Mom School
Pray/Pledge
Song: How Firm a Foundation, Search, Ponder and Pray and The Valiant Song
Bible: "The Ten Commandments" from The Old Testament Reader.
Family Scripture Study: 1 Timothy 2
Friend Article
Idaho History: Read about the Nez Pierce, Bannock and Shoshone Indians in Idaho from A Rendezvous with Idaho History.
Literature: We read two chapters from The Silver Chair by CS Lewis. (So good!)
Language Arts: Nouns
Poetry: We read numerous poems from Classic Poetry: An Illustrated Collection selected by Michael Rosen. We read poems from Shakespeare, William Blake, William Wordsworth, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
Science: Science: Read a chapter in Science: A Closer Look by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill.
World History: We 2 chapters in The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy by Padraic Colum and we read King Midas: The Golden Touch by Demi
Movie: Watched part of the movie "Moses" to go with our Biblical study right now. I need to get a copy of the 10 Commandments from the library.
Chores: House chores and animal care
Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in Genesis
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 7/6 lesson.
Language Arts: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Creative Writing: Did her scholar writing assignment.
Science: Did a science lesson from her science textbook.
Music: Practiced her piano lesson
Reading: Finished Work and the Glory #5 and started The Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale.
Jared
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 6/5 lesson and a math drill sheet.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Creative Writing: Did a lesson in Let's Write and wrote a story about his trip to Washington DC this summer.
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Scouts: Worked on several of his requirements.
Luke
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 3 lesson.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Spelling: Did a spell drill.
Scouts: Worked on several scouting requirements.
Caleb
Religion: Read some verses to me in the Book of Mormon.
Reading: Read a story to me.
Geography: Did a lesson from Evan-Moor.
Math: Did one Saxon Math 2 lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 2 pages of Explode the Code
Language Arts: Read a short story to me. Practiced his sight words by using a highlighter and finding them in The Friend.
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, word of the day, went to the temple, went to the dentist (ouch), took a nap from all the drugs, went to a Relief Society meeting and read In the Well Trained Mind.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, watched the kids and did their book work with them, went to work, still listening to The Fountainhead, taught a scout merit badge and did Bishopric things.
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Friday, September 25, 2009
September 25, 2009 (Friday)
Mom School
Pray/National Anthem
Song: Called to Serve and Praise to the Man
Bible: Jacob and Esau from The Old Testament Reader
Family Scripture Study: 2 Corinthians 9
Weekly Scripture Memorization: 2 Nephi 31.:20
Friend Article
Idaho History: Read 1/2 a chapter from A Rendezvous with Idaho History
about Lakes, Canyons and Valleys in Idaho.
Read-a-loud: We read one chapter from The Silver Chair by CS Lewis.
Literature: We read "The Twelfth Night" from Tales of Shakespeare by Usborne. We also read several poems from Poems for Memorization.
Science: Read a chapter in Science: A Closer Look by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill. You know it's a good book when everyday they say, "Please read another chapter!"
Chores including animal care
Lots of Lego's
Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in Genesis.
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 7/6 lesson.
Math Drill: Did a multiplication fact drill.
Language Arts: Did a Daily Grams lesson and did an Editor in Chief lesson.
Spelling: Did a spell drill
Creative Writing: Did her 1/2 hours scholar writing assignment.
Science: Did a science lesson from her science textbook.
Music: Practiced her piano lesson.
Jared
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson.
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 6/5 lesson.
Math Drill: Did an addition math fact drill.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
History: Read a book on raz-kids about the Titanic and passed a quiz on it.
Creative Writing: Did a lesson in Let's Write.
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Book on Tape: Listened to Star Wars.
Luke
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 3 lesson.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Spelling: Did a spell drill.
Creative Writing: Worked on his Scholar writing assignment.
Book on Tape: Listened to Star Wars.
Caleb
Religion: Read a couple of versus in the Book of Mormon to me.
Geography: Did a lesson from Evan-Moor.
Math: Did one Saxon Math 2 lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 3 pages of Explode the Code
Reading: Read in The Cat and the Hat Comes Back to me. Practiced his sight words by using a highlighter and finding them in The Friend.
Reading/Computer: Played RAZ-kids on line.
Family (in the evening):
Worked on the land.
Did chores at our cousins.
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, practiced the piano, started The Suppliants, wrote part of another part for my BYU English 314 class, and worked on my Greek.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, went golfing, finished the Sackett book, started another book on tape, went to work, and had some Bishopric responsibilities.
Pray/National Anthem
Song: Called to Serve and Praise to the Man
Bible: Jacob and Esau from The Old Testament Reader
Family Scripture Study: 2 Corinthians 9
Weekly Scripture Memorization: 2 Nephi 31.:20
Friend Article
Idaho History: Read 1/2 a chapter from A Rendezvous with Idaho History
about Lakes, Canyons and Valleys in Idaho.
Read-a-loud: We read one chapter from The Silver Chair by CS Lewis.
Literature: We read "The Twelfth Night" from Tales of Shakespeare by Usborne. We also read several poems from Poems for Memorization.
Science: Read a chapter in Science: A Closer Look by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill. You know it's a good book when everyday they say, "Please read another chapter!"
Chores including animal care
Lots of Lego's
Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in Genesis.
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 7/6 lesson.
Math Drill: Did a multiplication fact drill.
Language Arts: Did a Daily Grams lesson and did an Editor in Chief lesson.
Spelling: Did a spell drill
Creative Writing: Did her 1/2 hours scholar writing assignment.
Science: Did a science lesson from her science textbook.
Music: Practiced her piano lesson.
Jared
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson.
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 6/5 lesson.
Math Drill: Did an addition math fact drill.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
History: Read a book on raz-kids about the Titanic and passed a quiz on it.
Creative Writing: Did a lesson in Let's Write.
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Book on Tape: Listened to Star Wars.
Luke
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 3 lesson.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Spelling: Did a spell drill.
Creative Writing: Worked on his Scholar writing assignment.
Book on Tape: Listened to Star Wars.
Caleb
Religion: Read a couple of versus in the Book of Mormon to me.
Geography: Did a lesson from Evan-Moor.
Math: Did one Saxon Math 2 lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 3 pages of Explode the Code
Reading: Read in The Cat and the Hat Comes Back to me. Practiced his sight words by using a highlighter and finding them in The Friend.
Reading/Computer: Played RAZ-kids on line.
Family (in the evening):
Worked on the land.
Did chores at our cousins.
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, practiced the piano, started The Suppliants, wrote part of another part for my BYU English 314 class, and worked on my Greek.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, went golfing, finished the Sackett book, started another book on tape, went to work, and had some Bishopric responsibilities.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
September 16, 2009 (Wednesday): Testing
Family Scripture Reading: 1 Corinthians 14
Mom School
Pray
Song: Rhythm poem
Bible: Enoch from The Old Testament Reader
Weekly Scripture Memorization: 3 Nephi 11:29
Friend Article
Idaho History: Learned about Idaho's State Fossil, State Gem, State Song and State Dance.
Read-a-loud: We read two chapters from Leven Thumps and The Gateway to Foo.
Biography: We read a biography about Albert Einstein.
Science: Played our spin the bottle science game with vocabulary words. We looked up pictures of several sea urchins, sea stars, coral, jelly fish and other colorful ocean life.
Chores
Lots of Lego's
Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in Genesis.
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 7/6 lesson.
Math Drill: Did a multiplication fact drill.
Language Arts: Did a Daily Grams lesson and 1 lesson from Root Words.
Creative Writing: She also did her 30 min writing assignment from her scholar class. (She typed it up so she did typing also).
Reading: Read Pride and Prejudice for 30 min.
Science: Did a science lesson her science textbook.
Spelling: Did a spell drill
Music: Practiced the piano
Life Skills: Went to work with Alex and did several office projects and answered the phone with his other employees.
Jared
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson.
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 6/5 lesson.
Math Drill: Did an addition math fact drill.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Creative Writing: Did a lesson in Let's Write.
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Reading: Read in Peter and the Star Catchers for over 3 hours.
Luke
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did 2 Saxon 3 lessons.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Spelling: Did a spell drill.
Creative Writing: He did his 30 min writing assignment for his Scholar Writing class. He typing his final draft just in time for his class tomorrow.
Testing: Took the IRI state test today.
Caleb
Geography: Did a lesson from Evan-Moor.
Math: Did two Saxon Math 2 lessons.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 4 pages of Explode the Code
Reading: Read in The Cat and the Hat Comes Back to me. Practiced his sight words by using a highlighter and finding them in The Friend.
Computer/Reading: Played Starfall reading games.
Testing: Took the IRI state test today.
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, practiced the piano, wrote and typed a paper for my Eng 314 class, and practiced my Greek.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, went to work and went to Young Men's and taught a scout merit badge.
Mom School
Pray
Song: Rhythm poem
Bible: Enoch from The Old Testament Reader
Weekly Scripture Memorization: 3 Nephi 11:29
Friend Article
Idaho History: Learned about Idaho's State Fossil, State Gem, State Song and State Dance.
Read-a-loud: We read two chapters from Leven Thumps and The Gateway to Foo.
Biography: We read a biography about Albert Einstein.
Science: Played our spin the bottle science game with vocabulary words. We looked up pictures of several sea urchins, sea stars, coral, jelly fish and other colorful ocean life.
Chores
Lots of Lego's
Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in Genesis.
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 7/6 lesson.
Math Drill: Did a multiplication fact drill.
Language Arts: Did a Daily Grams lesson and 1 lesson from Root Words.
Creative Writing: She also did her 30 min writing assignment from her scholar class. (She typed it up so she did typing also).
Reading: Read Pride and Prejudice for 30 min.
Science: Did a science lesson her science textbook.
Spelling: Did a spell drill
Music: Practiced the piano
Life Skills: Went to work with Alex and did several office projects and answered the phone with his other employees.
Jared
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson.
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 6/5 lesson.
Math Drill: Did an addition math fact drill.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Creative Writing: Did a lesson in Let's Write.
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Reading: Read in Peter and the Star Catchers for over 3 hours.
Luke
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did 2 Saxon 3 lessons.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Spelling: Did a spell drill.
Creative Writing: He did his 30 min writing assignment for his Scholar Writing class. He typing his final draft just in time for his class tomorrow.
Testing: Took the IRI state test today.
Caleb
Geography: Did a lesson from Evan-Moor.
Math: Did two Saxon Math 2 lessons.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 4 pages of Explode the Code
Reading: Read in The Cat and the Hat Comes Back to me. Practiced his sight words by using a highlighter and finding them in The Friend.
Computer/Reading: Played Starfall reading games.
Testing: Took the IRI state test today.
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, practiced the piano, wrote and typed a paper for my Eng 314 class, and practiced my Greek.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, went to work and went to Young Men's and taught a scout merit badge.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Curriculum for 2009--10
Here's a basic run down of our curriculum for the 2009-10 school year:
- Math: Saxon Math
- Phonics/Grammar: Daily Grams and Explode the Code
- Spelling: Dr. Aardsma's Spelling Drills
- Reading: McGuffy Readers & library readers. They've each selected several books they plan on reading.
- History: A Rendezvous with Idaho History, Story of the World vol 1 and 2, and library research into Early Eastern Civilizations (Olivia).
- Scholar: Olivia will take a weekly scholar class where she will continue reading English and American classics.
- Geography: Evan-Moor Geography workbooks
- Science: Library books and Delta Science kits.
- PE: Working on the farm and basketball in the winter
- Music: Piano lessons
- Clubs: Boys scouts, 4-H (they are starting this year round this year) and Primary Activity Days for Girls
Monday, April 13, 2009
April 13, 2009 (Monday): Moving on to Native Americans
Mom School
Pray/Pledge
Song: God Be With You Till We Meet Again
Theology: Chapter 36: Responsibilities of Family Members from Gospel Principles
Book of Mormon Stories: 2,000 Stripling Warriors and Lehi & Nephi Preach
Friend Article
American History: We have moved on to the Native American Indians for a week or two and then we will dive into the Civil War. Today we discussed Indians in general. We used several encyclopedias we checked out from the town library. Luke liked practicing the sign language that was in one of them.
Literature/World History: Read 2 chapters from Greek Myths: Ulysses and the Trojan War by Usborne.
Language Arts: I taught them about Thesaurus and how to use them. We practiced on several words. We also talked about synonyms and antonyms. The Children's Thesaurus that I recently bought from Hastings for cheap is The Harcourt Brace Student Thesaurus. It's a great children's Thesaurus.
Memorization: 12 apostles and the Latter-day prophets
Family History/World War II: Read several pages of Memories of a Flying Tiger. This Family History book recounts ths story of my grandfather fighting the Japanese in China as a "Flying Tiger."
Science: Gravity and Magnets from Science and Technology: Learn How Things Work by Capella
Math: Read Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi: A Math Adventure by Cindy Neuschwander
Chores
Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter from the Book of Mormon.
Math: Lesson 134 from Saxon 6/5.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Prepositions review from Easy Grammar.
Writing: Did an Editor in Chief lesson.
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- Dour
Vocabulary/Language Usage: Did a root words lesson.
Free Reading: Read The Land of Elyon #3 for 30 min.
Literature: Read The Red Badge of Courage for 30 min.
Life Skills: Snickerdoodles
Science: Invented an automatic cat food feeder from household items.
Creative Play/Simulations: Held "court" today and Olivia was the judge. The case was whether Jared did in fact steal some of Caleb's Easter candy. The boys each had to submit in writing their side of the case. They also had to orally present their case. In the end the verdict was for the defendant as there was no evidence other than the 6 year old's accusation.
Art: Coloring on paper plates to make faces.
Jared
Religion: Read a chapter in the New Testament Reader.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson and had a piano lesson.
Math: Did a Singapore 3B lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Had a lesson on verbs, adverbs, adjectives and nouns. Then did a Mad Libs page. He loved this!
Handwriting: Did a cursive writing lesson.
Science: Played with Snap Circuits, Jr.
Life Skills: Prepared a family home evening lesson.
Creative Play: See Olivia's explanation.
World History: Story of the World vol 2 30 min
Luke
Religion: Read a chapter in The Book of Mormon Reader.
Geography: Did a geography lesson from Evan-Moor.
Math: Did 3 pages of Saxon Math 2.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 7 pages of Explode the Code and finished Book 3.
Creative Writing: More creative writing on the computer.
Language Arts: Using a dictionary.
Free Reading: Read for 15 min in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.
Science: Played with Snap Circuits, Jr.
World History: Story of the World vol 2 1 hour and 30 min
Caleb
Math: Did a Right Start Math lesson.
Math Drill: Played Sum Swap with Alex.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 2 pages of Explode the Code.
Reading: Read a phonics reader and two McGuffy lessons to me. Alex also read to him for a while.
Science: Played with Snap Circuits, Jr.
Creative Play: See Creative play under Olivia.
Art: Coloring on paper plates to make faces.
World History: Story of the World vol 2 30 min
Family Home Evening:
Songs: Give Said the Little Stream and I Love to See the Temple
Visiting: Visited two families. (One a widow and another who are empty-nesters and have been sick).
Article of Faith: 3rd
Character: "Courtesy" from Uncommon Courtesy. Started it over again.
Strength of Youth: Press Forward With Faith. Finished book again, will start it over again.
Talent: Caleb
Testimonies: Dad, Mom, Luke and Caleb
Lesson: Faith by Jared. Also included excerpts from this talk by Elder Pearson.
Game: Scavenger Hunt and Craft Project by Olivia
Treats: Snicker doodles
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, studied for my BYU Geography final for three hours.
Alex: Scriptures, read a chapter from The Law by Bastiat, word of the day, went to work, and listened to Brisingr.
Pray/Pledge
Song: God Be With You Till We Meet Again
Theology: Chapter 36: Responsibilities of Family Members from Gospel Principles
Book of Mormon Stories: 2,000 Stripling Warriors and Lehi & Nephi Preach
Friend Article
American History: We have moved on to the Native American Indians for a week or two and then we will dive into the Civil War. Today we discussed Indians in general. We used several encyclopedias we checked out from the town library. Luke liked practicing the sign language that was in one of them.
Literature/World History: Read 2 chapters from Greek Myths: Ulysses and the Trojan War by Usborne.
Language Arts: I taught them about Thesaurus and how to use them. We practiced on several words. We also talked about synonyms and antonyms. The Children's Thesaurus that I recently bought from Hastings for cheap is The Harcourt Brace Student Thesaurus. It's a great children's Thesaurus.
Memorization: 12 apostles and the Latter-day prophets
Family History/World War II: Read several pages of Memories of a Flying Tiger. This Family History book recounts ths story of my grandfather fighting the Japanese in China as a "Flying Tiger."
Science: Gravity and Magnets from Science and Technology: Learn How Things Work by Capella
Math: Read Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi: A Math Adventure by Cindy Neuschwander
Chores
Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter from the Book of Mormon.
Math: Lesson 134 from Saxon 6/5.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Prepositions review from Easy Grammar.
Writing: Did an Editor in Chief lesson.
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- Dour
Vocabulary/Language Usage: Did a root words lesson.
Free Reading: Read The Land of Elyon #3 for 30 min.
Literature: Read The Red Badge of Courage for 30 min.
Life Skills: Snickerdoodles
Science: Invented an automatic cat food feeder from household items.
Creative Play/Simulations: Held "court" today and Olivia was the judge. The case was whether Jared did in fact steal some of Caleb's Easter candy. The boys each had to submit in writing their side of the case. They also had to orally present their case. In the end the verdict was for the defendant as there was no evidence other than the 6 year old's accusation.
Art: Coloring on paper plates to make faces.
Jared
Religion: Read a chapter in the New Testament Reader.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson and had a piano lesson.
Math: Did a Singapore 3B lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Had a lesson on verbs, adverbs, adjectives and nouns. Then did a Mad Libs page. He loved this!
Handwriting: Did a cursive writing lesson.
Science: Played with Snap Circuits, Jr.
Life Skills: Prepared a family home evening lesson.
Creative Play: See Olivia's explanation.
World History: Story of the World vol 2 30 min
Luke
Religion: Read a chapter in The Book of Mormon Reader.
Geography: Did a geography lesson from Evan-Moor.
Math: Did 3 pages of Saxon Math 2.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 7 pages of Explode the Code and finished Book 3.
Creative Writing: More creative writing on the computer.
Language Arts: Using a dictionary.
Free Reading: Read for 15 min in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.
Science: Played with Snap Circuits, Jr.
World History: Story of the World vol 2 1 hour and 30 min
Caleb
Math: Did a Right Start Math lesson.
Math Drill: Played Sum Swap with Alex.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 2 pages of Explode the Code.
Reading: Read a phonics reader and two McGuffy lessons to me. Alex also read to him for a while.
Science: Played with Snap Circuits, Jr.
Creative Play: See Creative play under Olivia.
Art: Coloring on paper plates to make faces.
World History: Story of the World vol 2 30 min
Family Home Evening:
Songs: Give Said the Little Stream and I Love to See the Temple
Visiting: Visited two families. (One a widow and another who are empty-nesters and have been sick).
Article of Faith: 3rd
Character: "Courtesy" from Uncommon Courtesy. Started it over again.
Strength of Youth: Press Forward With Faith. Finished book again, will start it over again.
Talent: Caleb
Testimonies: Dad, Mom, Luke and Caleb
Lesson: Faith by Jared. Also included excerpts from this talk by Elder Pearson.
Game: Scavenger Hunt and Craft Project by Olivia
Treats: Snicker doodles
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, studied for my BYU Geography final for three hours.
Alex: Scriptures, read a chapter from The Law by Bastiat, word of the day, went to work, and listened to Brisingr.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
03/10/09 (Tue): Ears
Today our big excitement was that "someone" trying to be helpful jabbed Caleb in the ear with a qutip during our voice lesson. They thought they were helping by getting the wax out of Caleb's ear because Caleb keeps saying he can't hear out of that ear (but he has a headcold). The poor child that did it cried the rest of the afternoon because they were so remorseful. Caleb's ear bleed a little bit and after some rest and motrin he was doing lots better. Meaning he was fighting with Luke like usual and telling me he was fine and didn't need to go to the doctor. But our voice lesson and piano lesson were quite long because of all the interruptions. Good thing our voice teacher is so patient with us. She never knows what the state of affairs will be here when she shows up!
Mom School
Pray/Pledge
Song: My Eternal Family
Theology: Chapter 21: "The Gifts of the Spirit" in Gospel Principles.
Scripture Stories: Ismael and his family join Lehi
Scripture Reading: Luke 15
Friend Article
Biography/American History: Two chapters from Andrew Jackson: Young Patriot by George Edward Stanley from the Childhood of Famous Americans Series.
Literature: "The Tempest" from Stories From Shakespeare by Usborne books. Jared told me today when I was getting to read a story, "Mom, I love Shakespeare stories."
Read-a-loud: Started and read 3 chapters from Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Memorization: All the states of the USA alphabetically and The books in the Old Testament.
Family History: Read a biography of John Calvin Hancock written by my aunt.
Greek: Learned the first four letters of the Greek alphabet.
Science: Chemistry from Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia
Health: Proper hygiene-bathing and brushing your teeth
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.
New Era/Christianity: Played some games and quizzes on- line with The New Era.
Music: Had her voice lesson.
Geography: Did a geography lesson on reading grid maps.
Science Experiment: Tending to her flat of tomato and radish plants.
Math: Lesson 111 from Saxon Math 6/5
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Verbs from Easy Grammar
Creative Writing: Wrote an essay on "The person I would like to meet."
Research: Researched writing contests that she wants to enter online.
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- Inimical
Vocabulary/Language Usage: Did a Greek Root Words lesson.
Greek: Learned the first 13 Greek alphabet letters.
Life Skills: Made "boxed lasagna."
Pet Care: Cleaned Hank the dogs ear out because of his ear infection and gave him medicine.
Jared
Religion: Read a chapter in The New Testament Reader.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson.
Math: Did a lesson in Singapore 3B.
Logic: Played Checkers with his brothers.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: He did 5 pages of Explode the Code.
Free Reading: Read for one hour in a Star Wars chapter book.
Book on Tape: 1 hour of Brisingr. We finally got this from the library. We've been on the waiting list for many months. I won't be seeing much of Jared until he finishes this!
Creative Play: Lot's of Legos today.
Luke
Religion: Read in his Book of Mormon Reader.
Geography: Learned about reading map grids.
Math: Did a Saxon Math 2 lesson.
Logic: Played Checkers with his brothers. He also put together a wooden 3-D dinosaur.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages from Explode the Code.
Creative Writing: Editing his story on the computer. He also learned about story organization in a workbook he's using. He loves it. It's called "Just Write."
Language Arts: He used the dictionary several times to look of words he didn't know how to spell. He uses the dictionary A Spelling Dictionary for Beginning Writers by Gregory Hurray. You can get it through http://www.ldfr.com/ My children have always enjoyed this early reader dictionary. He also looked up words he didn't know from his geography lesson in Macmillan's Dictionary for Children.
Art: Drew and colored a picture.
Book on Tape: 1 hour of Brisingr. We finally got this from the library. We've been on the waiting list for many months.
Creative Play: Lego's
PE: Ran/walked on the treadmill for 20 min.
Caleb
Logic: Played checkers with his brothers.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 4 pages of Explode the Code.
Phonics/Computer: He also played Explode the Code online.
Writing: He is finishing a creative writing lesson writing down things about is neighborhood.
Reading: Read a phonics reader to me and practiced his sight words.
Creative Play: Played with K'Nex and Lego's today.
Family (in the evening):
PE: The boys had wrestling practice.
Luke 16
Reading: Read 3 more chapters of Farmer Boy.
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, piano practicing, voice practicing with the voice teacher (she's so nice), taught a piano lesson, worked on the Greek alphabet and worked on a BYU-Geography lesson.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, worked in the temple, went to work, finished The Iliad by Homer and started The Odyssey by Homer.
Mom School
Pray/Pledge
Song: My Eternal Family
Theology: Chapter 21: "The Gifts of the Spirit" in Gospel Principles.
Scripture Stories: Ismael and his family join Lehi
Scripture Reading: Luke 15
Friend Article
Biography/American History: Two chapters from Andrew Jackson: Young Patriot by George Edward Stanley from the Childhood of Famous Americans Series.
Literature: "The Tempest" from Stories From Shakespeare by Usborne books. Jared told me today when I was getting to read a story, "Mom, I love Shakespeare stories."
Read-a-loud: Started and read 3 chapters from Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Memorization: All the states of the USA alphabetically and The books in the Old Testament.
Family History: Read a biography of John Calvin Hancock written by my aunt.
Greek: Learned the first four letters of the Greek alphabet.
Science: Chemistry from Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia
Health: Proper hygiene-bathing and brushing your teeth
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.
New Era/Christianity: Played some games and quizzes on- line with The New Era.
Music: Had her voice lesson.
Geography: Did a geography lesson on reading grid maps.
Science Experiment: Tending to her flat of tomato and radish plants.
Math: Lesson 111 from Saxon Math 6/5
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Verbs from Easy Grammar
Creative Writing: Wrote an essay on "The person I would like to meet."
Research: Researched writing contests that she wants to enter online.
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- Inimical
Vocabulary/Language Usage: Did a Greek Root Words lesson.
Greek: Learned the first 13 Greek alphabet letters.
Life Skills: Made "boxed lasagna."
Pet Care: Cleaned Hank the dogs ear out because of his ear infection and gave him medicine.
Jared
Religion: Read a chapter in The New Testament Reader.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson.
Math: Did a lesson in Singapore 3B.
Logic: Played Checkers with his brothers.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: He did 5 pages of Explode the Code.
Free Reading: Read for one hour in a Star Wars chapter book.
Book on Tape: 1 hour of Brisingr. We finally got this from the library. We've been on the waiting list for many months. I won't be seeing much of Jared until he finishes this!
Creative Play: Lot's of Legos today.
Luke
Religion: Read in his Book of Mormon Reader.
Geography: Learned about reading map grids.
Math: Did a Saxon Math 2 lesson.
Logic: Played Checkers with his brothers. He also put together a wooden 3-D dinosaur.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages from Explode the Code.
Creative Writing: Editing his story on the computer. He also learned about story organization in a workbook he's using. He loves it. It's called "Just Write."
Language Arts: He used the dictionary several times to look of words he didn't know how to spell. He uses the dictionary A Spelling Dictionary for Beginning Writers by Gregory Hurray. You can get it through http://www.ldfr.com/ My children have always enjoyed this early reader dictionary. He also looked up words he didn't know from his geography lesson in Macmillan's Dictionary for Children.
Art: Drew and colored a picture.
Book on Tape: 1 hour of Brisingr. We finally got this from the library. We've been on the waiting list for many months.
Creative Play: Lego's
PE: Ran/walked on the treadmill for 20 min.
Caleb
Logic: Played checkers with his brothers.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 4 pages of Explode the Code.
Phonics/Computer: He also played Explode the Code online.
Writing: He is finishing a creative writing lesson writing down things about is neighborhood.
Reading: Read a phonics reader to me and practiced his sight words.
Creative Play: Played with K'Nex and Lego's today.
Family (in the evening):
PE: The boys had wrestling practice.
Luke 16
Reading: Read 3 more chapters of Farmer Boy.
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, piano practicing, voice practicing with the voice teacher (she's so nice), taught a piano lesson, worked on the Greek alphabet and worked on a BYU-Geography lesson.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, worked in the temple, went to work, finished The Iliad by Homer and started The Odyssey by Homer.
Monday, January 12, 2009
01/12/09: Dickens
Mom School
Pray, Pledge and Song
Theology: Preach My Gospel, Chapter 6: Patience
Bible History: Peter walks on the water
Biography/American History: 2 chapters from The Secret Soldier: The Story of Deborah Sampson by Ann McGovern
Literature: 5 poems from A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson
Fairy Tales/Fables: Pied Piper of Hamlien
Family History: The biography of Wilmer Cadmus Green and Emma Hollingworth Green my gggradparents.
Music: Ah, Music! by Aliki
Science: Earthquakes by Franklyn M. Branley and Rocks and Minerals from The Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia
Math: 1 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.
Service:
Olivia
Religion: 1 chapter from the Book of Mormon
Music: Practiced her voice lesson
Creative Writing: Wrote a poem about music.
Art: Wrote her poem in fancy writing and made it into a pretty page.
Math: Lesson 82
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Prepositions
Free Reading: 1 hour of Jane Eyre
Life Skills: Homemade bread
Jared
Religion Reading: 1 chapter from The Old Testament Reader
Music: Practiced his piano lesson.
Math: Lesson 74
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Handwriting: Cursive X's
Free Reading: Read 3 chapters from Eragon
Creative Play: Lego's for 2 hours
Luke
Religion: Read a chapter from the Book of Mormon Reader
Music: Practiced his piano lesson
Computer/Music: Worked on Lesson 4 on Music Ace
Math: 1 Saxon Math 2 lesson
Math Game: Played Money, Money! with me. A money game.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages from Explode the Code
Free Reading: Read for 30 min in Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
Creative Play: Played with Lego's for about 2 hours.
Caleb
Math: 1 math page from a workbook
Math Game: Played the Money, Money! game with Luke and I.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 3 pages from Explode the Code
Phonics: Played a phonics game out of Happy Phonics with me.
Free Reading: Read 2 phonics readers and a couple pages from Fox in Socks
Reading: Read to him for an hour from Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson (the illustrated classic one)
Creative Play: Played with Lego's for about an hour.
Family (in the evening):
Family Home Evening: Sacrament Meeting and the Sacrament by Elder Oaks
Game: Stars Wars Trivial Prusuit
We visited two families. One couple are shut-in's and the other couple is facing several struggles.
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, conference talks, piano (I have a piano solo on Sunday), spell drill, read and finished The Shakespeare Stealer by Gary Blackwood, read 6 chapters in A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (it's long overdue that I read a Dickens book) and read Richest Man in Babylon out loud with Alex.
Alex: Scriptures, read a lesson in Teachings of the Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith, read some out of a Maxwell leadership book, read out of a book he's working on How to Win a Local Election, went to work, and listened to Plague Ship by Clive Cussler.
Pray, Pledge and Song
Theology: Preach My Gospel, Chapter 6: Patience
Bible History: Peter walks on the water
Biography/American History: 2 chapters from The Secret Soldier: The Story of Deborah Sampson by Ann McGovern
Literature: 5 poems from A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson
Fairy Tales/Fables: Pied Piper of Hamlien
Family History: The biography of Wilmer Cadmus Green and Emma Hollingworth Green my gggradparents.
Music: Ah, Music! by Aliki
Science: Earthquakes by Franklyn M. Branley and Rocks and Minerals from The Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia
Math: 1 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.
Service:
Olivia
Religion: 1 chapter from the Book of Mormon
Music: Practiced her voice lesson
Creative Writing: Wrote a poem about music.
Art: Wrote her poem in fancy writing and made it into a pretty page.
Math: Lesson 82
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Prepositions
Free Reading: 1 hour of Jane Eyre
Life Skills: Homemade bread
Jared
Religion Reading: 1 chapter from The Old Testament Reader
Music: Practiced his piano lesson.
Math: Lesson 74
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Handwriting: Cursive X's
Free Reading: Read 3 chapters from Eragon
Creative Play: Lego's for 2 hours
Luke
Religion: Read a chapter from the Book of Mormon Reader
Music: Practiced his piano lesson
Computer/Music: Worked on Lesson 4 on Music Ace
Math: 1 Saxon Math 2 lesson
Math Game: Played Money, Money! with me. A money game.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages from Explode the Code
Free Reading: Read for 30 min in Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
Creative Play: Played with Lego's for about 2 hours.
Caleb
Math: 1 math page from a workbook
Math Game: Played the Money, Money! game with Luke and I.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 3 pages from Explode the Code
Phonics: Played a phonics game out of Happy Phonics with me.
Free Reading: Read 2 phonics readers and a couple pages from Fox in Socks
Reading: Read to him for an hour from Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson (the illustrated classic one)
Creative Play: Played with Lego's for about an hour.
Family (in the evening):
Family Home Evening: Sacrament Meeting and the Sacrament by Elder Oaks
Game: Stars Wars Trivial Prusuit
We visited two families. One couple are shut-in's and the other couple is facing several struggles.
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, conference talks, piano (I have a piano solo on Sunday), spell drill, read and finished The Shakespeare Stealer by Gary Blackwood, read 6 chapters in A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (it's long overdue that I read a Dickens book) and read Richest Man in Babylon out loud with Alex.
Alex: Scriptures, read a lesson in Teachings of the Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith, read some out of a Maxwell leadership book, read out of a book he's working on How to Win a Local Election, went to work, and listened to Plague Ship by Clive Cussler.
Friday, December 5, 2008
Explode the Code
The Explode the Code series is a great phonics and handwriting program. The reason I like it is because not only are the children learning phonics in a systematic order but they are also practicing their handwriting skills. It's a two for one! There are 3 primer books (called A, B, C) and 8 regular workbooks. It is very straightforward and fun to do. This program is available through most major online homeschooling resource sites. (ldfr.com, timberdoodle.com, etc)
My kids have all really enjoyed going through this series. They have always looked forward to doing it. They love doing lots of pages in it daily. We wish they had a grammar program.
Our family recommends this phonics and handwriting program. It's the best one we have seen!
My kids have all really enjoyed going through this series. They have always looked forward to doing it. They love doing lots of pages in it daily. We wish they had a grammar program.
Our family recommends this phonics and handwriting program. It's the best one we have seen!
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Mom's School
Pray/Pledge
Theology: Preach My Gospel, Lesson 4: Obey the Laws of the Land
Bible History: Naaman the leper
Friend Article
Biography/American History: 3 chapters in Paul Revere: Boston Patriot
Literature: The Lady of Shalott by Alfred Lord Tennyson (We went over this one last time).
Fairy Tales/Fables: 2 stories from A Story to Tell: The Classic Book of Virtues for Children by Deseret Book
Language Arts: Interjections and Adverbs, What Your 4th Grader Needs to Know by E.D. Hirsch, Jr. pgs. 66-67Pray/Pledge
Theology: Preach My Gospel, Lesson 4: Obey the Laws of the Land
Bible History: Naaman the leper
Friend Article
Biography/American History: 3 chapters in Paul Revere: Boston Patriot
Literature: The Lady of Shalott by Alfred Lord Tennyson (We went over this one last time).
Fairy Tales/Fables: 2 stories from A Story to Tell: The Classic Book of Virtues for Children by Deseret Book
Math: Geometry: Lines and Angles, What Your 4th Grader Needs to Know by E.D. Hirsch, Jr pgs. 253-258
Memorization: First 11 presidents of the USA
Science Experiment: We made a rubber bouncy ball from a chemistry experiment set.
Memorization: First 11 presidents of the USA
Science Experiment: We made a rubber bouncy ball from a chemistry experiment set.
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
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
Life Skills: Olivia went to grandma's house to help with babysitting several children for several hours. They said she has was a big help. She'll get more practice because new baby niece ended up not coming but should come next Monday!
Olivia helping with Carter and Cameron.
Jared
Book on Tape: Listened to The Swiftly Turing Planet by Madeleine L'Engle for two hours
To Show Parent Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna
Read His Excellency George Washington by Joseph Ellis for 2 hours
Piano
Went to a Stake Auxiliary Training Meeting for my Young Women's calling
Alex
Taught Seminary
Went to work (long day to Boise-got home really late)
Listening to Mojave Dessert by Louis L'Amour
Prepared a seminary lesson
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