Let's see... today....
Jared mowed the back yard. Jared made homemade pancakes. Oh, and the kids played golf again. We had baseball practice. We played with our cousins for a little while. We played at grandma's.
Olivia wrote a paper on healthy drinks, she did a math page, she made peanut butter cookies, and read her scriptures.
I went to the temple, read my scriptures, went visiting teaching, "finished up" (for now) inputting Alex's family history on http://www.new.familysearch.com/, sewed a quilt with my mom, and read Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry.
Alex read his scriptures, finished Artemis Fowl #3, went to Boise today and came home late. The carburetor (or radiator-or something) blew and so he ended up being stuck at a mechanics for many hours and some of his appointment had to be rescheduled.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Summer plans
My plans for the summer are (per the kid's suggestions):
- Have a short devotional in the morning when we can.
- Do lots of science projects.
- Learn Spanish with the kids. (We have Power Glide, Jr.).
- Do a little math a couple times a week.
- Listen to lots of books on tape while we are driving.
- Have lots of picnics.
- Take swimming lessons.
- Olivia has a horse project for 4-H.
- Have fun.
So that's the plan as of right now. We'll see how life goes....
May 27, 2009 (Wednesday)
Olivia: Read a 100 pages in The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, went to her scholar school to discuss the book, and played with a friend for a couple of hours.
Jared: Wrote a book review about Johnny Tremaine, did a geography worksheet, mowed the lawn, vacuumed, played golf outside, and played basketball.
Luke: Wrote a report on Crazy Horse, wrote about why he likes baseball and colored a picture, dumped the trash, cleaned up the playroom, and played golf & basketball.
Caleb: Learned about he life cycle of a butterfly and colored a picture of it, wrote a report about why he liked learning about Indians, colored a picture of the flag, cleaned a bathroom, and played golf and basketball.
Deanna: Scripture reading, worked on my IDEA reports, read Antigone by Sophocles, taught a piano lesson and went to mutual.
Alex: Scripture reading, studying church manuals, went to work, went to the temple, went to the library, and went to mutual.
Jared: Wrote a book review about Johnny Tremaine, did a geography worksheet, mowed the lawn, vacuumed, played golf outside, and played basketball.
Luke: Wrote a report on Crazy Horse, wrote about why he likes baseball and colored a picture, dumped the trash, cleaned up the playroom, and played golf & basketball.
Caleb: Learned about he life cycle of a butterfly and colored a picture of it, wrote a report about why he liked learning about Indians, colored a picture of the flag, cleaned a bathroom, and played golf and basketball.
Deanna: Scripture reading, worked on my IDEA reports, read Antigone by Sophocles, taught a piano lesson and went to mutual.
Alex: Scripture reading, studying church manuals, went to work, went to the temple, went to the library, and went to mutual.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
May 26, 2009 (Tuesday): More cousin time
All: Today we babysit some cousins again. We played hard all day with them. We also went swimming at the swimming hole with them. We also had baseball practice tonight. The kids had fun coloring pictures about various things I googled.
Olivia: Read 50 pages in Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography, wrote a book report about A Wrinkle in Time, wrote a paper about her tomato plants, did two math pages, did a workbook page about the hazards of smoking, and she watched the movie Much Ado About Nothing.
Jared: Drew a picture of his favorite foods, learned about safety signs, did two math pages, colored a picture of the solar system, wrote a report about his favorite science experiment, did a coloring page about the layers of the earth and wrote about his experiences with baseball and wrestling this year.
Luke: Did a spell drill, colored a picture about the planets, did a worksheet about harmful substances, wrote a report about sharks, did a coloring page about the layers of the earth and worked on his story on the computer.
Caleb: Did a spell drill, colored a picture about the solar system, colored a picture about he food pyramid, did a coloring page about the layers of the earth, drew a picture of a volcano and wrote a report about playing baseball.
Deanna: Read my scriptures (I'm in 3 Nephi right now), read a conference talk, wrote in my journal, read some of chapter 3 in my American History book and spent a lot of time (hours and hours) completing my end of the year reports for the Idaho Distance Academy.
Alex: Read his scriptures, (Alex finished Sophocles's Antigone yesterday), read some talks from a World Wide Training, went to work and listening to Artemis Fowl 3.
Olivia: Read 50 pages in Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography, wrote a book report about A Wrinkle in Time, wrote a paper about her tomato plants, did two math pages, did a workbook page about the hazards of smoking, and she watched the movie Much Ado About Nothing.
Jared: Drew a picture of his favorite foods, learned about safety signs, did two math pages, colored a picture of the solar system, wrote a report about his favorite science experiment, did a coloring page about the layers of the earth and wrote about his experiences with baseball and wrestling this year.
Luke: Did a spell drill, colored a picture about the planets, did a worksheet about harmful substances, wrote a report about sharks, did a coloring page about the layers of the earth and worked on his story on the computer.
Caleb: Did a spell drill, colored a picture about the solar system, colored a picture about he food pyramid, did a coloring page about the layers of the earth, drew a picture of a volcano and wrote a report about playing baseball.
Deanna: Read my scriptures (I'm in 3 Nephi right now), read a conference talk, wrote in my journal, read some of chapter 3 in my American History book and spent a lot of time (hours and hours) completing my end of the year reports for the Idaho Distance Academy.
Alex: Read his scriptures, (Alex finished Sophocles's Antigone yesterday), read some talks from a World Wide Training, went to work and listening to Artemis Fowl 3.
Labels:
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May 25, 2009 (Monday): Happy Memorial Day!
Happy Memorial Day!!!
We enjoyed a Memorial Day Cemetery service, garden planting, and a barbecue.
For part of our Family Home Evening we updated our family mission plan.
We enjoyed a Memorial Day Cemetery service, garden planting, and a barbecue.
For part of our Family Home Evening we updated our family mission plan.
Saturday, May 23, 2009
May 21 & 22, 2009 (Thursday and Friday): Was I suppose to post?
So the public school in our small community finished up this week. And before I knew what had happened Olivia spent 3 straight days at her cousins and two of them were with us for 3 straight days. What fun they had! What little we accomplished!
Thursday we went swimming and had baseball. Friday we recovered after they went home. Jared slept for hours!
Olivia put in a serious amount of horse riding and "cowgirling." (yes, I know that's not a word) So my cousin (the kids they play with our my cousin's kids) is the next thing to a professional roper. So they spend a lot of time at roping's and a lot of time with their horses at home practicing. So Olivia spends a lot of time running the chutes and having the time of her life! When she finally decided to move back home she spent a lot of time singing. She also started The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin her next scholar book.
Jared did nothing of educational value. He played hard with his cousin. They spent hours on Lego's with them building.
Luke spent a lot of time working on his new story. It blows my mind that all he wants to do is write. He's 8! He also played hard and played with Lego's.
Caleb had a cousin his age and they lived the high life as well. I had some seriously happy children.
Alex and I went on a date to the temple on Friday night. We had our meeting with our mentor for Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles. I studied two chapters in my American History class and read Rebekah by Orson Scott Card. I've also been practicing the organ because I have to play in sacrament meeting again this week. Alex finished Oedipus since he hadn't yet. He's still working on The Law by Bastiat. (He's read it before and really likes it). He's also still working on Master and Commander. And we've also had some good solid scripture reading.
Thursday we went swimming and had baseball. Friday we recovered after they went home. Jared slept for hours!
Olivia put in a serious amount of horse riding and "cowgirling." (yes, I know that's not a word) So my cousin (the kids they play with our my cousin's kids) is the next thing to a professional roper. So they spend a lot of time at roping's and a lot of time with their horses at home practicing. So Olivia spends a lot of time running the chutes and having the time of her life! When she finally decided to move back home she spent a lot of time singing. She also started The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin her next scholar book.
Jared did nothing of educational value. He played hard with his cousin. They spent hours on Lego's with them building.
Luke spent a lot of time working on his new story. It blows my mind that all he wants to do is write. He's 8! He also played hard and played with Lego's.
Caleb had a cousin his age and they lived the high life as well. I had some seriously happy children.
Alex and I went on a date to the temple on Friday night. We had our meeting with our mentor for Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles. I studied two chapters in my American History class and read Rebekah by Orson Scott Card. I've also been practicing the organ because I have to play in sacrament meeting again this week. Alex finished Oedipus since he hadn't yet. He's still working on The Law by Bastiat. (He's read it before and really likes it). He's also still working on Master and Commander. And we've also had some good solid scripture reading.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
May 20, 2009 (Wednesday)
Today Alex stayed late so we hung out with him in the morning. Olivia had scholar school, we had scouts, Activity Days, Young Women's and a book club. We ended the day split with our cousins. We'd gained two kids and lost one for the night. Another fun, busy Wednesday.
Olivia
Olivia finished Robinson Crusoe. She played with some homeschooling friends for an hour. She went to scholar school. She went to activity days. She practiced goat tying (a rodeo sport), she rode horses and she ran the "chutes" while her cousins roped. She is spending the night with them. Olivia loves going to her cousins!
Jared
Jared did two math lessons, a spell drill, a Mad Libs paper, practiced his recital piece, read a lesson in the McGuffy Reader and read a chapter in the Doctrine and Covenants Reader. He also went to scouts where they played baseball. Jared is enjoying a fun filled evening with some cousins here at home.
Luke
Luke did some math lessons, did 5 pages in his Explode the Code book, a spell drill, and read some McGuffy lessons. He also had scouts. He is also enjoying time here with his cousins.
Caleb
Caleb did several pages in a creative writing workbooks ("Mom, I love doing this book! Can I do more?"), did a spell drill, did a couple of pages in Explode the Code, did a math workbook page, practiced his telling time skills, read a phonics reader, read a McGuffy Reader lesson and read a couple of verses in the Book of Mormon. He hung out with us at scouts and played baseball with us. He is also enjoying his cousins.
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, word of the day, read a chapter in a Hyrum Smith biography, finished Sarah by Orson Scott Card, went to a book club and discussed Freckles and went to Young Women's.
Alex: Scriptures, read in The Law by Bastiat, word of the day, went to work, he's listening to Master and Commander and he visited some people for his church calling.
Olivia
Olivia finished Robinson Crusoe. She played with some homeschooling friends for an hour. She went to scholar school. She went to activity days. She practiced goat tying (a rodeo sport), she rode horses and she ran the "chutes" while her cousins roped. She is spending the night with them. Olivia loves going to her cousins!
Jared
Jared did two math lessons, a spell drill, a Mad Libs paper, practiced his recital piece, read a lesson in the McGuffy Reader and read a chapter in the Doctrine and Covenants Reader. He also went to scouts where they played baseball. Jared is enjoying a fun filled evening with some cousins here at home.
Luke
Luke did some math lessons, did 5 pages in his Explode the Code book, a spell drill, and read some McGuffy lessons. He also had scouts. He is also enjoying time here with his cousins.
Caleb
Caleb did several pages in a creative writing workbooks ("Mom, I love doing this book! Can I do more?"), did a spell drill, did a couple of pages in Explode the Code, did a math workbook page, practiced his telling time skills, read a phonics reader, read a McGuffy Reader lesson and read a couple of verses in the Book of Mormon. He hung out with us at scouts and played baseball with us. He is also enjoying his cousins.
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, word of the day, read a chapter in a Hyrum Smith biography, finished Sarah by Orson Scott Card, went to a book club and discussed Freckles and went to Young Women's.
Alex: Scriptures, read in The Law by Bastiat, word of the day, went to work, he's listening to Master and Commander and he visited some people for his church calling.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
May 19, 2009, (Tuesday): SWIM
Today we went swimming! The weather has been so nice this week! We packed a picnic lunch and went to a canyon lake and played and swam all afternoon. In the morning since we were in town we went to the library and we got our new swimming suits for the year.
We had baseball practice tonight. We were happy we finally had good enough weather to practice!
On the way to town and the lake Olivia read lots in her Robinson Crusoe book. Jared decided he was going to learn how to read a map and spent the whole day "navigating" me with the city map. Luke and Caleb wrote in a notebook about what we were doing and they drew maps of how to get there.
Alex was in Boise all day. I stared Sarah by Orson Scott Card and finished another chapter in my American History class.
The kids had a fabulous day!
We had baseball practice tonight. We were happy we finally had good enough weather to practice!
On the way to town and the lake Olivia read lots in her Robinson Crusoe book. Jared decided he was going to learn how to read a map and spent the whole day "navigating" me with the city map. Luke and Caleb wrote in a notebook about what we were doing and they drew maps of how to get there.
Alex was in Boise all day. I stared Sarah by Orson Scott Card and finished another chapter in my American History class.
The kids had a fabulous day!
Monday, May 18, 2009
May 18, 2009 (Monday): Happy Graduation
Mom School
Pray/Pledge
Theology: "The Kirkland Temple" and finished chapter 3 in Our Heritage.
Church History: The Aaronic Preisthood is restored.
Weekly Scripture Memorization: 2 Nephi 25:26
Biography/American History: Read a chapter in Little House in the Big Woods.
Memorization: Books of the Old Testament and the Pearl of Great Price.
Music: Rythm Poem
Science: Nervous System and The Brain from The Usborne Book of Knowledge.
PE: Played outside for several hours in the water-it was over 90 degrees finally. YEAH!
Chores
Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in the Book of Mormon.
Music: Lots of singing and she practiced the piano.
Geography: Did a geography lesson from Evan-Moor 5.
Language Arts: Predicates from Easy Grammar
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- Sporadic
Vocabulary/Language Usage: Took a language test for classical roots.
Literature: Read in Robinson Crusoe for over an hour.
PE/Life Skills: Had horse riding lessons.
Jared
Religion: Read a chapter in the Doctrine and Covenants Reader.
Music: Did a music theory lesson and had his piano lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 5/4 lesson.
Math Drill: Multiplacation drill
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Handwriting: Did a cursive handwriting lesson from A Reason for Writing.
Luke
Religion: Read a chapter in the Book of Mormon.
Math: Did 4 Saxon Math 2 lessons.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: Did 4 pages of Explode the Code.
Reading: Read several lessons in the McGuffy Second Reader.
Creative Writing: He's started on another "book." This one is part two of his previous story. He spends a great deal typing and thinking about his stories. It amazes me that an 8 year old can be so passionate.
Language Arts: Did a Let's Write lesson.
Caleb
Religion: Read a couple of verses in the Book of Mormon.
Math: Did 2 work book pages.
Math Drill: Telling time practice
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: Did 3 Explode the Code pages.
Reading: Read a phonics reader and a McGuffy Primer lesson to me.
Family Home Evening:
Tonight was high school graduation. We went to three parties and then graduation. Our Young Women/Young Men program just dropped in half! They were all wonderful and we'll miss them. Some will be gone on their missions by the end of the summer. Sniffle. Sigh. Can you tell I'm in the Young Women's and I'm really attached to these kids? Our kids personal and only babysitter they've had since she was 11 just gratuaded too. Blubber, blubber...
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, worked on my BYU class-finished a chapter and got a 100% on the quiz-almost finished another chapter, and practiced the piano.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, went to work, he played Wii Sports with the kids and he is listening to Master and Commander.
Pray/Pledge
Theology: "The Kirkland Temple" and finished chapter 3 in Our Heritage.
Church History: The Aaronic Preisthood is restored.
Weekly Scripture Memorization: 2 Nephi 25:26
Biography/American History: Read a chapter in Little House in the Big Woods.
Memorization: Books of the Old Testament and the Pearl of Great Price.
Music: Rythm Poem
Science: Nervous System and The Brain from The Usborne Book of Knowledge.
PE: Played outside for several hours in the water-it was over 90 degrees finally. YEAH!
Chores
Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in the Book of Mormon.
Music: Lots of singing and she practiced the piano.
Geography: Did a geography lesson from Evan-Moor 5.
Language Arts: Predicates from Easy Grammar
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- Sporadic
Vocabulary/Language Usage: Took a language test for classical roots.
Literature: Read in Robinson Crusoe for over an hour.
PE/Life Skills: Had horse riding lessons.
Jared
Religion: Read a chapter in the Doctrine and Covenants Reader.
Music: Did a music theory lesson and had his piano lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 5/4 lesson.
Math Drill: Multiplacation drill
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Handwriting: Did a cursive handwriting lesson from A Reason for Writing.
Luke
Religion: Read a chapter in the Book of Mormon.
Math: Did 4 Saxon Math 2 lessons.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: Did 4 pages of Explode the Code.
Reading: Read several lessons in the McGuffy Second Reader.
Creative Writing: He's started on another "book." This one is part two of his previous story. He spends a great deal typing and thinking about his stories. It amazes me that an 8 year old can be so passionate.
Language Arts: Did a Let's Write lesson.
Caleb
Religion: Read a couple of verses in the Book of Mormon.
Math: Did 2 work book pages.
Math Drill: Telling time practice
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: Did 3 Explode the Code pages.
Reading: Read a phonics reader and a McGuffy Primer lesson to me.
Family Home Evening:
Tonight was high school graduation. We went to three parties and then graduation. Our Young Women/Young Men program just dropped in half! They were all wonderful and we'll miss them. Some will be gone on their missions by the end of the summer. Sniffle. Sigh. Can you tell I'm in the Young Women's and I'm really attached to these kids? Our kids personal and only babysitter they've had since she was 11 just gratuaded too. Blubber, blubber...
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, worked on my BYU class-finished a chapter and got a 100% on the quiz-almost finished another chapter, and practiced the piano.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, went to work, he played Wii Sports with the kids and he is listening to Master and Commander.
Saturday, May 16, 2009
May 15, 2009 (Friday): NO SCHOOL!
Yeah, that's right we totally skipped! Alex and I went to SLC to celebrate our 12th anniversary for Friday and Saturday. The kids went to their cousins and played hard! Their cousins have lots of horses, lots of dirt, a "bone pile," a big house, goats, dogs, and canal water. Olivia even went to an all day professional roping clinic with some of them. She just watched of course, but she loves being around horses. SO FUN!
Thursday, May 14, 2009
May 14, 2009 (Thursday)
Mom School
Pray/Pledge
Song: How Firm a Foundation
Theology: "Missionary Work" from Our Heritage
Church History: Translating the Book of Mormon
Weekly Scripture Memorization: 1 Nephi 3:&
Friend Article
Biography/American History: Read 2 chapters in Little House in the Big Woods.
Science Literature: Read a chapter from The Wind in the Door.
Memorization: Planets of the universe
Music: Rhythm poem
Geography: Lines of Longitude from Young Students Learning Library: World Atlas
Science: The Respiratory System from Usborne's Book of Knowledge.
PE: Baseball cancelled again because of weather. So they jumped a lot on the trampoline between rain showers.
Chores
Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in the Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced the piano.
Math: Lesson 140 and FINISHED HER SAXON 6/5 book. Happy day, dance a jig.
Writing: Journal entry on her blog.
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- Placate
Free Reading: Read for over three hours in Leven Thumps: The Gateway to Foo.
Life Skills: Did her laundry. I'm not sure why since I was more than happy to do it since I was doing everyone else's but she wanted to do it. It really didn't hurt my feelings!
PE: Went on a walk with Caleb.
Jared
Religion: Read a chapter in the Book of Mormon. Read a chapter in The Doctrine and Covenants Reader.
Music: Practiced his recital piece.
Jared had a rough day. But he's doing better now....
Luke
Religion: Read a couple of chapters in the Book of Mormon.
Math: Did a couple of Saxon Math 2 lessons.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Writing: Did a work book page from Let's Write.
Creative Writing: Finished his book! It ended up being 8 typed pages.
Free Reading: Started reading Tigers at Twilight at Magic Tree House book.
Reading: Read 3 lessons in the McGuffy Second Reader.
Caleb
Religion: Read a couple of verses in The Book of Mormon.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: Did 3 pages in Explode the Code.
Reading: Read a McGuffy Primer lesson to me and read a phonics reader to me.
PE: Went on a walk with Olivia.
Family (in the evening):
Prayer/Song: I Lived in Heaven
Family Scriptures: John 20 & 21
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, helped at a funeral, practiced my recital piece and practiced some other things, finished reading the chapter and answered the questions for my BYU Hist 220 class, and read (started, read, finished) The Choice by Nicolas Sparks.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, went to a conference all day (left early and came home late), and he's listening to Master and Commander.
Pray/Pledge
Song: How Firm a Foundation
Theology: "Missionary Work" from Our Heritage
Church History: Translating the Book of Mormon
Weekly Scripture Memorization: 1 Nephi 3:&
Friend Article
Biography/American History: Read 2 chapters in Little House in the Big Woods.
Science Literature: Read a chapter from The Wind in the Door.
Memorization: Planets of the universe
Music: Rhythm poem
Geography: Lines of Longitude from Young Students Learning Library: World Atlas
Science: The Respiratory System from Usborne's Book of Knowledge.
PE: Baseball cancelled again because of weather. So they jumped a lot on the trampoline between rain showers.
Chores
Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in the Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced the piano.
Math: Lesson 140 and FINISHED HER SAXON 6/5 book. Happy day, dance a jig.
Writing: Journal entry on her blog.
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- Placate
Free Reading: Read for over three hours in Leven Thumps: The Gateway to Foo.
Life Skills: Did her laundry. I'm not sure why since I was more than happy to do it since I was doing everyone else's but she wanted to do it. It really didn't hurt my feelings!
PE: Went on a walk with Caleb.
Jared
Religion: Read a chapter in the Book of Mormon. Read a chapter in The Doctrine and Covenants Reader.
Music: Practiced his recital piece.
Jared had a rough day. But he's doing better now....
Luke
Religion: Read a couple of chapters in the Book of Mormon.
Math: Did a couple of Saxon Math 2 lessons.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Writing: Did a work book page from Let's Write.
Creative Writing: Finished his book! It ended up being 8 typed pages.
Free Reading: Started reading Tigers at Twilight at Magic Tree House book.
Reading: Read 3 lessons in the McGuffy Second Reader.
Caleb
Religion: Read a couple of verses in The Book of Mormon.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: Did 3 pages in Explode the Code.
Reading: Read a McGuffy Primer lesson to me and read a phonics reader to me.
PE: Went on a walk with Olivia.
Family (in the evening):
Prayer/Song: I Lived in Heaven
Family Scriptures: John 20 & 21
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, helped at a funeral, practiced my recital piece and practiced some other things, finished reading the chapter and answered the questions for my BYU Hist 220 class, and read (started, read, finished) The Choice by Nicolas Sparks.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, went to a conference all day (left early and came home late), and he's listening to Master and Commander.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
May 13, 2009 (Wednesday)
This morning we babysat our cousins ages 5 and 3. So we just played and didn't do any school.
In the afternoon we traveled to Olivia's scholar class. They are currently studying Robinson Crusoe. She did an oral report on Thomas Paine. While she was with her class the boys and I played at the park. Then we went to a homeschooling family's house and played/visited with them for a while. Then we picked up Olivia and made it home just in time for...
Scouts. I helped at scouts. Then the kids went to their cousins after scouts and played hard.
Tonight Alex and I went to mutual. Then we watched American Idol.
The End.
In the afternoon we traveled to Olivia's scholar class. They are currently studying Robinson Crusoe. She did an oral report on Thomas Paine. While she was with her class the boys and I played at the park. Then we went to a homeschooling family's house and played/visited with them for a while. Then we picked up Olivia and made it home just in time for...
Scouts. I helped at scouts. Then the kids went to their cousins after scouts and played hard.
Tonight Alex and I went to mutual. Then we watched American Idol.
The End.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
May 12, 2009 (Tuesday) Wind, wind go away...
Mom School
Pray/Pledge
Song: I Lived in Heaven
Theology: "Zion's Camp" from Our Heritage
Scripture to Memorize for the Week: 1 Nephi 3:7
Church History: Martin Harris loosed the pages
Friend Article
Biography/American History: We read 3 chapters in Little House in the Big Woods.
Literature: Watched Ulysses (The Odyssey) - the old version - (we finished an abridged version of The Iliad and The Odyssey last week)
Music/Character: Rhythm Poem
Science Literature: We read a chapter of A Wind in the Door.
Memorization: 12 apostles-they've got this moving on to.....?
Science: Proteins, Carbohydrates and Fat from Usborne's Book of Knowledge.
PE: Baseball was cancelled because of the high winds.
Chores
Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in the Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced the piano. We ended voice lessons until the fall.
Math: Did lesson 139 in Saxon 6/5.
Language Arts: Noun review from Easy Grammar
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- Meticulous
Vocabulary/Language Usage: Classical Roots Test
Writing: Did an Editor-in-Chief lesson. (editing)
Literature: Read Robinson Crusoe for an hour.
Journal: Blog post
Speech: Prepared an oral report about Thomas Paine
Research/Biography: Thomas Paine
Jared
Religion: Read a chapter in the Doctrine and Covenants Reader and read a chapter in The Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced the piano
Math: Did 3 Saxon Math 5/4 lessons.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Reading: Read a McGuffy Third Reader lesson.
Handwriting: Did a cursive writing lesson from A Reason For Writing series.
Book on Tape: He listened to an hour of Peter and the Starcatchers.
PE: Played Wii Sports
Literature: Watched 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
Luke
Religion: Read several chapters in the Book of Mormon.
Math: Did several lessons in Saxon Math 2.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Free Reading: Finished Lions At Lunch Time, a Magic Tree House book.
Reading: Read a McGuffy Second Reader lesson.
Computers/Typing: Played some learning games on the computer.
Creative Play: Lots of dress-up
Caleb
Religion: Read a couple of versus in The Book of Mormon.
Science: Olivia read him part of a science picture book.
Math: Did half of a workbook page of add/sub.
Math Application: He measured half of the rooms in our house and the furniture with me.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 1 page of Explode the Code
Reading: Read a phonics reader and a lesson from the McGuffy Primer to me.
Creative Play: Lots of dress up.
PE: Running on the treadmill and Wii Sports.
Family (in the evening):
Family Scripture Study: John 19
Played Wii Sports together
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, finished Oedipus at Colunus & answered the questions for my class about it, read and finished of Robinson Crusoe, practiced my piano piece for the June piano recital, started my BYU American History class, and ordered coupons for big food savings this week.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, LAST DAY AS A TEMPLE ORDINANCE WORKER, went to work, listening to Master and Commander and went to a scout roundtable meeting.
Pray/Pledge
Song: I Lived in Heaven
Theology: "Zion's Camp" from Our Heritage
Scripture to Memorize for the Week: 1 Nephi 3:7
Church History: Martin Harris loosed the pages
Friend Article
Biography/American History: We read 3 chapters in Little House in the Big Woods.
Literature: Watched Ulysses (The Odyssey) - the old version - (we finished an abridged version of The Iliad and The Odyssey last week)
Music/Character: Rhythm Poem
Science Literature: We read a chapter of A Wind in the Door.
Memorization: 12 apostles-they've got this moving on to.....?
Science: Proteins, Carbohydrates and Fat from Usborne's Book of Knowledge.
PE: Baseball was cancelled because of the high winds.
Chores
Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in the Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced the piano. We ended voice lessons until the fall.
Math: Did lesson 139 in Saxon 6/5.
Language Arts: Noun review from Easy Grammar
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- Meticulous
Vocabulary/Language Usage: Classical Roots Test
Writing: Did an Editor-in-Chief lesson. (editing)
Literature: Read Robinson Crusoe for an hour.
Journal: Blog post
Speech: Prepared an oral report about Thomas Paine
Research/Biography: Thomas Paine
Jared
Religion: Read a chapter in the Doctrine and Covenants Reader and read a chapter in The Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced the piano
Math: Did 3 Saxon Math 5/4 lessons.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Reading: Read a McGuffy Third Reader lesson.
Handwriting: Did a cursive writing lesson from A Reason For Writing series.
Book on Tape: He listened to an hour of Peter and the Starcatchers.
PE: Played Wii Sports
Literature: Watched 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
Luke
Religion: Read several chapters in the Book of Mormon.
Math: Did several lessons in Saxon Math 2.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Free Reading: Finished Lions At Lunch Time, a Magic Tree House book.
Reading: Read a McGuffy Second Reader lesson.
Computers/Typing: Played some learning games on the computer.
Creative Play: Lots of dress-up
Caleb
Religion: Read a couple of versus in The Book of Mormon.
Science: Olivia read him part of a science picture book.
Math: Did half of a workbook page of add/sub.
Math Application: He measured half of the rooms in our house and the furniture with me.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 1 page of Explode the Code
Reading: Read a phonics reader and a lesson from the McGuffy Primer to me.
Creative Play: Lots of dress up.
PE: Running on the treadmill and Wii Sports.
Family (in the evening):
Family Scripture Study: John 19
Played Wii Sports together
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, finished Oedipus at Colunus & answered the questions for my class about it, read and finished of Robinson Crusoe, practiced my piano piece for the June piano recital, started my BYU American History class, and ordered coupons for big food savings this week.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, LAST DAY AS A TEMPLE ORDINANCE WORKER, went to work, listening to Master and Commander and went to a scout roundtable meeting.
The Rhythm Poem
When I was in 5th grade my teacher taught me this poem. I have always remembered parts of it. Since our family moved back to my hometown I am now good friends with my 5th grade teacher. I asked her for this poem and she obliged me. I also had her teach this to "my young women" for an activity we had that had to do with Choice and Accountability. I have since taught it to my children. We clap it out. I don't know who wrote this poem. This is the poem as I have it....
Rhythm Poem
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Be choosy * * When you choose a choice
Be decisive when deciding a decision * * *
Don't be like mannequins and ladyquins * *
Letting others put you in to positions * * *
Don't be like a puppet on a string
Letting others make you do the things you do.
Controlling every action to their satisfaction
And speaking every single word for you.
Don't go through like a sha dow
Following someone everywhere he goes
Never moving independently
And letting others * step on your toes.
Don't be like a mirror on the wall
A copycat, a polished imitator
Reflecting everything that passes by
A duplicator, an impersonator
Think for yourself! Be a leader!
The product of your own composition.
Be choosy! When you choose a choice
Be decisive when deciding a decision.
Rhythm Poem
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Be choosy * * When you choose a choice
Be decisive when deciding a decision * * *
Don't be like mannequins and ladyquins * *
Letting others put you in to positions * * *
Don't be like a puppet on a string
Letting others make you do the things you do.
Controlling every action to their satisfaction
And speaking every single word for you.
Don't go through like a sha dow
Following someone everywhere he goes
Never moving independently
And letting others * step on your toes.
Don't be like a mirror on the wall
A copycat, a polished imitator
Reflecting everything that passes by
A duplicator, an impersonator
Think for yourself! Be a leader!
The product of your own composition.
Be choosy! When you choose a choice
Be decisive when deciding a decision.
Monday, May 11, 2009
May 11, 2009 (Monday)
Mom School
Pray/Pledge
Song: How Firm A Foundation
Theology: The Priesthood is Organized from Our Heritage
Church History: Joseph Smith gets the plates
Friend Article
Biography/American History: Read 1 chapter in Little House in the Big Woods.
Memorization: 12 apostles
Music: Rhythm Poem
Geography: Continents quiz
Health/Science: "The Digestive System" from Usborne's Book of Knowledge
Science: Saw baby killdeer birds.
Outside Activity: We went to the Scholastic book fair at the school and bought some books.
PE: Played golf in the field.
Chores
Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in the Book of Mormon.
Social Studies: Memorizing the states and capitals
Geography: Did a Geography lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 6/5 lesson.
Spelling: Did a spell drill
Language Arts: Nouns from Easy Grammar
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- Torpid
Vocabulary/Language Usage: Classical Roots lesson
Literature: Read Robinson Crusoe for an hour.
PE/Life Skills: Had horse riding lessons.
Clubs/Social: Went to a 4-H meeting.
Science: Planted flowers
Jared
Religion: Read a chapter in The Book of Mormon and read a chapter in the Doctrine and Covenants Reader.
Music: Had a piano lesson.
Geography: Memorizing the states
Math: Did a Saxon Math lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Handwriting: Cursive handwriting lesson
Reading: Read a McGuffy Third Reader lesson.
Social: Played with his cousin for several hours.
Luke
Religion: Read a couple of chapters in the Book of Mormon.
Geography: Did two geography lessons and finished his workbook.
Science: I read Black Out! Animals That Live in the Dark by Ginjer L. Clarke to him and Caleb.
Math: Did a Saxon Math 2 lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Creative Writing: Lots and lots of story writing today on the computer.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages in Explode the Code
Reading: Read several McGuffy Second Reader lessons.
Free Reading: Read 6 chapters in a Magic Tree House book.
Creative Play: Lego's
Caleb
Religion: Read a couple of verses in the Book of Mormon.
Science: I read Black Out! Animals That Live in the Dark by Ginjer L. Clarke to him and Luke.
Math: Did 1/2 a work book lesson.
Math Drill: Telling time practice
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 2 pages of Explode the Code
Creative Writing: Did a Write About Me lesson.
Reading: Read a phonics reader and read a McGuffy Primer lesson to me.
Family Home Evening:
Songs: The Prophet Said to Plant A Garden and The Armies of Helaman
Testimonies: Alex, Deanna, Luke and Caleb
Article of Faith: 4th
Character: Uncommon Courtesy lesson
Scripture to Memorize: 1 Nephi 3:7
Strength of Youth: Gratitude
Proclamation to the World: 4th paragraph
Lesson: Being a Disciple with excerpts from this talk by Pres. Uchtorf
Activity: Batchi Ball
Treats: Homemade apple strudel from grandma!! Yummy! Olivia and Caleb made us Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars. It was a feast tonight!
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, spell drill, conference talk, word of the day, and I ordered another BYU class (oh yea, oh yea)-American History to 1877.
Alex: Scriptures, studying church manuals, word of the day, helped a neighbor with their deck for an hour with my brother, went to work and he is listening to Master and Commander.
Pray/Pledge
Song: How Firm A Foundation
Theology: The Priesthood is Organized from Our Heritage
Church History: Joseph Smith gets the plates
Friend Article
Biography/American History: Read 1 chapter in Little House in the Big Woods.
Memorization: 12 apostles
Music: Rhythm Poem
Geography: Continents quiz
Health/Science: "The Digestive System" from Usborne's Book of Knowledge
Science: Saw baby killdeer birds.
Outside Activity: We went to the Scholastic book fair at the school and bought some books.
PE: Played golf in the field.
Chores
Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in the Book of Mormon.
Social Studies: Memorizing the states and capitals
Geography: Did a Geography lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 6/5 lesson.
Spelling: Did a spell drill
Language Arts: Nouns from Easy Grammar
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- Torpid
Vocabulary/Language Usage: Classical Roots lesson
Literature: Read Robinson Crusoe for an hour.
PE/Life Skills: Had horse riding lessons.
Clubs/Social: Went to a 4-H meeting.
Science: Planted flowers
Jared
Religion: Read a chapter in The Book of Mormon and read a chapter in the Doctrine and Covenants Reader.
Music: Had a piano lesson.
Geography: Memorizing the states
Math: Did a Saxon Math lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Handwriting: Cursive handwriting lesson
Reading: Read a McGuffy Third Reader lesson.
Social: Played with his cousin for several hours.
Luke
Religion: Read a couple of chapters in the Book of Mormon.
Geography: Did two geography lessons and finished his workbook.
Science: I read Black Out! Animals That Live in the Dark by Ginjer L. Clarke to him and Caleb.
Math: Did a Saxon Math 2 lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Creative Writing: Lots and lots of story writing today on the computer.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages in Explode the Code
Reading: Read several McGuffy Second Reader lessons.
Free Reading: Read 6 chapters in a Magic Tree House book.
Creative Play: Lego's
Caleb
Religion: Read a couple of verses in the Book of Mormon.
Science: I read Black Out! Animals That Live in the Dark by Ginjer L. Clarke to him and Luke.
Math: Did 1/2 a work book lesson.
Math Drill: Telling time practice
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 2 pages of Explode the Code
Creative Writing: Did a Write About Me lesson.
Reading: Read a phonics reader and read a McGuffy Primer lesson to me.
Family Home Evening:
Songs: The Prophet Said to Plant A Garden and The Armies of Helaman
Testimonies: Alex, Deanna, Luke and Caleb
Article of Faith: 4th
Character: Uncommon Courtesy lesson
Scripture to Memorize: 1 Nephi 3:7
Strength of Youth: Gratitude
Proclamation to the World: 4th paragraph
Lesson: Being a Disciple with excerpts from this talk by Pres. Uchtorf
Activity: Batchi Ball
Treats: Homemade apple strudel from grandma!! Yummy! Olivia and Caleb made us Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars. It was a feast tonight!
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, spell drill, conference talk, word of the day, and I ordered another BYU class (oh yea, oh yea)-American History to 1877.
Alex: Scriptures, studying church manuals, word of the day, helped a neighbor with their deck for an hour with my brother, went to work and he is listening to Master and Commander.
As You Like It
On Saturday our family went and watched the local Commonwealth School put on the production of As You Like It by Shakespeare. I was glad we had read an abridged version so that our children were familiar with the play. Olivia and Jared were able to follow it well. I was very impressed with the performance. I couldn't believe how many lines they had to memorize. Kudos to them! It was a fun night.
Friday, May 8, 2009
May 8, 2009 (Friday)
Mom School
Pray and The National Anthem
Song: Grandmother and Beautiful Savior
Theology: The Church in Kirkland section from Our Heritage.
Church History: Joseph gets the plates
Friend Article
Biography/American History: Read a chapter in Little House in the Big Woods.
Literature: Read As You Like It by Shakespeare (abridged). We are going to watch a production of it tomorrow night.
Memorization: 12 apostles
Music: Rhythm Poem about making good choices
Science: "The Circulatory System" from Usborne's Book of Knowledge.
Chores
Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in the Book of Mormon.
Music: Lots of singing
Math: Did a Saxon 6/5 Math lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Types of nouns from Easy Grammar.
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- Soporific
Vocabulary/Language Usage: Classical roots language lesson.
Writing: Did an Editor-in-Chief editing lesson.
PE: Trampoline jumping
Life Skills: Cheese cake
Jared
Religion: Read a chapter in the Doctrine and Covenants Reader.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 5/4 Math lesson.
Math Drill: Multiplication practice
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Writing: Did a cursive writing
Creative Play: Lego's
PE: Trampoline jumping
Luke
Religion: Read several chapters in the Book of Mormon.
Geography: Did a geography lesson.
Math: Did two Saxon Math lessons.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode of the Code
Reading: Read three McGuffy Second Reader lessons.
Reading/Computers: Played Jumpstart First Grade.
Creative Play: Legos
PE: Trampoline jumping
Caleb
Religion: Read two verses in the Book of Mormon.
Math: Telling Time
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 2 pages of Explode the Code
Reading: Read a phonics reader and a McGuffy Primer lesson to me.
Reading/Computers: Played Jumpstart First Grade.
Creative Play: Lego's
PE: Jumping on the Trampoline
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, made food for a funeral, served at a funeral in the afternoon and started reading Oedipus of Colonus by Sophocles.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, had a meeting with the Bishop, went to work, he's listening to Freakonomics and he is still reading in his massive pile of church manuals.
Pray and The National Anthem
Song: Grandmother and Beautiful Savior
Theology: The Church in Kirkland section from Our Heritage.
Church History: Joseph gets the plates
Friend Article
Biography/American History: Read a chapter in Little House in the Big Woods.
Literature: Read As You Like It by Shakespeare (abridged). We are going to watch a production of it tomorrow night.
Memorization: 12 apostles
Music: Rhythm Poem about making good choices
Science: "The Circulatory System" from Usborne's Book of Knowledge.
Chores
Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in the Book of Mormon.
Music: Lots of singing
Math: Did a Saxon 6/5 Math lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Types of nouns from Easy Grammar.
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- Soporific
Vocabulary/Language Usage: Classical roots language lesson.
Writing: Did an Editor-in-Chief editing lesson.
PE: Trampoline jumping
Life Skills: Cheese cake
Jared
Religion: Read a chapter in the Doctrine and Covenants Reader.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 5/4 Math lesson.
Math Drill: Multiplication practice
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Writing: Did a cursive writing
Creative Play: Lego's
PE: Trampoline jumping
Luke
Religion: Read several chapters in the Book of Mormon.
Geography: Did a geography lesson.
Math: Did two Saxon Math lessons.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode of the Code
Reading: Read three McGuffy Second Reader lessons.
Reading/Computers: Played Jumpstart First Grade.
Creative Play: Legos
PE: Trampoline jumping
Caleb
Religion: Read two verses in the Book of Mormon.
Math: Telling Time
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 2 pages of Explode the Code
Reading: Read a phonics reader and a McGuffy Primer lesson to me.
Reading/Computers: Played Jumpstart First Grade.
Creative Play: Lego's
PE: Jumping on the Trampoline
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, made food for a funeral, served at a funeral in the afternoon and started reading Oedipus of Colonus by Sophocles.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, had a meeting with the Bishop, went to work, he's listening to Freakonomics and he is still reading in his massive pile of church manuals.
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Thursday, May 7, 2009
May 7, 2009 (Thursday)
I'm forgetting some things but I don't remember what!
Mom School
Pray/Pledge
Song: Beautiful Savior and Grandmother
Theology: Read part of chapter from Our Heritage
Friend Article
Biography/American History: Started and read a chapter from Little House in The Big Woods.
Literature: Finished a chapter in A Wind in the Door.
Memorization: 12 apostles
Music: Rhythm Poem
Science/Health: The Skeletal System from Usborne's Book of Knowledge
Chores
Olivia
Religion: Read a page in the Book of Mormon.
Music: Practice her voice lesson and then some.
Geography: Did a geography lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon Math lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Did an Easy Grammar lesson-nouns.
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- Emphatic
Vocabulary/Language Usage: Test
Free Reading: Over 2 hours of Leven Thumps
PE: Helped at baseball practice.
Jared
Religion: Read a chapter in the Doctrine and Covenants Reader.
Music: Practiced the piano.
Math: Did a Saxon math lesson.
Math Drill: Multiplication drill work
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Writing: Cursive Handwriting lesson from A Reason For Writing.
Reading: Read a lesson in his McGuffy Third Reader and read a chapter in the Book of Mormon to me.
Book on Tape: Finished Peter and the Starcatchers.
Creative Play: Lego's
PE: Went to baseball practice.
Luke
Geography: Did a geography lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon math lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Reading: Read 3 McGuffy Second Reader lessons.
Creative Play: Lego's
PE: Went to baseball practice
Caleb
Religion: Read a verse in the Book of Mormon to me.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 2 pages of Explode the Code
Reading: Read a phonics reader and a lesson in the McGuffy Primer to me.
Computers/Typing: Played Jumped Start First Grade for a long time.
Creative Play: Lego's
PE: Went to baseball practice.
Family (in the evening):
The kids went to baseball practice.
Family Scripture Study: John 18
Watched the movie The Ultimate Gift together.
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 finished Freckles by Gene Statton-Porter.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, lots more church manual study, went to Boise for his long day, and he was able to listen to a lot of Freakonomics on CD.
Mom School
Pray/Pledge
Song: Beautiful Savior and Grandmother
Theology: Read part of chapter from Our Heritage
Friend Article
Biography/American History: Started and read a chapter from Little House in The Big Woods.
Literature: Finished a chapter in A Wind in the Door.
Memorization: 12 apostles
Music: Rhythm Poem
Science/Health: The Skeletal System from Usborne's Book of Knowledge
Chores
Olivia
Religion: Read a page in the Book of Mormon.
Music: Practice her voice lesson and then some.
Geography: Did a geography lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon Math lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Did an Easy Grammar lesson-nouns.
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- Emphatic
Vocabulary/Language Usage: Test
Free Reading: Over 2 hours of Leven Thumps
PE: Helped at baseball practice.
Jared
Religion: Read a chapter in the Doctrine and Covenants Reader.
Music: Practiced the piano.
Math: Did a Saxon math lesson.
Math Drill: Multiplication drill work
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Writing: Cursive Handwriting lesson from A Reason For Writing.
Reading: Read a lesson in his McGuffy Third Reader and read a chapter in the Book of Mormon to me.
Book on Tape: Finished Peter and the Starcatchers.
Creative Play: Lego's
PE: Went to baseball practice.
Luke
Geography: Did a geography lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon math lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Reading: Read 3 McGuffy Second Reader lessons.
Creative Play: Lego's
PE: Went to baseball practice
Caleb
Religion: Read a verse in the Book of Mormon to me.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 2 pages of Explode the Code
Reading: Read a phonics reader and a lesson in the McGuffy Primer to me.
Computers/Typing: Played Jumped Start First Grade for a long time.
Creative Play: Lego's
PE: Went to baseball practice.
Family (in the evening):
The kids went to baseball practice.
Family Scripture Study: John 18
Watched the movie The Ultimate Gift together.
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 finished Freckles by Gene Statton-Porter.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, lots more church manual study, went to Boise for his long day, and he was able to listen to a lot of Freakonomics on CD.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
May 6, 2009 (Wednesday): On the move
Another busy Wednesday. In the morning I attended the temple while Alex and the kids did some school work. Twenty minutes after I got home we left again. We dropped Olivia off for scholar school a little early and then went back to town for some more state testing. This time it was for the little boys. They did great. I know most homeschoolers are against state testing, but we are not. We do not study for the test however like the public school. (blah, blah, blah-anyway). Then we picked Olivia up and came home just in time for the Primary Activity where I was asked to help. Then tonight Alex and I were off to mutual. Alex is in the new Bishopric now so we both get to go on Wednesday nights. The kids were invited to their cousins out at the farm/ranch while we were at mutual and they played hard and long and came home tired.
Olivia: Math lesson, editing lesson, classical roots test, vocabulary word of the day, grammar lesson, spell drill, reading in Robinson Crusoe, attended scholar class and went to the primary activity.
Jared: Math lesson, multiplication drill, spell drill, cursive handwriting, listened to 3/4 of Peter and the Starcatchers on CD, did his piano lesson, took a state reading test and went to the primary activity.
Luke: Did 2 math lessons, geography lesson, spell drill, read 3 McGuffy lessons, 5 pages in Explode the Code, spell drill, took a state reading test, listened to the book on tape with Jared and went to the primary activity.
Caleb: Played two math games with Alex, spell drill, several pages in Explode the Code, sight words practice, read a McGuffy lesson, read phonics reader, took a state reading test and went to the primary activity.
Deanna: Scriptures, word of the day, went to the temple, read a couple of chapters in Freckles, helped at the primary activity and went to mutual.
Alex: Scriptures, reading yet more church manuals, word of the day, went to work, listening to Reaganomics and went to mutual.
Olivia: Math lesson, editing lesson, classical roots test, vocabulary word of the day, grammar lesson, spell drill, reading in Robinson Crusoe, attended scholar class and went to the primary activity.
Jared: Math lesson, multiplication drill, spell drill, cursive handwriting, listened to 3/4 of Peter and the Starcatchers on CD, did his piano lesson, took a state reading test and went to the primary activity.
Luke: Did 2 math lessons, geography lesson, spell drill, read 3 McGuffy lessons, 5 pages in Explode the Code, spell drill, took a state reading test, listened to the book on tape with Jared and went to the primary activity.
Caleb: Played two math games with Alex, spell drill, several pages in Explode the Code, sight words practice, read a McGuffy lesson, read phonics reader, took a state reading test and went to the primary activity.
Deanna: Scriptures, word of the day, went to the temple, read a couple of chapters in Freckles, helped at the primary activity and went to mutual.
Alex: Scriptures, reading yet more church manuals, word of the day, went to work, listening to Reaganomics and went to mutual.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
May 5, 2009 (Tuesday): Baseball Starts
Mom School
Pray/Pledge
Song: Beautiful Savior
Theology: Finished chapter 1 of Our Heritage-Restoration of the Priesthood & Establishing the Church.
Church History: First Vision
Friend Article
Biography/American History: Jim Bridger and other Mountain Men
Literature: Read 1 chapter from A Wind in The Door
Memorization: 12 apostles, books of the Book of Mormon, books of the Old and New Testament
Music: Rhythm Poem
World History: Read 6 chapters and finished Captain Cook by Usborne.
Geography: Longitude and Latitude Lines
Science: Animals and Plants from Usborne's Book of Knowledge
Creative Play: Played with Lego's a ton today!
Chores
Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in the Book of Mormon.
Music: Her music teacher no-showed.
Geography: Did a geography lesson.
Research/Biography: Research about Daniel Defoe
Math: Did a Saxon Math lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Nouns from Easy Grammar
Writing: Blogging
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- Congenial
Vocabulary/Language Usage: Language test
Social Studies: Memorizing the US States and Capitals.
Literature: Read several chapters in Robinson Crusoe.
Life Skills: Peanut Butter cups, sorting & organizing and couponing
PE: Jumping on the trampoline
Jared
Religion: Read a chapter in the Doctrine and Covenants Reader.
Math: Did a Saxon math lesson.
Math Drill: Multiplication practice (0-5's)
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Handwriting: Cursive writing practice
Social Studies: Re-memorizing the presidents of the USA.
PE: Trampoline and baseball
Book on Tape: Listened to Tennis Shoes Among the Nephites while they were playing with lego's.
Luke
Religion: Read a Book of Mormon Reader chapter.
Geography: Did a geography lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon math lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages in Explode the Code
Reading: Read 3 McGuffy lessons.
Creative Writing: Still more story writing on the computer.
PE: Trampoline and baseball
Book on Tape: Listened to Tennis Shoes Among the Nephites while they were playing with lego's.
Caleb
Math: Learning about money
Phonics/Handwriting: 4 pages of Explode the Code
Language Arts: Sight words practicing
Reading: Read a phonics reader and a McGuffy lesson to me.
Life Skills: Shoe tying. He is finally getting this.
Computers/Typing: Jumpstart Reading and Jumpstart Math
Logic: River Crossing game
PE: Trampoline and baseball
Family (in the evening):
Baseball started! The boys are all playing. Olivia is a manager/3 year old chaser.
Family Scriptures: Read John 17
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, worked on some couponing orders for this week with Olivia, read a couple of chapters in Freckles, and had our first baseball practice (I'm an asst. coach).
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, worked in the temple, went to his professional meeting for his industry (serves a board position as past-president), reading more church materials, went to work and listened to Robinson Crusoe.
Pray/Pledge
Song: Beautiful Savior
Theology: Finished chapter 1 of Our Heritage-Restoration of the Priesthood & Establishing the Church.
Church History: First Vision
Friend Article
Biography/American History: Jim Bridger and other Mountain Men
Literature: Read 1 chapter from A Wind in The Door
Memorization: 12 apostles, books of the Book of Mormon, books of the Old and New Testament
Music: Rhythm Poem
World History: Read 6 chapters and finished Captain Cook by Usborne.
Geography: Longitude and Latitude Lines
Science: Animals and Plants from Usborne's Book of Knowledge
Creative Play: Played with Lego's a ton today!
Chores
Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in the Book of Mormon.
Music: Her music teacher no-showed.
Geography: Did a geography lesson.
Research/Biography: Research about Daniel Defoe
Math: Did a Saxon Math lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Nouns from Easy Grammar
Writing: Blogging
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- Congenial
Vocabulary/Language Usage: Language test
Social Studies: Memorizing the US States and Capitals.
Literature: Read several chapters in Robinson Crusoe.
Life Skills: Peanut Butter cups, sorting & organizing and couponing
PE: Jumping on the trampoline
Jared
Religion: Read a chapter in the Doctrine and Covenants Reader.
Math: Did a Saxon math lesson.
Math Drill: Multiplication practice (0-5's)
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Handwriting: Cursive writing practice
Social Studies: Re-memorizing the presidents of the USA.
PE: Trampoline and baseball
Book on Tape: Listened to Tennis Shoes Among the Nephites while they were playing with lego's.
Luke
Religion: Read a Book of Mormon Reader chapter.
Geography: Did a geography lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon math lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages in Explode the Code
Reading: Read 3 McGuffy lessons.
Creative Writing: Still more story writing on the computer.
PE: Trampoline and baseball
Book on Tape: Listened to Tennis Shoes Among the Nephites while they were playing with lego's.
Caleb
Math: Learning about money
Phonics/Handwriting: 4 pages of Explode the Code
Language Arts: Sight words practicing
Reading: Read a phonics reader and a McGuffy lesson to me.
Life Skills: Shoe tying. He is finally getting this.
Computers/Typing: Jumpstart Reading and Jumpstart Math
Logic: River Crossing game
PE: Trampoline and baseball
Family (in the evening):
Baseball started! The boys are all playing. Olivia is a manager/3 year old chaser.
Family Scriptures: Read John 17
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, worked on some couponing orders for this week with Olivia, read a couple of chapters in Freckles, and had our first baseball practice (I'm an asst. coach).
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, worked in the temple, went to his professional meeting for his industry (serves a board position as past-president), reading more church materials, went to work and listened to Robinson Crusoe.
Monday, May 4, 2009
May 4, 2009 (Monday): Olivia takes a road trip.
Mom School
Pray/Pledge
Song: I Am A Child of God
Theology: Read 1/2 a chapter from Our Heritage.
Church History: The Joseph Smith Family and the Sacred Grove.
Friend Article
Biography/American History: Daniel Boone
Memorization: 12 apostles
Family History: Finished Memories of a Flying Tiger about my grandfather's WWII experiences.
World History: Read the first chapter in a biography about Captain Cook.
Science: Read several pages about weather, atmosphere, Earth's crust, and geology from Usborne's Book of Knowledge.
Creative Play: Lots of lego's.
Chores
Olivia
Olivia was invited to go on a day trip with grandma to help my sister pack up and move. She had a fun day but was tired!
Jared
Religion: Read a chapter in the Doctrine and Covenants Reader.
American History: Reviewing all the Presidents of the USA. He has previously memorized them.
Music: Did a theory lesson and went to piano lesson.
Math: Did 2 Saxon Math lessons.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code and finished book 5.
Free Reading: Read a chapter in a chapter book.
Science Experiment: Did a crystal experiment.
PE: Wii Sports and trampoline jumping.
Luke
Religion: Read a chapter in his Book of Mormon Reader.
Geography: Did a geography lesson.
Math: Did 2 math lessons.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: Did 5 pages of Explode the Code.
Handwriting: Practiced cursive handwriting.
Creative Writing: Typed/wrote several paragraphs to his story today on the computer. It amazes me how well he knows the word processor program.
Language Arts: Using a dictionary
Free Reading: Read a chapter in Prince Caspian by CS Lewis.
Reading: Read 2 lessons in McGuffy Second Reader.
PE: Wii Sports, trampoline jumping, bike riding and he played catch with Caleb and I.
Caleb
Math: Telling Time
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 4 pages of Explode the Code
Reading: Read a phonics reader and read a McGuffy Primer lesson to me.
PE: Wii Sports, trampoline jumping and he played catch with Luke and I.
Art: Coloring in an American History coloring book.
Family Home Evening:
Song: How Firm a Foundation
Testimonies: Alex, Deanna, Olivia, Jared, Luke and Caleb
Character: Uncommon Courtesy lesson-respecting adults.
Article of Faith: 4th
Proclamation to the World: 3rd paragraph
Lesson: Faith and we used Elders Pearson's talk.
Activity: Played Apples to Apples, Jr.
Treats: Ice Cream
Visiting: Visited two older couples. One lady showed us her new baby goats.
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 several Ensign articles, practiced the piano, and read 1/2 of the book Freckles by Jean Stratman-Porter.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, went to work, listened to several conference talks, read in his new church manuals, and he is listening to Robinson Crusoe.
Pray/Pledge
Song: I Am A Child of God
Theology: Read 1/2 a chapter from Our Heritage.
Church History: The Joseph Smith Family and the Sacred Grove.
Friend Article
Biography/American History: Daniel Boone
Memorization: 12 apostles
Family History: Finished Memories of a Flying Tiger about my grandfather's WWII experiences.
World History: Read the first chapter in a biography about Captain Cook.
Science: Read several pages about weather, atmosphere, Earth's crust, and geology from Usborne's Book of Knowledge.
Creative Play: Lots of lego's.
Chores
Olivia
Olivia was invited to go on a day trip with grandma to help my sister pack up and move. She had a fun day but was tired!
Jared
Religion: Read a chapter in the Doctrine and Covenants Reader.
American History: Reviewing all the Presidents of the USA. He has previously memorized them.
Music: Did a theory lesson and went to piano lesson.
Math: Did 2 Saxon Math lessons.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code and finished book 5.
Free Reading: Read a chapter in a chapter book.
Science Experiment: Did a crystal experiment.
PE: Wii Sports and trampoline jumping.
Luke
Religion: Read a chapter in his Book of Mormon Reader.
Geography: Did a geography lesson.
Math: Did 2 math lessons.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: Did 5 pages of Explode the Code.
Handwriting: Practiced cursive handwriting.
Creative Writing: Typed/wrote several paragraphs to his story today on the computer. It amazes me how well he knows the word processor program.
Language Arts: Using a dictionary
Free Reading: Read a chapter in Prince Caspian by CS Lewis.
Reading: Read 2 lessons in McGuffy Second Reader.
PE: Wii Sports, trampoline jumping, bike riding and he played catch with Caleb and I.
Caleb
Math: Telling Time
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 4 pages of Explode the Code
Reading: Read a phonics reader and read a McGuffy Primer lesson to me.
PE: Wii Sports, trampoline jumping and he played catch with Luke and I.
Art: Coloring in an American History coloring book.
Family Home Evening:
Song: How Firm a Foundation
Testimonies: Alex, Deanna, Olivia, Jared, Luke and Caleb
Character: Uncommon Courtesy lesson-respecting adults.
Article of Faith: 4th
Proclamation to the World: 3rd paragraph
Lesson: Faith and we used Elders Pearson's talk.
Activity: Played Apples to Apples, Jr.
Treats: Ice Cream
Visiting: Visited two older couples. One lady showed us her new baby goats.
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 several Ensign articles, practiced the piano, and read 1/2 of the book Freckles by Jean Stratman-Porter.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, went to work, listened to several conference talks, read in his new church manuals, and he is listening to Robinson Crusoe.
Friday, May 1, 2009
May 1, 2009 (Friday): Scholar Phase to Great Expedations
Mom School
Pray/Pledge
Song : How Firm a Foundation
Theology: Started the book Our Heritage and read the first chapter. (The Apostasy and the First Vision)
Bible History: Introduction to the Doctrine and Covenants and the prophet Joseph Smith
Friend Article
American History: Westward expansion from Evan-Moor History Pockets
Literature: Read 16 chapters and finished Great Expectations, an abridged version.
Memorization: Th modern 12 apostles.
Family History: Several pages from Memories of a Flying Tiger about being a bomber in China during WWII (my grandfather's history).
Geography: Land expansion through the 1700-1800's in the USA.
Science: We read several pages about space from Usborne's Book of Knowledge.
PE: Today we played up at the church with a ton of friends and cousins. After they left we played baseball for a while.
Chores
Olivia
Olivia came to Alex and I yesterday and asked if she could have a "scholar" day. She was excused from Mom School and read various things on her own of her own choosing. She studied for several hours even after we had finished Mom School (despite our marathon reading session). She reported back to Alex tonight about what she had learned. Here are the things she learned and studied.
Religion: Read a chapter in the Book of Mormon.
American History: Read 2 chapters from A Child's Story of America. (The Early Explores) and she also read 24 pages in The Frontiersman from Time Life Books.
Biography/American History: Read numerous biographies on Wikipdeia. Namely Pocahontas, John Rolfe, John Smith, Jamestown, and a couple of others...
Geography: Looked at the USA map to find numerous places she studied about.
Language Arts: Memorizing noun determiners
Writing: Answered the questions at the end of the chapters from A Child's Story of America.
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- Allay
Family (in the evening):
Alex and the boys played Wii Sports while Olivia and I made dinner.
Went to the high school play: Little Red Riding Hood.
Family Scriptures: John 15
Family Wrestling
Watched a family movie on the big screen.
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, word of the day, practiced the organ, practiced the piano, and read a couple of chapters in Robinson Crusoe.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, went to work and listened to Robinson Crusoe.
Pray/Pledge
Song : How Firm a Foundation
Theology: Started the book Our Heritage and read the first chapter. (The Apostasy and the First Vision)
Bible History: Introduction to the Doctrine and Covenants and the prophet Joseph Smith
Friend Article
American History: Westward expansion from Evan-Moor History Pockets
Literature: Read 16 chapters and finished Great Expectations, an abridged version.
Memorization: Th modern 12 apostles.
Family History: Several pages from Memories of a Flying Tiger about being a bomber in China during WWII (my grandfather's history).
Geography: Land expansion through the 1700-1800's in the USA.
Science: We read several pages about space from Usborne's Book of Knowledge.
PE: Today we played up at the church with a ton of friends and cousins. After they left we played baseball for a while.
Chores
Olivia
Olivia came to Alex and I yesterday and asked if she could have a "scholar" day. She was excused from Mom School and read various things on her own of her own choosing. She studied for several hours even after we had finished Mom School (despite our marathon reading session). She reported back to Alex tonight about what she had learned. Here are the things she learned and studied.
Religion: Read a chapter in the Book of Mormon.
American History: Read 2 chapters from A Child's Story of America. (The Early Explores) and she also read 24 pages in The Frontiersman from Time Life Books.
Biography/American History: Read numerous biographies on Wikipdeia. Namely Pocahontas, John Rolfe, John Smith, Jamestown, and a couple of others...
Geography: Looked at the USA map to find numerous places she studied about.
Language Arts: Memorizing noun determiners
Writing: Answered the questions at the end of the chapters from A Child's Story of America.
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- Allay
Family (in the evening):
Alex and the boys played Wii Sports while Olivia and I made dinner.
Went to the high school play: Little Red Riding Hood.
Family Scriptures: John 15
Family Wrestling
Watched a family movie on the big screen.
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, word of the day, practiced the organ, practiced the piano, and read a couple of chapters in Robinson Crusoe.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, went to work and listened to Robinson Crusoe.
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