Mom School
Pray/Pledge
Song: 2 primary songs
Bible: "David is chosen king" from The Old Testament Reader.
Family Scripture Study: Hebrews 8
Weekly Family Scripture Memorization: 1 Nephi 15:11
Friend Article
Idaho History:Read about several more mountain man from Idaho from A Rendezvous with Idaho History.
World History: W read about the Acropolis from Usborne's Greek History book.
Science: We read about crocodiles and snakes from The Natural World Illustrated Science Encyclopedia by Usborne.
Chores: House chores and animal care
Olivia
She attended a her first scholar school class- "Key of Liberty" in town. She loved it! She wasn't ready to start and the beginning of the school year but she is ready now. Every Friday she will meet with about 18 other kids and she learns about Early American History for several hours. There are lectures, book discussions, oral reports, written reports and many other assignments given. She really enjoyed it. After class they had a guest lecture come in and talk about several things. They then went as a class to a students class and watched a movie about the militia and minute men in the Revolutionary War. She is excited to go back next week.
Jared
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 6/5 lesson and a multiplication drill sheet.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Creative Writing: Did a Let's Write lesson.
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Luke
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 3 lesson.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Creative Writing: Working on a story for over an hour.
Book on Tape: Listened to Eragon for over an hour.
Creativity: Made another set of homemade arrows for his bow.
Caleb
Religion: Read some verses to me in the Book of Mormon.
Reading: Read a story to me.
Geography: Did a lesson from Evan-Moor.
Math: Did one Saxon Math 2 lesson.
Phonics/Handwriting: 2 pages of Explode the Code
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: See family link post here. Scriptures, journal, word of the day and read for two hours in a adult history book by Susan Wise Bauer.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, went to work, listening to a wealth book of some sort, and laid tile in the evening.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Mom School
Pray/Pledge
Song: 2 primary songs
Bible: "King Saul" from The Old Testament Reader.
Family Scripture Study: Hebrews 7
Weekly Family Scripture Memorization: 1 Nephi 15:11
Friend Article
Idaho History:Read about a mountain man from Idaho from A Rendezvous with Idaho History.
World History: W read about the city of Athens from Usborne's Greek History book.
Myths: Read about Archanae and Athena out of the book Greek Myths by Geraldine McCaughrean.
Literature: Read one chapter in The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis.
Science: We read about turtles and tortoises from The Natural World Illustrated Science Encyclopedia by Usborne.
Chores: House chores and animal care
Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in the Bible and studied in Preach My Gospel.
Math: Did a Saxon 7/6 lesson.
Language Arts: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Creative Writing: Went to her scholar writing class.
Science: Did a science lesson from her science textbook.
Music: Practiced her piano lesson.
Reading: Read in Work and the Glory #7 by Gerald Lund for over an hour.
Social: Played at a friend's for several hours.
Jared
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 6/5 lesson and a multiplication drill sheet.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Creative Writing: Did a Let's Write lesson.
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Book on Tape: Listened to Eragon for a couple of hours.
Club: Went to scouts.
Luke
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 3 lesson.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Creative Writing: Worked on his 30 minutes for scholar school. Went to his scholar writing class.
Book on Tape: Listened to Eragon for over an hour.
Club: Went to scouts.
Caleb
Religion: Read some verses to me in the Book of Mormon.
Reading: Read a story to me.
Geography: Did a lesson from Evan-Moor.
Math: Did one Saxon Math 2 lesson.
Phonics/Handwriting: 2 pages of Explode the Code
Book on Tape: Listened to Eragon for over and hour.
Family (in the evening):
Art: Painted pumpkins (Yes, can you believe it Tasha? Oh that's right, they were home with the babysitter then).
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 book about the works of Louis L'Amour for a BYU writing assignment, and went on a date to the temple.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, finished roofing the house, went to work, I still don't know what he his listening too, and went on a date with me to the temple.
Pray/Pledge
Song: 2 primary songs
Bible: "King Saul" from The Old Testament Reader.
Family Scripture Study: Hebrews 7
Weekly Family Scripture Memorization: 1 Nephi 15:11
Friend Article
Idaho History:Read about a mountain man from Idaho from A Rendezvous with Idaho History.
World History: W read about the city of Athens from Usborne's Greek History book.
Myths: Read about Archanae and Athena out of the book Greek Myths by Geraldine McCaughrean.
Literature: Read one chapter in The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis.
Science: We read about turtles and tortoises from The Natural World Illustrated Science Encyclopedia by Usborne.
Chores: House chores and animal care
Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in the Bible and studied in Preach My Gospel.
Math: Did a Saxon 7/6 lesson.
Language Arts: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Creative Writing: Went to her scholar writing class.
Science: Did a science lesson from her science textbook.
Music: Practiced her piano lesson.
Reading: Read in Work and the Glory #7 by Gerald Lund for over an hour.
Social: Played at a friend's for several hours.
Jared
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 6/5 lesson and a multiplication drill sheet.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Creative Writing: Did a Let's Write lesson.
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Book on Tape: Listened to Eragon for a couple of hours.
Club: Went to scouts.
Luke
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 3 lesson.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Creative Writing: Worked on his 30 minutes for scholar school. Went to his scholar writing class.
Book on Tape: Listened to Eragon for over an hour.
Club: Went to scouts.
Caleb
Religion: Read some verses to me in the Book of Mormon.
Reading: Read a story to me.
Geography: Did a lesson from Evan-Moor.
Math: Did one Saxon Math 2 lesson.
Phonics/Handwriting: 2 pages of Explode the Code
Book on Tape: Listened to Eragon for over and hour.
Family (in the evening):
Art: Painted pumpkins (Yes, can you believe it Tasha? Oh that's right, they were home with the babysitter then).
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 book about the works of Louis L'Amour for a BYU writing assignment, and went on a date to the temple.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, finished roofing the house, went to work, I still don't know what he his listening too, and went on a date with me to the temple.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Mom School
Pray/Pledge
Song: Love is Spoken
Bible: "Samuel" from The Old Testament Reader.
Friend Article
Idaho History: Learned about Mountain Men Rendezvous A Rendezvous with Idaho History.
World History: We read several pages on Greece from Usborne's Greek History book.
Literature: Read one chapter from The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis.
Science: We read about Reptiles from The Natural World Illustrated Science Encyclopedia by Usborne. We also read a chapter from Science: A Closer Look by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill.
Chores: House chores and animal care
Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in the Bible.
Math: Did a Saxon 7/6 lesson.
Language Arts: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Creative Writing: Did her scholar writing assignment.
Science: Did a science lesson from her science textbook.
Music: Practiced her piano lesson. She also practiced a vocal piece for a Christmas Program.
Reading: Read in Work and the Glory #7 by Gerald Lund for over an hour.
History: Read for over thirty minutes out of The Making of America.
Jared
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 6/5 lesson and a multiplication drill sheet.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Creative Writing: Did a Let's Write lesson.
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Book on Tape: Listened to Eragon for over an hour.
Luke
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 3 lesson.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Spelling: Did a spell drill.
Creative Writing: Worked on his 30 minutes for scholar school.
Book on Tape: Listened to Eragon for over an hour.
Caleb
Religion: Read some verses to me in the Book of Mormon.
Reading: Read a story to me. Read to his teacher on the phone.
Geography: Did a lesson from Evan-Moor.
Math: Did one Saxon Math 2 lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 2 pages of Explode the Code
Book on Tape: Listened to Eragon for over and hour.
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, piano practice, finished off the mountainous load of laundry that took me 3 days just to wash, worked on putting more things away from the paint and carpet adventure, finished To The Far Blue Mountains by Louis L'Amour, went visiting teaching, and finally got around to looking at my BYU class again.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, went to Boise, listening to I don't know what today and worked on the tile in the master bathroom.
Pray/Pledge
Song: Love is Spoken
Bible: "Samuel" from The Old Testament Reader.
Friend Article
Idaho History: Learned about Mountain Men Rendezvous A Rendezvous with Idaho History.
World History: We read several pages on Greece from Usborne's Greek History book.
Literature: Read one chapter from The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis.
Science: We read about Reptiles from The Natural World Illustrated Science Encyclopedia by Usborne. We also read a chapter from Science: A Closer Look by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill.
Chores: House chores and animal care
Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in the Bible.
Math: Did a Saxon 7/6 lesson.
Language Arts: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Creative Writing: Did her scholar writing assignment.
Science: Did a science lesson from her science textbook.
Music: Practiced her piano lesson. She also practiced a vocal piece for a Christmas Program.
Reading: Read in Work and the Glory #7 by Gerald Lund for over an hour.
History: Read for over thirty minutes out of The Making of America.
Jared
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 6/5 lesson and a multiplication drill sheet.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Creative Writing: Did a Let's Write lesson.
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Book on Tape: Listened to Eragon for over an hour.
Luke
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 3 lesson.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Spelling: Did a spell drill.
Creative Writing: Worked on his 30 minutes for scholar school.
Book on Tape: Listened to Eragon for over an hour.
Caleb
Religion: Read some verses to me in the Book of Mormon.
Reading: Read a story to me. Read to his teacher on the phone.
Geography: Did a lesson from Evan-Moor.
Math: Did one Saxon Math 2 lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 2 pages of Explode the Code
Book on Tape: Listened to Eragon for over and hour.
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, piano practice, finished off the mountainous load of laundry that took me 3 days just to wash, worked on putting more things away from the paint and carpet adventure, finished To The Far Blue Mountains by Louis L'Amour, went visiting teaching, and finally got around to looking at my BYU class again.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, went to Boise, listening to I don't know what today and worked on the tile in the master bathroom.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
This morning we continued to spend a couple of hours working on putting the house back together. We now only have dining room things and food storage in our living room.
The kids did all their book work.
Health: This afternoon we headed to town again for our 8th and final dentist appointment in 6 weeks. Jared ended up eating off half his lip because it was numb. It was pretty ugly. We'd gone to the library and when I'd gathered my little flock together he shows up with blood all over his face. He of course had no idea.
Books: We went to the library and stayed for a while.
Science: We watched a video at the Herret Center in town about hurricanes.
History: We learned about crude weapons of the North American continent at the Natural History Museum. We also listed to Story of the World vol. 2 for one hour on our way to the dentist. We learned about England.
Book on Tape: We started Eragon for the umpteenth time and listened to it all the way home for town and into the night. I just might have to reread the series now.
That's a basic run down. I'm anticipating that life will return to normal soon. But what is normal?
The kids did all their book work.
Health: This afternoon we headed to town again for our 8th and final dentist appointment in 6 weeks. Jared ended up eating off half his lip because it was numb. It was pretty ugly. We'd gone to the library and when I'd gathered my little flock together he shows up with blood all over his face. He of course had no idea.
Books: We went to the library and stayed for a while.
Science: We watched a video at the Herret Center in town about hurricanes.
History: We learned about crude weapons of the North American continent at the Natural History Museum. We also listed to Story of the World vol. 2 for one hour on our way to the dentist. We learned about England.
Book on Tape: We started Eragon for the umpteenth time and listened to it all the way home for town and into the night. I just might have to reread the series now.
That's a basic run down. I'm anticipating that life will return to normal soon. But what is normal?
Monday, October 26, 2009
Today we sat on the couch with our knees to our chin and had Mom School. All of our family's possessions are in the living room and library room. But today the carpet layers came and we now have beautiful carpet and fresh paint in the bedrooms. It looks really good. Too good. Who wants to move now? : )
So for Mom School we did:
Pray/Pledge
Song: 3 primary songs
Bible: "Ruth" from The Old Testament Reader.
Friend Article
Idaho History:Read about Mountain Men in Idaho from A Rendezvous with Idaho History.
World History: We read several more pages about Hoplites, Sparta and Greek warfare from Usborne's Greek History book.
Myths: Read about "Daedalus" out of the book Greek Myths by Geraldine McCaughrean.
Literature: Read two chapters in The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis.
Science: We read about sharks and fish life from The Natural World Illustrated Science Encyclopedia by Usborne. Caleb loves this book.
Chores: House chores and animal care
The kids read quite a lot on their on. Olivia and Jared had piano lessons. We spent most of the late afternoon and evening putting our house back together.
For Family Home Evening we had a modified night with only testimonies and a lesson given by Alex.
How sweet it is to have most of the house put back together.
So for Mom School we did:
Pray/Pledge
Song: 3 primary songs
Bible: "Ruth" from The Old Testament Reader.
Friend Article
Idaho History:Read about Mountain Men in Idaho from A Rendezvous with Idaho History.
World History: We read several more pages about Hoplites, Sparta and Greek warfare from Usborne's Greek History book.
Myths: Read about "Daedalus" out of the book Greek Myths by Geraldine McCaughrean.
Literature: Read two chapters in The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis.
Science: We read about sharks and fish life from The Natural World Illustrated Science Encyclopedia by Usborne. Caleb loves this book.
Chores: House chores and animal care
The kids read quite a lot on their on. Olivia and Jared had piano lessons. We spent most of the late afternoon and evening putting our house back together.
For Family Home Evening we had a modified night with only testimonies and a lesson given by Alex.
How sweet it is to have most of the house put back together.
Friday, October 23, 2009
Today the kids enjoyed some time with Grandpa Sutter! They helped finish tearing off the roof. They helped with painting. Olivia and Jared also went golfing with both their grandpa's. Lot's going on. No place to eat or write. But life is good.
Our living room with stuff everywhere from the bedrooms.
Our master bathroom with the floor torn apart and tons of stuff on the counters from the master closet.
Olivia's own personal disaster.
Our living room with stuff everywhere from the bedrooms.
Our master bathroom with the floor torn apart and tons of stuff on the counters from the master closet.
Olivia's own personal disaster.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Today the kids just did all of their book work. Our scholar writing class was canceled and that was okay with us! We had activity days. We had a friend over. We had a pack meeting. Grandpa Sutter came to help us with all our home improvement projects.
Projects today included tearing off the shingles of the roof. Tearing out the flooring in a bathroom and a dining room. We also took apart several more rooms for painting tomorrow.
Life is full of chaos right now. But we are all still smiling-SORE- but smiling.
Projects today included tearing off the shingles of the roof. Tearing out the flooring in a bathroom and a dining room. We also took apart several more rooms for painting tomorrow.
Life is full of chaos right now. But we are all still smiling-SORE- but smiling.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Today the kids did all their book work with Alex. After that they went to our land and worked hard for several hours. We are clearing a certain piece so we can tear out some concrete in the next couple of weeks.
The kids went to their cousins to spend the night and Alex headed off to Boise to spend the night at my sister's house. He has an early morning meeting on Wednesday.
I am enjoying my time with my mom here in Salt Lake City. She's such a trooper! I'm so proud of her. She always has such a good attitude. She had her bone marrow transplant last weekend and is doing well under the circumstances.
The kids went to their cousins to spend the night and Alex headed off to Boise to spend the night at my sister's house. He has an early morning meeting on Wednesday.
I am enjoying my time with my mom here in Salt Lake City. She's such a trooper! I'm so proud of her. She always has such a good attitude. She had her bone marrow transplant last weekend and is doing well under the circumstances.
Monday, October 19, 2009
Today was a little busy.....
We started the day by tearing apart several bedrooms and a bathroom to get them ready for painting.
While we were doing this the kids were dutifully doing their school work. They all did their regular book work.
Then the carpet man came to measure our bedrooms to give us our official quote. We accepted the quote and gave him the 20% or whatever it was down.
Then I left for Utah. I'm here at the Huntsman's Cancer Center spending time with my heroine of a mother who is fighting Multiple Melanoma. I'll be here a couple of days.
After I left our painter friend showed up to start painting the bedrooms. She'll be in and out for most of the week. Olivia was her helper today. I'm not sure how much she actually helped her though.
After our friend came to paint Alex went in to "town" (45 min away) and bought the rest of our tile and roofing supplies. Jared and Caleb had a dentist appointment also.
They're home now getting ready for Family Home Evening. I'm not sure what they are doing for Family Home Evening....I'm here in a little apartment in SLC watching Dancing With the Stars with my mom. I've never seen Dancing With the Stars (or watched more than 5 min of TV in months) so this is a treat!
We started the day by tearing apart several bedrooms and a bathroom to get them ready for painting.
While we were doing this the kids were dutifully doing their school work. They all did their regular book work.
Then the carpet man came to measure our bedrooms to give us our official quote. We accepted the quote and gave him the 20% or whatever it was down.
Then I left for Utah. I'm here at the Huntsman's Cancer Center spending time with my heroine of a mother who is fighting Multiple Melanoma. I'll be here a couple of days.
After I left our painter friend showed up to start painting the bedrooms. She'll be in and out for most of the week. Olivia was her helper today. I'm not sure how much she actually helped her though.
After our friend came to paint Alex went in to "town" (45 min away) and bought the rest of our tile and roofing supplies. Jared and Caleb had a dentist appointment also.
They're home now getting ready for Family Home Evening. I'm not sure what they are doing for Family Home Evening....I'm here in a little apartment in SLC watching Dancing With the Stars with my mom. I've never seen Dancing With the Stars (or watched more than 5 min of TV in months) so this is a treat!
Friday, October 16, 2009
Today we had to go to town (45 min away) to go to the dentist. It was a long day and the kids did well despite the numerous fillings.
We listened to Story of the World vol. 2 all the way there and all way back. And all the way in between. My kids love that series. We had many lively discussions. Jared loves the story of Beowulf. We've read several children's versions and he's always excited to listen to the Story of the World version again and again.
We were also able to go to the library. I love the city library!
We went to the home improvement store and the carpet store. We purchased carpet, pain, tile and laminate. So many fun projects coming in the next two weeks. But the good news is that Grandpa Sutter is coming to town next weekend to help with the new roof and the flooring. (Did I mention we have to get a new roof?) We are all very excited!!!
The kids also each earned a free mini-pizza from Pizza Hut for their reading the past month. Pizza is yummy!
It was a fun, but very long day! (Did I mention that we also went grocery shopping to two stores and we went decoration shopping for the next Pack meeting?)
We listened to Story of the World vol. 2 all the way there and all way back. And all the way in between. My kids love that series. We had many lively discussions. Jared loves the story of Beowulf. We've read several children's versions and he's always excited to listen to the Story of the World version again and again.
We were also able to go to the library. I love the city library!
We went to the home improvement store and the carpet store. We purchased carpet, pain, tile and laminate. So many fun projects coming in the next two weeks. But the good news is that Grandpa Sutter is coming to town next weekend to help with the new roof and the flooring. (Did I mention we have to get a new roof?) We are all very excited!!!
The kids also each earned a free mini-pizza from Pizza Hut for their reading the past month. Pizza is yummy!
It was a fun, but very long day! (Did I mention that we also went grocery shopping to two stores and we went decoration shopping for the next Pack meeting?)
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Mom School
Pray/Pledge
Song: 3 primary songs
Bible: "Joshua" from The Old Testament Reader.
Family Scripture Study: Hebrews 1
Weekly Family Scripture Memorization: 1 Nephi 15:11
Friend Article
Idaho History:Started about Trappers and Mountain Men in Idaho from A Rendezvous with Idaho History.
World History: We 1 chapter in The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy by Padraic Colum and we read several pages about Hoplites, Sparta and Greek warfare from Usborne's Greek History book.
Myths: Read about Echo and Narcicuss out of the book Greek Myths by Geraldine McCaughrean.
Literature: Read one chapter in The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis.
Science: We read about basic sea life from The Natural World Illustrated Science Encyclopedia by Usborne. Caleb loves this book.
Chores: House chores and animal care
Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in Genesis.
Geography: Did several Evan-Moor lessons and finished the workbook.
Math: Did a Saxon 7/6 lesson.
Language Arts: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Creative Writing: Did her scholar writing assignment and went to scholar school.
Science: Did a science lesson from her science textbook.
Music: Practiced her piano lesson.
Reading: Read in The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale for over an hour.
Social: Had a friend over for several hours.
Jared
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 6/5 lesson and a multiplication drill sheet.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 7 pages of Explode the Code
Creative Writing: Finished rewriting his essay about his trip to DC this summer.
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Scouts: Attended scouts.
Luke
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 3 lesson.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Scouts: Attended scouts.
Social: Had a friend over for a couple of hours.
Creative Writing: Did his 30 min scholar writing assignment. Attended his scholar writing class. Worked for over an hour on his latest story.
Caleb
Religion: Read some verses to me in the Book of Mormon.
Reading: Read a story to me.
Geography: Did a lesson from Evan-Moor.
Math: Did one Saxon Math 2 lesson.
Phonics/Handwriting: 2 pages of Explode the Code
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, and reading The Undaunted by Gerald N. Lund.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, went to an all day meeting in Pocatello and he is listening to Atlas Shrugged.
Pray/Pledge
Song: 3 primary songs
Bible: "Joshua" from The Old Testament Reader.
Family Scripture Study: Hebrews 1
Weekly Family Scripture Memorization: 1 Nephi 15:11
Friend Article
Idaho History:Started about Trappers and Mountain Men in Idaho from A Rendezvous with Idaho History.
World History: We 1 chapter in The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy by Padraic Colum and we read several pages about Hoplites, Sparta and Greek warfare from Usborne's Greek History book.
Myths: Read about Echo and Narcicuss out of the book Greek Myths by Geraldine McCaughrean.
Literature: Read one chapter in The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis.
Science: We read about basic sea life from The Natural World Illustrated Science Encyclopedia by Usborne. Caleb loves this book.
Chores: House chores and animal care
Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in Genesis.
Geography: Did several Evan-Moor lessons and finished the workbook.
Math: Did a Saxon 7/6 lesson.
Language Arts: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Creative Writing: Did her scholar writing assignment and went to scholar school.
Science: Did a science lesson from her science textbook.
Music: Practiced her piano lesson.
Reading: Read in The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale for over an hour.
Social: Had a friend over for several hours.
Jared
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 6/5 lesson and a multiplication drill sheet.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 7 pages of Explode the Code
Creative Writing: Finished rewriting his essay about his trip to DC this summer.
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Scouts: Attended scouts.
Luke
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 3 lesson.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Scouts: Attended scouts.
Social: Had a friend over for a couple of hours.
Creative Writing: Did his 30 min scholar writing assignment. Attended his scholar writing class. Worked for over an hour on his latest story.
Caleb
Religion: Read some verses to me in the Book of Mormon.
Reading: Read a story to me.
Geography: Did a lesson from Evan-Moor.
Math: Did one Saxon Math 2 lesson.
Phonics/Handwriting: 2 pages of Explode the Code
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, and reading The Undaunted by Gerald N. Lund.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, went to an all day meeting in Pocatello and he is listening to Atlas Shrugged.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Caleb: Math, spelling, geography, cursive writing, sight words, read me a story, read his scriptures, coloring and lots of Lego's.
Luke: Math, spelling, creative writing assignment for scholar school, worked for several hours on his latest story, geography, grammar practice, and lot's of Lego's.
Jared: Practiced the piano, math, math multiplication drill, spelling, handwriting practice, geography, grammar, finished listening to Daniel and Nephi and lot's of Lego's.
Olivia: Scriptures, practiced the piano, math, spelling, geography, grammar, creative writing assignment for scholar school and lots of reading in The Goose Girl.
Deanna: Scriptures, went to the temple, word of the day, read several chapters in my BYU textbook for English, studied for my next writing assignment and lots of reading in The Undaunted by Gerald Lund.
Alex: Watched the kids while I went to the temple, scriptures, word of the day, went to work, taught a class at scouts (mutual), attended a Bishopric meeting, and listening to Atlas Shrugged.
Family: Had a Lord of the Rings movie fest. I believe that the Lord of the Rings trilogy is the most important movie (series) for my family to watch. The lessons in that movie sum up almost everything I want them to know about the world. It is a true classic and the series will continue to be watched over and over and discussed over and over in our home.
Also chores and animal care.
Luke: Math, spelling, creative writing assignment for scholar school, worked for several hours on his latest story, geography, grammar practice, and lot's of Lego's.
Jared: Practiced the piano, math, math multiplication drill, spelling, handwriting practice, geography, grammar, finished listening to Daniel and Nephi and lot's of Lego's.
Olivia: Scriptures, practiced the piano, math, spelling, geography, grammar, creative writing assignment for scholar school and lots of reading in The Goose Girl.
Deanna: Scriptures, went to the temple, word of the day, read several chapters in my BYU textbook for English, studied for my next writing assignment and lots of reading in The Undaunted by Gerald Lund.
Alex: Watched the kids while I went to the temple, scriptures, word of the day, went to work, taught a class at scouts (mutual), attended a Bishopric meeting, and listening to Atlas Shrugged.
Family: Had a Lord of the Rings movie fest. I believe that the Lord of the Rings trilogy is the most important movie (series) for my family to watch. The lessons in that movie sum up almost everything I want them to know about the world. It is a true classic and the series will continue to be watched over and over and discussed over and over in our home.
Also chores and animal care.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Mom School
Pray/Pledge
Song: Valiant Song, and The Books of the Old and the New Testaments
Bible: "40 Years in the Wilderness" from The Old Testament Reader.
Family Scripture Study: 2 Timothy 2
Weekly Family Scripture Memorization: 1 Nephi 15:11
Friend Article
Idaho History: Finished reading about the Lewis and Clark Expedition getting started from A Rendezvous with Idaho History.
Art: Collected leaves at our land. Then they painted them and pressed them onto paper. They used different colors. They turned out good!
World History: We 2 chapters in The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy by Padraic Colum and we read several pages on Greece after the "Greek Dark Ages" from Usborne's Greek History book.
Myths: Read about Persephone and the Pomegranate Seeds out of the book Greek Myths by Geraldine McCaughrean.
Literature: Started The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis and read two chapters.
Science: We read about bees, ants, termites, spiders and scorpions from The Natural World Illustrated Science Encyclopedia by Usbore. Caleb loves this book. We also read a chapter from Science: A Closer Look by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill.
Chores: House chores and animal care
PE: Worked on our land.
Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in Genesis and studied about the Restoration and the Book of Mormon out of Preach My Gospel.
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 7/6 lesson.
Language Arts: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Creative Writing: Did her scholar writing assignment.
Science: Did a science lesson from her science textbook.
Music: Practiced her piano lesson. She also practiced some vocal pieces.
Reading: Read in The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale for over an hour.
Jared
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 6/5 lesson and a multiplication drill sheet.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code and finished another book!
Creative Writing: Rewriting his essay about his trip to DC this summer.
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Book on Tape: Listened to Daniel and Nephi for over an hour.
Luke
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 3 lesson.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Spelling: Did a spell drill.
Scouts: Worked on several scouting requirements.
Life Skills: Made dinner with me.
Caleb
Religion: Read some verses to me in the Book of Mormon.
Reading: Read a story to me.
Geography: Did a lesson from Evan-Moor.
Math: Did one Saxon Math 2 lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 2 pages of Explode the Code
Language Arts: Practiced his sight words by using a highlighter and finding them in The Friend.
Family (in the evening):
Played Phase 10.
(Alex was at Roundtable).
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, lesson from the Joseph Smith R.S./Priesthood manual, word of the day, worked on my BYU literature class, sawed down many Russian Olives-I'm getting strong!, and read in Undaunted by Gerald Lund.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, went to work in Boise, listening to Atlas Shrugged, and went to a district scout meeting. (Alex loves scouts!-Read much sarcasm in that statement!)
Pray/Pledge
Song: Valiant Song, and The Books of the Old and the New Testaments
Bible: "40 Years in the Wilderness" from The Old Testament Reader.
Family Scripture Study: 2 Timothy 2
Weekly Family Scripture Memorization: 1 Nephi 15:11
Friend Article
Idaho History: Finished reading about the Lewis and Clark Expedition getting started from A Rendezvous with Idaho History.
Art: Collected leaves at our land. Then they painted them and pressed them onto paper. They used different colors. They turned out good!
World History: We 2 chapters in The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy by Padraic Colum and we read several pages on Greece after the "Greek Dark Ages" from Usborne's Greek History book.
Myths: Read about Persephone and the Pomegranate Seeds out of the book Greek Myths by Geraldine McCaughrean.
Literature: Started The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis and read two chapters.
Science: We read about bees, ants, termites, spiders and scorpions from The Natural World Illustrated Science Encyclopedia by Usbore. Caleb loves this book. We also read a chapter from Science: A Closer Look by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill.
Chores: House chores and animal care
PE: Worked on our land.
Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in Genesis and studied about the Restoration and the Book of Mormon out of Preach My Gospel.
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 7/6 lesson.
Language Arts: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Creative Writing: Did her scholar writing assignment.
Science: Did a science lesson from her science textbook.
Music: Practiced her piano lesson. She also practiced some vocal pieces.
Reading: Read in The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale for over an hour.
Jared
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 6/5 lesson and a multiplication drill sheet.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code and finished another book!
Creative Writing: Rewriting his essay about his trip to DC this summer.
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Book on Tape: Listened to Daniel and Nephi for over an hour.
Luke
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 3 lesson.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Spelling: Did a spell drill.
Scouts: Worked on several scouting requirements.
Life Skills: Made dinner with me.
Caleb
Religion: Read some verses to me in the Book of Mormon.
Reading: Read a story to me.
Geography: Did a lesson from Evan-Moor.
Math: Did one Saxon Math 2 lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 2 pages of Explode the Code
Language Arts: Practiced his sight words by using a highlighter and finding them in The Friend.
Family (in the evening):
Played Phase 10.
(Alex was at Roundtable).
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, lesson from the Joseph Smith R.S./Priesthood manual, word of the day, worked on my BYU literature class, sawed down many Russian Olives-I'm getting strong!, and read in Undaunted by Gerald Lund.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, went to work in Boise, listening to Atlas Shrugged, and went to a district scout meeting. (Alex loves scouts!-Read much sarcasm in that statement!)
Monday, October 12, 2009
Happy Columbus Day! Yes, we celebrate Columbus Day and we do not think he was an awful person because he (re)discovered America. Thank you Columbus for your ambition and courage!
Alex took the day off along with us. We worked on our land. We put up pig paneling and cleared tons of Russian Olive Trees. Life is good.
We are getting ready for another great family home evening. Olivia has the lesson and it is on Pres. Uchtdorf's talk from conference. (I need to learn to spell his name).
Alex took the day off along with us. We worked on our land. We put up pig paneling and cleared tons of Russian Olive Trees. Life is good.
We are getting ready for another great family home evening. Olivia has the lesson and it is on Pres. Uchtdorf's talk from conference. (I need to learn to spell his name).
Friday, October 9, 2009
Our internet has been down for several days. I'm back dating this post to Friday. On Friday we had a full regular day. I think we covered and learned more stuff Friday then any other day this week. Since it was 3 days ago I don't remember what those things were so you'll just have to take my word for it!
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Mom School
Pray/Pledge
Song: I Can Be Honest, I Want to Live the Gospel and Jesus Wants me For a Sunbeam
Bible: "The Golden Calf" from The Old Testament Reader.
Family Scripture Study: 1 Timothy 4
Friend Article
Idaho History: Read about the Lewis and Clark Expedition getting started from A Rendezvous with Idaho History.
Literature: We read two chapters and finished The Silver Chair by CS Lewis. (So good!)
Greek: Alphabet
Poetry: We read numerous poems from Classic Poetry: An Illustrated Collection selected by Michael Rosen.
World History: We 2 chapters in The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy by Padraic Colum
Chores: House chores and animal care
Science: We read about worms, centipedes and lots of other creatures from Usborne's Illustrated Science Encyclopedia.
Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in Genesis
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 7/6 lesson.
Language Arts: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Creative Writing: Did her scholar writing assignment and went to scholar class.
Science: Did a science lesson from her science textbook.
Music: Practiced her piano lesson
Reading: Read for two hours in The Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale.
Club: Had Activity Days and attended a 4-H meeting.
Jared
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 6/5 lesson and a math drill sheet.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson and he did a Mad Libs page.
Club: Went to scouts and went to a 4-H meeting. He has earned his Bear Badge.
Handwriting: Doing a final draft of a story he wrote.
Luke
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 3 lesson.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Spelling: Did a spell drill.
Club: Went to scouts and went to a 4-H meeting.
Creative Writing: Did his scholar writing assignment and went to scholar class.
Reading: Read for 30 min in a Shakespeare book.
Caleb
Geography: Did a lesson from Evan-Moor.
Math: Did one Saxon Math 2 lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 2 pages of Explode the Code
Language Arts: Read a short story to me.
Club: Went to a 4-H meeting.
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 dinner with a friend for some families in our town who just lost a loved one, reading in The Well Trained Mind, led Activity Days, led a Scout meeting, and read in The Persians by Aeschyuls.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, went to work (Boise day), finished The Fountainhead and started Atlas Shrugged.
Pray/Pledge
Song: I Can Be Honest, I Want to Live the Gospel and Jesus Wants me For a Sunbeam
Bible: "The Golden Calf" from The Old Testament Reader.
Family Scripture Study: 1 Timothy 4
Friend Article
Idaho History: Read about the Lewis and Clark Expedition getting started from A Rendezvous with Idaho History.
Literature: We read two chapters and finished The Silver Chair by CS Lewis. (So good!)
Greek: Alphabet
Poetry: We read numerous poems from Classic Poetry: An Illustrated Collection selected by Michael Rosen.
World History: We 2 chapters in The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy by Padraic Colum
Chores: House chores and animal care
Science: We read about worms, centipedes and lots of other creatures from Usborne's Illustrated Science Encyclopedia.
Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in Genesis
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 7/6 lesson.
Language Arts: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Creative Writing: Did her scholar writing assignment and went to scholar class.
Science: Did a science lesson from her science textbook.
Music: Practiced her piano lesson
Reading: Read for two hours in The Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale.
Club: Had Activity Days and attended a 4-H meeting.
Jared
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 6/5 lesson and a math drill sheet.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson and he did a Mad Libs page.
Club: Went to scouts and went to a 4-H meeting. He has earned his Bear Badge.
Handwriting: Doing a final draft of a story he wrote.
Luke
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 3 lesson.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Spelling: Did a spell drill.
Club: Went to scouts and went to a 4-H meeting.
Creative Writing: Did his scholar writing assignment and went to scholar class.
Reading: Read for 30 min in a Shakespeare book.
Caleb
Geography: Did a lesson from Evan-Moor.
Math: Did one Saxon Math 2 lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 2 pages of Explode the Code
Language Arts: Read a short story to me.
Club: Went to a 4-H meeting.
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 dinner with a friend for some families in our town who just lost a loved one, reading in The Well Trained Mind, led Activity Days, led a Scout meeting, and read in The Persians by Aeschyuls.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, went to work (Boise day), finished The Fountainhead and started Atlas Shrugged.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Mom School
Pray/Pledge
Song: How Firm a Foundation, Search, Ponder and Pray and The Valiant Song
Bible: "The Ten Commandments" from The Old Testament Reader.
Family Scripture Study: 1 Timothy 2
Friend Article
Idaho History: Read about the Nez Pierce, Bannock and Shoshone Indians in Idaho from A Rendezvous with Idaho History.
Literature: We read two chapters from The Silver Chair by CS Lewis. (So good!)
Language Arts: Nouns
Poetry: We read numerous poems from Classic Poetry: An Illustrated Collection selected by Michael Rosen. We read poems from Shakespeare, William Blake, William Wordsworth, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
Science: Science: Read a chapter in Science: A Closer Look by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill.
World History: We 2 chapters in The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy by Padraic Colum and we read King Midas: The Golden Touch by Demi
Movie: Watched part of the movie "Moses" to go with our Biblical study right now. I need to get a copy of the 10 Commandments from the library.
Chores: House chores and animal care
Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in Genesis
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 7/6 lesson.
Language Arts: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Creative Writing: Did her scholar writing assignment.
Science: Did a science lesson from her science textbook.
Music: Practiced her piano lesson
Reading: Finished Work and the Glory #5 and started The Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale.
Jared
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 6/5 lesson and a math drill sheet.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Creative Writing: Did a lesson in Let's Write and wrote a story about his trip to Washington DC this summer.
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Scouts: Worked on several of his requirements.
Luke
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 3 lesson.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Spelling: Did a spell drill.
Scouts: Worked on several scouting requirements.
Caleb
Religion: Read some verses to me in the Book of Mormon.
Reading: Read a story to me.
Geography: Did a lesson from Evan-Moor.
Math: Did one Saxon Math 2 lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 2 pages of Explode the Code
Language Arts: Read a short story to me. Practiced his sight words by using a highlighter and finding them in The Friend.
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, went to the dentist (ouch), took a nap from all the drugs, went to a Relief Society meeting and read In the Well Trained Mind.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, watched the kids and did their book work with them, went to work, still listening to The Fountainhead, taught a scout merit badge and did Bishopric things.
Pray/Pledge
Song: How Firm a Foundation, Search, Ponder and Pray and The Valiant Song
Bible: "The Ten Commandments" from The Old Testament Reader.
Family Scripture Study: 1 Timothy 2
Friend Article
Idaho History: Read about the Nez Pierce, Bannock and Shoshone Indians in Idaho from A Rendezvous with Idaho History.
Literature: We read two chapters from The Silver Chair by CS Lewis. (So good!)
Language Arts: Nouns
Poetry: We read numerous poems from Classic Poetry: An Illustrated Collection selected by Michael Rosen. We read poems from Shakespeare, William Blake, William Wordsworth, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
Science: Science: Read a chapter in Science: A Closer Look by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill.
World History: We 2 chapters in The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy by Padraic Colum and we read King Midas: The Golden Touch by Demi
Movie: Watched part of the movie "Moses" to go with our Biblical study right now. I need to get a copy of the 10 Commandments from the library.
Chores: House chores and animal care
Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in Genesis
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 7/6 lesson.
Language Arts: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Creative Writing: Did her scholar writing assignment.
Science: Did a science lesson from her science textbook.
Music: Practiced her piano lesson
Reading: Finished Work and the Glory #5 and started The Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale.
Jared
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 6/5 lesson and a math drill sheet.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Creative Writing: Did a lesson in Let's Write and wrote a story about his trip to Washington DC this summer.
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Scouts: Worked on several of his requirements.
Luke
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 3 lesson.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Spelling: Did a spell drill.
Scouts: Worked on several scouting requirements.
Caleb
Religion: Read some verses to me in the Book of Mormon.
Reading: Read a story to me.
Geography: Did a lesson from Evan-Moor.
Math: Did one Saxon Math 2 lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 2 pages of Explode the Code
Language Arts: Read a short story to me. Practiced his sight words by using a highlighter and finding them in The Friend.
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, went to the dentist (ouch), took a nap from all the drugs, went to a Relief Society meeting and read In the Well Trained Mind.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, watched the kids and did their book work with them, went to work, still listening to The Fountainhead, taught a scout merit badge and did Bishopric things.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Mom School
Pray/Pledge
Song: The Books of the Old and New Testaments and The Valiant Song
Bible: "The Israelites in the Wilderness" from The Old Testament Reader.
Family Scripture Study: 1 Timothy 1
Weekly Scripture Memorization: Mosiah 4:9
Friend Article
Idaho History: Read about the Kalispel and the Couerd'alane Indians in Idaho from A Rendezvous with Idaho History.
Literature: We read two chapters from The Silver Chair by CS Lewis. (So good!) We also read three chapters from Three Three Musketeers (an illustrated classic version)
Language Arts: Nouns
Fairy Tales: We read The Ugly Duckling, The Three Little Pigs and The Owl with Big Eyes (or something like that) from What Every 1st Grader Needs to Know by ED Hirsch
Science: Read a couple of pages and finished See Inside Science by Alex Frith and Colin King. We really like it. We talked about several things including the periodic table.
World History: We read about the Mycenaean civilization from The Usborne Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece. This was another big hit.
PE: Worked on the land
Chores: House chores and animal care
Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in Genesis
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 7/6 lesson.
Language Arts: Did a Daily Grams lesson and finished Editor in Chief.
Creative Writing: Did her scholar writing assignment.
Science: Did a science lesson from her science textbook.
Music: Practiced her piano lesson
Reading: Read for an hour in Work in the Glory #5.
Jared
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 6/5 lesson and a math drill sheet.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Creative Writing: Did a lesson in Let's Write.
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Read: Read for over 30 min in Peter and the Starcatchers.
Art: Decorated his binder like the little boys did yesterday.
Luke
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 3 lesson.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Spelling: Did a spell drill.
Creative Writing: Did his scholar assignment for 30 min.
Caleb
Religion: Read some verses to me in the Book of Mormon.
Reading: Read a story to me.
Geography: Did a lesson from Evan-Moor.
Math: Did one Saxon Math 2 lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 2 pages of Explode the Code
Language Arts: Read a short story to me. Practiced his sight words by using a highlighter and finding them in The Friend.
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, went visiting teaching, started and read about 1/3 of The Persians by Aeschylus, read in The Well Trained Mind (have I mentioned that I love that book?) and practiced my Greek.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, looking at house plans, went to the library for me, went to his professional monthly meeting (he serves on the board) and went to work.
Pray/Pledge
Song: The Books of the Old and New Testaments and The Valiant Song
Bible: "The Israelites in the Wilderness" from The Old Testament Reader.
Family Scripture Study: 1 Timothy 1
Weekly Scripture Memorization: Mosiah 4:9
Friend Article
Idaho History: Read about the Kalispel and the Couerd'alane Indians in Idaho from A Rendezvous with Idaho History.
Literature: We read two chapters from The Silver Chair by CS Lewis. (So good!) We also read three chapters from Three Three Musketeers (an illustrated classic version)
Language Arts: Nouns
Fairy Tales: We read The Ugly Duckling, The Three Little Pigs and The Owl with Big Eyes (or something like that) from What Every 1st Grader Needs to Know by ED Hirsch
Science: Read a couple of pages and finished See Inside Science by Alex Frith and Colin King. We really like it. We talked about several things including the periodic table.
World History: We read about the Mycenaean civilization from The Usborne Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece. This was another big hit.
PE: Worked on the land
Chores: House chores and animal care
Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in Genesis
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 7/6 lesson.
Language Arts: Did a Daily Grams lesson and finished Editor in Chief.
Creative Writing: Did her scholar writing assignment.
Science: Did a science lesson from her science textbook.
Music: Practiced her piano lesson
Reading: Read for an hour in Work in the Glory #5.
Jared
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 6/5 lesson and a math drill sheet.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Creative Writing: Did a lesson in Let's Write.
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Read: Read for over 30 min in Peter and the Starcatchers.
Art: Decorated his binder like the little boys did yesterday.
Luke
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 3 lesson.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Spelling: Did a spell drill.
Creative Writing: Did his scholar assignment for 30 min.
Caleb
Religion: Read some verses to me in the Book of Mormon.
Reading: Read a story to me.
Geography: Did a lesson from Evan-Moor.
Math: Did one Saxon Math 2 lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 2 pages of Explode the Code
Language Arts: Read a short story to me. Practiced his sight words by using a highlighter and finding them in The Friend.
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, went visiting teaching, started and read about 1/3 of The Persians by Aeschylus, read in The Well Trained Mind (have I mentioned that I love that book?) and practiced my Greek.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, looking at house plans, went to the library for me, went to his professional monthly meeting (he serves on the board) and went to work.
Monday, October 5, 2009
Dad School
I was gone this AM so I left my husband to do the book work and this writing assignment. He's such a good dad!
Writing: The kids watched a movie on the prophet Joseph Smith and then they had to write several sentences about what they saw. They had to redo them until punctuation, handwriting and spelling were correct. Olivia had to write 5 sentences and on down to Caleb who wrote 2 sentences.
Mom School
Pray/Pledge
Song: My Eternal Family, The Valiant Song and The Books of the New Testament
Bible: Passover from The Old Testament Reader.
Family Scripture Study: 2 Thessalonians 2
Weekly Scripture Memorization: Mosiah 4:9
Friend Article
Idaho History: Read about the Kootenai Indians in Idaho from A Rendezvous with Idaho History.
Literature: We read two chapters from The Silver Chair by CS Lewis.
Fantasy Read-aloud: Read one chapter from Leven Thumps and The Whispered Secret. We are ditching this book for now. I'm not interested in it. I don't want to waste anymore time on it. The kids can read it on their own if they like. I want time to read Shakespeare and Greek classics.
Science: Read a couple of pages from See Inside Science by Alex Frith and Colin King. We really like it. We talked about the beginning of the universe, heavenly bodies, life as we know it and the smallest things.
World History: We read about the Minoan civilization from The Usborne Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece. This was another big hit.
PE: Worked on the land
Chores: house chores, animal care, harvesting
Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in Genesis
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 7/6 lesson.
Language Arts: Did a Daily Grams lesson and did an Editor in Chief lesson.
Creative Writing: Did her scholar writing assignment.
Science: Did a science lesson from her science textbook.
Music: Practiced her piano lesson and had a piano lesson
Reading: Read for an hour in Work in the Glory #5.
Jared
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon. Today he read with Alex and they had a great discussion. Alex wants to start studying with him one time a week.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson and had a piano lesson.
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 6/5 lesson and a math drill sheet.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Creative Writing: Did a lesson in Let's Write.
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Read: Read for over 30 min in Peter and the Starcatchers.
Luke
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 3 lesson.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Spelling: Did a spell drill.
Art: Decorated a binder to put his papers in.
Caleb
Religion: Read a verse in the Book of Mormon to me.
Reading: Read a story to me. He also took a timed reading test over the phone with our state teacher contact.
Geography: Did a lesson from Evan-Moor.
Math: Did one Saxon Math 2 lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 4 pages of Explode the Code- He finished book 4 he was very excited!
Language Arts: Read a short story to me. Practiced his sight words by using a highlighter and finding them in The Friend. He learned about contractions today.
Art: Decorated a binder to put his papers in.
Life Skills: Sorted tomatoes with me.
Family Home Evening:
Song: Called to Serve
Talent: Jared on the piano playing How Firm a Foundation.
Testimonies: Everyone
Article of Faith: 9th
Proclamation to the World: 2nd paragraph
For the Strength of Youth: Repentance
Weekly Scriptures Memorization: Mosiah 4:9
Character: Telephone answering skills from Uncommon Courtesy. Olivia made the boys role play their phone skills.
Lesson: We rewatched Elder Scott's talk and had a great discussion on personal revelation.
Treats: Carmel popcorn
Activity: Watched a movie together.
Song: How Firm A Foundation
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, went to town shopping with my mom, and worked on activity day girls.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, stayed home with the kids for half the day, he listening to The Fountainhead and he went to work.
I was gone this AM so I left my husband to do the book work and this writing assignment. He's such a good dad!
Writing: The kids watched a movie on the prophet Joseph Smith and then they had to write several sentences about what they saw. They had to redo them until punctuation, handwriting and spelling were correct. Olivia had to write 5 sentences and on down to Caleb who wrote 2 sentences.
Mom School
Pray/Pledge
Song: My Eternal Family, The Valiant Song and The Books of the New Testament
Bible: Passover from The Old Testament Reader.
Family Scripture Study: 2 Thessalonians 2
Weekly Scripture Memorization: Mosiah 4:9
Friend Article
Idaho History: Read about the Kootenai Indians in Idaho from A Rendezvous with Idaho History.
Literature: We read two chapters from The Silver Chair by CS Lewis.
Fantasy Read-aloud: Read one chapter from Leven Thumps and The Whispered Secret. We are ditching this book for now. I'm not interested in it. I don't want to waste anymore time on it. The kids can read it on their own if they like. I want time to read Shakespeare and Greek classics.
Science: Read a couple of pages from See Inside Science by Alex Frith and Colin King. We really like it. We talked about the beginning of the universe, heavenly bodies, life as we know it and the smallest things.
World History: We read about the Minoan civilization from The Usborne Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece. This was another big hit.
PE: Worked on the land
Chores: house chores, animal care, harvesting
Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in Genesis
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 7/6 lesson.
Language Arts: Did a Daily Grams lesson and did an Editor in Chief lesson.
Creative Writing: Did her scholar writing assignment.
Science: Did a science lesson from her science textbook.
Music: Practiced her piano lesson and had a piano lesson
Reading: Read for an hour in Work in the Glory #5.
Jared
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon. Today he read with Alex and they had a great discussion. Alex wants to start studying with him one time a week.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson and had a piano lesson.
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 6/5 lesson and a math drill sheet.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Creative Writing: Did a lesson in Let's Write.
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Read: Read for over 30 min in Peter and the Starcatchers.
Luke
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 3 lesson.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Spelling: Did a spell drill.
Art: Decorated a binder to put his papers in.
Caleb
Religion: Read a verse in the Book of Mormon to me.
Reading: Read a story to me. He also took a timed reading test over the phone with our state teacher contact.
Geography: Did a lesson from Evan-Moor.
Math: Did one Saxon Math 2 lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 4 pages of Explode the Code- He finished book 4 he was very excited!
Language Arts: Read a short story to me. Practiced his sight words by using a highlighter and finding them in The Friend. He learned about contractions today.
Art: Decorated a binder to put his papers in.
Life Skills: Sorted tomatoes with me.
Family Home Evening:
Song: Called to Serve
Talent: Jared on the piano playing How Firm a Foundation.
Testimonies: Everyone
Article of Faith: 9th
Proclamation to the World: 2nd paragraph
For the Strength of Youth: Repentance
Weekly Scriptures Memorization: Mosiah 4:9
Character: Telephone answering skills from Uncommon Courtesy. Olivia made the boys role play their phone skills.
Lesson: We rewatched Elder Scott's talk and had a great discussion on personal revelation.
Treats: Carmel popcorn
Activity: Watched a movie together.
Song: How Firm A Foundation
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, went to town shopping with my mom, and worked on activity day girls.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, stayed home with the kids for half the day, he listening to The Fountainhead and he went to work.
Friday, October 2, 2009
Mom School
Pray/Pledge
Song: Oh How Lovely Was the Morning, Praise to the Man and We Thank Thee Oh God For a Prophet.
Bible: Moses in Egypt from The Old Testament Reader We started and watched the second half of the movie Joseph, the TNT movie.
Family Scripture Study: Ephesians 6
Weekly Scripture Memorization: Mosiah 2:17
Friend Article
Idaho History: Read about Indians in Idaho from A Rendezvous with Idaho History.
Literature: We read two chapters from The Silver Chair by CS Lewis.
Fantasy Read-aloud: Read one chapter from Leven Thumps and The Whispered Secret.
Science: Read a chapter in Science: A Closer Look by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill.
World History: We about the ancient Egypt from an E.D. Hirsch Core knowledge book.
PE: Worked on the land
Logic: Lots of Lego's
Chores: house chores, animal care, harvesting
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures,word of the day, ran for 30 min, and worked on my paper. We went on a date tonight.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, went golfing, listening to The Fountainhead and went to work.
Pray/Pledge
Song: Oh How Lovely Was the Morning, Praise to the Man and We Thank Thee Oh God For a Prophet.
Bible: Moses in Egypt from The Old Testament Reader We started and watched the second half of the movie Joseph, the TNT movie.
Family Scripture Study: Ephesians 6
Weekly Scripture Memorization: Mosiah 2:17
Friend Article
Idaho History: Read about Indians in Idaho from A Rendezvous with Idaho History.
Literature: We read two chapters from The Silver Chair by CS Lewis.
Fantasy Read-aloud: Read one chapter from Leven Thumps and The Whispered Secret.
Science: Read a chapter in Science: A Closer Look by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill.
World History: We about the ancient Egypt from an E.D. Hirsch Core knowledge book.
PE: Worked on the land
Logic: Lots of Lego's
Chores: house chores, animal care, harvesting
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures,word of the day, ran for 30 min, and worked on my paper. We went on a date tonight.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, went golfing, listening to The Fountainhead and went to work.
Luke's Poem
Here is a poem that Luke wrote during church last Sunday.
Church is a lovely place
Holy One is Christ
Under Heaven is us
Righteous one we love
Christ loves us
Holy gospel aid me
Church is a lovely place
Holy One is Christ
Under Heaven is us
Righteous one we love
Christ loves us
Holy gospel aid me
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Today we took the day off essentially. We have had a cousin and their puppy over since last week and we have been doing chores for them so we are a little tired and out of our routine. The public school kids only went to school for 2 1/2 days this week.
Family: We played Cadoo and Skip-po.
Kids: Various reading, chores, lego's, playing out side, scholar writing class (for Luke and Olivia), cooking and creative play.
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, word of the day, piano, read 1/2 of the subjects in the Literary section of The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, researched for my next paper-on Louis L'Amour, read the book See, Go, Be, Do by Tiffany Rhoades Earl and exercised on the Wii.
Alex: Scriptures, went to work, listening to a financial literacy book and listening to The Fountainhead.
Family: We played Cadoo and Skip-po.
Kids: Various reading, chores, lego's, playing out side, scholar writing class (for Luke and Olivia), cooking and creative play.
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, word of the day, piano, read 1/2 of the subjects in the Literary section of The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, researched for my next paper-on Louis L'Amour, read the book See, Go, Be, Do by Tiffany Rhoades Earl and exercised on the Wii.
Alex: Scriptures, went to work, listening to a financial literacy book and listening to The Fountainhead.
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