Sonlight Core F Week 29 June 2-6th, 2014

Sonlight Core F

Week 29

June 2-6th, 2014

This week had a little bit of everything in it.  We had another wonderful hike with our friends, the family "L's".  We went back to Eagle Creek Park and walked around the lake.  Then Dh had his last day of work at the "S" company!  What a completion of a major life event---8 1/2 years of it.  I am so praying that his next company will be better; much better, for his sake!  Then the three of us drove up to Grand Rapids to find an apartment for us to move to while we sell our house.  It feels like we are going backwards by going to an apartment, but I will just keep reminding myself that this is temporary.

I have to admit, that I had a really hard morning today.  I have been feeling mostly good about how God has been leading us.  We had prayed for my Dh to find a new job for year after year, and finally the Lord opened this door.  Then I knew that the Lord would also open the door and show us the path of what to do, and how to do it.  But, then today I just felt so emotional and so "behind" and "lost" about what direction to take.  And then we changed our mind about which apartment we were going to choose, and that changed my whole outlook.  It was like the Lord was telling me the plan "we" had chosen was not right, and once we righted it, I felt better. 

Grand Rapids seemed so busy; and the traffic was so intense!  i hope that I can get use to the "Michigan Left Turns" which is really doing U-Turns instead of being able to turn left at the lights.  In Indiana, if you want to take a left at an intersection, you get in the 'left-turning lane' and wait for the green arrow to go left....but, they don't do that there!

Bible:

Believer's Bible Commentary   [BELIEVERS BIBLE COMMENTARY -SS] [Hardcover] by W.(Author) ; MacDonald, William(Author); Farstad, Arthur L.(Editor) MacDonald

Bible: Psalms: 62, 127, 28, 29 30, 31, 23

We read the bible chapter, then we go to the Believer's Bible Commentary and read what it has on that same chapter.

Since we have been reading Psalms, I remembered a wonderful book I read a few years back and thought Dd is old enough now to also enjoy this--so we are reading it now:

A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23 by W. Phillip Keller

A Shepherd Looks At Psalm 23 by W. Phillip Keller

Men of the Bible: A One-Year Devotional Study of Men in Scripture by Ann Spangler and Robert Wolgemuth

We also read the section on David from Men of the Bible by Ann Spangler

Language Arts:

Daily Grams 7, pg's 96-99

Core F items: AFRICA

EHN Pages Worldbook: 2x @ 40 min. each

Mary Slessor: Forward into Calabar (Christian Heroes: Then & Now) by Janet Benge and Geoff Benge

 Read Aloud:

 Mary Slessor: Forward to Calabar

(in process)

King of the Wind: The Story of the Godolphin Arabian by Marguerite Henry and Wesley Dennis

Reader: King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry

(completed)

Movie:

King of the Wind

(Dd said it was NOT like the book.)

Math:

Math U See: Pre-Algebra

2 A-D

Current Events:
CNN Student News online

The Misadventures of Maude March by Audrey Couloumbis

Family Audio:

The Misadventures of Maude March

(Fantasticly Funny!)

Dd's audio:

House of Hades by Rick Riordan

Fun Readers:

1)The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan (in process)

2)The Labyrinth by Rick Riordan (in process)

3)Took the week off from her Trixie Belden book--it was in a bag!

Foreign Language:

Rosetta Stone: French: 2x @ 40 min each

Nature/Science:

Hike at Eagle Creek

Saw 2 Hawks in their sanctuary; Dd really enjoyed seeing those birds.

Travel:

Went to Grand Rapids, MI.

This week we rescued...and released a Snapping Turtle!

We went for a hike at Eagle Creek Park with our friends!

The park had 2 injured hawks that we visited:

This hawk was very large--but it is in the back of the cage, this photo doesn't do it justice!

I believe this OLD tree was brought in from the Redwood Forest for us to see.  They had historic happenings posted on the ring it would coincide with--so cool.  Currently, a black snake family was living in there and the white sheet of paper is telling us to be aware of these innocent/harmless snakes....so, basically asking people to be nice.

A deer at the park

Another load of books we donated to our library--

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SL Core F Week 28 May 27-31, 2014

SL Core F 

Week 28  

May 27-31, 2014

 

Psalm 46:1 :

God is our refuge and strength,

A very present help in trouble...

Be still, and know that I am God

Psalm 62:1 & 2

Truly my soul silently waits for God:

From Him comes my salvation.

He only is my rock and my salvation:

He is my defense; 

I shall not be greatly moved.

Psalm 30: 5

Weeping may last for the night, 
But a shout of joy comes in the morning.
(Which to me says that though things may be tough right now, IT IS going to get better!)

The Inspirational Study Bible NKJV by Max Lucado

Thanks to Christie for providing me with a list of Psalms to read this week to help us through the week of waiting.  The Psalms we read this week are perfect for a tough week! Quite unlike me, I can't find my piece of paper that I wrote down all our bible assignments for the week!  

KJV Archaeological Study Bible: An Illustrated Walk Through Biblical History and Culture by Zondervan (Aug 28, 2010)

So, I am just putting down what we read in our bible and Believers Bible Commentary now--I'll have to look inside my Archeological Bible to see what we read in there later--we read sections from the Psalms section. That book is good for interesting tid-bits of history! 
But, for now, here is what we read from:
 Psalms: 27, 42, 43, 46, 62, 71, 124, 125 (plus the "Life Lessons" in the ML Bible)
It takes a lot of time, but I've REALLY learned so much from reading the bible verse first, then reading what the bible commentary has to say for each verse.  This has really made such a huge improvement on my understanding more than I would get on my own.  Huge recommend!

Believer's Bible Commentary   [BELIEVERS BIBLE COMMENTARY -SS] [Hardcover] by W.(Author) ; MacDonald, William(Author); Farstad,

Beside being a week of waiting; we also had a week of doctor's appointments- three days worth!  Monday we went to the dentist, this time for me.  Wednesday we went to the dermatologist for me (skin cancer is one of family burdens, and I had to have another Basal Cell Carcinoma removed from my upper chest. Which emotionally was hard for me to process.  My dad died at 56 years old from Malignant Melanoma, the deadliest kind of skin cancer.)  Friday we took Dd to the dermatologist, which was a different office than we went to on Wednesday---which for a "Directionally Challenged" person like me, means adventure!  He had told me the address doesn't show up in Garmin's, so I had to print off directions from Google, then when we were struggling with that, we asked the Garmin to take us to the CVS in that town, Dh also verbally gave me some hints, and also with prayer we finally made it!  Wow, was that hard to find!  But, we did it and got in early!  His other office you usually have to wait an hour after your scheduled time to actually see him.  But, I am glad to have a dermatologist look us over and remove cancer before it gets too big.  After going to Fleur de Lis Girls Camp from 9-24 years old--outside 24/7, I need the help! 

Just for the record, I wear long sleeve sun shirts (the kind with the special fabric) 90% of the time I am outside, and a wide brimmed hat and have since 1998.  I guess the damage was already done to my skin.  I also wear sunblock diligently...

Due to all our doctor days, we didn't have time to do an artist of the week, or a composer of the week.  We really stuck to the flat basics.

Math:
 Math U See: Pre-Algebra
1 A-E (5 pages)
Skip-Counting Family: The Fours


Foreign Language:
Rosetta Stone: French
45 minutes, and doing very well at it!



Language Arts:

IEW Fix-It Frog Prince: Week 9 completed

All About Spelling 6 : Step 11 completed

Daily Grams 7: pg's 91-95



 and don't forget Madlibs!




Current Events:
CNN Student News
http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/
(we actually do do this every day, but I always forget to put it on the blog!!)


Science:

Ouch! How Your Body Makes It Through a Very Bad Day by Richard Walker

Dk OUCH! How Your Body Makes it Through a Very Bad Day
Book and CD

Worldbook:
Eastern Hemisphere Notes:(EHN) pages:
2 hours

Read Aloud's:
 (We are in "AFRICA" for our studies)

Mary Slessor: Forward into Calabar (Christian Heroes: Then & Now) by Janet Benge and Geoff Benge

Mary Slessor, Forward to Calabar
Chapters 1-6

Speaking of Mary Slessor--we looked on youtube.com, typing in "movie on Mary Slessor" and found a movie called: "One More River-The Story of Mary Slessor" it was in two segments, a Part 1 and Part 2.  This tied in nicely with our study.  Warning: It does tell how in Nigeria area they killed twins, and had such tragic punishments... but, with this movie you could actually see where she lived and the people she reached.  So far the book hadn't really given us a good image of the time and places she lived.  It was also really surpising to see and hear how much Nigeria still ADORES her.  One interview had a person saying they "worshiped her".  I'm not sure what they meant by that, but it is obvious what an impact she had on that community.   They said they still name many girls "Mary Slessor" b/c they love "Ma" so! 

 

Exploration into Africa by Isimeme Ibazebo

I also added in this book: Exploration Into Africa by Isimeme Ibazebo, we haven't finished it yet--it is a bit dry.

Praying through the 100 Gateway Cities of the 10/40 Window by YWAM Publishing,

100 Gateway Cities:
(with finding these places on maps)
Dakar
Banjul
Bissau

Best-Loved Folktales of the World (The Anchor folktale library) by Joanna Cole

Best Loved Folktakes of the World: by Joanne Cole

stories #: 152-157



Dd's Readers--a partial list:

King of the Wind: The Story of the Godolphin Arabian by Marguerite Henry

For SL: King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry



Fun Readers: none completed yet

The Mystery of the Blinking Eye (Trixie Belden # 12) by Kathryn Kenny

Trixie Belden: Mystery of the Blinking Eye (Bk 12) (in process)

Hostage (Star Wars Rebel Force No. 2) by Alex Wheeler

Star Wars: HOSTAGE (in process) 

The Demigod Files (A Percy Jackson and the Olympians Guide) by Rick Riordan

 

 

The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 5) by Rick Riordan

The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
(she listened to it, now reading it.)

The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 4) by Rick Riordan

and I don't know what else!

The Misadventures of Maude March by Audrey Couloumbis

Audio:
The Misadventures of Maude March
Such a riveting audio!  We are really enjoying this!  I can't say enough how much we are enjoying it.  Read the reviews on Amazon, and you will find I am like everyone else in finding this book amazing.  We have been listening to it on audio, and the voice actress is also beyond any expectation of fabulous!  Rip-Roaring Fun!
Amazon review:
Eleven-year-old Sallie March is a whip-smart tomboy and voracious reader of Western adventure novels. When she and her sister Maude escape their self-serving guardians for the wilds of the frontier, they begin an adventure the likes of which Sallie has only read about. This time however, the "wanted woman" isn't a dime-novel villian, it's Sallie's very own sister! What follows is not the lies the papers printed, but the honest-to-goodness truth of how two sisters went from being orphans to being outlaws—and lived to tell the tale!

Art:
For the past few weeks Dd has been highly engaged in duct tape projects, drawing, working with wire to make all sorts of things, and origami.

Archery this week too.

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May Flowers 2014

May Flowers 2014

A very lovely week as far as nature is concerned.  Our daisy's are about to bloom any day now, but while we are waiting for them we have my favorites--poppies blooming!  as well as Dh's favorites--peonies blooming!  The two clematises are both blooming, and one yellow rose.
The birds are very happily eating off our different feeding stations, and bathing in our two bird baths.







My RED POPPIES!

 










 We FINALLY have birds nesting in OUR yard!!!!  3 sparrows; I think House Sparrows..

Yellow rose

Peony

These twisty things are daisy stems, and the hosta's behind it.

Clematis

I forget what this pretty pink ground cover is called---but it sure does spread like wild fire!

We had another Black Swallowtail hatch this week!!!!!

Some of the books we've removed and donated...it is a start!

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