12/11/08

Today none us had much ambition. Some of us had the stomach flu. We were all so tired today...

Mom School
Pray and Pledge
Theology: Conference Talk about the Book of Mormon
Bible History: The Three Wise Men
American History: Book about the First Thanksgiving that had finally come in from the library. We also read The Boston Tea Party by Steven Kroll
Literature: 1 chapter from Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C. S. Lewis
Memorization: Presidents of the USA, Books of the New Testament and Books of the Book of Mormon
Science: A Magic School Bus book about hurricanes and watched a Magic School Bus video, read books about sharks, coral reefs, penguins, dinosaur bones and woolly mammoths.
PE: Went on a 30 min walk (Alex came also)
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.
Social: Friend played for 3 hours

Olivia
History: Personal reading about Sutter's Mill and the Donner party and read a colonial book from the library.
Science: Read a Magic School Bus book

Jared
Science: Read a Magic School Bus book
Book on Tape: Listened to Johnny Tremain for 3 hours
Reading: Read for 1 hour from The Book of Mormon Reader

Luke
Creative Writing/Typing: Worked on a story on the computer for over two hours
Free Reading: Read for 3 hours
Book on Tape: Listened to a CD/picture book Puff the Magic Dragon several times

Caleb
Phonics/Handwriting: Over 10 pages in Explode the Code
Writing: Wrote in a notebook and drew pictures several times
Logic: Put together several puzzles a couple of times
Reading: Looked at several books throughout the day

Family (in the evening):
Luke 4

To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Read 1 hour
Alex: Went to work and listened to a Louis L'Amour on tape