Mom School
Pray/Pledge
Music:We sang 5 primary songs
Bible: "Elisa and the 3 Miracles" from The Old Testament Reader.
Family Scripture Study: 1 John 1
Weekly Family Scripture Memorization: Galatians 5:13
Friend Article
Idaho History: Read about the Gold in Idaho and finished the missionary section from A Rendezvous with Idaho History.
World History: We read several pages from Usborne's World History book and read about the Mummies, The Indus Valley and Europe.
Literature: We read several poems.
Science: We read about seals and monkeys from The Natural World Illustrated Science Encyclopedia by Usborne. We also read a chapter from Science: A Closer Look by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill.
Literature: We read 2 1/2 chapters in Mrs. Frisby.
Chores: House chores and animal care
PE: Went on a family walk.
Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in the Bible.
Writing: Wrote in her journal.
Math: Did a Saxon 7/6 lesson.
Language Arts: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
American History: Working on memorizing The Declaration of Independence.
Music: Practiced the piano
Reading: Read Enna Burning by Shannon Hale for half an hour.
Scholar: She worked on several assignments for her scholar class.
Life Skills: Sausage and Egg Casserole and laundry
Book on Tape: Started Lord of the Rings.
Jared
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon.
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 6/5 lesson.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Creative Writing: Did a Let's Write lesson.
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Book on Tape:Finished The Fellowship of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson
Spelling: Practiced his new spelling words.
Reading: Read a story in his McGuffy Reader to me.
Computer/Language Arts: Read online at Raz-kids.com
Luke
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon.
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did one Saxon 3 lesson.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Book on Tape: Started Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Creative Writing: Did a Let's Write lesson and he wrote on his story for several hours.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson
Reading: Free reading of various things for over an hour.
Reading: Read a story in his McGuffy Reader to me.
Caleb
Reading: Read several stories in his McGuffy Reader to me. Read a story to me. Read to his public school teacher over the phone.
Religion: Read some verses to me in the Book of Mormon.
Geography: Did a lesson from Evan-Moor.
Math: Did one Saxon Math 2 lesson.
Spelling: Practiced his spelling words for the week.
Phonics/Handwriting: 2 pages of Explode the Code
Computer/Language Arts: Read online at Raz-kids.com and also played on starfall.com.
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, and went to primary in-service.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, went to work, went to primary in-service, listening to Becoming Spiritually Minded and he's still tiling....
Showing posts with label Memorization. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Memorization. Show all posts
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.
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.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
02/25/09: (Wed) Reading Fever
Mom School
Pray/Pledge
Song: My Eternal Family
Theology: Chapter 19: Repentance from Gospel Principles.
Book of Mormon Stories: Nephi and his brothers try to get the Brass Plates.
Friend Article
Literature: "The Taming of the Shrew" from Stories From Shakespeare by Usborne
Greek Myths: "Jason and the Golden Fleece" and "King Midas" from Greek Myths by Usborne
Memorization: 41 states of the USA
Family History/American History: From the Draper Manuscripts "Adventure at Fort Boonesbourough" by William Hancock. This recounts a fight with the Indians at Fort Boonesbourough, Kentucky in the late 1700's. Also present with the Hancock brothers fighting the Indians was their friend Daniel Boone.
Geography: Kentucky
Science: Muscles from The Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia and we started Animal World: Explore the Living Planet by Capella. This is a question and answer book. We talked about Big Cats, Elephants, Marine Mammals, Birds of Prey, and Monkeys to name a few.
Health: Eating healthy snacks from Chapter 6 Eat Well and Keep Moving by Lilian Cheung
PE: We played baseball and basketball at the church for an hour. We also did a warm-up and stretched. I taught the kids some of these sports basic fundamentals.
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 in The Book of Mormon
Music: Had her voice lesson.
Math: Lesson 106
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Helping Verbs
Creative Writing: Worked on her essay on My Access!
Writing: Wrote a letter to her pen pals.
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day-Apocryphal
Free Reading: Read Jane Eyre for an hour.
Life Skills: Swedish Pancakes. She also operated on Jared's in-grown toe nail. See family blog post.
Jared
Religion: Read a chapter in The New Testament Reader.
Math: Mental Math Division-Singapore
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Free Reading: He read for 2 hours and finished Eragon. Yeah!
Writing: Wrote a book review for Eragon on Goodreads.
Creative Play: Lego's and Star Wars
Luke
Religion: Read a Book of Mormon Reader chapter.
Music: Practiced part of his piano lesson.
Geography: Keg legends
Math: Lesson from Saxon 2
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Creative Writing: More on pre-writing strategies and grouping.
Free Reading: He is so excited about reading and finishing his book yesterday that he read for two hours today in a Magic School Bus chapter book. I told him to read some easy stuff right now.
Creative Play: Lego's and Star Wars
Caleb
Friend/Computer: Played around on www.friend.lds.org
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 2 pages from Explode the Code
Free Reading: Spent an hour reading/looking at a book.
Reading: Read 3 McGuffy Primer lessons to me.
Family (in the evening):
Went horseback riding.
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, practiced the organ, completed and submitted my first monthly report for IDEA (it took a lot longer than I thought it would, but I think it will go faster once I get use to it), and went to mutual.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, went to work, installed the DVD player into the suburban-it works now! and listened to The Iliad by Homer.
Pray/Pledge
Song: My Eternal Family
Theology: Chapter 19: Repentance from Gospel Principles.
Book of Mormon Stories: Nephi and his brothers try to get the Brass Plates.
Friend Article
Literature: "The Taming of the Shrew" from Stories From Shakespeare by Usborne
Greek Myths: "Jason and the Golden Fleece" and "King Midas" from Greek Myths by Usborne
Memorization: 41 states of the USA
Family History/American History: From the Draper Manuscripts "Adventure at Fort Boonesbourough" by William Hancock. This recounts a fight with the Indians at Fort Boonesbourough, Kentucky in the late 1700's. Also present with the Hancock brothers fighting the Indians was their friend Daniel Boone.
Geography: Kentucky
Science: Muscles from The Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia and we started Animal World: Explore the Living Planet by Capella. This is a question and answer book. We talked about Big Cats, Elephants, Marine Mammals, Birds of Prey, and Monkeys to name a few.
Health: Eating healthy snacks from Chapter 6 Eat Well and Keep Moving by Lilian Cheung
PE: We played baseball and basketball at the church for an hour. We also did a warm-up and stretched. I taught the kids some of these sports basic fundamentals.
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 in The Book of Mormon
Music: Had her voice lesson.
Math: Lesson 106
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Helping Verbs
Creative Writing: Worked on her essay on My Access!
Writing: Wrote a letter to her pen pals.
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day-Apocryphal
Free Reading: Read Jane Eyre for an hour.
Life Skills: Swedish Pancakes. She also operated on Jared's in-grown toe nail. See family blog post.
Jared
Religion: Read a chapter in The New Testament Reader.
Math: Mental Math Division-Singapore
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Free Reading: He read for 2 hours and finished Eragon. Yeah!
Writing: Wrote a book review for Eragon on Goodreads.
Creative Play: Lego's and Star Wars
Luke
Religion: Read a Book of Mormon Reader chapter.
Music: Practiced part of his piano lesson.
Geography: Keg legends
Math: Lesson from Saxon 2
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Creative Writing: More on pre-writing strategies and grouping.
Free Reading: He is so excited about reading and finishing his book yesterday that he read for two hours today in a Magic School Bus chapter book. I told him to read some easy stuff right now.
Creative Play: Lego's and Star Wars
Caleb
Friend/Computer: Played around on www.friend.lds.org
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 2 pages from Explode the Code
Free Reading: Spent an hour reading/looking at a book.
Reading: Read 3 McGuffy Primer lessons to me.
Family (in the evening):
Went horseback riding.
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, practiced the organ, completed and submitted my first monthly report for IDEA (it took a lot longer than I thought it would, but I think it will go faster once I get use to it), and went to mutual.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, went to work, installed the DVD player into the suburban-it works now! and listened to The Iliad by Homer.
Monday, January 5, 2009
1/5/09: Coral Reefs to Zeus
Mom School
Pray, Pledge and Song
Theology: Preach My Gospel, Chapter 5: Hope
Bible History: Christ raises Jarius' daughter
Friend Article
Biography/American History: 2 chapters from John Hancock: President of the Continental Congress by Ann G. Gaines
Literature: 5 poems from A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson
Memorization: Books of the Old Testament, Presidents of the USA and we started the states in Alphabetical order: A's
Family History: Biography of Catherine Norman Ward my ggrandmother
Science: Earth's Structure from The Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia and Underwater Forests and Coral Reefs from Kingfisher Voyages: Oceans by Ron and Valerie Taylor
Art: Played and made shapes with Moon Sand for 1 hour
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 Alma 24
Music: Practiced the piano and practiced her voice lesson
Math: Lesson 78
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Prepositions
American History: 1 hour of old Radio Broadcasts about Thomas Edison and the Titanic
Writing: Wrote a paper on Zeus and the Olympians (because she wanted to)
Computer/Research: Zeus, Hera and the Olympians
Free Reading: 1 hour Jane Eyre
Life Skills: Banana Bread and Strawberry smoothies
Computers/Art: Worked on photos on her new Adobe Photo Shop Elements
PE: Shoveled snow
Jared
Music: Practiced the piano and had his piano lesson
World History: 1 hour of Story of World Vol. 1 CD's
Math: Lesson 68
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 1 page of Explode the Code
PE: 30 min Cardio
Creative Play: Lots of Legos 3 hours?
Luke
Music: Practiced his piano lesson
Science Reading: Read 30 min and finished his book Dinosaur Days
Math: 1 page from Saxon 2
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 3 pages from Explode the Code
Creative Writing/Typing: Worked for over and hour and finished his story on the computer! It's very good. It's 4 typed single pages. We are going to edit it a little bit before he "publishes" it.
Creative Play: Played with Legos for over two hours.
PE: 3o min of cardio
Caleb
Math: 2 pages from a workbook
Fine motor skills/logic: Cutting and pasting
Spelling: 3 spell drills
Art: Played for another hour in the Moon Sand creating
Reading: Read 1 phonics book to Olivia
Caleb likes to follow Olivia around and do things (like cooking) with Olivia.
Family (in the evening):
Family Home Evening: Goal Setting
Game: Star Wars Trivial Prusuit
Government: Wrote mock bills for a "Day on the Hill" government all day field trip they are going to in Boise in three weeks.
Boys played pool with Alex
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today... (I realized I should put scripture/journal and stuff)
Deanna: Scriptures, Journal, Piano (I have a piano solo in two weeks I just found out about), Read 30min of my George Washington bio, registered them for the "Day on the Hill," laundry, put on scout patches for two shirts,
Alex: Scriptures, Ensign, Went to Work, Listening to Plague Ship by Clive Cussler
Pray, Pledge and Song
Theology: Preach My Gospel, Chapter 5: Hope
Bible History: Christ raises Jarius' daughter
Friend Article
Biography/American History: 2 chapters from John Hancock: President of the Continental Congress by Ann G. Gaines
Literature: 5 poems from A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson
Memorization: Books of the Old Testament, Presidents of the USA and we started the states in Alphabetical order: A's
Family History: Biography of Catherine Norman Ward my ggrandmother
Science: Earth's Structure from The Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia and Underwater Forests and Coral Reefs from Kingfisher Voyages: Oceans by Ron and Valerie Taylor
Art: Played and made shapes with Moon Sand for 1 hour
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 Alma 24
Music: Practiced the piano and practiced her voice lesson
Math: Lesson 78
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Prepositions
American History: 1 hour of old Radio Broadcasts about Thomas Edison and the Titanic
Writing: Wrote a paper on Zeus and the Olympians (because she wanted to)
Computer/Research: Zeus, Hera and the Olympians
Free Reading: 1 hour Jane Eyre
Life Skills: Banana Bread and Strawberry smoothies
Computers/Art: Worked on photos on her new Adobe Photo Shop Elements
PE: Shoveled snow
Jared
Music: Practiced the piano and had his piano lesson
World History: 1 hour of Story of World Vol. 1 CD's
Math: Lesson 68
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 1 page of Explode the Code
PE: 30 min Cardio
Creative Play: Lots of Legos 3 hours?
Luke
Music: Practiced his piano lesson
Science Reading: Read 30 min and finished his book Dinosaur Days
Math: 1 page from Saxon 2
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 3 pages from Explode the Code
Creative Writing/Typing: Worked for over and hour and finished his story on the computer! It's very good. It's 4 typed single pages. We are going to edit it a little bit before he "publishes" it.
Creative Play: Played with Legos for over two hours.
PE: 3o min of cardio
Caleb
Math: 2 pages from a workbook
Fine motor skills/logic: Cutting and pasting
Spelling: 3 spell drills
Art: Played for another hour in the Moon Sand creating
Reading: Read 1 phonics book to Olivia
Caleb likes to follow Olivia around and do things (like cooking) with Olivia.
Family (in the evening):
Family Home Evening: Goal Setting
Game: Star Wars Trivial Prusuit
Government: Wrote mock bills for a "Day on the Hill" government all day field trip they are going to in Boise in three weeks.
Boys played pool with Alex
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today... (I realized I should put scripture/journal and stuff)
Deanna: Scriptures, Journal, Piano (I have a piano solo in two weeks I just found out about), Read 30min of my George Washington bio, registered them for the "Day on the Hill," laundry, put on scout patches for two shirts,
Alex: Scriptures, Ensign, Went to Work, Listening to Plague Ship by Clive Cussler
Friday, December 5, 2008
12/05/08:Regular Day
Mom School
Pray and Pledge
Theology: Elder Worthlin's Conference Talk
Bible History: Zacharias and Elizabeth
Friend Article
American History Literature: 5 chapters of Johnny Tremain by Ester Forbes
Literature: 1 chapter from The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis
Read-a-loud: 1 chapter from Little Britches by Ralph Moody
Memorization: All the Presidents of the USA (Luke is on the first 10), Books of the Old Testament (just starting this), Books of the New Testament and Books of the Book of Mormon
Family History: Tribute to Harris Hancock (my g uncle) by my grandparents
Music: Learning the Books of the Old Testament to music
Science Biography: Chapter 3 in Thomas Edison His Life and Ideas
World History: Chapter 9 from Story of the World vol. 2 by Susan Wise Bauer
Science: Mars
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
Family History: Read for a while out of a "Sutter Family" generically generated book.
Music: Practiced her voice lesson
Science: Read Chapter 2 in a High School Biology book. To bad she doesn't want to do science everyday. (haha)
Math: Lesson 63
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Parts of speech: 1 Mad Libs
Free Reading: 2 hours Work and the Glory #3
Computers/Typing: American Girls Felicity on line games
PE: Ran 1 mile on the treadmill
Jared
Music: Practiced his piano lesson
Math: Lesson 59
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Handwriting: Cursive P's
Reading: Read 1 hour in the Book of Mormon Reader
Life Skills: Macaroni and Cheese
PE: 30 min of cardio
Luke
Music: Had piano lessons and practiced the piano
Math: 1 Saxon 2 lesson
Spelling: 3 spell drills
Phonics/Handwriting: 7 pages in Explode the Code
Reading: Reading to me in the McGuffy Second Grade Reader and The Book of Mormon Reader
Caleb
Went to public school
Family (in the evening):
Pet Care: Babysitting Foxy Roxy again and doing chores out at our cousins for the weekend
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: 1 spell drill, Read 2 hours in The Naked Communist and Lord of the Rings, and wrote a Book Review on Goodreads
Alex: Went to work, studied for his college final and finished Sackett Land by Louis L'Amour
Pray and Pledge
Theology: Elder Worthlin's Conference Talk
Bible History: Zacharias and Elizabeth
Friend Article
American History Literature: 5 chapters of Johnny Tremain by Ester Forbes
Literature: 1 chapter from The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis
Read-a-loud: 1 chapter from Little Britches by Ralph Moody
Memorization: All the Presidents of the USA (Luke is on the first 10), Books of the Old Testament (just starting this), Books of the New Testament and Books of the Book of Mormon
Family History: Tribute to Harris Hancock (my g uncle) by my grandparents
Music: Learning the Books of the Old Testament to music
Science Biography: Chapter 3 in Thomas Edison His Life and Ideas
World History: Chapter 9 from Story of the World vol. 2 by Susan Wise Bauer
Science: Mars
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
Family History: Read for a while out of a "Sutter Family" generically generated book.
Music: Practiced her voice lesson
Science: Read Chapter 2 in a High School Biology book. To bad she doesn't want to do science everyday. (haha)
Math: Lesson 63
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Parts of speech: 1 Mad Libs
Free Reading: 2 hours Work and the Glory #3
Computers/Typing: American Girls Felicity on line games
PE: Ran 1 mile on the treadmill
Jared
Music: Practiced his piano lesson
Math: Lesson 59
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Handwriting: Cursive P's
Reading: Read 1 hour in the Book of Mormon Reader
Life Skills: Macaroni and Cheese
PE: 30 min of cardio
Luke
Music: Had piano lessons and practiced the piano
Math: 1 Saxon 2 lesson
Spelling: 3 spell drills
Phonics/Handwriting: 7 pages in Explode the Code
Reading: Reading to me in the McGuffy Second Grade Reader and The Book of Mormon Reader
Caleb
Went to public school
Family (in the evening):
Pet Care: Babysitting Foxy Roxy again and doing chores out at our cousins for the weekend
To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: 1 spell drill, Read 2 hours in The Naked Communist and Lord of the Rings, and wrote a Book Review on Goodreads
Alex: Went to work, studied for his college final and finished Sackett Land by Louis L'Amour
Thursday, November 13, 2008
11/13/08: Bowling
The Book of the Lamentations of Deanna: I am not well again today, I feel much worse. Oh, well. The kids wanted to do more school, but the following was all I could muster. I'm posting this early. We haven't done the swimming, bowling or book on tape yet, but they are coming.... Olivia did some laundry for me and Jared made me lunch. They are so nice to me.
Pray/Pledge
Theology: 2 conference talks by Elder Cook and Pres Monson
Memorization: First 30 Presidents of the USA (They are passing me up! They are learning them faster than me now).
World History Literature: 4 chapters of The Hawk That Dare Not Hunt By Day by Scott O'Dell. Finished! (William Tyndale)
Science: Watched a Eyewitness Dinosaur video
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.
Swimming!
Bowling!
Social: We have a friend/cousin playing and visiting until Saturday.
Book on Tape: Listened to a Book on Tape for 3+ Hours
Pray/Pledge
Theology: 2 conference talks by Elder Cook and Pres Monson
Memorization: First 30 Presidents of the USA (They are passing me up! They are learning them faster than me now).
World History Literature: 4 chapters of The Hawk That Dare Not Hunt By Day by Scott O'Dell. Finished! (William Tyndale)
Science: Watched a Eyewitness Dinosaur video
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.
Swimming!
Bowling!
Social: We have a friend/cousin playing and visiting until Saturday.
Book on Tape: Listened to a Book on Tape for 3+ Hours
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
10/28/08: Paul Revere's Ride
Mom School
Pray/Pledge
Theology: Preach My Gospel, Lesson 5: Missionary Work and True to the Faith: Missionary Work
Bible History: Elisha dies
Friend Article
Biography/American History: George Washington by Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire
Literature: Paul Revere's Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Fairy Tales/Fables: 1 story from A Story To Tell by Deseret Book
Read-a-loud/World History: The Hawk That Dare Not Hunt by Day by Scott O'Dell (about William Tyndale
Memorization: First 15 Presidents of the USA, Books of the New Testament and Latter Day Prophets
Geography/Culture: The Usborne Book of the Peoples of the World: Internet-Linked, read pgs. 1-9
Science: A Beka 5: Condensation pgs. 301-303
PE/Life Skills: Chores
Social: Friends over
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.
Movie: We watched part of National Treasure and the kids noticed all the names/places they now understood after reading so much American History.
Olivia
Music: Practiced voice lesson
Math: Lesson 42
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Compound sentences
Creative Writing: Wrote a poem (love of learning)
Free Reading: 3o min of Beyond the Valley of Thorns by Patrick Carmen
Writing/Computers/Typing: Blogging
Art: Power point designs
Family History: Indexed for 45 minutes
Jared
Music: Practiced his piano lesson
Math: Lesson 42
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Creative Writing: Finished his story (love of learning)
Art: Illustrated his story
Computers/Typing: Finished typing his story
Science: Snap Circuits
Life Skills: Problem solving. He locked us out of the house (on purpose, but that's a different story) and so I made him figure out how we were going to get back in.
Family (in the evening):
Luke 1
2 chapters in Fablehaven #2
To Show Parent Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna
Piano
Spell Drill
Indexed 50 names (It's that time of year again)
Read 1 hour
Babysat 3 kids for 2 hours
Ironed (I dislike ironing more than any other household chore so it doesn't happen very often)
Alex
Served as a temple ordinance worker
Went to work
Finished The Trail to Peach Meadow Canyon by Louis L'Amour
Worked on the Playhouse for 2+ hours
Prepared a seminary lesson (his last as a substitute for now)
Pray/Pledge
Theology: Preach My Gospel, Lesson 5: Missionary Work and True to the Faith: Missionary Work
Bible History: Elisha dies
Friend Article
Biography/American History: George Washington by Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire
Literature: Paul Revere's Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Fairy Tales/Fables: 1 story from A Story To Tell by Deseret Book
Read-a-loud/World History: The Hawk That Dare Not Hunt by Day by Scott O'Dell (about William Tyndale
Memorization: First 15 Presidents of the USA, Books of the New Testament and Latter Day Prophets
Geography/Culture: The Usborne Book of the Peoples of the World: Internet-Linked, read pgs. 1-9
Science: A Beka 5: Condensation pgs. 301-303
PE/Life Skills: Chores
Social: Friends over
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.
Movie: We watched part of National Treasure and the kids noticed all the names/places they now understood after reading so much American History.
Olivia
Music: Practiced voice lesson
Math: Lesson 42
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Compound sentences
Creative Writing: Wrote a poem (love of learning)
Free Reading: 3o min of Beyond the Valley of Thorns by Patrick Carmen
Writing/Computers/Typing: Blogging
Art: Power point designs
Family History: Indexed for 45 minutes
Jared
Music: Practiced his piano lesson
Math: Lesson 42
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Creative Writing: Finished his story (love of learning)
Art: Illustrated his story
Computers/Typing: Finished typing his story
Science: Snap Circuits
Life Skills: Problem solving. He locked us out of the house (on purpose, but that's a different story) and so I made him figure out how we were going to get back in.
Family (in the evening):
Luke 1
2 chapters in Fablehaven #2
To Show Parent Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna
Piano
Spell Drill
Indexed 50 names (It's that time of year again)
Read 1 hour
Babysat 3 kids for 2 hours
Ironed (I dislike ironing more than any other household chore so it doesn't happen very often)
Alex
Served as a temple ordinance worker
Went to work
Finished The Trail to Peach Meadow Canyon by Louis L'Amour
Worked on the Playhouse for 2+ hours
Prepared a seminary lesson (his last as a substitute for now)
Friday, October 10, 2008
Daily Schedule 10/9/08
Mom's School with Olivia and Jared
Pray/Pledge
Theology: Preach My Gospel, Lesson 4:Sabbath Day and True to the Faith: Sabbath Day
Bible History: Wisdom of Solomon
Friend Article: Read 2 articles
Biography/American History: 2 Chapters in James Monroe:Good Neighbor Boy
Fairy Tales/Fables: Read 5 fables in The Fables of Leonardo DaVinci
Read-a-loud: Read 2 chapters in Prince Caspian by CS Lewis
Family History: Read the autobiography of Leonard Hancock my maternal grandfather
Memorization: Learning the first 8 presidents of the United States. Also Working on the songs Books of the Book of Mormon and Books of in the New Testament
Science: Abeka Science (5) Weather Temperatures and Winds 8.1 pgs. 289-292
Math Drill: Played a rounding game and a multiplication game
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
Music: Practiced her voice lesson
Math: Lesson 31
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Types of sentences
Computers/Typing: Blogging and Good Reads
Free Reading: 2 hours of Zia
Reading: McGuffy 5th Grade Reader, 30 minutes
Vocabulary: 15 new words from the McGuffy Reader
Art: Working on a Powerpoint/scrapbooking
Jared
Music: Practiced the piano
Math: Lesson 31
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Handwriting/Phonics: 5 pages of Explode the Code
World History: Listened to Story of the World Vol.1 for 1 hour on CD
Reading: Read McGuffy 3rd Reader for 30 minutes
Luke and Caleb:
Spelling and Reading
Family (in the evening):
Read Matthew 20
Read 3 chapters and finished Fablehaven
To Show Parent Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna
Read The Virginian for 1 hour
Practiced the piano
Alex
Served as an ordinance worker in the temple (his usual day is Tuesday morning, but he was substituting)
Went to work
Worked on his Communications class
Listening to Crime and Punishment
Pray/Pledge
Theology: Preach My Gospel, Lesson 4:Sabbath Day and True to the Faith: Sabbath Day
Bible History: Wisdom of Solomon
Friend Article: Read 2 articles
Biography/American History: 2 Chapters in James Monroe:Good Neighbor Boy
Fairy Tales/Fables: Read 5 fables in The Fables of Leonardo DaVinci
Read-a-loud: Read 2 chapters in Prince Caspian by CS Lewis
Family History: Read the autobiography of Leonard Hancock my maternal grandfather
Memorization: Learning the first 8 presidents of the United States. Also Working on the songs Books of the Book of Mormon and Books of in the New Testament
Science: Abeka Science (5) Weather Temperatures and Winds 8.1 pgs. 289-292
Math Drill: Played a rounding game and a multiplication game
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
Music: Practiced her voice lesson
Math: Lesson 31
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Types of sentences
Computers/Typing: Blogging and Good Reads
Free Reading: 2 hours of Zia
Reading: McGuffy 5th Grade Reader, 30 minutes
Vocabulary: 15 new words from the McGuffy Reader
Art: Working on a Powerpoint/scrapbooking
Jared
Music: Practiced the piano
Math: Lesson 31
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Handwriting/Phonics: 5 pages of Explode the Code
World History: Listened to Story of the World Vol.1 for 1 hour on CD
Reading: Read McGuffy 3rd Reader for 30 minutes
Luke and Caleb:
Spelling and Reading
Family (in the evening):
Read Matthew 20
Read 3 chapters and finished Fablehaven
To Show Parent Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna
Read The Virginian for 1 hour
Practiced the piano
Alex
Served as an ordinance worker in the temple (his usual day is Tuesday morning, but he was substituting)
Went to work
Worked on his Communications class
Listening to Crime and Punishment
Saturday, July 26, 2008
American History for 5th Graders
So it's about that time that I start looking to what were are doing for school for 2008-09. Olivia will be in 5th Grade this year so that means American History. Yeah! I love history but I have to remember to keep it simple. Since I believe in using living books versus text books here are some thoughts. I want to read lots of biographies. And I also want to include some good literature in the mix that is American History related. Here's what I have so far:
History Biography Ideas:
Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire books (Lief Erickson, Columbus, Pocahontas, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Buffalo Bill)
Abigail Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
Lewis and Clark
Harriet Tubman
Daniel Webster
"Stonewall" Jackson
Susan B Anthony
Katie Stanton
Theodore Roosevelt
Truman (I can't think of his first name right now-aghhh)
FDR & Eleanor Roosevelt
Martin Luther King, JR
Rosa Parks
Niel Armstrong
Ronald Reagan
Literature Ideas:
Paul Revere's Ride
The Sacketts
Johnny Tremain
Guns for General Washington
Blood on the River: James Town 1607
Declaration of Independence
Bill of Rights
Constitution
How far forward will I go? I guess that's something to think about. I personally want to spend more time on The Founding Fathers than anything. I'd like Olivia to be able to at least recognize all the Presidents of the USA. (I'll have to think about the memorization of all of them. That would be idealistic. Mmm)
History Biography Ideas:
Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire books (Lief Erickson, Columbus, Pocahontas, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Buffalo Bill)
Abigail Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
Lewis and Clark
Harriet Tubman
Daniel Webster
"Stonewall" Jackson
Susan B Anthony
Katie Stanton
Theodore Roosevelt
Truman (I can't think of his first name right now-aghhh)
FDR & Eleanor Roosevelt
Martin Luther King, JR
Rosa Parks
Niel Armstrong
Ronald Reagan
Literature Ideas:
Paul Revere's Ride
The Sacketts
Johnny Tremain
Guns for General Washington
Blood on the River: James Town 1607
Declaration of Independence
Bill of Rights
Constitution
How far forward will I go? I guess that's something to think about. I personally want to spend more time on The Founding Fathers than anything. I'd like Olivia to be able to at least recognize all the Presidents of the USA. (I'll have to think about the memorization of all of them. That would be idealistic. Mmm)
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