12/23/08

Mom School
Pray and Pledge
Theology: Preach My Gospel, Chapter 6, section 1
Bible History: Jesus heals people and call his apostles
Biography/American History: 8 chapters from Guns for General Washington
Fairy Tales/Fables: Thumbelina by Susan Jeffers. We also read the story of Theseus and the Minotaur.
Memorization: Books of the Old and New Testament, Book of The Book of Mormon, The Presidents of the USA and The Planets of our Solar System.
Family History: Biography of Samuel Ward my gggrandfater
Music: Singing some of the memorization songs.
World History: Chapter 13 from Story of the World vol. 2
Geography: France
Science: 1 chapter from Kingfisher Voyages Oceans. We also learned about astronomy, the moon, Apollo missions, Telescopes, Galileo and Copernicus.
PE: Hours of outside snow fort building
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
Math: Lesson 76
Handwriting/Writing: Wrote in her journal
Creative Writing: Wrote a Christmas poem
Life Skills: Pumpkin Pie
Computers/Typing/Writing: Wrote a blog post.
Reading: Scriptures and The Work and the Glory #3, finished.

Jared
Reading: Read in The Old Testament Stories Reader

Luke
Creative Writing/Computers/Typing/Spelling: Worked on his story for at least an hour.
Writing/Drawing: Drew some pictures and wrote in a notebook.
Free Reading: Read in various books

To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Cooked food for Christmas Eve Dinner, Read for 3+ hours
Alex:Worked as a Temple Ordinance Worker, Went to work, and listened to a memoir about Ronald Reagan.