01/15/09: Sleep over party

We had another great day today. The kids love learning and reading. I couldn't have a better "job" than doing what I do. I am a mom! Today the kids put up their play-tents that they received from Christmas from one of their grandmas. They've been playing with them since Christmas but today they decided they were going to sleep in them. They are all lined out each in a tent and are listening to some Power Tales as we speak. Happy kids.

Mom School
Pray, Pledge and Song
Theology: Preach My Gospel, chapter 6: Diligence and True to the Faith: Knowledge
Bible History: The Prodigal Son
Friend Article
Biography/American History: Read Literature: The Story of the Declaration of Independence by Norman Richards (Cornerstones of Freedom)
Literature: 10 poems from A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson
Fairy Tales: The Seven Wonderful Cats
Fables: Read the Three Gold Pieces by Aliki
Memorization: Books of the Old and New Testament, Books of the Book of Mormon and First 7 states.
Family History: Autobiography of Emma H. Green
Science Biography: Read 3 chapters and finished Thomas Edison For Kids: His Life and Ideas by Laurie Carlson
World History Biography: William Shakespeare and the Globe by Aliki
Geography: Turkey (From Three Gold Pieces)
Science: Classification of living things from The Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia
Math: Read How do Octopi Eat Pizza Pie? Pizza Math by Time Life for Children Series and read a chapter from The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure by Hans Magnus Enzensberger
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: Read a chapter in the Book of Mormon
Music: Played the violin and the recorder. She also played on Music Ace for 30 min.
Art: Practiced Calligraphy for over 30 minutes.
Math: Lesson 84
Math Drill: Multiplication Wrap-up's: 5's and 9's.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Prepositional phrases
Free Reading: 1 hour of Jane Eyre
PE: 30 min of Wii sports
Mentor: Olivia ran a handwriting class today. She had Caleb and Jared sitting down writing for almost an hour!
Creative Play: Tent playing, "school" and some of Lego's.

Jared
Religion: Read a chapter from The Old Testament Reader
Music: Practiced his piano lesson.
Math: Lesson 74
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Handwriting: Participated in Olivia handwriting class and wrote for almost an hour! He also practiced cursive Z's.
Free Reading: Read 3 chapters in Eragon
PE: 30 min of Wii sports
Creative Play: Tent playing, "school" and lots of Lego's.

Luke
Religion: Read a chapter from his Book of Mormon Reader.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson.
Math: 1 Saxon Math 2 lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Free Reading: Read for 30 min from Knights of the Round Table by Gwen Gross
PE: 30 min of Wii sports.
Creative Play: Lots of Lego Star Wars ship building.

Caleb
Music: Played the violin again for fun.
Math: Two math work book pages.
Math Drill: Addition Wrap-up: 1's.
Phonics/Handwriting: 3 pages of Explode the Code
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Handwriting: Attended Olivia's "grueling" 1 hour handwriting class.
PE: 30 min of Wii sports.
Creative Play: Tent playing, "school" and Lego's.

Family (in the evening):
Movie: Watched The Empire Strikes Back (I know, I know they need to not watch movies after dinner. They have really wanted to watch the original series again. They watched them out of order, but they should be good for a while now. In our house the original Star Wars series are classics).
Scriptures: Read Luke 11
Character Biographies: Power Tales: George Washington, Thomas Edison and Benjamin Franklin.

To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, Teachings of the Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith (1 lesson), piano (I'm usually on it for an hour everyday-broken up into 2 or so segments), violin (I tried the simplified hymns today. I really need to have a lesson from someone before my technique-which I'm sure is off-becomes a habit), recorder for about 20 min with Olivia, Goodreads reviews, read 2 chapters from The Iliad by Homer, did a lesson for my BYU college Geography class, and read A Tale of Two Cities by Dickens for 1 1/2 hours.
Alex:Left at 5 AM this morning for Utah to set up one of his tax offices. He'll be home late...I don't know what he listened to day or what's he's read....