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.