiat, reading in Oedipus the King by Sophocles, word of the day, worked on my broken $400 vacuum, went to work, and listened to Brisingr.

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