12/08/08:Science

Mom School
Pray and Pledge
Theology: Preach My Gospel Chapter 5: "The Book of Mormon the Keystone of Our Religion."
Bible History: The angel comes to Mary
American History Literature: 5 chapters from Johnny Tremain by Ester Forbes
Literature: 3 chapters from The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis
Character Read-a-loud: 1 Chapter from Little Britches by Ralph Moody
Memorization: All the presidents of the USA, Books of the Old and New Testament, Books of the Book of Mormon and Latter-day Prophets
Family History: Memories of Harris Hancock by Bart Hancock
Science Biography: 5 pages from Thomas Edison His Life and Ideas
World History: Chapter 9 Story of the World vol. 2 by Susan Wise Bauer "Australia and New Zealand"
Geography: Australia, New Zealand and Polynesian Islands
Science: Asteroid Belt
Science Experiment: Touchable Bubbles and Jelly Crystals
PE: 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.

Olivia
Music: Practiced voice lesson
Math: Lesson 64
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Parts of speech: Mad Libs
Life Skills: German Sugar Cookies, decorator's frosting and Porcupine Balls (main dish)
Writing/Computers/Typing: Blogging and Goodreads book reviews
Writing: Christmas Cards

Jared
Music: Practiced his piano lesson and had a piano lesson
Science: 30 min Snap Circuits, Jr. and 2 Magic School Bus Books
Math: Lesson 61
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Free Reading: 1 hour of The Book of Mormon Reader
Book on Tape: 1 1/2 hours Johnny Tremain by Ester Forbes (he wants to listen to it now that we are almost done reading it)

Luke
Music: Practiced his piano lesson
Math: 1 Saxon Math 2 lesson
Math Drill: 15 min Math Shark
Spelling: 2 spell drills
Phonics/Handwriting: 7 pages of Explode the Code
Free Reading: 15 min of Book of Mormon Reader
Life Skills: Peeling Potatoes
Science: 1 hour of Snap Circuits, Jr and one Magic School Bus book

Caleb
Went to public School
Reading 30 minutes
Spelling

Family (in the evening):
Family Home Evening: Christmas Tree and House Decorating
Decorated Sugar Cookies
Oldies Christmas Music on Records
Luke 2
Wrestling

To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Piano, spell drill, and Sudoku Puzzle
Alex: Went to work and working on Closing of the American Bloom by Bloom