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.