Today I woke up with a smile on my face. There was not one single thing that we had to leave the house for and nothing going on that I had to do! We were going to get a lot of reading and studying in. Yeah!
The morning started out well. The kids were slow in doing their chores for some reason. It took a while to get them herded into reality. No stress though, we had the whole day. At 11:30 I got a call and my friend said, "I'm just checking, you are coming to scholar school today right?" Huh? I guess they'd changed it from Thursdays to Tuesdays. They had been talking about it and I'd said that Tuesday's would be fine if they changed. So I guess they did. We were free though so we left 45 minutes later, our afternoon blown. Then at the last minute I got a call that I needed to watch my 10 year cousin for the rest of the night-no problem! He's great and I am happy to help.
The kids did have a fun day though. Jared was a little stressed initially because he was only able to get about half of the things done on his list. But that is what real life is like so he was okay. Here's the low down. (Of what I can remember of course).
Family Scripture Study: 1 Nephi 17 (half the chapter)
Weekly Scripture Memorization: 1 Timothy 4:12
Chores/Animal Care
Pray/Pledge/Motto
Music: We sang The Lord Need Valiant Servants, The Valiant Song, Holding Hands Around the World, and My Savior Loves Me (or whatever that new song is called.
Fantasy Read-a-loud: We started and read two chapters in Percy Jackson and the Olympians. They love it! I'm doing a lot of editing. I really do not like the way teenagers talk to each other in books like this. I think my kids are to young to sort it out just yet. But the story line will be fun. I'm glad I've previewed this already.
Social/Logic: While Olivia was at scholar school the boys played at some homeschooling house. They played Risk and Stratego and ran around in the mud outside for a long time. They had great fun and didn't want to leave.
Caleb: Read his scriptures, read to his public school teacher over the phone, played Yahtzee, played Rush Hour, Jr., and worked on some core phase problems.
Luke: Luke got to start a blog today! He was very excited. He has already written two blog posts. One of the posts is a journal entry about what he did for today. It's fun to see what he remembers and what he sees as important.
Here's it is cut from his blog: I did lots of things today. Here are some of the things I did. First of all I said my prayers and read my scriptures. Second, I sketched in my sketch book with all these mythical creatures. For example, The Flon Lizard that has the power to turn itself invisible and attack their enemies from behind. The bat rat that can fly into space and still live and they have huge bat like wings. They can grow up to be as large as today's elephants! Third, I played the piano in twenty minutes. Next, I made lunch because I'm "Lunch Specialist," so then I made lunch. Then my family went to Dietrich and played with the Harris family and played Stratego and Risk, a game of armies that was cool. Then we came home and were just playing around with Tanner who had come over when his mom and dad were gone.
He also learned about two and triple digit adding and subtracting. He also learned how to carry to the next column. He thought this was very cool. He practiced a bunch of problems on the wipe board. He also got to apply his skills when he played Yahtzee. He also played Rush Hour, Jr. He getting really good at it.
Jared: Read his scriptures, practiced the piano, wrote and typed a blog, learned how to log into blogger and some other computer skills, read in Peter and the Starcatchers and the Shadow Thieves, he played Quarter Mile Math and was quizzed on subtracting fractions, he played lots of extra Risk and Stratego-these are great logic geography games, played Rush Hour, Jr., he worked on the multiplication table and pretty well has it down, and he also is working on doing the division table. He handled the change in his day well. He was discouraged about the other things he didn't get down, but there is always tomorrow.
Olivia: Read her scriptures, made breakfast, practiced the piano, worked on her loom, making a knitted scarf and ironed on some decals that went with it, Rush Hour, Jr., Stratego, Risk, attended scholar class, studied more about horse pedigrees, and read in The Screwtape Letters.
Deanna: Read my scriptures, wrote in my journal, read a conference talk, word of the day, practiced the piano, spent the time with some home schooling mommies, and read The Landing of the Pilgrims.
Alex: Read his scriptures, read in the handbook, word of the day, went to Boise for a long day of appointments, and he listened to a book with short stories from famous American authors. It was a long day for him. He's down to only two of these a month now though.
Showing posts with label Logic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Logic. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Monday, January 18, 2010
Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Today Alex stayed home so we enjoyed playing with him.
Family Scripture Study: 1 Nephi 16
Weekly Family Scripture Memorization: 1 Timothy 4:12
Family Counsel: New changes (see below) and we reviewed our goals from last week and set individual goals for this week. The kids each pick their own. We are teaching them to adjust based on how well they did accomplishing them last week. Most only have 2 or 3 goals. For example: learn to skip count by 6, read 50 pages in my book, write a paper, read Othello, read 45 pages in the church handbook, etc.)
PE: While I was gone Alex and the kids watched ping pong videos on You Tube. They can up with all new strategies.
Chores/Animal Care
Caleb: Read his scriptures, watched two science videos, and played numerous games. Caleb decided that he was going to deep clean his room for some reason. I don't know what got into him, but he worked on his room for several hours. He made everything look great, rearranged dressers and he even hung up pictures. He also vacuumed and used attachments. All I said was make sure your pj's are picked up!
Today I wrote down instructions that I had for Caleb to do. I think he has a hard time orally hearing things or processing them I should say. (I'm terrible with my auditory. Our hearing is fine, just to clarify). He can't seem to remember or stay focused in any activity requiring more than one or two instructions. I wrote down his extra chores on a piece paper and used a clipboard. He was focused on got everything done with out needing to be reminded. I just need to work on speed. If he were a creature he would be a turtle or a snail. I do everything very quickly. I need to chill and not rush him.
Luke: Read his scriptures, played lots of random games with Caleb, practiced skip counting by 4's, drawing in his sketch book, played several Rush Hour, Jr. games (logic practice), practiced the piano, and had piano lessons.
We implemented Structure Time, Not Content for him. He set the timer for one hour and read in any of the books we have that he wanted. The Usborne books were coming in handy. He was really excited about this. He read numerous books about history. He was going to tell me about the things he learned and then something happened and we didn't get to it. Tomorrow!
Jared: Read his scriptures, practiced the piano, had piano lessons, played several Rush Hour, Jr. games, had a math lesson on decimals and percentages, he created his own blog, he wrote a blog post, drew and colored several animal pictures from an art book, played two games of Stratego, read Peter in the Starcatchers and the Shadow Thieves to me, played ping pong and listed to Brisingr. He also learned a new vocabulary word from his book: marooned.
Today we started some new things for Jared as well. I had a meeting with him in the morning and he choose from a list of many things what he wanted to do that day. Then he decided when he would do them (before piano lessons or after, before lunch, etc). He also decided for how long he would do them. He set his own goals. I encouraged him to choose things from several different areas to help him be balanced. He also got to choose a reward for himself if he accomplished his own goals. He picked 30 min of a book on tape. He had a much better day. He carried around a clip board and checked off everything. He felt more empowered and ownership. He needs structure, but I don't want to tell he always what to do. I can't do that when he's an adult. So I'm helping guide him to make good choice, have balance and manage his time. This is all about personal responsibility.
Olivia: Read her scriptures, worked on her scarf with her loom for a long time(3 feet long so far), played ping pong, practiced her vocal solo, practiced the piano, had piano lessons, started the Screwtape letters, played Rush Hour, Jr, played Stratego, and made breakfast. She wasn't real motivated to do a whole lot today.
Deanna: Read my scriptures, journal, read a lesson in Gospel Principles, practiced the piano, had piano less sons, spent a lot of time with Jared, played ping pong, started a book that I decided not to read, went to a song practice for a Relief Society meeting, and VOCABULARY WORD OF THE DAY!!! (I keep forgetting to type that we learn our word of the day and my dad keeps asking me why I didn't do it. We did, I just need to type it! So now I'm repentant dad).
Alex: Read his scriptures, read in the church handbooks, word of the day, did some work at home, helped a friend with his business finances, helped another friend get some wood, helped a HS basketball player who was injured (the HS coach will occasionally send injured players over for some physical therapy-Alex is a jack of all trades), played lots of ping pong, and played Stratego. We wish he would be home all the time!
Family Home Evening:
Songs: I Will Be Valiant (twice)
Testimonies: Alex, Deanna, Luke and Olivia
Strength of Youth: Go forward with faith.
Proclamation: Last paragraph
Character: 21 Rules of this House-We will pray for each other.
Article of Faith: 11th
Lesson: Caleb-About the Second Coming from the new Gospel Principles manual. Great lesson which led to an hour long discussion.
Activity: Played Dinosaur Days. This game Luke made last year in scouts.
Family Scripture Study: 1 Nephi 16
Weekly Family Scripture Memorization: 1 Timothy 4:12
Family Counsel: New changes (see below) and we reviewed our goals from last week and set individual goals for this week. The kids each pick their own. We are teaching them to adjust based on how well they did accomplishing them last week. Most only have 2 or 3 goals. For example: learn to skip count by 6, read 50 pages in my book, write a paper, read Othello, read 45 pages in the church handbook, etc.)
PE: While I was gone Alex and the kids watched ping pong videos on You Tube. They can up with all new strategies.
Chores/Animal Care
Caleb: Read his scriptures, watched two science videos, and played numerous games. Caleb decided that he was going to deep clean his room for some reason. I don't know what got into him, but he worked on his room for several hours. He made everything look great, rearranged dressers and he even hung up pictures. He also vacuumed and used attachments. All I said was make sure your pj's are picked up!
Today I wrote down instructions that I had for Caleb to do. I think he has a hard time orally hearing things or processing them I should say. (I'm terrible with my auditory. Our hearing is fine, just to clarify). He can't seem to remember or stay focused in any activity requiring more than one or two instructions. I wrote down his extra chores on a piece paper and used a clipboard. He was focused on got everything done with out needing to be reminded. I just need to work on speed. If he were a creature he would be a turtle or a snail. I do everything very quickly. I need to chill and not rush him.
Luke: Read his scriptures, played lots of random games with Caleb, practiced skip counting by 4's, drawing in his sketch book, played several Rush Hour, Jr. games (logic practice), practiced the piano, and had piano lessons.
We implemented Structure Time, Not Content for him. He set the timer for one hour and read in any of the books we have that he wanted. The Usborne books were coming in handy. He was really excited about this. He read numerous books about history. He was going to tell me about the things he learned and then something happened and we didn't get to it. Tomorrow!
Jared: Read his scriptures, practiced the piano, had piano lessons, played several Rush Hour, Jr. games, had a math lesson on decimals and percentages, he created his own blog, he wrote a blog post, drew and colored several animal pictures from an art book, played two games of Stratego, read Peter in the Starcatchers and the Shadow Thieves to me, played ping pong and listed to Brisingr. He also learned a new vocabulary word from his book: marooned.
Today we started some new things for Jared as well. I had a meeting with him in the morning and he choose from a list of many things what he wanted to do that day. Then he decided when he would do them (before piano lessons or after, before lunch, etc). He also decided for how long he would do them. He set his own goals. I encouraged him to choose things from several different areas to help him be balanced. He also got to choose a reward for himself if he accomplished his own goals. He picked 30 min of a book on tape. He had a much better day. He carried around a clip board and checked off everything. He felt more empowered and ownership. He needs structure, but I don't want to tell he always what to do. I can't do that when he's an adult. So I'm helping guide him to make good choice, have balance and manage his time. This is all about personal responsibility.
Olivia: Read her scriptures, worked on her scarf with her loom for a long time(3 feet long so far), played ping pong, practiced her vocal solo, practiced the piano, had piano lessons, started the Screwtape letters, played Rush Hour, Jr, played Stratego, and made breakfast. She wasn't real motivated to do a whole lot today.
Deanna: Read my scriptures, journal, read a lesson in Gospel Principles, practiced the piano, had piano less sons, spent a lot of time with Jared, played ping pong, started a book that I decided not to read, went to a song practice for a Relief Society meeting, and VOCABULARY WORD OF THE DAY!!! (I keep forgetting to type that we learn our word of the day and my dad keeps asking me why I didn't do it. We did, I just need to type it! So now I'm repentant dad).
Alex: Read his scriptures, read in the church handbooks, word of the day, did some work at home, helped a friend with his business finances, helped another friend get some wood, helped a HS basketball player who was injured (the HS coach will occasionally send injured players over for some physical therapy-Alex is a jack of all trades), played lots of ping pong, and played Stratego. We wish he would be home all the time!
Family Home Evening:
Songs: I Will Be Valiant (twice)
Testimonies: Alex, Deanna, Luke and Olivia
Strength of Youth: Go forward with faith.
Proclamation: Last paragraph
Character: 21 Rules of this House-We will pray for each other.
Article of Faith: 11th
Lesson: Caleb-About the Second Coming from the new Gospel Principles manual. Great lesson which led to an hour long discussion.
Activity: Played Dinosaur Days. This game Luke made last year in scouts.
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
12/30/08: Cousins
Today was a fun-filled cousin day! They played outside a lot among other things. They were disappointed at 5 when we (the moms) told them they couldn't have another slumber party tonight. We said you all need a break-we need a break! They were up late and up early and they were getting fried. But the memories will be sweet I think. We told them maybe Thursday or Friday night...
Olivia did get to ride horses though for several hours with Kristen (the other mom cousin) while I kept the non-horse riders at the house for the afternoon.
I read 100 pages in my George Washington biography. We read lots of stories tonight. We are still trying to agree on a chapter book to read at night now that we finished the Fablehaven series. Olivia wants to read Little Britches again and Jared wants to finish the Narnia books (we have two left), Luke doesn't care and Caleb wants to read all the Junior Illustrated Classics we have starting with Kidnapped. They were so fried that they weren't logical so I just read a bunch of picture books. Maybe we can come to a compromise soon.
Olivia has been playing Stratego with Alex the last couple of days and really likes that.
Olivia did get to ride horses though for several hours with Kristen (the other mom cousin) while I kept the non-horse riders at the house for the afternoon.
I read 100 pages in my George Washington biography. We read lots of stories tonight. We are still trying to agree on a chapter book to read at night now that we finished the Fablehaven series. Olivia wants to read Little Britches again and Jared wants to finish the Narnia books (we have two left), Luke doesn't care and Caleb wants to read all the Junior Illustrated Classics we have starting with Kidnapped. They were so fried that they weren't logical so I just read a bunch of picture books. Maybe we can come to a compromise soon.
Olivia has been playing Stratego with Alex the last couple of days and really likes that.
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
12/09/08:Read, Read, Read
Mom School
Pray and Pledge
Theology: Preach My Gospel, Chapter 5, part 2
American History Literature: 5 chapters from Johnny Tremain by Ester Forbes
Literature: 2 chapters from The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by CS Lewis
Read-a-loud: 2 chapters from Fablehaven #3 by Brandon Mull
Memorization: All the Presidents of the USA, Books of the Old and New Testament as well as the books of the Book of Mormon
Music: Community Music class today (all four participated today)
Science: Jupiter
PE: Went on a 40 min walk
Reading: We take turns reading all of the above material everyday.
Science/Pet Care: Jared and Olivia each have a hamster that they are responsible for. They also take turns caring for our dog, cat and sea monkeys.
Service:
Olivia
Music: Had her voice lesson
Math: Lesson 65
Logic: 2 hours of a 1,000 piece Christmas puzzle
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Handwriting: Wrote out some invitations
Language Arts: Mad Libs parts of speech
Free Reading: 1 hour of Work and the Glory #3 and The Book of Mormon (she's in Alma)
Life Skills: Tuna Helper
Jared
Music: Practiced his piano lesson
Math: Lesson 61
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Handwriting: Cursive Q's
Free Reading: 1 hour + of The Book of Mormon Reader
Life Skills: Macaroni and Cheese
Luke
Music: Practiced his piano lesson
Science: Read a Magic School Bus book
Art: Made some Christmas decorations
Math: 1 Saxon Math Lesson
Spelling: 2 spell drills
Phonics/Handwriting: 4 pages of Explode the Code 1
Free Reading: 3+ hours (yes he did) of The Robinson Crusoe Reader
Caleb
Reading: Read 30 min from the McGuffey Primer and he finished his other reader
Math: 15 min on the Math Shark doing addition
Logic: Worked on several puzzles and played some matching games
Handwriting: Wrote some lists of different things for Christmas
Family (in the evening):
Luke 1
Christmas music from the old records
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Piano, spell drill, taught a piano lesson, played the piano for the community music class, read 2 hours and worked on the Christmas puzzle with Olivia
Alex: Worked as an ordinance worker in the temple, went to work, studied for his final (tomorrow!), read parts of The Millionaire Next Door, did a Suduko puzzle and listened to some Economics Cd's and some Louis L'Amour while driving hither and thither.
Pray and Pledge
Theology: Preach My Gospel, Chapter 5, part 2
American History Literature: 5 chapters from Johnny Tremain by Ester Forbes
Literature: 2 chapters from The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by CS Lewis
Read-a-loud: 2 chapters from Fablehaven #3 by Brandon Mull
Memorization: All the Presidents of the USA, Books of the Old and New Testament as well as the books of the Book of Mormon
Music: Community Music class today (all four participated today)
Science: Jupiter
PE: Went on a 40 min walk
Reading: We take turns reading all of the above material everyday.
Science/Pet Care: Jared and Olivia each have a hamster that they are responsible for. They also take turns caring for our dog, cat and sea monkeys.
Service:
Olivia
Music: Had her voice lesson
Math: Lesson 65
Logic: 2 hours of a 1,000 piece Christmas puzzle
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Handwriting: Wrote out some invitations
Language Arts: Mad Libs parts of speech
Free Reading: 1 hour of Work and the Glory #3 and The Book of Mormon (she's in Alma)
Life Skills: Tuna Helper
Jared
Music: Practiced his piano lesson
Math: Lesson 61
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Handwriting: Cursive Q's
Free Reading: 1 hour + of The Book of Mormon Reader
Life Skills: Macaroni and Cheese
Luke
Music: Practiced his piano lesson
Science: Read a Magic School Bus book
Art: Made some Christmas decorations
Math: 1 Saxon Math Lesson
Spelling: 2 spell drills
Phonics/Handwriting: 4 pages of Explode the Code 1
Free Reading: 3+ hours (yes he did) of The Robinson Crusoe Reader
Caleb
Reading: Read 30 min from the McGuffey Primer and he finished his other reader
Math: 15 min on the Math Shark doing addition
Logic: Worked on several puzzles and played some matching games
Handwriting: Wrote some lists of different things for Christmas
Family (in the evening):
Luke 1
Christmas music from the old records
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Piano, spell drill, taught a piano lesson, played the piano for the community music class, read 2 hours and worked on the Christmas puzzle with Olivia
Alex: Worked as an ordinance worker in the temple, went to work, studied for his final (tomorrow!), read parts of The Millionaire Next Door, did a Suduko puzzle and listened to some Economics Cd's and some Louis L'Amour while driving hither and thither.
Monday, December 1, 2008
12/01/08: Luke's home!
Luke's home for good now! We are all SOOO excited. He's wanted to come home for so long. He's never wanted to even go to school to begin with. The time was just finally right and the "yes" answer finally came. We were gone for 2 hours because we had to drive a friend to go and get her truck. We had a super fun day!
Caleb
Family (in the evening):
To Show Parent Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Piano, spell drill, read 1 hour, helped a friend
Mom School
Pray/Pledge
Theology: Preach My Gospel, chapter 5: Following the Spirit
Bible History: Return of the Jews
Friend Articles
American History Literature: 1 chapter from Johnny Tremain by Ester Forbes
Character: 1 story from A Story to Tell by Deseret Book
Read-a-loud: 4 chapters from The Hardy Boys #3
Memorization: All the presidents of the USA, Books of the Book of Mormon, and Books of the New Testament
Family History: The biography of James Lick Hancock (my GGrandfather) by Harris Hancock, my great uncle.
World History: Chapter 5 from Story of the World vol. 2: The Middle Ages by Susan Wise Bauer
Science: The Sun! We also read The Magic School Bus Gets Baked in a Cake: A Book about Kitchen Chemistry
Theology: Preach My Gospel, chapter 5: Following the Spirit
Bible History: Return of the Jews
Friend Articles
American History Literature: 1 chapter from Johnny Tremain by Ester Forbes
Character: 1 story from A Story to Tell by Deseret Book
Read-a-loud: 4 chapters from The Hardy Boys #3
Memorization: All the presidents of the USA, Books of the Book of Mormon, and Books of the New Testament
Family History: The biography of James Lick Hancock (my GGrandfather) by Harris Hancock, my great uncle.
World History: Chapter 5 from Story of the World vol. 2: The Middle Ages by Susan Wise Bauer
Science: The Sun! We also read The Magic School Bus Gets Baked in a Cake: A Book about Kitchen Chemistry
Science Experiment: White Light and prisms
Reading: We take turns reading all of the above material everyday.
Science/Pet Care: Jared and Olivia each have a hamster that they are responsible for. They also take turns caring for our dog, cat and sea monkeys.
Reading: We take turns reading all of the above material everyday.
Science/Pet Care: Jared and Olivia each have a hamster that they are responsible for. They also take turns caring for our dog, cat and sea monkeys.
Olivia
Music: She Practiced her voice lesson.
Art: Spent 1 hour on drawing, coloring and design.
Math: Lesson 58
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Past tense verbs
Life Skills: Lemon Squares and Homemade Lemonade
Jared
Music: Had piano lessons
Science: Put his mobile planet/star system together that he got for his birthday. He also watched a Magic School Bus Science video.
Math: Lesson 56
Math Drill: Sudoku puzzle-9 number
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages from Explode the Code
PE: Scooter Ride
Music: She Practiced her voice lesson.
Art: Spent 1 hour on drawing, coloring and design.
Math: Lesson 58
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Past tense verbs
Life Skills: Lemon Squares and Homemade Lemonade
Jared
Music: Had piano lessons
Science: Put his mobile planet/star system together that he got for his birthday. He also watched a Magic School Bus Science video.
Math: Lesson 56
Math Drill: Sudoku puzzle-9 number
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages from Explode the Code
PE: Scooter Ride
Luke
Math: Did 4 lessons from Saxon 2
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages from Explode the Code
Reading: Read to me for 30 minutes from The Book of Mormon Reader Retold by Jolynne Berrett Stapp
Writing: Worked on a story for 30 minutes
Caleb
Went to public school
Read to me
Family (in the evening):
Family Home Evening: Member Missionary Work
Star gazing
To Show Parent Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Piano, spell drill, read 1 hour, helped a friend
Alex: Went to work and worked on his college class
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Daily Schedule 10/22/08
Mom's School
Pray/Pledge
Theology: Preach My Gospel, Lesson 4: Fasting and True to the Faith: Fasting
Bible History: Ahab falls
Friend Article
Biography/American History: 3 chapter from Paul Revere: Boston Patriot by Augusta Stevenson from the Childhood of Famous Americans
Literature: The Lady of Shalott by Alfred Lord Tennyson we listened to Loreena McKennitt's The Visit who sings the poem. Very Cool. Thanks Camille S.! : )
Fairy Tales/Fables: 1 story from A Story To Tell: The Classic Book of Virtues for Children
Read-a-loud: 3 chapters of The Hawk That Dare Not Hunt by Day by Scott O'Dell
Memorization: Books of the New Testament (Olivia's got them down now) and first 10 presidents of the USA
Fine Arts: What Your 4th Grader Needs to Know pgs.227-232 Gothic Cathedrals
Science: Our Father's World, chapter 4: God Created Plants
Spanish: We went through Spanish words from a picture primer. The kids loved it.
Reading: We take turns reading all of the above material everyday.
Science/Pet Care: Jared and Olivia each have a hamster that they are responsible for. They also take turns caring for our dog, cat and sea monkeys.
Olivia
Music: Practiced her voice lesson
Sewing/Art: She sewed clothes clothes for her American Girls Doll for over two hours. I should take some pictures. They were pretty creative. It was the perfect love of learning afternoon for her. She was very happy.
Math: Lesson 39
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Diagramming Sentences
Life Skills: Went with me to visit the sick and afflicted
Jared
Music: Practiced his piano lesson
Math: Lesson 39
Logic: Played a game of chess
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Handwriting: Review Cursive F's
Scouts!
Luke and Caleb
Reading
Spelling
Family (in the evening):
Matthew 26
1 chapter in Fablehaven #2
To Show Parent Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna
Piano
Made dinner for the sick and afflicted and visited with them
Visited another who was recovering from surgery
Watched Persuasion
Alex
Taught Seminary
Went to Work
Finished The Man Who Would Be King by Rudyard Kipling
Prepared another seminary lesson
Watched Persuasion (he's such a good sport)
Pray/Pledge
Theology: Preach My Gospel, Lesson 4: Fasting and True to the Faith: Fasting
Bible History: Ahab falls
Friend Article
Biography/American History: 3 chapter from Paul Revere: Boston Patriot by Augusta Stevenson from the Childhood of Famous Americans
Literature: The Lady of Shalott by Alfred Lord Tennyson we listened to Loreena McKennitt's The Visit who sings the poem. Very Cool. Thanks Camille S.! : )
Fairy Tales/Fables: 1 story from A Story To Tell: The Classic Book of Virtues for Children
Read-a-loud: 3 chapters of The Hawk That Dare Not Hunt by Day by Scott O'Dell
Memorization: Books of the New Testament (Olivia's got them down now) and first 10 presidents of the USA
Fine Arts: What Your 4th Grader Needs to Know pgs.227-232 Gothic Cathedrals
Science: Our Father's World, chapter 4: God Created Plants
Spanish: We went through Spanish words from a picture primer. The kids loved it.
Reading: We take turns reading all of the above material everyday.
Science/Pet Care: Jared and Olivia each have a hamster that they are responsible for. They also take turns caring for our dog, cat and sea monkeys.
Olivia
Music: Practiced her voice lesson
Sewing/Art: She sewed clothes clothes for her American Girls Doll for over two hours. I should take some pictures. They were pretty creative. It was the perfect love of learning afternoon for her. She was very happy.
Math: Lesson 39
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Diagramming Sentences
Life Skills: Went with me to visit the sick and afflicted
Jared
Music: Practiced his piano lesson
Math: Lesson 39
Logic: Played a game of chess
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Handwriting: Review Cursive F's
Scouts!
Luke and Caleb
Reading
Spelling
Family (in the evening):
Matthew 26
1 chapter in Fablehaven #2
To Show Parent Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna
Piano
Made dinner for the sick and afflicted and visited with them
Visited another who was recovering from surgery
Watched Persuasion
Alex
Taught Seminary
Went to Work
Finished The Man Who Would Be King by Rudyard Kipling
Prepared another seminary lesson
Watched Persuasion (he's such a good sport)
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Daily Schedule for 10/08/08
BOTH
Pray/Pledge
Theology: Preach My Gospel, Lesson 4: Scriptures
Bible History: David and Absalom, David Dies
Friend Article: We read two articles
Biography/American History: Read 4 chapters and finished George Washington: Our First Leader from the Childhood of Famous Americans
Read-a-loud: 1 chapter in Prince Caspian by CS Lewis
Literature: Read 7 fables from Fables of Leonardo da Vinci translated by Bruno Nardini
Pray/Pledge
Theology: Preach My Gospel, Lesson 4: Scriptures
Bible History: David and Absalom, David Dies
Friend Article: We read two articles
Biography/American History: Read 4 chapters and finished George Washington: Our First Leader from the Childhood of Famous Americans
Read-a-loud: 1 chapter in Prince Caspian by CS Lewis
Literature: Read 7 fables from Fables of Leonardo da Vinci translated by Bruno Nardini
Art: Read the Art section in What Every First Grader Needs To Know by ED Hirsch (This was actually a lot of information and was very interesting. The Fourth, Sixth Grade books by the same author didn't cover the information that I wanted to go over.
Reading: We take turns reading all of the above material everyday.
Science/Pet Care: Jared and Olivia each have a hamster that they are responsible for. They also take turns caring for our dog, cat and sea monkeys.
Jared
Music: Practiced his piano lesson
Math: Lesson 30
Reading: We take turns reading all of the above material everyday.
Science/Pet Care: Jared and Olivia each have a hamster that they are responsible for. They also take turns caring for our dog, cat and sea monkeys.
Jared
Music: Practiced his piano lesson
Math: Lesson 30
Logic: Played Rush Hour, JR
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Handwriting: Cursive B's
Reading: Read his McGuffy Third Reader for 30 minutes
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Handwriting: Cursive B's
Reading: Read his McGuffy Third Reader for 30 minutes
Book on Tape: He listened to a book on tape for about 2 hours
Scouts today!
Scouts today!
Jared working on his Rush Hour, Jr Logic game. He really was more happy than he looks here. He's just deep in concentration.
Olivia
Music: Practiced her voice lesson
Math: Lesson 30
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Types of sentences
Computers/Typing: Good Reads and Blogging
Free Reading: 1 hour of Zia by Scott O'Dell
Writing: Wrote a book report on Good Reads
Music: Practiced her voice lesson
Math: Lesson 30
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Types of sentences
Computers/Typing: Good Reads and Blogging
Free Reading: 1 hour of Zia by Scott O'Dell
Writing: Wrote a book report on Good Reads
Olivia making her lunch.
Luke and Caleb
Spelling and 30 min Reading
Deanna
1 spell drill
3 hours of reading
Practiced the piano
Went on a walk
Alex
Went to work : )
He's reading Crime and Punishment
Worked on his college Communications class
Worked on his college Communications class
Family
Read Matthew 19
Read 3 chapters in Fablehaven
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Daily Schedule for 10/07/08
Both
Pray/Pledge
Theology: Preach My Gospel, Lesson 4: Prayer and True to the Faith: Prayer
Bible History: David and Bathsheba
Friend Article: Read 3 articles
Biography/American History: Read 2 chapters in George Washington: Our First Leader from the Childhood of Famous Americans Series
Read-a-loud: 1 chapter in Prince Caspian
Literature: Read 7 fables in Fables of Leonardo daVinci translated by Bruno Nardini
Music: Practiced the song Books of the Book of Mormon
Geography: Read the chapter "Measuring Distances on Maps" from Young Students Learning Library
Science: Abeka's Observing Gods World: 2.2 Roots and Stems (1/2 of the lesson)Government: See family section
Reading: We take turns reading all of the above material everyday.
Science/Pet Care: Jared and Olivia each have a hamster that they are responsible for. They also take turns caring for our dog, cat and sea monkeys.
Service: We are feeding grandpa's cat this week while he is gone.
PE: Over 1 hour jumping on the trampoline with the little boys and Hank
Jared
Music: Practiced the piano
Math: Lesson 29
Logic: Spent 30 min or so working on a 3-D dinosaur puzzle
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Handwriting/Phonics: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Reading: Read for 45 min in his McGuffy Second Reader and he finished it. He's worked hard on it and was very excited!
Life Skills: Top Ramien (important I know, he has to eat on his mission...)
Spelling practice and 30 minutes silent reading
Deanna
(For Scholar Parent example)
Read Walden for two hours
Wrote a Good Reads Report for it
Practiced the piano
Worked on a Sunday Lesson
Went on a walk
Alex
Finished the Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
Presented a speech for his "Communications" class at the local college
Family
Watched part of the Presidential Debate and discussed them.
Read 4 chapters in Fablehaven
Scriptures: Matthew 18
Pray/Pledge
Theology: Preach My Gospel, Lesson 4: Prayer and True to the Faith: Prayer
Bible History: David and Bathsheba
Friend Article: Read 3 articles
Biography/American History: Read 2 chapters in George Washington: Our First Leader from the Childhood of Famous Americans Series
Read-a-loud: 1 chapter in Prince Caspian
Literature: Read 7 fables in Fables of Leonardo daVinci translated by Bruno Nardini
Music: Practiced the song Books of the Book of Mormon
Geography: Read the chapter "Measuring Distances on Maps" from Young Students Learning Library
Science: Abeka's Observing Gods World: 2.2 Roots and Stems (1/2 of the lesson)Government: See family section
Reading: We take turns reading all of the above material everyday.
Science/Pet Care: Jared and Olivia each have a hamster that they are responsible for. They also take turns caring for our dog, cat and sea monkeys.
Service: We are feeding grandpa's cat this week while he is gone.
PE: Over 1 hour jumping on the trampoline with the little boys and Hank
Jared
Music: Practiced the piano
Math: Lesson 29
Logic: Spent 30 min or so working on a 3-D dinosaur puzzle
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Handwriting/Phonics: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Reading: Read for 45 min in his McGuffy Second Reader and he finished it. He's worked hard on it and was very excited!
Life Skills: Top Ramien (important I know, he has to eat on his mission...)
Here's Jared with his little puzzle. It's very small and had lots of small pieces. It was a good exercise for him for two reasons. #1: Problem solving (there were no directions) he needs that and #2 Small hand eye coordination.
Olivia:
Music: Had a voice lesson (hi Janet : ) )
Math: Lesson 29
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Computers/Typing: Blogging and Good Reads
Free Reading: Read for over 2 hours. Finished Work and the Glory #2 and started Zia by Scott O'Dell
Writing: Wrote a review on Good Reads about Work and the Glory #2
Life Skills: Boxed Alfredo and dealing with disappointment. Her horse lesson for today was rescheduled and she was VERY disappointed!
PE: Bike Ride
Social: Had a friend over for 1 hour
Luke and CalebSpelling practice and 30 minutes silent reading
Deanna
(For Scholar Parent example)
Read Walden for two hours
Wrote a Good Reads Report for it
Practiced the piano
Worked on a Sunday Lesson
Went on a walk
Alex
Finished the Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
Presented a speech for his "Communications" class at the local college
Family
Watched part of the Presidential Debate and discussed them.
Read 4 chapters in Fablehaven
Scriptures: Matthew 18
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Daily Schedule for 9/30/08
Note: Our Younger Boys, who are in the Public School System this year, had a half of a day off for Parent Teacher Conference. We did not take this half day off at home.
This is actually Luke's pattern block creation, but I thought I'd put his in anyway.
Both
Pray/Pledge
Theology: Preach My Gospel, Lesson 3: Key Definitions and we studied the "10 Commandments"
Bible History: David and Abigail
Friend Article: Read 3 stories
Biography/American History: 2 Chapters of The Young George Washington
Read-a-loud: Read 1 Chapter from Prince Caspian
Music: Practiced the song "The Books of the Book of Mormon"
Science: Read the book, Science Close-Up: Crystals, by Robert A. Bell
Logic: Played with Pattern Blocks for 1 hour
Life Skills: Learned about Goal Setting and they each set a goal
PE: Lots of trampoline jumping
Reading: We take turns reading all of the above material everyday.
Science/Pet Care: Jared and Olivia each have a hamster that they are responsible for. They also take turns caring for our dog, cat and sea monkeys.
Jared
Music: Practiced his piano lesson
Math: Lesson 26
Logic: Did a Sudoku puzzle
Spelling: 1 Spell Drill
Handwriting: Cursive O's
Typing/Computers: Updated all his books on Good Reads by himself (much to my slight panic attacks, since it was on MY computer)
Free Reading: 1 1/2 hours Read Magic Tree House #9
Reading: 30 Min in his McGuffy Reader w/ me
Life Skills: Sorting Laundry
Jared's Pattern Block creation.
Olivia
Music: Practiced her voice lesson
American History: Read the book Welcome to Felicity's World 1774: Growing Up in Colonial America by American Girl
Math: Lesson 26
Spelling: 1 Spell Drill
Language Arts: Nouns and Verbs
Typing: Typed Luke's book onto the computer
Free Reading: 2 hours
Life Skills: Rice a Roni
And Olivia's...
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)