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.