g them things of eternity and things of this world. Today a highlight was a very in depth discussion of Jesus Christ and his role as our Savior and Redeemer.The are really eating up our latest read-a-loud, of course they usually do.
We've made a lot of changes to our schedule over the last several months and these changes have all been good ones! Each day I think and ponder about how I can do better, how I can motivate and inspire and how I can instill greatness into their little minds.
Olivia has a goal this week of consciously getting 5 hours of scholar study each day. That has been going well for her. She is particularly drawn to studying the piano and reading American History.
Here's a run down of our time together today... (Sometimes we do a lot together and some days we pursue more individual activities. Today was an all morning couch read).
Family Scripture Study: 2 Nephi 5
Weekly Family Scripture Memorization: 3 Nephi 17:6
Theology: We read/discussed the third chapter in Gospel Principles-Jesus Christ.
Pledge/Pray/Song
Music: We sang My Savior Loves Me, The Valiant Song, Friends, The Old and New Testament Songs and the Books of the Book of Mormon song. We also practiced our rhythm poem that we love.
Christianity: We read half of the new children's Friend.
Math: We discussed the types of triangles and polygons. They are starting to get their vocabulary down more and more. We have been trying to focus on geometry specifically besides basic math skills at the moment.
Read-a-loud: We read 4 chapters of Alex Rider #1: Stormbreaker.
Social: Spend several hours this after noon playing with a couple other home school families. They played outside and they also played RISK.
Peterson's Vocabulary Word of the Day: -WINSOME -(adjective) Charming. With her pleasant voice and good manners, Serena is a winsome child.
Chores/Animal Care
Here are some things that I can remember. It is late and my brain is fogging over...
Caleb: Read his scriptures (in 1st Nephi), read to his public school teacher on the phone, coloring, and played Connect 4, I know he did more, but I absolutely can not remember much of anything with him right now for some reason.
Luke: Read his scriptures (in Mosiah), practiced the piano, and played ping pong. ditto above note
Jared: Read his scriptures (in 2nd Nephi), practiced the piano, push ups, read in Peter and the Shadow Thieves, played ping pong and played Music Ace.
Olivia: Read her scriptures (reading in the New Testament-Gospels), wrote in her journal, practiced the piano, practiced her vocal solo, finished 55 Fathers: The Story of the US Constitution, wrote an article for the 4-H newsletter, wrote her compass, attended a scholar class with her mentor and discussed The Screwtape Letters some more, and read in Pride and Prejudice.
Deanna: Read my scriptures (in Mosiah/all over), wrote in my journal, read a co
nference talk, practiced the piano, reading in Approaching Zion by Hugh Nibley, and went to the temple.Alex: Read his scriptures (all over/BOM), reading in the Church Handbook, reading in Dale Carnegie's Public Speaking book, listening to The Proper Role of Government by Ezra T. Benson, listening to speeches by Ronald Reagan, listening to Alex Rider #2, attended his professional meeting, played ping pong, walked on the treadmill, and went to work.
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Approaching Zion is one of my favorite. Of course, it's one the a lot of members find controversial- but I did enjoy that one so very much.
When you do the reading, is Olvia doing her 5 hour personal study? Are all of your kids audio (I guess that's what it's called) learners, or do they all differ? How do you work with the differences?
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