There are so many good discussions going on here and on several other blogs I follow regarding the ebook Headgates! So fun to hear what you all have to say. I have really enjoyed several things, but I have certainly found several things that we will keep the way we already have them. (The Lego's and The Lord of the Rings series aren't going anywhere! : ) )
I've greatly reduced the art supplies and so they are no longer overwhelming. We no longer have a huge box of crayons-we have a little box of crayons! How many yellow crayons to we really need? My kids have never been much into art projects anyways. (Gee, I wonder why? Could it be because I loathe them? I've never found value in worthless crafts.) They do however thoroughly enjoy drawing one stick figure on a piece a paper with: "To Mom: I love you. Love, Luke" written on hundred pages.
So to solve this bunch of wasted papers and satisfy their desire to give me a love note I recently bought sketch pads for the kids. I told them how much I enjoyed all their love notes, but I kept loosing them and they were all over the place. So I said I wanted them to draw them in the sketch book. I wanted their best work and then when they were done they could give me the sketch book and this way I would be able to keep them always! I told them that whenever there was one they really wanted me to see all they had to do was show it to me. They were so excited. They all have enjoyed drawing pictures for me that I will get to keep forever. Luke told me he was excited that I wouldn't be able to loose them this way. He also said he liked just having one place to keep everything. Jared also has made nice little drawings that he wasn't interested in before. So simplifying our craft supplies as made them focus on real projects that are nice. Success!
We put up all their extra notebooks. They still have their names on them they are just in our empty closet so they are still here. They only get to have one notebook out to keep notes in and write whatever they want. They have really liked knowing where their books are and not feeling overwhelmed with all the paper.
I have found that has I've gotten rid of things that they are actually becoming happier, more productive, and better behaved. It's all really amazing.
For our family the fruits have been tremendous. While I haven't agreed with everything I have enjoyed the ideas generated and the discussions on all the blogs!
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Thursday, April 8, 2010
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Capture the Flag
Family Scripture Study: 2 Nephi 11
Weekly Family Scripture Memorization: John 14:15
Science Experiment: Planting seeds
Creativity/PE: They played capture the flag outside for several hours.
Fantasy Read: Read 5 chapters and finished Percy Jackson #2.
PE: Played basketball for a couple of hours at the church.
Chores/Animal Care: Lot's of extra chores today.
Caleb: Read his scriptures, math and spelling practice, listened to Mr. Popper's Penguins, and individual reading.
Luke: Read his scriptures, practiced the piano, read in Ranger's Apprentice, played Music Ace, and played Wii Sports.
Jared: Read his scriptures, practiced the piano, read in Peter and the Shadow Thieves, played a math game with Olivia, and played Wii Sports.
Olivia: Read her scriptures, wrote in her journal, practiced the piano, practiced her vocal solo, read for several hours in 1776, mentored Caleb in math and spelling, and played a math game with Jared.
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, conference talk, went to the temple, walked on the treadmill, read in The Thomas Jefferson Education, read a couple of chapters in Anne of Green Gables, read in the Libation Bearers, and took a much needed nap!
Alex: Scriptures, church handbook reading,, writing a speech, finished he palm card literature, went to work, set up for the Lincoln Days on Saturday, went to mutual, walked on the treadmill, and is listening to Good to Great.
Weekly Family Scripture Memorization: John 14:15
Science Experiment: Planting seeds
Creativity/PE: They played capture the flag outside for several hours.
Fantasy Read: Read 5 chapters and finished Percy Jackson #2.
PE: Played basketball for a couple of hours at the church.
Chores/Animal Care: Lot's of extra chores today.
Caleb: Read his scriptures, math and spelling practice, listened to Mr. Popper's Penguins, and individual reading.
Luke: Read his scriptures, practiced the piano, read in Ranger's Apprentice, played Music Ace, and played Wii Sports.
Jared: Read his scriptures, practiced the piano, read in Peter and the Shadow Thieves, played a math game with Olivia, and played Wii Sports.
Olivia: Read her scriptures, wrote in her journal, practiced the piano, practiced her vocal solo, read for several hours in 1776, mentored Caleb in math and spelling, and played a math game with Jared.
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, conference talk, went to the temple, walked on the treadmill, read in The Thomas Jefferson Education, read a couple of chapters in Anne of Green Gables, read in the Libation Bearers, and took a much needed nap!
Alex: Scriptures, church handbook reading,, writing a speech, finished he palm card literature, went to work, set up for the Lincoln Days on Saturday, went to mutual, walked on the treadmill, and is listening to Good to Great.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Horatio Hornblower
Another day drawing to a close. Today was another fabulous day. Sometimes I feel guilty that life is so good. Sure there are those moments. I feel like I have this little secret that nobody wants to hear. I'll share it anyway (but most of the people who read this blog already know it), HOMESCHOOLING YOUR KIDS ROCKS AND MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND! Most people just assume that only crazy people do it. I've also heard it's just to hard of a thing to expect a mother to do. Well, I'm sure some mom's get overwhelmed, but the joys and blessings out weigh those days of chaos. Cheers to all you families out there that also home school and share the same joy in your homes!
Now on to our day.
Family Scripture Study: 2 Nephi 10
Weekly Family Scripture Memorization: John 15:14
Theology: "Prophets" from Gospel Principles.
The Discussion: "Should we be expected to continue attending meetings of church clubs when we've earned all of our requirements?" Alex was gone until late so we had to have a tame question that I could handle. I put the questions about our national borders and Spanish being included on all government literature back for another day.
Spelling: We did spelling with the boys on the wipe board.
Social: Today was the home schooling weekly social date. Last weekend we lent some of our Horatio Hornblower movies to our hs buddies. This morning we received a phone
call, "Come dressed as Horatio Hornblower as much as you can. We are going to build a ship." The boys were so exited! They had a 10+ trailer that they ended up rigging into a ship. It was a work of art. Really. They hauled all sorts of materials to this trailer and each time I looked out the window more and work had been down. In the end they had rigged a huge mast with a sail on it. Twine was everywhere. They also had a twine rope later up it. They had rigged 3 cannons, that looked like cannons. They also had a rudder. It was amazing what "backwards home school" children can really create with their imaginations. The worst part is that I didn't bring my camera. They'll remember today for a long time.
Fantasy Read-a-loud: Read several chapter of Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters.
Health: Watched The Biggest Loser (we watch it a week delayed on hulu).
PE: Watched an hour of the Olympics together. We aren't big TV people. 1 1/2 hours of the Biggest Loser (sometimes) is the extent of our TV viewing usually.
Chores/Animal Care
Caleb: Read his scriptures, read to his "public school teacher," learned about Komodo Dragons, wrote a blog post about them, played Wii sports, I started a Hank the Cowdog book that I'm reading just to him, and did some free reading.
Luke: Practiced piano, sketching in his book, read a book that was about the Wizard of Oz, read in the Ranger's Apprentice, played chess, and played Wii sports.
Jared: Read his scriptures, practiced the piano, Read in Peter and the Shadow Thieves (he's been consistent with this-he's really starting to gain some fluency), wrote a blog post, did some wipe board math, played 30 min of Wii sports and played chess.
Olivia: Read her scriptures, wrote in her journal, finished a biography about Patsy Jefferson, wrote a paper for her scholar class about The Screwtape Letters, played with a friend in the afternoon, practiced her vocal solo several different times, and played Wii sports.
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, conference talk, walked on the treadmill for 30 min, went visiting teaching, made dinner for some friends, read a chapter in the Thomas Jefferson Education book, read several chapters in Anne of Green Gables, wrote an essay, finished listening to Alex Rider #2: Point Blank, and started The Libation Bearers (Greek classic).
Alex: Scriptures, church handbook, walked on the treadmill, listening to Percy Jackson #1, went to work, and went to the temple.
Now on to our day.
Family Scripture Study: 2 Nephi 10
Weekly Family Scripture Memorization: John 15:14
Theology: "Prophets" from Gospel Principles.
The Discussion: "Should we be expected to continue attending meetings of church clubs when we've earned all of our requirements?" Alex was gone until late so we had to have a tame question that I could handle. I put the questions about our national borders and Spanish being included on all government literature back for another day.
Spelling: We did spelling with the boys on the wipe board.
Social: Today was the home schooling weekly social date. Last weekend we lent some of our Horatio Hornblower movies to our hs buddies. This morning we received a phone
call, "Come dressed as Horatio Hornblower as much as you can. We are going to build a ship." The boys were so exited! They had a 10+ trailer that they ended up rigging into a ship. It was a work of art. Really. They hauled all sorts of materials to this trailer and each time I looked out the window more and work had been down. In the end they had rigged a huge mast with a sail on it. Twine was everywhere. They also had a twine rope later up it. They had rigged 3 cannons, that looked like cannons. They also had a rudder. It was amazing what "backwards home school" children can really create with their imaginations. The worst part is that I didn't bring my camera. They'll remember today for a long time.Fantasy Read-a-loud: Read several chapter of Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters.
Health: Watched The Biggest Loser (we watch it a week delayed on hulu).
PE: Watched an hour of the Olympics together. We aren't big TV people. 1 1/2 hours of the Biggest Loser (sometimes) is the extent of our TV viewing usually.
Chores/Animal Care
Caleb: Read his scriptures, read to his "public school teacher," learned about Komodo Dragons, wrote a blog post about them, played Wii sports, I started a Hank the Cowdog book that I'm reading just to him, and did some free reading.
Luke: Practiced piano, sketching in his book, read a book that was about the Wizard of Oz, read in the Ranger's Apprentice, played chess, and played Wii sports.
Jared: Read his scriptures, practiced the piano, Read in Peter and the Shadow Thieves (he's been consistent with this-he's really starting to gain some fluency), wrote a blog post, did some wipe board math, played 30 min of Wii sports and played chess.
Olivia: Read her scriptures, wrote in her journal, finished a biography about Patsy Jefferson, wrote a paper for her scholar class about The Screwtape Letters, played with a friend in the afternoon, practiced her vocal solo several different times, and played Wii sports.
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, conference talk, walked on the treadmill for 30 min, went visiting teaching, made dinner for some friends, read a chapter in the Thomas Jefferson Education book, read several chapters in Anne of Green Gables, wrote an essay, finished listening to Alex Rider #2: Point Blank, and started The Libation Bearers (Greek classic).
Alex: Scriptures, church handbook, walked on the treadmill, listening to Percy Jackson #1, went to work, and went to the temple.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
We made Valentine's-I'm not even kidding.
Family Scripture Study: D & C 36Weekly Family Scripture Memorization: John 3:16
Theology: "The Holy Ghost" from Gospel Principles.
Fantasy Read a loud: Read multiple chapters from Percy Jackson and the Sea Monsters.
Art: Shocking, but true, we made our valentines "boxes." Aren't I a genius? We put tin foil over our Halloween buckets and glued paper hearts on them. It wasn't even very painful. I didn't like it, but it wasn't painful.
Clubs: Today we had boys scouts and our 4-H meeting.
Caleb: Read his scriptures, did 10 plus pages in Explode the Code and finished the book, read two e-books on line at Raz-kids.com, learned about lizards, wrote a blog post about them,
Luke: Read his scriptures, practiced the piano, read The Ranger's Apprentice to me for 30 minutes, walked on the treadmill, made lunch, read several books to Caleb, played ping pong, and worked on his story.
Jared: Read his scriptures, practiced the piano, read in Peter and the Shadow Thieves for 1 1/2 hours, and listened to Alex Rider #2 on tape for an hour.
Olivia: Read her scriptures, wrote in her journal, practiced the piano, practiced her vocal solo, finished The Great Little Madison, read in several American History books trying to find what she wants to read now, made breakfast, and made home made beef stew.
Deanna: Read my scriptures, wrote in my journal, read a conference talk, read in 7 habits of Highly Effective People, had a scout meeting, worked on stuff for 4-H (I'm the Clover Bud leader), walked on the treadmill for 45 minutes and played ping pong.
Alex: Read his scriptures, read in the church handbook, listened to a Ronald Reagen speech, had a meeting with his campaign adviser & the Regional chairman, ordered lawn signs, ordered his palm cards, listening to Percy Jackson #1, went to work, and played ping pong.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Sewing...yeah! (Haha)
Family Scripture Reading: 1 Nephi 1
Weekly Family Scripture Memorization: Articles of Faith 13
Sewing: They all decided they had to sew today. Can a day get any worse?
Olivia finished her horse quilt top. I'm so proud of her. I didn't help her either. She started a second one and is making a baby blanket. Jared made a sheath. Luke made a quiver, a sheath and a picture frame. He sewed for a long time. Caleb made a cape and together we made a big bean bag.
Cooking: We made 5 or 6 batches of caramel popcorn. And passed them out later in the day to some friends and family. We made sugar cookies and rolled and cut them out.
Science Experiments: We did a myriad of science experiments including ones involving air pressure, water pressure, fog and crystals. They played for a while after wards with all the stuff and created their "own" science experiments. (Pictured)
Geography: We started putting together our big world puzzle again. We have the edges and all the corners done.
Literature: I read 4 chapters of Treasure Island to Luke and Jared.
Book on Tape: We listened to a Hank the Cowdog book together for about and hour and a half while we drove around on the county roads.
Social/PE: We played at some fellow home schooler's house and went ice skating on their pond. (Pictured)
PE: We went on a walk.
Chores/Animal Care (Pictured)
Olivia: Read her scriptures, sewed for hours, practiced the piano, practiced memorizing the Declaration of Independence (she has over half of it memorized now), listened to
Inkdeath for an hour, drew numerous sketches of people, and I don't remember what else.
Jared: Read his scriptures, practiced the piano, listened to Story of the World vol. 1 for an hour, played Wii Sports for 30 min, listened to Daniel and Nephi for 30 min, played a horse game for 30 minutes, read to me for 30 min from Tom Trueheart and the Land of Dark Stories, he finished several requirements for some Webelos badges for scouts, and that's all I remember.
Luke: Read his scriptures, practiced the piano, listened to Story of the World vol. 1, worked on his story for a long time, worked on his sewing for a long time, drew num
erous sketches of people, and played with Lego's.
Caleb: Read his scriptures to me, listened to Story of the World vol. 1, read to his public school teacher on the phone (his fluency is getting faster and faster), played raz-kids.com for a long time (that works on fluency), he was very involved in the puzzle and the science experiments.
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, word of the day, read a chapter in Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens, various reading, lots of cooking, and spend quite a while on 4-H business with a friend.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, listening to the Last Dickens, participated in a meeting about the health care system with Senator Crapo, and went to work.
Weekly Family Scripture Memorization: Articles of Faith 13
Sewing: They all decided they had to sew today. Can a day get any worse?
Olivia finished her horse quilt top. I'm so proud of her. I didn't help her either. She started a second one and is making a baby blanket. Jared made a sheath. Luke made a quiver, a sheath and a picture frame. He sewed for a long time. Caleb made a cape and together we made a big bean bag.Cooking: We made 5 or 6 batches of caramel popcorn. And passed them out later in the day to some friends and family. We made sugar cookies and rolled and cut them out.
Science Experiments: We did a myriad of science experiments including ones involving air pressure, water pressure, fog and crystals. They played for a while after wards with all the stuff and created their "own" science experiments. (Pictured)
Geography: We started putting together our big world puzzle again. We have the edges and all the corners done.
Literature: I read 4 chapters of Treasure Island to Luke and Jared.
Book on Tape: We listened to a Hank the Cowdog book together for about and hour and a half while we drove around on the county roads.
Social/PE: We played at some fellow home schooler's house and went ice skating on their pond. (Pictured)
PE: We went on a walk.
Chores/Animal Care (Pictured)
Olivia: Read her scriptures, sewed for hours, practiced the piano, practiced memorizing the Declaration of Independence (she has over half of it memorized now), listened to
Inkdeath for an hour, drew numerous sketches of people, and I don't remember what else.Jared: Read his scriptures, practiced the piano, listened to Story of the World vol. 1 for an hour, played Wii Sports for 30 min, listened to Daniel and Nephi for 30 min, played a horse game for 30 minutes, read to me for 30 min from Tom Trueheart and the Land of Dark Stories, he finished several requirements for some Webelos badges for scouts, and that's all I remember.
Luke: Read his scriptures, practiced the piano, listened to Story of the World vol. 1, worked on his story for a long time, worked on his sewing for a long time, drew num
erous sketches of people, and played with Lego's.Caleb: Read his scriptures to me, listened to Story of the World vol. 1, read to his public school teacher on the phone (his fluency is getting faster and faster), played raz-kids.com for a long time (that works on fluency), he was very involved in the puzzle and the science experiments.
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, word of the day, read a chapter in Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens, various reading, lots of cooking, and spend quite a while on 4-H business with a friend.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, listening to the Last Dickens, participated in a meeting about the health care system with Senator Crapo, and went to work.
Monday, December 14, 2009
Timeline
Today was a good day. Doing TJEd is hard work! The mom can't sit back and do nothing or option #2 just boss and assign workbook pages.
I'm sure I'll forget something but here is what I remember from the day.
Family Scripture Study: Finished the testimony of the Prophet Joseph Smith in the intro to the Book of Mormon.
Weekly Scripture Memorization: Article of Faith #13
History: We made a big time line that fills 3/4 of our library room wall. It starts at 4,000 B.C. and comes through to present day. Each 100 years is 5 inches. The kids had a lot of fun making it. We put on the major events and then some things we have just recently studied. We added several things as the day progressed. The kids already seem to be able to place things in history better. It was a fun project. (Caleb in a red Power Ranger costume).
Piano: The kids all had piano lessons. They are practicing for their Christmas recital next week. They all practiced the piano. Olivia is really enjoying the piano and spends an hour to two hours everyday studying the piano.
Chores and Animal Care
Olivia
Religion: Olivia read a chapter in the Bible.
Art: She sewed for a while, cross stitched flowers with out a pattern-pretty cool, made snowflakes, and drew multiple pages of characters from Inkheart.
Writing/American History: She wrote a rough draft for a paper for her scholar class.
Life Skills: Made pumpkin spice cake-a family favorite.
Math: She did a Saxon 7/6 math lesson about solving circumference from pie. Played Money, Money with Caleb.
Lesson Preparation: Prepared and gave a lesson for Family Home Evening based on an article about the three wise men from the New Era.
Music: She listened to music on playlist.com selecting music for her blog. She listened to lots of classical music.
Reading: She read the Work and the Glory #9 for an hour.
Jared
World History: Listened to Story of the World vol. 1 for over 2 hours.
Language Arts: Did a Mad Libs page and we talked about plural nouns and adjectives.
Reading: Read Tom Trueheart out loud to me for an hour.
PE: Went on a walk with me.
American History: Re-memorized the presidents of the United States. He memorized them last year and wanted to review them. He has them 80% recalled now.
Reading: He read various free reading to himself for 30 minutes.
Logic: He rearranged his room again for the umpteenth time figuring out where everything could go.
Art: Colored and drew multiple pictures.
Stewardship: Cleaned his room.
Life Skills: Helped me with the laundry.
Luke
Scriptures: Read a chapter in the Book of Mormon.
Reading: Read Tom Trueheart for an hour.
PE: Went on a walk with Jared and I.
Math Game: Played Money, Money! with Olivia.
Creative Writing: Worked on his story for almost two hours.
Stewardship/Core: Worked on cleaning his room.
Caleb
Scriptures: Read several versus to me in the Book of Mormon. His reading is
getting better and better.
Music: Learned a new primary song with me and sang it several times.
Art: Made homemade play dough with me and played with it.
Stewardship/Core: Worked on cleaning his room.
Math: Played Money, Money! with Olivia. (Caleb in a blue Power Ranger suit now).
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, conference talk, started Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens, went on a walk with the boys and practiced the piano.
Alex: Scriptures, went to work, played Wii sports, and listening to the Last Dickens.
Family Home Evening:
Songs: Do As I'm Doing and We'll Bring the World His Truth
Talent: Luke played a Christmas song on the piano.
Testimonies: Alex, Deanna, Caleb and Luke
Strength of Youth: "Tithes and Offerings"
Proclamation to the World: Read 1/2 paragraph (it was the long one).
Scripture Memorization: Article of Faith 13
Article of Faith: 11th
Character: Read the section when rudeness is okay from Uncommon Courtesy.
Lesson: Olivia gave a great lesson on the three wise man referenced from the New Era.
Activity: Who Wants to Be a Celestial Heir?
Treats: Pumpkin Spice Cake
I'm sure I'll forget something but here is what I remember from the day.
Family Scripture Study: Finished the testimony of the Prophet Joseph Smith in the intro to the Book of Mormon.
Weekly Scripture Memorization: Article of Faith #13
History: We made a big time line that fills 3/4 of our library room wall. It starts at 4,000 B.C. and comes through to present day. Each 100 years is 5 inches. The kids had a lot of fun making it. We put on the major events and then some things we have just recently studied. We added several things as the day progressed. The kids already seem to be able to place things in history better. It was a fun project. (Caleb in a red Power Ranger costume).
Piano: The kids all had piano lessons. They are practicing for their Christmas recital next week. They all practiced the piano. Olivia is really enjoying the piano and spends an hour to two hours everyday studying the piano.
Chores and Animal Care
Olivia
Religion: Olivia read a chapter in the Bible.
Art: She sewed for a while, cross stitched flowers with out a pattern-pretty cool, made snowflakes, and drew multiple pages of characters from Inkheart.
Writing/American History: She wrote a rough draft for a paper for her scholar class.
Life Skills: Made pumpkin spice cake-a family favorite.
Math: She did a Saxon 7/6 math lesson about solving circumference from pie. Played Money, Money with Caleb.
Lesson Preparation: Prepared and gave a lesson for Family Home Evening based on an article about the three wise men from the New Era.
Music: She listened to music on playlist.com selecting music for her blog. She listened to lots of classical music.
Reading: She read the Work and the Glory #9 for an hour.
Jared
World History: Listened to Story of the World vol. 1 for over 2 hours.
Language Arts: Did a Mad Libs page and we talked about plural nouns and adjectives.
Reading: Read Tom Trueheart out loud to me for an hour.
PE: Went on a walk with me.
American History: Re-memorized the presidents of the United States. He memorized them last year and wanted to review them. He has them 80% recalled now.
Reading: He read various free reading to himself for 30 minutes.
Logic: He rearranged his room again for the umpteenth time figuring out where everything could go.
Art: Colored and drew multiple pictures.
Stewardship: Cleaned his room.
Life Skills: Helped me with the laundry.
Luke
Scriptures: Read a chapter in the Book of Mormon.
Reading: Read Tom Trueheart for an hour.
PE: Went on a walk with Jared and I.
Math Game: Played Money, Money! with Olivia.
Creative Writing: Worked on his story for almost two hours.
Stewardship/Core: Worked on cleaning his room.
Caleb
Scriptures: Read several versus to me in the Book of Mormon. His reading is
getting better and better.Music: Learned a new primary song with me and sang it several times.
Art: Made homemade play dough with me and played with it.
Stewardship/Core: Worked on cleaning his room.
Math: Played Money, Money! with Olivia. (Caleb in a blue Power Ranger suit now).
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, conference talk, started Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens, went on a walk with the boys and practiced the piano.
Alex: Scriptures, went to work, played Wii sports, and listening to the Last Dickens.
Family Home Evening:
Songs: Do As I'm Doing and We'll Bring the World His Truth
Talent: Luke played a Christmas song on the piano.
Testimonies: Alex, Deanna, Caleb and Luke
Strength of Youth: "Tithes and Offerings"
Proclamation to the World: Read 1/2 paragraph (it was the long one).
Scripture Memorization: Article of Faith 13
Article of Faith: 11th
Character: Read the section when rudeness is okay from Uncommon Courtesy.
Lesson: Olivia gave a great lesson on the three wise man referenced from the New Era.
Activity: Who Wants to Be a Celestial Heir?
Treats: Pumpkin Spice Cake
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
September 2, 2009 (Wednesday)
Family Scripture Study: Acts 26
Mom School
Pray/Pledge
Music: Do What is Right, The Books of the Old and New Testament, Beautiful Savior and a Rhythm poem.
Church History: Read 12 pages from Illustrated Stories from Church History vol. 1.
Weekly Scripture Memorization: Ether 12:27
New Era Article
Social Studies: Read a chapter from Houghton Mifflin Social Studies: States and Regions.
Read-a-loud: Read two chapters from Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo.
Science: Read one chapter from Science: A Closer Look by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill.
Art: The kids painted their sculptures from Monday. Some of them made watercolor pictures. We have some really neat art supplies this year.
PE: Pulled BIG weeds on the 82 acres for over two hours. We are tired!
Chores
Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in Genesis.
Music: Practiced her voice for the recital.
World History: Read out of the The Usborne Encyclopedia of World History and then looked up some of the on line links for it.
Geography: Did a lesson from Evan-Moor.
Science: Learned more about plant reproduction.
Math: Did a Saxon 7/6 lesson.
Math Drill: Did a addition fact sheet.
Art: Made some more cards.
Game: Played Cashflow for Kids with Jared and Caleb.
Spelling: Did a spell drill.
Language Arts: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- Egregious
Vocabulary/Language Usage: Greek root words lesson.
Creative Writing: Did an Editor and Chief lesson.
Free Reading: Read Work and the Glory #4 for 30 min.
Life Skills: Helped with dinner.
Jared
Religion: Read in The Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced his recital piece.
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 6/5 lesson.
Math Drill: Did an addition math fact drill.
Game: Played Cashflow for Kids with Olivia and Caleb.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Creative Writing: Did a lesson in Let's Write about categorizing. (This is also good handwriting practice).
Reading: Read in Peter and the Starcatchers for 1 1/2 hours.
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Luke
Religion: Finished a chapter in the Book of Mormon.
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 3 lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Handwriting: Cursive lesson from A Reason for Writing.
Reading: Read in Eragon for 30 min.
PE: 30 min of Wii Sports
Caleb
Religion: Read a couple of versus in the Book of Mormon to me.
Geography: Did a lesson from Evan-Moor.
Math: Did a Saxon Math 2 lesson.
Game: Played Cashflow for Kids with Jared and Olivia.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 3 pages of Explode the Code
Reading: Sight words drill
Art: Lots of picture drawing today.
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, worked on my Activity Days lesson, and did Family History research.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, went to the temple, went to work, had Bishopric responsibilities tonight.
Mom School
Pray/Pledge
Music: Do What is Right, The Books of the Old and New Testament, Beautiful Savior and a Rhythm poem.
Church History: Read 12 pages from Illustrated Stories from Church History vol. 1.
Weekly Scripture Memorization: Ether 12:27
New Era Article
Social Studies: Read a chapter from Houghton Mifflin Social Studies: States and Regions.
Read-a-loud: Read two chapters from Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo.
Science: Read one chapter from Science: A Closer Look by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill.
Art: The kids painted their sculptures from Monday. Some of them made watercolor pictures. We have some really neat art supplies this year.
PE: Pulled BIG weeds on the 82 acres for over two hours. We are tired!
Chores
Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in Genesis.
Music: Practiced her voice for the recital.
World History: Read out of the The Usborne Encyclopedia of World History and then looked up some of the on line links for it.
Geography: Did a lesson from Evan-Moor.
Science: Learned more about plant reproduction.
Math: Did a Saxon 7/6 lesson.
Math Drill: Did a addition fact sheet.
Art: Made some more cards.
Game: Played Cashflow for Kids with Jared and Caleb.
Spelling: Did a spell drill.
Language Arts: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- Egregious
Vocabulary/Language Usage: Greek root words lesson.
Creative Writing: Did an Editor and Chief lesson.
Free Reading: Read Work and the Glory #4 for 30 min.
Life Skills: Helped with dinner.
Jared
Religion: Read in The Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced his recital piece.
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 6/5 lesson.
Math Drill: Did an addition math fact drill.
Game: Played Cashflow for Kids with Olivia and Caleb.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Creative Writing: Did a lesson in Let's Write about categorizing. (This is also good handwriting practice).
Reading: Read in Peter and the Starcatchers for 1 1/2 hours.
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Luke
Religion: Finished a chapter in the Book of Mormon.
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 3 lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Handwriting: Cursive lesson from A Reason for Writing.
Reading: Read in Eragon for 30 min.
PE: 30 min of Wii Sports
Caleb
Religion: Read a couple of versus in the Book of Mormon to me.
Geography: Did a lesson from Evan-Moor.
Math: Did a Saxon Math 2 lesson.
Game: Played Cashflow for Kids with Jared and Olivia.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 3 pages of Explode the Code
Reading: Sight words drill
Art: Lots of picture drawing today.
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, worked on my Activity Days lesson, and did Family History research.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, went to the temple, went to work, had Bishopric responsibilities tonight.
Monday, August 31, 2009
August 31, 2009 (Monday)
We started today! Our schedules were changed... The kids were really excited!
Mom School
Family Scriptures w/ dad: Acts 24
Pray/Pledge
Music: Do What is Right, The Books of the Old Testament and My Eternal Family... We also practiced our Rhythm poem.
Church History: Read 33 pages from Illustrated Stories from Church History vol. 1
Friend Article
Social Studies: Read a chapter from Houghton Mifflin Social Studies: States and Regions. We talked about Geography. What is it?
Literature: "As You Like It" from More Tales from Shakespeare by Marcia Williams and read several poems and discussed them from Poems For Memorization by Rod and Staff Publishers.
Read-a-loud: Read one chapter from Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo.
Science: Read one chapter from Science: A Closer Look by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill. We discussed the Scientific Method and had a really good discussion.
Art: The kids cut out snowflakes and decorated them with glitter. They also used some sculpting clay and made a variety of things. They will air dry them and then in a couple of days they will paint them.
Pet Care: 2 hamsters, 2 dogs, 1 cat,
Chores
Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in Genesis.
Music: She has a nasty head cold so she didn't practice her voice.
World History: Read 1/2 book about Ancient Civilizations.
Science: Read a chapter in a text book about Plant Reproduction.
Math: Did a Saxon 7/6 math lesson.
Language Arts: Daily Grams lesson
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day-Portend
Vocabulary/Language Usage: Did a Classical Root Words lesson.
Free Reading: Read Work and the Glory #4 for 3 hours.
Life Skills: Homemade Cinnamon Rolls
Jared
Religion: Read 3 chapters from the Doctrine and Covenants Reader.
Music: Practiced his recital piece.
Geography: Did a lesson from Evan-Moor.
Math: Did a Saxon 6/5 lesson.
Math Drill: Did a add facts drill from Saxon 6/5.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages in Explode the Code
Grammar: Daily Grams lesson
Creative Writing: Did a lesson from Let's Write 1 on brainstorming.
Free Reading: Read for 30 minutes with a variety of books.
Book on Tape: Listened to Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane for two hours and finished it and started on Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods.
PE: 30 min of Wii Fit.
Luke
Religion: Read 2 Nephi 1
Geography: Did a Evan-Moor lesson.
Art: Drew and colored a picture.
Math: Did a Saxon Math 3 Lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Grammar: Daily Grams lesson
Handwriting: Cursive Lesson from A Reason For Writing- vowels
Creative Writing: Did a lesson from Let's Write 1-sequencing.
Free Reading: Read for 30 minutes in a variety of books.
PE: Did 30 min of Wii Sports.
Caleb
Religion: Read a couple of versus in The Book of Mormon to me.
Geography: Did a Evan-Moor geography lesson.
Art: Coloring
Math: Did a Saxon Math 2 lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 2 pages from Explode the Code.
Language Arts: Sight Words practice
Writing: Cursive Writing-the alphabet
Reading: Read 1/2 of Hop on Pop to me.
Family Home Evening:
Prayer/Songs
Testimonies-Discussion about experiences from trip especially in Palmyra.
Priesthood Blessings by dad for the new school year
Activity: Visiting a family in our town who are "sick and afflicted."
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, spell drill, word of the day, laundry and other household chores, catching up with messages from being gone for two weeks, 1 hour of family history research, practiced the piano for the recital, went visiting teaching, and practiced some Greek (we took two months off our scholar studies and I can tell a difference in my Greek-I have forgotten a lot. Time to crack down on it again!)
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, went to work, and listening to a Rich Dad, Poor Dad book on CD.
Mom School
Family Scriptures w/ dad: Acts 24
Pray/Pledge
Music: Do What is Right, The Books of the Old Testament and My Eternal Family... We also practiced our Rhythm poem.
Church History: Read 33 pages from Illustrated Stories from Church History vol. 1
Friend Article
Social Studies: Read a chapter from Houghton Mifflin Social Studies: States and Regions. We talked about Geography. What is it?
Literature: "As You Like It" from More Tales from Shakespeare by Marcia Williams and read several poems and discussed them from Poems For Memorization by Rod and Staff Publishers.
Read-a-loud: Read one chapter from Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo.
Science: Read one chapter from Science: A Closer Look by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill. We discussed the Scientific Method and had a really good discussion.
Art: The kids cut out snowflakes and decorated them with glitter. They also used some sculpting clay and made a variety of things. They will air dry them and then in a couple of days they will paint them.
Pet Care: 2 hamsters, 2 dogs, 1 cat,
Chores
Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in Genesis.
Music: She has a nasty head cold so she didn't practice her voice.
World History: Read 1/2 book about Ancient Civilizations.
Science: Read a chapter in a text book about Plant Reproduction.
Math: Did a Saxon 7/6 math lesson.
Language Arts: Daily Grams lesson
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day-Portend
Vocabulary/Language Usage: Did a Classical Root Words lesson.
Free Reading: Read Work and the Glory #4 for 3 hours.
Life Skills: Homemade Cinnamon Rolls
Jared
Religion: Read 3 chapters from the Doctrine and Covenants Reader.
Music: Practiced his recital piece.
Geography: Did a lesson from Evan-Moor.
Math: Did a Saxon 6/5 lesson.
Math Drill: Did a add facts drill from Saxon 6/5.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages in Explode the Code
Grammar: Daily Grams lesson
Creative Writing: Did a lesson from Let's Write 1 on brainstorming.
Free Reading: Read for 30 minutes with a variety of books.
Book on Tape: Listened to Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane for two hours and finished it and started on Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods.
PE: 30 min of Wii Fit.
Luke
Religion: Read 2 Nephi 1
Geography: Did a Evan-Moor lesson.
Art: Drew and colored a picture.
Math: Did a Saxon Math 3 Lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Grammar: Daily Grams lesson
Handwriting: Cursive Lesson from A Reason For Writing- vowels
Creative Writing: Did a lesson from Let's Write 1-sequencing.
Free Reading: Read for 30 minutes in a variety of books.
PE: Did 30 min of Wii Sports.
Caleb
Religion: Read a couple of versus in The Book of Mormon to me.
Geography: Did a Evan-Moor geography lesson.
Art: Coloring
Math: Did a Saxon Math 2 lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 2 pages from Explode the Code.
Language Arts: Sight Words practice
Writing: Cursive Writing-the alphabet
Reading: Read 1/2 of Hop on Pop to me.
Family Home Evening:
Prayer/Songs
Testimonies-Discussion about experiences from trip especially in Palmyra.
Priesthood Blessings by dad for the new school year
Activity: Visiting a family in our town who are "sick and afflicted."
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, spell drill, word of the day, laundry and other household chores, catching up with messages from being gone for two weeks, 1 hour of family history research, practiced the piano for the recital, went visiting teaching, and practiced some Greek (we took two months off our scholar studies and I can tell a difference in my Greek-I have forgotten a lot. Time to crack down on it again!)
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, went to work, and listening to a Rich Dad, Poor Dad book on CD.
Monday, June 8, 2009
June 8, 2009 (Monday)
Mom School
Pray/Pledge
Song: Fathers, I'll Seek the Lord Early and Family Prayer
Theology: True to the Faith: Aaronic Priesthood
Church History: The first missionaries
Friend Article
Memorization/Music: Be Choosy Rhythm Poem
Science: "Eyes" from Usborne's Book of Knowledge
Science Experiment: Experiment #2 from Delta Science Kit Energy and Motion
Art: Olivia held an art class. The kids wrote with quill feather with homemade ink. They also painted pictures.
Chores
Pray/Pledge
Song: Fathers, I'll Seek the Lord Early and Family Prayer
Theology: True to the Faith: Aaronic Priesthood
Church History: The first missionaries
Friend Article
Memorization/Music: Be Choosy Rhythm Poem
Science: "Eyes" from Usborne's Book of Knowledge
Science Experiment: Experiment #2 from Delta Science Kit Energy and Motion
Art: Olivia held an art class. The kids wrote with quill feather with homemade ink. They also painted pictures.
Chores
Olivia: Read a chapter in the Book of Mormon, led the art class, made pancakes, went on a walk and practiced her singing.
Jared: Read the Doctrine and Covenants Reader, prepared a family ho
me evening lesson, put puzzles together, went on a walk, played on Brain Pop (Science website) and practiced the piano.
Luke: Read a chapter in the Book of Mormon, played golf with me, and played hard.
Caleb: Put puzzles together, went on a walk and played hard.
Family Home Evening:
Song: Beautiful Savior
Scripture Memorization: 2 Nephi 25:26
Testimonies: Everyone
Strength of Youth: Education
Proclamation: 5th paragraph
Character: Uncommon Courtesy lesson- Telephone Answering Manners (we role played this a couple of times)
Article of Faith: 5th
Lesson: Jared gave a fabulous lesson (that he did himself) on temples. He used this talk from conference, True to the Faith, Scriptures, Picture Art Kit Stories and then he had us draw a picture of a temple.
Activity: Jumping on the trampoline, playing golf, playing pool, and playing the Wii.
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, read several Ensign articles, read a conference talk, word of the day, Greek pronunciation, studied BYU American History and played golf with Luke.
Alex: Scriptures, read several Ensign articles, word of the day, read in a book by Elder Hafen, went to work, and he's listening to The Great Improvisation (Benjamin Franklin) and Master and Commander.
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, read several Ensign articles, read a conference talk, word of the day, Greek pronunciation, studied BYU American History and played golf with Luke.
Alex: Scriptures, read several Ensign articles, word of the day, read in a book by Elder Hafen, went to work, and he's listening to The Great Improvisation (Benjamin Franklin) and Master and Commander.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
May 26, 2009 (Tuesday): More cousin time
All: Today we babysit some cousins again. We played hard all day with them. We also went swimming at the swimming hole with them. We also had baseball practice tonight. The kids had fun coloring pictures about various things I googled.
Olivia: Read 50 pages in Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography, wrote a book report about A Wrinkle in Time, wrote a paper about her tomato plants, did two math pages, did a workbook page about the hazards of smoking, and she watched the movie Much Ado About Nothing.
Jared: Drew a picture of his favorite foods, learned about safety signs, did two math pages, colored a picture of the solar system, wrote a report about his favorite science experiment, did a coloring page about the layers of the earth and wrote about his experiences with baseball and wrestling this year.
Luke: Did a spell drill, colored a picture about the planets, did a worksheet about harmful substances, wrote a report about sharks, did a coloring page about the layers of the earth and worked on his story on the computer.
Caleb: Did a spell drill, colored a picture about the solar system, colored a picture about he food pyramid, did a coloring page about the layers of the earth, drew a picture of a volcano and wrote a report about playing baseball.
Deanna: Read my scriptures (I'm in 3 Nephi right now), read a conference talk, wrote in my journal, read some of chapter 3 in my American History book and spent a lot of time (hours and hours) completing my end of the year reports for the Idaho Distance Academy.
Alex: Read his scriptures, (Alex finished Sophocles's Antigone yesterday), read some talks from a World Wide Training, went to work and listening to Artemis Fowl 3.
Olivia: Read 50 pages in Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography, wrote a book report about A Wrinkle in Time, wrote a paper about her tomato plants, did two math pages, did a workbook page about the hazards of smoking, and she watched the movie Much Ado About Nothing.
Jared: Drew a picture of his favorite foods, learned about safety signs, did two math pages, colored a picture of the solar system, wrote a report about his favorite science experiment, did a coloring page about the layers of the earth and wrote about his experiences with baseball and wrestling this year.
Luke: Did a spell drill, colored a picture about the planets, did a worksheet about harmful substances, wrote a report about sharks, did a coloring page about the layers of the earth and worked on his story on the computer.
Caleb: Did a spell drill, colored a picture about the solar system, colored a picture about he food pyramid, did a coloring page about the layers of the earth, drew a picture of a volcano and wrote a report about playing baseball.
Deanna: Read my scriptures (I'm in 3 Nephi right now), read a conference talk, wrote in my journal, read some of chapter 3 in my American History book and spent a lot of time (hours and hours) completing my end of the year reports for the Idaho Distance Academy.
Alex: Read his scriptures, (Alex finished Sophocles's Antigone yesterday), read some talks from a World Wide Training, went to work and listening to Artemis Fowl 3.
Friday, April 24, 2009
April 24, 2009 (Friday): Indian Attack!
Mom School
Pray/National Anthem
Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in The Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced her voice lesson.
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor 5 lesson.
Math: Saxon Math - 2 lessons
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Grammar lesson -nouns
Jared
Religion: Read a chapter in The Doctrine and Covenants Reader.
Math: Saxon math lesson
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code 5
Luke
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor 2 lesson.
Math: Did 2 math lessons.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code 4
Caleb
Math: Skip Counting
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code 3
Language Arts: Sight words/drill
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, conference talks, spell drill, word of the day, researched about Sophocles and fifth century Athens for several hours, and wrote a report on all that I learned for my scholar class tomorrow.
Alex: Scriptures, Read a chapter in The Law by Bastiat, read a chapter in a biography of Hyrum Smith, word of the day, went to work, finished Artemis Fowl #2, and started Journey to the Center of the Earth.
Pray/National Anthem
Song: I Lived in Heaven
Theology: Chapter 43: Second Coming from Gospel Principles
Book of Mormon Stories: Christ blesses the Nephites
Friend Article
Biography/American History: Discussed Native Americans. We looked at several adult books that had photographs and drawings of Indian life. We also learned some Indian sign language. The kids ended up playing "Indian" for a lot of the day. They went to sleep with paint on their face.
Literature/World History: Read 3 chapters from Ulysses and the Trojan War by Usborne. They are absolutely loving this book.
Memorization: 12 apostles
Family History/World War II: Read several more pages from "Memories of a Flying Tiger" about my grandpa's WWII adventures in China as a bomber. This has been VERY interesting to us.
Language Arts: A Lime, A Mime and A Pool of Slime: More About Nouns by Brian P. Cleary
Theology: Chapter 43: Second Coming from Gospel Principles
Book of Mormon Stories: Christ blesses the Nephites
Friend Article
Biography/American History: Discussed Native Americans. We looked at several adult books that had photographs and drawings of Indian life. We also learned some Indian sign language. The kids ended up playing "Indian" for a lot of the day. They went to sleep with paint on their face.
Literature/World History: Read 3 chapters from Ulysses and the Trojan War by Usborne. They are absolutely loving this book.Memorization: 12 apostles
Family History/World War II: Read several more pages from "Memories of a Flying Tiger" about my grandpa's WWII adventures in China as a bomber. This has been VERY interesting to us.
Language Arts: A Lime, A Mime and A Pool of Slime: More About Nouns by Brian P. Cleary
Science: Read a chapter in Our Father's World (insects).
Science Experiment: We now have 20+ snails now and they are still alive. The kids find them fascinating to watch.
Science Experiment: We now have 20+ snails now and they are still alive. The kids find them fascinating to watch.
Creative Play: Today they held a jousting tournament. They played their Indian Wars, swung like monkeys from ropes and played with Lego's. What a fun day if you are 8.
Chores
Chores
Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in The Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced her voice lesson.
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor 5 lesson.
Math: Saxon Math - 2 lessons
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Grammar lesson -nouns
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- Pithy
Vocabulary/Language Usage: Classical Root word test
Art: Creating with dandelions, paper, glue guns,... just creating
Vocabulary/Language Usage: Classical Root word test
Art: Creating with dandelions, paper, glue guns,... just creating
Jared
Religion: Read a chapter in The Doctrine and Covenants Reader.
Math: Saxon math lesson
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code 5
Luke
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor 2 lesson.
Math: Did 2 math lessons.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code 4
Caleb
Math: Skip Counting
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code 3
Language Arts: Sight words/drill
Reading: Read a phonics reader and a McGuffy Primer lesson to me.
Family (in the evening):
Played the Wii together.
Family (in the evening):
Played the Wii together.
Alex and the kids put up the trampoline.
Alex and the kids changed the oil in the car.
Put up "the big screen" (a projector) and watched a couple of Horatio Hornblower movies together.
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, conference talks, spell drill, word of the day, researched about Sophocles and fifth century Athens for several hours, and wrote a report on all that I learned for my scholar class tomorrow.
Alex: Scriptures, Read a chapter in The Law by Bastiat, read a chapter in a biography of Hyrum Smith, word of the day, went to work, finished Artemis Fowl #2, and started Journey to the Center of the Earth.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
April 16, 2009 (Thursday): Dejunking
Mom School
Pray/National Anthem
Song: I Am A Child of God
Theology: Chapter 40: Family History from Gospel Principles
Book of Mormon Stories: Samuel the Lamanite
Friend Article
Biography/American History: Started and read one chapter from Crazy Horse: Young Indian Chief from the Childhood of Famous American series.
Literature/World History: Read 2 chapters from Greek Myths: Ulysses and the Trojan War by Usborne.
Character: D.W.'s Guide to Perfect Manners by Marc Brown
Memorization: 12 Apostles
Family History: Read a couple of pages from my grandfather's biography "Memories of a Flying Tiger" about his World War II experiences. The kids are loving this!
Music: Rhythm poem
Math: Math Fables: Lessons That Count by Greg Tang
Science: Read two chapters in Our Father's World by Michael McHugh.
PE: Played and ran around in the desert.
Chores
Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in the Book of Mormon.
Social Studies: Memorizing the states and capitals. Working on the first 25.
Art: Made salt dough and shaped it.
Math: Did lesson 136 in Saxon 6/5.
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day
Free Reading: Finished the Land of Elyon #3. Read in Leven Thumps for a while.
Writing: Book review on Goodreads.
Music: Practiced her voice lesson.
Life Skills: Cleaned/dejunked her bedroom.
Jared
Religion: Read a chapter in The New Testament Reader.
World History: Listened to Story of the World Vol. 2 for two hours.
Creative Play: Lots of Lego's today.
Life Skills: Cleaned/dejunked the playroom with me.
Luke
Religion: Read a chapter in the Book of Mormon Reader.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Logic: Played chess with Jared.
Creative Writing: Lots of story writing on the computer.
Creative Play: Lot's of Lego's.
World History: 1 hour of Story of the World vol 2.
Life Skills: Cleaned/dejunked the playroom with me.
Caleb
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics: Played a Happy Phonics game.
Phonics/Computer: Explode the Code online.
Creative Play: Lego's
World History: 1 hour of Story of the World vol 2.
Life Skills: Cleaned/dejunked the playroom with me.
Evening:
Family Scriptures: John 10
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Dejunked the playroom and the library room-big project, read Oedipus Rex, and answered the questions for the book.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, went to work (Ogden to close a tax office for the season), and listened to the entire book The Red Badge of Courage.
Pray/National Anthem
Song: I Am A Child of God
Theology: Chapter 40: Family History from Gospel Principles
Book of Mormon Stories: Samuel the Lamanite
Friend Article
Biography/American History: Started and read one chapter from Crazy Horse: Young Indian Chief from the Childhood of Famous American series.
Literature/World History: Read 2 chapters from Greek Myths: Ulysses and the Trojan War by Usborne.
Character: D.W.'s Guide to Perfect Manners by Marc Brown
Memorization: 12 Apostles
Family History: Read a couple of pages from my grandfather's biography "Memories of a Flying Tiger" about his World War II experiences. The kids are loving this!
Music: Rhythm poem
Math: Math Fables: Lessons That Count by Greg Tang
Science: Read two chapters in Our Father's World by Michael McHugh.
PE: Played and ran around in the desert.
Chores
Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in the Book of Mormon.
Social Studies: Memorizing the states and capitals. Working on the first 25.
Art: Made salt dough and shaped it.
Math: Did lesson 136 in Saxon 6/5.
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day
Free Reading: Finished the Land of Elyon #3. Read in Leven Thumps for a while.
Writing: Book review on Goodreads.
Music: Practiced her voice lesson.
Life Skills: Cleaned/dejunked her bedroom.
Jared
Religion: Read a chapter in The New Testament Reader.
World History: Listened to Story of the World Vol. 2 for two hours.
Creative Play: Lots of Lego's today.
Life Skills: Cleaned/dejunked the playroom with me.
Luke
Religion: Read a chapter in the Book of Mormon Reader.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Logic: Played chess with Jared.
Creative Writing: Lots of story writing on the computer.
Creative Play: Lot's of Lego's.
World History: 1 hour of Story of the World vol 2.
Life Skills: Cleaned/dejunked the playroom with me.
Caleb
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics: Played a Happy Phonics game.
Phonics/Computer: Explode the Code online.
Creative Play: Lego's
World History: 1 hour of Story of the World vol 2.
Life Skills: Cleaned/dejunked the playroom with me.
Evening:
Family Scriptures: John 10
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Dejunked the playroom and the library room-big project, read Oedipus Rex, and answered the questions for the book.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, went to work (Ogden to close a tax office for the season), and listened to the entire book The Red Badge of Courage.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
April 14, 2009 (Tuesday): Just another day...
Mom School
Pray/PledgeSong : God Be With You Till We Meet Again
Theology: Chapter 37: Eternal Marriage from Gospel Principles
Bible History: The Very First Easter by Paul L. Maier
Friend Article
Biography/American History: The Shoshoni, A New True Book and A Picture Book of Sacagawea by David A. Alder
Literature/World History: 1 chapter from Greek Myths: Ulysses and the Trojan War by Usborne
Memorization: Books of the Old and New Testament, Books of The Book of Mormon, 12 apostles, and the Latter-day Prophets.
Family History: Read several pages of Memories of a Flying Tiger. This Family History book recounts the story of my grandfather fighting the Japanese in China as a "Flying Tiger."
Music: Rhythm poem (and all the memorization-minus the 12 apostles- with the piano)
Geography: India and China
Science: Finished Science and Technology by Capella
Language Arts: We read Alfie the Apostrophe by Moira Rose DonohueScience/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.
Chores
Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter of the Book of Mormon.
Music: Had her voice lesson.
Social Studies: Memorizing the first 25 states and capitalsGeography: Did a geography lesson from Evan-Moor. Played an electronic geography game.
Math: Lesson 135 from Saxon Math 6/5.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Review from Easy Grammar lesson.
Writing: Brainstorming for her paper tomorrow for scholar school.
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- Bellicose
Free Reading: Read Leven Thumps for 1 1/2 hours.
Literature: Read Red Badge of Courage for 1 hour.
Life Skills: Homemade tacos
Computers/Typing: Played some games on the American Girls website for fun.
PE: Lots of dancing in the living room with music. Lots of twirling her dresses. She's still a little girl sometimes! : )
Jared
Religion: Read a chapter from The New Testament Reader.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson.
Math: Did a Singapore 3B lesson.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Language Arts: Mad Libs paper
Creative Play: Prepared a scavenger hunt.
Geography: Played an electronic geography game.
Art: Mask Making
Luke
Religion: Read a chapter from The Book of Mormon Reader.
Geography: Did a Evan-Moor geography lesson. Played an electronic geography game.
Math: Did 3 pages from Saxon Math 2.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 6 pages of Explode the Code
Creative Writing: Lots of computer time writing/typing a story.
Language Arts: Using a dictionary(s) for his story.
Caleb
Art: Mask making
Math: Did a Right Start Math lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 3 pages of Explode the Code
Phonics: Played a Happy Phonics game.
Reading: Read a phonics reader and 1 McGuffy Primer lesson to me.
Family (in the evening):
Alex worked late and I went to another town/ward's enrichment meeting.
The kids stayed at home with a babysitter.
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, played the geography game (see link on side of blog) several times for another way to study for my test, studied for my BYU Geography test for four hours, gave a piano lesson and went to an enrichment meeting.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, worked in the temple, went to work, and listened to Brisingr.
Pray/PledgeSong : God Be With You Till We Meet Again
Theology: Chapter 37: Eternal Marriage from Gospel Principles
Bible History: The Very First Easter by Paul L. Maier
Friend Article
Biography/American History: The Shoshoni, A New True Book and A Picture Book of Sacagawea by David A. Alder
Literature/World History: 1 chapter from Greek Myths: Ulysses and the Trojan War by Usborne
Memorization: Books of the Old and New Testament, Books of The Book of Mormon, 12 apostles, and the Latter-day Prophets.
Family History: Read several pages of Memories of a Flying Tiger. This Family History book recounts the story of my grandfather fighting the Japanese in China as a "Flying Tiger."
Music: Rhythm poem (and all the memorization-minus the 12 apostles- with the piano)
Geography: India and China
Science: Finished Science and Technology by Capella
Language Arts: We read Alfie the Apostrophe by Moira Rose DonohueScience/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.
Chores
Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter of the Book of Mormon.
Music: Had her voice lesson.
Social Studies: Memorizing the first 25 states and capitalsGeography: Did a geography lesson from Evan-Moor. Played an electronic geography game.
Math: Lesson 135 from Saxon Math 6/5.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Review from Easy Grammar lesson.
Writing: Brainstorming for her paper tomorrow for scholar school.
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- Bellicose
Free Reading: Read Leven Thumps for 1 1/2 hours.
Literature: Read Red Badge of Courage for 1 hour.
Life Skills: Homemade tacos
Computers/Typing: Played some games on the American Girls website for fun.
PE: Lots of dancing in the living room with music. Lots of twirling her dresses. She's still a little girl sometimes! : )
Jared
Religion: Read a chapter from The New Testament Reader.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson.
Math: Did a Singapore 3B lesson.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Language Arts: Mad Libs paper
Creative Play: Prepared a scavenger hunt.
Geography: Played an electronic geography game.
Art: Mask Making
Luke
Religion: Read a chapter from The Book of Mormon Reader.
Geography: Did a Evan-Moor geography lesson. Played an electronic geography game.
Math: Did 3 pages from Saxon Math 2.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 6 pages of Explode the Code
Creative Writing: Lots of computer time writing/typing a story.
Language Arts: Using a dictionary(s) for his story.
Caleb
Art: Mask making
Math: Did a Right Start Math lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 3 pages of Explode the Code
Phonics: Played a Happy Phonics game.
Reading: Read a phonics reader and 1 McGuffy Primer lesson to me.
Family (in the evening):
Alex worked late and I went to another town/ward's enrichment meeting.
The kids stayed at home with a babysitter.
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, played the geography game (see link on side of blog) several times for another way to study for my test, studied for my BYU Geography test for four hours, gave a piano lesson and went to an enrichment meeting.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, worked in the temple, went to work, and listened to Brisingr.
Friday, April 10, 2009
April 10, 2009 (Friday) Easter Egg time
Mom School
Pray and National Anthem
Song: I Lived in Heaven
Theology: Chapter 36: An Eternal Family from Gospel Principles
Book of Mormon Stories: Captain Moroni Raises the Title of Liberty
Friend Article
Biography/American History: Discussed the Lewis and Clark Expedition at length. We used a book that is a calender of what happened each day of their journey. We read many of the entries.
Literature: Read 2 1/2 chapters of The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane (I decided not to finish this with the kids. They weren't interested in it. Olivia will finish it on her own).
Fairy Tales/Fables: Read "The Emperor's New Clothes," "Cinderella," and "The Swan Princess" from Usborne's Fairy Tales.
Character/Music: Rythmn poem about making good choices.
Memorization: 12 apostles
Family History: Several pages from my grandfather's book, "Memories of a Flying Tiger" about his experiences in WW II.
Geography: India and the culture. Detailed examples from the family history book we are reading.
Science: Sound from Capella's Technology book.
Art: Dying Easter eggs.
Chores
Olivia
Music: Practiced her voice lesson. Her voice teacher didn't show up.
Geography: Did a geography lesson from Evan-Moor 5.
Social Studies: Memorizing the states and capitals. Working on the first 25.
Math: Redid lesson 123 from Saxon 6/5.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Easy Grammar lesson.
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- Vex
Vocabulary/Language Usage: Took a classical roots test.
Free Reading: Read the Land of Elyon #3.
Literature: Read for 30 min in The Red Badge of Courage.
Life Skills: Prepared the dye for egg coloring without any help.
Field Trip: Went with her cousins to a professional rodeo in Pocatello. Big fun for the cowgirl.
Jared
Religion: Read a chapter from the New Testament Reader.
Music: Practiced his voice lesson.
Math: Did a Singapore 3B lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code 5
Luke
Geography: Did a geography lesson from Evan-Moor 2.
Math: Did 3 Saxon Math 2 lessons.
Spelling: 3 spell drills
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages in Explode the Code 3
Creative Writing: Worked some more on his story on the computer. He spends a lot of time on this every day.
Caleb
Math: Did a Right Start Math lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 3 pages of Explode the Code 3
Free Reading: Read/looked out the The Usborne Fairy Tale book. "Reading" several stories. I'm sure he did read some of it, but I know he couldn't read all of it.
Reading: Read a phonics reader and 2 McGuffy Primer lessons.
Family (in the evening):
-We swapped kids with the cousins. Olivia went to the rodeo with them and their 10 year old boy stayed with us overnight.
-Alex and I went on a date to the temple.
-The kids enjoyed a night with their favorite babysitter.
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, conference talks, worked on my lesson for Sunday, spell drill, word of the day, researched William Shakespeare (for the book club I have next week), researched Sophocles for a paper I was assigned by my mentor, read The Red Badge of Courage, enjoyed my date at the temple with Alex.
Alex: Scriptures, read a chapter of The Law by Bastiat, word of the day, went to work, listened to Brisingr and also enjoyed our date to the temple. : )
Pray and National Anthem
Song: I Lived in Heaven
Theology: Chapter 36: An Eternal Family from Gospel Principles
Book of Mormon Stories: Captain Moroni Raises the Title of Liberty
Friend Article
Biography/American History: Discussed the Lewis and Clark Expedition at length. We used a book that is a calender of what happened each day of their journey. We read many of the entries.
Literature: Read 2 1/2 chapters of The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane (I decided not to finish this with the kids. They weren't interested in it. Olivia will finish it on her own).
Fairy Tales/Fables: Read "The Emperor's New Clothes," "Cinderella," and "The Swan Princess" from Usborne's Fairy Tales.
Character/Music: Rythmn poem about making good choices.
Memorization: 12 apostles
Family History: Several pages from my grandfather's book, "Memories of a Flying Tiger" about his experiences in WW II.
Geography: India and the culture. Detailed examples from the family history book we are reading.
Science: Sound from Capella's Technology book.
Art: Dying Easter eggs.
Chores
Olivia
Music: Practiced her voice lesson. Her voice teacher didn't show up.
Geography: Did a geography lesson from Evan-Moor 5.
Social Studies: Memorizing the states and capitals. Working on the first 25.
Math: Redid lesson 123 from Saxon 6/5.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Easy Grammar lesson.
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- Vex
Vocabulary/Language Usage: Took a classical roots test.
Free Reading: Read the Land of Elyon #3.
Literature: Read for 30 min in The Red Badge of Courage.
Life Skills: Prepared the dye for egg coloring without any help.
Field Trip: Went with her cousins to a professional rodeo in Pocatello. Big fun for the cowgirl.
Jared
Religion: Read a chapter from the New Testament Reader.
Music: Practiced his voice lesson.
Math: Did a Singapore 3B lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code 5
Luke
Geography: Did a geography lesson from Evan-Moor 2.
Math: Did 3 Saxon Math 2 lessons.
Spelling: 3 spell drills
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages in Explode the Code 3
Creative Writing: Worked some more on his story on the computer. He spends a lot of time on this every day.
Caleb
Math: Did a Right Start Math lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 3 pages of Explode the Code 3
Free Reading: Read/looked out the The Usborne Fairy Tale book. "Reading" several stories. I'm sure he did read some of it, but I know he couldn't read all of it.
Reading: Read a phonics reader and 2 McGuffy Primer lessons.
Family (in the evening):
-We swapped kids with the cousins. Olivia went to the rodeo with them and their 10 year old boy stayed with us overnight.
-Alex and I went on a date to the temple.
-The kids enjoyed a night with their favorite babysitter.
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, conference talks, worked on my lesson for Sunday, spell drill, word of the day, researched William Shakespeare (for the book club I have next week), researched Sophocles for a paper I was assigned by my mentor, read The Red Badge of Courage, enjoyed my date at the temple with Alex.
Alex: Scriptures, read a chapter of The Law by Bastiat, word of the day, went to work, listened to Brisingr and also enjoyed our date to the temple. : )
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
April 7, 2009 (Tuesday): It's 75 degrees!
Mom School
Pray/Pledge
Song: My Eternal Family
Theology: Chapter 34: Developing Your Talents from Gospel Principles
Book of Mormon Stories: Kohrior the Anti-Christ
Friend Article
Biography/American History: Read 1/2 chapter in Sacajawea: American Pathfinder by Flora Warren Seymour from the Childhood of Famous Americans series.
Character: Had an intense discussion about choices and attitudes.
Fairy Tales: Read Sleeping Beauty and The Emperor and the Nightingale by Usborne Fairy Tales.
Memorization: 12 apostles and the latter-day prophets of the LDS church and Books of the New Testament.
Music: Rhythm Poem, lots of clapping. I'm not sure we're making progress with the boys yet.
Family History (WWII History): Read a couple of pages from Memories of a Flying Tiger by Leonard Hancock (my grandfather)-about his experiences in China as a gunner during WWII.
Geography: Brazil, Ascension, Ivory Coast and Nigeria (from grandpa's flight to China). Read several pages from Children's Picture Atlas by Usborne.
World History: Read a chapter from Usborne's Greek Myths: Ulysses and the Trojan War.
Health: Sugar/Sugary Drinks from Eat Well and Keep Moving by Lillian Cheung
Science: Elements and Compounds from Capella's Technology Book
PE: Rode horses and played outside with our cousins on the farm for several hours. Lots and lots of horses, dirt, 4-Wheelers, dogs and lots of fun!! It was 75 degrees and some of us have sunburns.
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.
Chores
Olivia
Religion: Read 1 chapter in The Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced the piano and voice.
Math: Did lesson 122 in Saxon 6/5
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- Debauched
Vocabulary/Language Arts: She spent time reviewing vocabulary words from science, language arts and social studies for her ISAT test in a couple of weeks.
Literature: Finished Walden and brainstormed for her final paper on it.
Geography/Social Studies: Memorizing the states and capitals. Knows the first 22.
Game: Yahtzee
Jared
Religion: Read a chapter in the New Testament Reader.
Math: Did a lesson from Singapore 3B.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Music: Practiced his piano lesson.
Art: Spent a lot of time drawing and coloring again! Thank you Usborne art books!
Computers: Played several learning games on the computer. (math/language arts...)
Luke
Religion: Read a chapter in the Book of Mormon Reader
Math: Saxon Math 2 - two lessons
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Reading: He can't find his book. The story of his life.
Testing: Took a practice test for the state testing requirements. (My kids really do choose to do these things).
Creative Writing: Worked on his story some more. Yesterday there was a disaster and his 4 page single-spaced paper was deleted some how. Talk about a sad little boy. So he started it over.
Art: Drew and colored pictures.
Geography: 1 workbook lesson/Hawaii
Creative Play: Lots more hammering and sawing again outside.
Caleb
Caleb takes twice as long to do half the things that the other kids do. I'm not sure why he's so slow. It takes him an hour to do his phonics everyday. He just sits there and does one page after another. I keep telling him he can stop, but he has in his mind that he's going to do X-many pages on a certain day. Any of the other kids have their phonics done in minutes. Usually the other three kids eat lunch around noon. Caleb rarely gets to lunch until 1 P.M. He's always very happy. Says he's not done and that he doesn't want to break for lunch. He eats really slow too. ???? I guess he's just methodical. Why rush? He's the opposite of me. How many things can I get done in a minute? How many things can I be doing at the same time?
Math: Right Start Math game.
Phonics/Handwriting: 11 pages of Explode the Code
Reading: Read a phonics reader to me
Game: Yahtzee
Family (in the evening):
Alex worked late.I had a Stake Young Women's Camp meeting. So the kids were able to have their favorite babysitter over.
Later we all watched American Idol.
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, conference talks, journal, working on a lesson for church on Sunday, spell drill, word of the day, studied for my Geography final, Greek alphabet, went to a meeting for my church job, wrote a blog post for TJED Trenches and hung out with my best friend for several hours.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, worked in the temple, attended his professional organization meeting (how do you say that?), went to work, fixed my laptop (it's so slow) and listened to Brisingr.
Pray/Pledge
Song: My Eternal Family
Theology: Chapter 34: Developing Your Talents from Gospel Principles
Book of Mormon Stories: Kohrior the Anti-Christ
Friend Article
Biography/American History: Read 1/2 chapter in Sacajawea: American Pathfinder by Flora Warren Seymour from the Childhood of Famous Americans series.
Character: Had an intense discussion about choices and attitudes.
Fairy Tales: Read Sleeping Beauty and The Emperor and the Nightingale by Usborne Fairy Tales.
Memorization: 12 apostles and the latter-day prophets of the LDS church and Books of the New Testament.
Music: Rhythm Poem, lots of clapping. I'm not sure we're making progress with the boys yet.
Family History (WWII History): Read a couple of pages from Memories of a Flying Tiger by Leonard Hancock (my grandfather)-about his experiences in China as a gunner during WWII.
Geography: Brazil, Ascension, Ivory Coast and Nigeria (from grandpa's flight to China). Read several pages from Children's Picture Atlas by Usborne.
World History: Read a chapter from Usborne's Greek Myths: Ulysses and the Trojan War.
Health: Sugar/Sugary Drinks from Eat Well and Keep Moving by Lillian Cheung
Science: Elements and Compounds from Capella's Technology Book
PE: Rode horses and played outside with our cousins on the farm for several hours. Lots and lots of horses, dirt, 4-Wheelers, dogs and lots of fun!! It was 75 degrees and some of us have sunburns.
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.
Chores
Olivia
Religion: Read 1 chapter in The Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced the piano and voice.
Math: Did lesson 122 in Saxon 6/5
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- Debauched
Vocabulary/Language Arts: She spent time reviewing vocabulary words from science, language arts and social studies for her ISAT test in a couple of weeks.
Literature: Finished Walden and brainstormed for her final paper on it.
Geography/Social Studies: Memorizing the states and capitals. Knows the first 22.
Game: Yahtzee
Jared
Religion: Read a chapter in the New Testament Reader.
Math: Did a lesson from Singapore 3B.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Music: Practiced his piano lesson.
Art: Spent a lot of time drawing and coloring again! Thank you Usborne art books!
Computers: Played several learning games on the computer. (math/language arts...)
Luke
Religion: Read a chapter in the Book of Mormon Reader
Math: Saxon Math 2 - two lessons
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Reading: He can't find his book. The story of his life.
Testing: Took a practice test for the state testing requirements. (My kids really do choose to do these things).
Creative Writing: Worked on his story some more. Yesterday there was a disaster and his 4 page single-spaced paper was deleted some how. Talk about a sad little boy. So he started it over.
Art: Drew and colored pictures.
Geography: 1 workbook lesson/Hawaii
Creative Play: Lots more hammering and sawing again outside.
Caleb
Caleb takes twice as long to do half the things that the other kids do. I'm not sure why he's so slow. It takes him an hour to do his phonics everyday. He just sits there and does one page after another. I keep telling him he can stop, but he has in his mind that he's going to do X-many pages on a certain day. Any of the other kids have their phonics done in minutes. Usually the other three kids eat lunch around noon. Caleb rarely gets to lunch until 1 P.M. He's always very happy. Says he's not done and that he doesn't want to break for lunch. He eats really slow too. ???? I guess he's just methodical. Why rush? He's the opposite of me. How many things can I get done in a minute? How many things can I be doing at the same time?
Math: Right Start Math game.
Phonics/Handwriting: 11 pages of Explode the Code
Reading: Read a phonics reader to me
Game: Yahtzee
Family (in the evening):
Alex worked late.I had a Stake Young Women's Camp meeting. So the kids were able to have their favorite babysitter over.
Later we all watched American Idol.
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, conference talks, journal, working on a lesson for church on Sunday, spell drill, word of the day, studied for my Geography final, Greek alphabet, went to a meeting for my church job, wrote a blog post for TJED Trenches and hung out with my best friend for several hours.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, worked in the temple, attended his professional organization meeting (how do you say that?), went to work, fixed my laptop (it's so slow) and listened to Brisingr.
Monday, February 16, 2009
02/16/09 (Mon): What a great day!
Mom School
Pray, Pledge and Song
Theology: Chapter 13 from Gospel Principles: The Priesthood
Pray, Pledge and Song
Theology: Chapter 13 from Gospel Principles: The Priesthood
Bible History: The Second Coming
Friend Article
Biography/American History: 1 chapter from Abigail Adams: Girl of Colonial Days by Jean Brown Wagoner
Fables: Pecos Bill from American Tall Tales by Adrien Stoutenburg
Memorization: First 26 States of the USA.
Family History: Jane Griffiths (ggggrandmother from Martin/Wille Handcart Company)
Music: Alto, Treble and Bass Clefs from the Usborne Internet-Linked Music Theory For Beginners
Geography: Practiced the 7 continents. Map scales and key legends from Maps and Mapping by Kingfisher.
Science: Birds from the Kinfisher Science Encyclopedia.
Science Experiment: Day 1 about bean sprouting from our new Delta Science Kit.
Friend Article
Biography/American History: 1 chapter from Abigail Adams: Girl of Colonial Days by Jean Brown Wagoner
Fables: Pecos Bill from American Tall Tales by Adrien Stoutenburg
Memorization: First 26 States of the USA.
Family History: Jane Griffiths (ggggrandmother from Martin/Wille Handcart Company)
Music: Alto, Treble and Bass Clefs from the Usborne Internet-Linked Music Theory For Beginners
Geography: Practiced the 7 continents. Map scales and key legends from Maps and Mapping by Kingfisher.
Science: Birds from the Kinfisher Science Encyclopedia.
Science Experiment: Day 1 about bean sprouting from our new Delta Science Kit.
Health: Food Pyramid and review of healthy lifestyles from Eat Well and Keep Moving by Lillian Cheung
Art: Painted some wood boards
Game: Played Linkity and Take Your Pick. These games focus on decision making, logic, and associations to name a few things.
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: 1 chapter from The Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced her voice lesson. She was asked to sing another solo. She's actually singing for the Governor next week!!!
Science: Read through the science experiments for our four new Delta Science Kits. She thinks they are very cool! (and so do I!) And she read a lesson in a science textbook about plants.
Art: Painted on a canvas with oil paints.
Math: Lesson 100
Game: We played Flip together, which is a spelling game with Scrabble tiles.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Prepositional Phrases
Creative Writing: Worked on an essay on the My Access! website. She utilized a dictionary several times also.
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- DORMANT
Business: Delivered all the Usborne books today with me.
Game: Played Linkity and Take Your Pick. These games focus on decision making, logic, and associations to name a few things.
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: 1 chapter from The Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced her voice lesson. She was asked to sing another solo. She's actually singing for the Governor next week!!!
Science: Read through the science experiments for our four new Delta Science Kits. She thinks they are very cool! (and so do I!) And she read a lesson in a science textbook about plants.
Art: Painted on a canvas with oil paints.
Math: Lesson 100
Game: We played Flip together, which is a spelling game with Scrabble tiles.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Prepositional Phrases
Creative Writing: Worked on an essay on the My Access! website. She utilized a dictionary several times also.
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- DORMANT
Business: Delivered all the Usborne books today with me.
Jared
Religion: Read a chapter from the New Testament Reader. (The Angel comes to Joseph).
Music: Practiced his piano lesson.
Math: Did a Singapore lesson: mental math addition and story problems
Spelling: Our spell drill our temporarily out of service (expect for Olivia) because of our switch of computers. We don't know why they won't work!!
Phonics/Handwriting: 7 pages of Explode the Code-finished a book.
Science: Read in a Magnet book and played with magnets.
Free Reading: Read 3 chapters from Eragon.
Logic/Creative Play: Finished his 650 piece Star Wars ship again.
Free Reading: Read 3 chapters from Eragon.
Logic/Creative Play: Finished his 650 piece Star Wars ship again.
Luke 
Music: Practiced his piano lesson.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson.
Religion: Read in his Book of Mormon Reader.
Math: Saxon Math Lesson. Used an abacus.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages from Explode the Code.
Creative Writing: Working on a Star Wars story. Using a dictionary also.
Free Reading: Read 1/2 chapter from The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by CS Lewis.
Math: Saxon Math Lesson. Used an abacus.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages from Explode the Code.
Creative Writing: Working on a Star Wars story. Using a dictionary also.
Free Reading: Read 1/2 chapter from The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by CS Lewis.
Creative Play: Lego's
Caleb
Caleb lost his first tooth today!
Scriptures: Read/looked at a scripture picture book.
Book on Tape: Listened to a book on tape about Pirates.
Math: 5 lessons from Right Start Math. We used an abacus, tally sticks, and tile cubes. He wrote out some of the numbers.
Book on Tape: Listened to a book on tape about Pirates.
Math: 5 lessons from Right Start Math. We used an abacus, tally sticks, and tile cubes. He wrote out some of the numbers.
Logic: Played chess and Turtle Mania (visual perception and matching)
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Reading: Sight words drill
Free Reading: Read several of his new books from Usborne.
Reading: Sight words drill
Free Reading: Read several of his new books from Usborne.
Phonics/Computers: Played Explode the Code online for 30 min.
Creative Play: Legos
Creative Play: Legos
PE: 30 min of Wii Sports
Family (in the evening):
Family Home Evening: Mortal Life
Family Home Evening: Mortal Life
Watched a church video about the Plan of Salvation-a 3 act play.
Played: Turtle Mania and Linkety again
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, walked for 20 min, wrote several blog posts and studied for my midterm.
Alex: Scriptures, Read a chapter from Leadership 101 by Maxwell, read in the Ensign, word of the day, went to work, and played Wii Sports with Caleb.
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, word of the day, walked for 20 min, wrote several blog posts and studied for my midterm.
Alex: Scriptures, Read a chapter from Leadership 101 by Maxwell, read in the Ensign, word of the day, went to work, and played Wii Sports with Caleb.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
02/11/09: Paint
Today we were kicked out of our house so it could be painted. So went to town and did other things....
- Picked out and ordered carpet.
- Bought a new upright freezer.
- Practiced 30 Spanish words on the children's menu at a Mexican restaurant. Good thing Alex knows how to speak Spanish, because I was messing up the pronunciations.
- Listened to Story of the World vol. 2 for two hours. (To town and back).
- I was pulled over for the first time in my entire life. (See family blog post).
- Went to scouts.
- Had cousins over after scouts for a couple of hours. The painter had left. (She's really a family friend. I shouldn't refer to her as the "painter").
- Alex and I put the Mud Room and the Kitchen back together. (Almost, except the food storage).
- Olivia rode the horse with Alex.
- I read 1/2 chapter out of The Iliad by Homer.
- The boys bought new Lego's in town with their saved up money. They've spent all evening working on them. Jared's was a 650 piece one and Luke's was a 450 piece one.
- Oh, and yesterday Olivia measured the house with Alex and he had her figure out the square feet so we knew how much carpet to order.
Monday, January 26, 2009
01/26/09: Lego's
Mom School
Pray, Pledge and Song
Theology: Gospel Principals chapter 2
Bible History: Jesus Cleanses the Temple
Friend Article
Biography/American History: 1 chapter from The Alexander Hamilton You Never Knew by James Lincoln Collier and The Bald Eagle Symbols of Freedom by Tristan Binns
Fables: The Great Race: The Story of the Chinese Zodiac by Dawn Casey
Memorization: First 15 states of the United States
World History: Knights and Castles by Fiona MacDonald
Geography: Greater and Lesser Antilles
Science: The Universe (Smithsonian) by Seymour Simon
Science Experiment: Rubber Eggs
PE: Made snow forts for one hour and they each played Wii Sports for 30 min.
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 one chapter in the Book of Mormon.
Science: Read through a science experiment book for an hour.
Math: Lesson 88
Geography Game: Played Snapshots Across America with Caleb.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Prepositional phrases
Writing: Wrote in her journal
Creative Writing: Wrote her comments from The Day on the Hill to be turned in.
Research Life Skills: Read in various cookbooks for over 30 min.
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- DILATE.
Typing: She's typing a biography up of her great grandma.
Mentoring: She decided she was going to mentor Caleb through various school items today.
Jared
Religion: Read a chapter in The Old Testament Reader
Music: Had a piano lesson.
Math: Lesson 79
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Handwriting: Cursive words, lesson from his Reason for Writing books.
Free Reading: Read 3 chapters in Eragon.
Creative Play: LOTS of Lego's today. He made his own Star War's ship from scratch. He didn't even look at the paper blueprints.
Science: Watched a Bill Nye the Science Guy video: Earth's Crust
Biography: Listened to several Power Tale biographies including Francis Scott Key.
Luke
Music: Practiced his piano lesson.
World History: Listened to Story of the World for 30 min.
Math: 1 Saxon Math 2 lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Free Reading: Read for over 30 min in a chapter book.
Creative Play: LOTS of Lego's today.
Caleb
Geography Game: Played Snapshots across America with Olivia.
Math: 1 1/2 workbook pages
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 2 Explode the Code pages
Creative Play: Played Rescue Hero's today and he got out the tool box and opened up a bunch of them. (?-Apparently it had to be done).
Family (in the evening):
Family Home Evening: Extended Family Relationships.
We visited a couple of families and gave cookies to another.
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, Ensign article, spell drill, word of the day, Goodreads reviews, finished our online adoption profile, read 1/2 chapter of The Richest Man in the World with Alex, read for a little while in Prelude to Glory and did a chapter and assignment for my BYU Geography class.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, read a chapter in Leadership 101 by Maxwell, went to work and listened to The Iliad by Homer.
Pray, Pledge and Song
Theology: Gospel Principals chapter 2
Bible History: Jesus Cleanses the Temple
Friend Article
Biography/American History: 1 chapter from The Alexander Hamilton You Never Knew by James Lincoln Collier and The Bald Eagle Symbols of Freedom by Tristan Binns
Fables: The Great Race: The Story of the Chinese Zodiac by Dawn Casey
Memorization: First 15 states of the United States
World History: Knights and Castles by Fiona MacDonald
Geography: Greater and Lesser Antilles
Science: The Universe (Smithsonian) by Seymour Simon
Science Experiment: Rubber Eggs
PE: Made snow forts for one hour and they each played Wii Sports for 30 min.
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 one chapter in the Book of Mormon.
Science: Read through a science experiment book for an hour.
Math: Lesson 88
Geography Game: Played Snapshots Across America with Caleb.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Prepositional phrases
Writing: Wrote in her journal
Creative Writing: Wrote her comments from The Day on the Hill to be turned in.
Research Life Skills: Read in various cookbooks for over 30 min.
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- DILATE.
Typing: She's typing a biography up of her great grandma.
Mentoring: She decided she was going to mentor Caleb through various school items today.
Jared
Religion: Read a chapter in The Old Testament Reader
Music: Had a piano lesson.
Math: Lesson 79
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Handwriting: Cursive words, lesson from his Reason for Writing books.
Free Reading: Read 3 chapters in Eragon.
Creative Play: LOTS of Lego's today. He made his own Star War's ship from scratch. He didn't even look at the paper blueprints.
Science: Watched a Bill Nye the Science Guy video: Earth's Crust
Biography: Listened to several Power Tale biographies including Francis Scott Key.
Luke
Music: Practiced his piano lesson.
World History: Listened to Story of the World for 30 min.
Math: 1 Saxon Math 2 lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Free Reading: Read for over 30 min in a chapter book.
Creative Play: LOTS of Lego's today.
Caleb
Geography Game: Played Snapshots across America with Olivia.
Math: 1 1/2 workbook pages
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 2 Explode the Code pages
Creative Play: Played Rescue Hero's today and he got out the tool box and opened up a bunch of them. (?-Apparently it had to be done).
Family (in the evening):
Family Home Evening: Extended Family Relationships.
We visited a couple of families and gave cookies to another.
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, Ensign article, spell drill, word of the day, Goodreads reviews, finished our online adoption profile, read 1/2 chapter of The Richest Man in the World with Alex, read for a little while in Prelude to Glory and did a chapter and assignment for my BYU Geography class.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, read a chapter in Leadership 101 by Maxwell, went to work and listened to The Iliad by Homer.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
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....
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....
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