12/15/08

Mom School
Pray and Pledge
Theology: Preach My Gospel, Chapter 5-read a section (I can't remember which one!)
Bible History: Joseph, Mary and baby Jesus flee to Egypt
Literature: 2 chapters from The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis
Read-a-loud: 2 chapters from Fablehaven #3 by Brandon Mull (so good!)
Memorization: Presidents of the USA (Olivia did them all right today. Jared and I can say them faster and faster. Luke is up to 15. And Caleb just says "Thomas Jefferson."), Books of the Old and New Testament and Books of the Book of Mormon
Family History: Life Sketch of Fredrick Clair Kimball by my great aunt Lenore Kimball Nitch
Music: Practiced the songs of the books of scripture to the piano. Listened to lots of Christmas music.
Geography: Middle East and the routes of the Jaredites and the Nephites according to the church approved scripture readers.
Science: Uranus
PE: Fun Physical Fitness CD (lasts around 25 min-very good exercise) and played in the snow for at least an hour all together, they also shoveled the walks.
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
Religion: Marked all the Book of Mormon scripture mastery scriptures in her Book of Mormon
Music: Practiced some of her voice lesson. She's doing another vocal solo, this one is for the ward Christmas party.
Math: Lesson 67
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Mad Libs parts of speech
Science: She watched a Magic School Bus video
Free Reading: Over 2 hours from Work and the Glory #3
Life Skills: Saxaphash (main dish-think lasagna and spaghetti put together, family favorite) and dusting.

Jared
Music: Practiced his piano lesson and had his piano lesson
Science: Science experiment and two Magic School Bus videos. (Our library is well stocked).
Math: Lesson 64
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Free Reading: Over 30 min of The Book of Mormon Reader
Life Skills: Learned/saw how to blow out some water lines in the camper trailer with Alex.

Luke
World History: Listened to over an hour of Story of the World vol. 1. I think he has the entire book memorized. I'm not even kidding. As Caleb would say, "for reals."
Science: Science Experiment and two Magic School Bus Videos.
Math: 1 Saxon Math 2 lesson
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: Over 5 pages of Explode the Code
Music: Practiced the piano and had a piano lesson
Creative Writing/Spelling/Computers/Typing: He's worked on his story for several hours today. He was up at 6:30 AM typing away. Every once in a while he'll call out a word he want us to help him spell. He asked me the other day this question, "Mom, I'm a monotheist. So is it appropriate to write a polytheist book?" He's 7.
Reading: Read him 5 picture books.

Caleb
Math: Over 7 dot to dots. He counted to 100 for me.
Reading: Read part of Fox in Socks to me. Also I read him 5 picture books.
Science: Science Experiment and two Magic School Bus Videos.
Life Skills: Cleaning toilets
Caleb enjoyed a happy day of solid core! Lots of imaginative play.


Family (in the evening):
Family Home Evening: Signs of Jesus' birth in America
Played Phase 10
Luke 6

To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Did housework, read for 30 min, practiced the piano, wrote a blog article, did a curriculum review...
Alex:Went to work.