02/10/09: Lights Out!

We didn't get as much done today as we'd (I'd) hoped to. Outside forces have a way of converging into your life sometimes. The power was out for several hours this afternoon so that "added" to the excitement.

Mom School
Pray, Pledge and Song
Theology: Gospel Principles chapter 11
Bible History: "Go Ye Thereforth"
Friend Article
Biography/American History: 1 chapter from John Quincy Adams: Our Sixth President by Gerry and Janet Souter
Geography: Started the book Young Discoverers: Maps and Mapping by Kingfisher.
Science: Amphibians from The Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia
Health: Healthy Lifestyles from Lesson 1 in Eat Well and Keep Moving by Cheung
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: Babysitting

Olivia
Religion: Read 1 chapter in The Book of Mormon.
Science: Read a chapter and worked on her vocabulary in her science book. She's learning about cells.
Art: Held an art class for her 2 yr old cousin and she made paper snowflakes.
Math: Lesson 98
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Prepositional Phrases
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- ADEPT
Reading: Read books to her 2-yr old cousin.
Life Skills: Babysitting
Computers: Put some more programs onto the computer for me.

Jared
Religion: 1 chapter in The Old Testament Reader.
Math: Learned about grams and kilograms.
Creative Play: Lots of Lego's. He put himself in quiet time all day.

Luke
Math: 1 math lesson
Phonics/Handwriting: 6 pages of Explode the Code, finished a book.
Free Reading: Read The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis for 1 hour.
Creative Play: Lot's of Lego's

Caleb
Math: Played with his weights and measures kit.
Free Reading: Read various books for 30 min.
Creative Play/Social: Played with his 5 year old cousin all day.

Family (in the evening):
Tore our house apart (this was an all night event) because it's getting painted tomorrow. The fun never ends!

To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, word of the day, finished a Geography chapter for my BYU class, took a quiz and ordered my midterm, read part of a chapter in The Iliad by Homer.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, worked in the temple, read in the Ensign, listened to Dracula by Bram Stoker, listened to the Iliad by Homer and went to work.