Daily Schedule for 10/06/08

Both
Pray/Pledge
Theology: Preach My Gospel, Lesson 4: Obedience and we used True to the Faith: Obedience
Bible History: David becomes King

Scripture Reading: Matthew 17
Friend Article: We read 3 articles
Biography/American History: 3 chapters in The Young George Washington
Read-a-loud: Read 1 chapter in Prince Caspian and 3 chapters in Fablehaven
Family History: Finished the last 2/3 of my father's autobiography

Math: Read The Coin Counting Book by Rozanne Lanczak Williams
PE: Went on a scooter/bike ride
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.
Family Home Evening: Tonight was Family Home Evening and we talked about Zion and making that our most important goal. This was based on Elder Christofferson's talk from General Conference 10/08

Jared
Music: Practiced the piano and had his piano lesson
Science: Watched an Eyewitness Video: Skeleton (human body)
Math: Lesson 28
Math Drill: 2 Multiplication fact/drill pages from a workbook-5's
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Handwriting: Cursive U's

Book on Tape: He listened to a Geronino Stillton book on tape for 1 hour while he played with his army/catapults.

Reading: Read 30 minutes in his McGuffy 2nd Reader to me
Life Skills: Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Olivia
Music: She practiced her voice lesson. And then she practiced her violin, recorder and saxophone. She said it was a "music day."
Science: She did watch part of the above science video, but not all of it.
Math: Lesson 28
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Types of sentences
Creative Writing: Blogging
Computers: Blogging, Good Reads, Selecting Music for her Blog, etc.
Typing: Computer time
Free Reading: 45 minutes of Work and the Glory #2
Life Skills: Sloppy Joes

Luke and Caleb: Practiced their spelling words from school and each read for 30 min. They were there for Fablehaven and the scriptures.

No School

No School today again. It is the final day of Fall Vacation. Olivia and Jared had their horse riding lessons today. They all enjoyed playing with their cousins while they were there. Back to the "grind" on Monday!

Scholar Book Review

Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

My review

rating: 5 of 5 stars
This book was amazing! I don't think it was my favorite book of all time, but it is certainly up there.

I read the Unabridged version. I think that I will recommend the abridged version to my children for their first read. I think this book with be one of the core books in our family as our children get older.

I think this book as layer after layer of depth to it. I would like to read it again and explore the characters Valjean and Marius more closely. This is a book that you need to read again and again. With each reading uncovering more great treasures.

For me the crowing splendor of this book is simply the words on the page. It is just beautiful and refreshing to my mind down to my inner soul. This is the type of book you read and you walk away changed and illuminated.

I struggled with the French. I know absolutely no French. In my translation there were a lot of words that were not translated and I had no idea what they were talking about. I also struggled with the French names and locations. I'm sure further reading would add clarity to some of these. Occasionally I mixed some of them up as I read through it.

I highly recommend this book!

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No School

No School today or tomorrow because of Fall Vacation I guess. Works for me! It's nice to have a day off every once in a while with no plans. It was nice having the little boys home during the day for a change. We did read 4 chapters out of Prince Caspian.

A nice reminder

As a homeschooling mom you never know if you're really doing the right thing and if your kids are happy and where they need to be. The other morning I woke up to this letter. It once again confirmed that we were doing the right thing and are children are amazing.

Dear Mom,

Thank you for all that you do for me. You are a great mom. You mean so much to me. Thank you for homeschooling me. I love you. You set a great example for me. Thank you for that. I know that that will be a benefit for me in the future. All because of you and dad's choice to homeschool me. I love you and thank you again. Olivia

Luke's latest story

Luke loves to write. That is one of the things he enjoys doing in his free time. He maintains he will grown up and be an author and an illustrator. When Luke starts working on a new story he is very focused and can't do anything else until he gets it all written and down. Maybe it's just in his head and he can't rest until he gets it out and written down. I don't know, but writing is very important to him. Here's his latest story.

Pithia: Legend of the horses

Written by and Illustrated by:Luke Sutter

Chapter one: Annie and Mike

One morning Annie and Mike were with their horse Lea. "Hi, Dad," said Mike. "Hi, Children," said dad. "Don't forget to feed the horses tonight." Mike groaned. "Do we have to?" asked Mike. "How can we run a farm without feeding the animals?" said dad.

Chapter two: School

The next morning it was school. Annie and Mike's teacher was Ms. Scott. She was a kind teacher, with blue eyes and black hair. When school was over they fed the animals. While they fed the animals they found a cave with shinning diamonds. "What's that?" said Mike. "I don't know" said Annie. "I think it's a lamp" said Mike. Mike picked the lamp up. Crack and the cave shook. "Ahhh" said Annie. "Let's get out of here" said Mike. "That was close" said Annie.

Chapter three: The flying horse

The next morning they poured the stuff from the lamp on Lea. Then wings grew out of her sides. "Wow" said Annie. They were flying on their horse! They lived happily ever after.

The End.

Daily Schedule for 10/01/08

Both
Pray/Pledge
Theology: Preach My Gospel, Lesson 4: How to Teach
Bible History: Saul dies
Friend Article: Read 2 articles
Biography/American History: Read 2 chapters in The Young George Washington
Read-a-loud: Read 2 chapters in Prince Caspian
Family History: Read the first 1/3 of my fathers autobiography
Music: Practiced the song "The Books of the Book of Mormon" several times
Biography: Read 2 biographies about George Monbiot and David Belamy who are environmentalists-this was for a scout requirement ALSO we learned about Leonardo da Vinci
Government: I couldn't let the ideas of environmentalism go unchallenged by me! We talked at length about communism, socialism, global warming, capitalism, liberalism, etc.
Science: Did a Science Experiment creating Eggshell Geodes (more crystal things)
Logic: Spent 30 minutes working on pattern blocks
Literature: We learned about fables and then read 3 fables written by Leonardo da Vinci
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.


Jared
Music: Practiced his piano lesson
Math: Lesson 27
Math Drill: Multiplication Wrap-ups: 4's and 9's
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Handwriting/Phonics: 5 pages in Explode the Code
Free Reading: 4o minutes, Magic Tree House and Nate the Great
Reading: 20 min reading is McGuffy Reader to me
Life Skills: Hamburgers
He had Scouts today.

Olivia
Math: Lesson 27
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Compound Subjects
Computers: She's always on the computer doing things
Free Reading: 1 1/2 hours
Life Skills: Macaroni and Cheese
Social: Played with a friend for 1 hour