SL Core D- Week 24 (Nov.28-Dec 2nd 2011)

Big Week!  We continued reading the books we started last week - George vs George and The Pilgrim's Progress which takes us through this whole week.  We did finish The Fighting Ground by AVI.  We are reading a small booklet on ADVENT and Dd made a wonderful wreath and candle display for our Advent candles (good job!).

Dd started a new ADD-IN:
Lydia the Patriot: The Boston Massacre (1770) (Sisters in Time #5) by Susan Martins Miller

Our normal weekly IG and lessons:
Bible:Judges-Momma  Esther-Dd
IEW: Final draft-Pearls. DVD on Boy and his Nuts, KWO, Rough draft, and Final Draft-completed
AAS:Level 3: daily, tested & passed step 9. Reviewed Book 1 -steps 18,19,20,21
MUS:Gamma: 23b,c,d, e, f, and Teaching Textbooks: Lesson 60
Typing Instructor: typing program: 45 minutes

12-3-11  (Friday-Dh has this day off from work)  A wonderful woman from church gave us one of her two piano's.  Her son and his son and she herself-brought the piano to our house.  We had a nice visit with them after unloading the piano.
12-3-11 (Friday) We get all dressed up and go to Butler University to see
The Nutcracker Ballet.  We've seen the ballet 5 times; 4 at Butler U.


Sunday-church and then later we went to Hanging Rock Camp/Church for a fundraiser.  They had the Oaks (john thomas and father) preform a musical set in the Old West about Esau and Jacob from the Old Testament.


This was our last week of Aqua Athlete's and our first night for "Meet the Coach" for Upwards Basketball.  Here are a few Aqua Athlete's pix:

You can kinda see Dd in the back left getting her lessons from Isaac!

SL Core D Week 23 "A" (week 467of this core) Nov. 21-25th 2011

Happy Thanksgiving!  We still keep our lessons going though!

Our Add-In's for this week:
A Picture Book of Patrick Henry (Picture Book Biographies) by David A. Adler, John Wallner and Alexandra Wallner

 Pilgrim's Progress by Gary D. Schmidt and Barry Moser  (finished on 12-5-11)

 George vs. George: The American Revolution As Seen from Both Sides by Rosalyn Schanzer (finished on 12-5-11)

 The Fighting Ground 25th Anniversary Edition by Avi (in progress)

 The Frugal Gourmet Celebrates Christmas by Jeffrey Smith (Pappa reading a section each night- great bible knowledge and cultural information shared.)

AAS-Step 9 -reviewed from Book 1-Step 16 & step 18
Intro to Poetry-Emily Dickenson & Walt Whitman
IEW-KWO:Pearls, Rough draft, watched dvd on Boy & Nuts
Aqua Athlete's-Tuesday
Sewing with Giz-Thursday and Friday (on sewing machine)
Wrote letters to GG and AC and AC
Built Soda Can Robot with Grampy
FLL-Lesson 16
WWE-Week 12 day 1 & 2
MUS-24 and test Unit III
Bible Daily

Mussels

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Lobsters from Maine

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SL Core D Week 23 (week 46 of this core) Nov. 13-20 th 2011

We are reading The Story of Eli Whitney still.  This week I hope to get a few Artistic Pursuits projects done.  Monday we did 2 projects:

A deer made for Pappa-while he is hunting deer on the farm.

From the back----





Here is the bugs she made from chenelle wire brushes:

and a second one too:

Look at that stinger on the left side!  Ouch!

The two bugs together (above)




We fit in some microscope time today too:

OUR LESSONS THIS WEEK:
I often don't mention that we do watch Brain Pop every day and Brain Pop Jr. every Monday.  We also often listen to audio recordings at Lamplighter.com --go to Listen and then pick from the newest listings to get to hear an awesome audio story; or at least a portion of it.

This week was fairly normal--Math U See (lessons from Gamma, 23).  We worked on memorizing the 7 Family and Skip-Counting Songs for the 7's.
We did Artistic Pursuits (pictures are above)
We continued reading "The Story of Eli Whitney" and finished it.
We have been enjoying "English From The Roots Up" and are studying the first 10 Greek works in the book.
We worked on All About Spelling-Tested Step 7, studied and tested Step 8.  We are reviewing lessons from AAS book ONE-this week we reviewed Step 16.   
Writing With Ease-Week 11.   
First Language Lessons - Lesson 15.
Turbo Math-hand-held math game.
"Typing Instructor"-typing program 50 minutes.
We had "Aqua Athlete's" on Tuesday-gym and swim instructions.

DVD: Liberty Kids--American Revolution (great!)
Another "Add-In" this week is:
Farmer George Plants a Nation by Peggy Thomas and Layne Johnson

This week Dd is reading a "Add-In" called: The Fighting Ground by AVI.  She stopped liking it 1/2 way into it; so I decided to make the rest of it a "Read Aloud" and then she was back to liking it!!!!
The Fighting Ground 25th Anniversary Edition by Avi  


Then we went to the farm for the weekend:

Overlooking part of the fields

part of our farms fields-this year was soybeans.

SL Week 22 "A"-LOW (Nov 8-12, 2011)

Week 45 of Core 3 /  Core D.  This wasn't a spectacularly productive week for us: because we had a lot of LIFE to do-hospital visits, doctor visits, garden harvest, haircut, library, and the Children's Museum (planetarium-Egypt visit-Frog exhibit-Treasures of the Earth exhibit, carousel trips x 6....  We had a very, very difficult Monday.  Mon we also went to the dermatologist to have a bump on Dd's eyebrow looked at. Giz went to the hospital Tues.  The doc was ready to cut in out then and there.  We will give it some time and pray on it for a little while.  We visited Giz at the hospital on Thurs.  We had Aqua Athlete's on Tues.; I messed up and arrived an hour early so we got to have a Nature Walk on the trail around the complex.  We had an excellent field trip with LHE to the Children's Museum on Thur. and we went to a book sale on Friday...and two visits to the library too!

As for our lessons-
We are reading The Story of Eli Whitney.
Our bible reading is on Acts. 
Lamplighter Theatre- Teddy's Buttons
BrainPop-everyday (although, I forget to mention it most of the time on here)
MUS-Lesson 22 A-F and some test pages
English From the Roots Up-first 10 words
AAS-Step 7 & reviewed Step 6 and Step 2
Life of Fred: Ch. 5 & 6


I read to Dd:
Because I Love You by Max Lucado and Mitchell Heinze

Dd's Reading:(not her fun reading; just her 'history' reading.)
Revolutionary War On Wednesday (Magic Tree House 22, paper) by Mary Pope Osborne and Sal Murdocca

Night of the Ninjas (Magic Tree House, No. 5) by Mary Pope Osborne and Sal Murdocca

Betsy Ross and the Silver Thimble (Ready-to-Read. Level 2) by Stephanie Greene and Diana Magnuson

Sam the Minuteman (I Can Read Book 3) by Nathaniel Benchley and Arnold Lobel

The Boston Coffee Party by Doreen Rappaport and Emily Arnold McCully


Playaway:

Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson and Greg Call

Audio-completed this week:
Seekers #2: Great Bear Lake by Erin Hunter




Our Garden Produce Pictures:

Gave Dd a haircut on Tue.:






Photo's from our Children's Museum Field Trip with LHE:

Dd with the Transformer: "Bumblebee"

On the "airplane" landing in Egypt--great exhibit!

In the Egypt exhibit

Frog Exhibit: Dissecting Frog Slide Show

at the new FROGS exhibit

Playing Checkers

SL Core D Week 22 (Oct. 31-Nov. 4th, 2011)

Here we are on our 44th week doing Core 3 or Core "D" if you have adjusted to the new name of the same core.  We had M-T-W here at home; and did our Th-F at the farm in Mitchell.  We built tree stands in the woods for Dh's deer hunting.  We thought we would try to do our lessons on "vacation" to see if it would take some of the 'transition' out of our life.  (I'm typing this after the fact; so I can report that it didn't work.  On Monday 11-7 when we tried to start back up our lessons at home it proved to be an all day crying, highly emotional day.  Dd just does not do transitions well.  Mondays are always hard; but if we have done any traveling it seems to be much, much worse.)

This week we studied Acts for my reading of the bible and Dd read from 2 Kings and 2 Chronicles for her reading.

Our main reading for the week was : Carry On, Mr. Bowditch--which we finished.  We really enjoyed this book a lot.  Then we started The Story of Eli Whitney.

Dd's extra books that we added-in were:
George Washington and the General's Dog (Step-Into-Reading, Step 3) by Frank Murphy and Richard Walz

George the Drummer Boy (I Can Read Book 3) by Nathaniel Benchley and Don Bolognese

Paul Revere and the Bell Ringers (Ready-to-Read. Level 2) by Jonah Winter and Bert Dodson

Our poetry this week was Edgar Allen Poe. 
Math-MUS-Gamma
Life of Fred-Ch. 4
IEW-Rough Draft: Oysters
Handwriting: Cursive
Board Game: Money Bags
FLL- cd reviewed the poems and songs from 1 & 2
AAS- Step 7 (reviewed each day) 

11-5 (Sat) we had Upwards Basketball Evaluations and worked for the rest of the day in our garden.  We dug up our turnips, parsnips, carrots, chard greens...hard work but fun!   

 

Happy Halloween

Dd went as Queen Kristina:

SL Core D Week 21 "A"-LOW (Oct 24-28, 2011)

Our Read Aloud is Carry On, Mr. Bowditch.  There are two terms that I really have appreciated in this book:
1)"Lose an anchor to windward"-
*this means that an anchor holds a ship in place; and when one loses an anchor one drifts from important things.  This analogy is used to describe people and how we can lose an anchor to windward.
2)"Sail by the ash breeze"-
*this means when you get ahead by your own efforts, or your own get up and go.  This is also an analogy to describe the main character, Nat.   Nat has had to sail by the breeze (so far) all his life.

We have  been enjoying The Life of Fred-Apples.  Dd asked if this was "math" and I said no, it was logic.  That is true, right?!

Did I mention we are doing this about once a week and it is fun for dd:
Typing Instructor For Kids Platinum (Windows/Mac) by Individual Software
This week for bible, we are using:
Sword Fighting by Karyn Henley
(I love the swords we make and the concepts behind it; but I am ready for something more meaty soon.)

IEW-This week we are working on "Oysters".  Monday we made it through 3/4 of the KWO (Key Word Outline) and Wednesday we made it through 1/3 of the rough draft.  This program is difficult for dd.  I am hoping it will get easier as we progress.

Dd's Reader:

The Winter of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1777 (Dear America) by Kristiana Gregory

AAS-Step 6
WWE-Week 10
FLL- Lesson 14 (we did lesson 14 on Mon and again on Wed b/c it was such a good lesson on Adjectives I thought we could remember it better if we did it twice.)
Teaching Textbooks 4- Lessons 54, 55, 56
Story of the USA 2 chapter 4
Skip-Counting Songs (MUS) 8 Family


Activities:
Monday-dentist (no cavaties!)
Tuesday-Aqua Athlete's
Wed-Lessons
Thursday-LHE Co-op
Friday-Lessons

Audio:
finishing:
The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 3) by Rick Riordan

Playaway:
Anne of Green Gables 

craft:

Lauri Toys Peel and Stick by Numbers Pets by Patch Products

*this is not the exact one she is doing; but you get the idea. 

vhs:  

Dear America the Winter of Red Snow (Unknown Binding)

*this vhs movie (from our library) is based on the reader dd is reading; we've watched this movie 3 times now! 

SL Week 21--week 42 of Core 3/D Oct 17-21th, 2011

Monday: Lessons then a Field Trip "Art on the Farm"
Should have taken photo's!!!  Dd had an art lesson then she got to play (or hopefully draw) some animals.  They had a rabbit, chickens, roosters, ducks, and a pony.  Dd got to spend an hour riding the pony bareback and had the best time.

Tuesday-Lessons then Aqua Athlete's.
Wednesday-Lessons
Thursday-LHE Co-op Classes (Gym, Games, Speech), then lessons.
Friday-Lessons and then the YMCA for swimming- Dd invited a good friend along


This week we did Teaching Textbooks and MUS Test booklet pages.
Enjoying: Sing the Word: Great in Counsel and Mighty in Deed
The Landmark History of the American People, Vol. 1
The Story of the USA, Book 2
American Adventures 1
Bible: Acts
The Discover's Bible for Young Readers-- 1 Kings
American Indian Prayer Guide-Osage
IEW
 AAS-week 5
WWE- Week 9
FLL-Lesson 14
Skip-counting Songs from MUS -8 family
A Child's Poetry-Elizabeth Barrett Browning
We are reading "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" for Sonlight; along with some history books.
(We've finished the the scheduled reader:Om-Kas-toe & Martha Washington so we added in:
We added in: Dd's new Reader is:
The Winter of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1777 (Dear America) by Kristiana Gregory
We added in:
The Constitution (True Books: Government) by Patricia Ryon Quiri
as we focused on understanding the 3 branches of the American Government in detail.
 Timez Attack, Star Wars Monopoly for fun at night...
For fun we finished reading Book Two of Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters and we are listening to Book Three: The Titan's Curse which lead to reading some Greek Myths:
Orchard Book of Greek Myths by Geraldine McCaughrean
 
vhs: 
The Best of Schoolhouse Rock! - 30th Anniversary Edition [VHS] Dd is listening to the Playaway: Anne of Green Gables (for the umpteenth time)

SL week 20 "A" or LOW--week 41 on Core 3/D Oct 10- 14th, 2011

Turkey Run State Park

The Punchbowl

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Pictures of our visit to Turkey Run State Park

Monday-
Left-overs week-plus Dh is home this week, so we are doing more field trip things than book things this week. Yesterday we spent the whole day and ate dinner at "Turkey Run State Park". We brought our picnic lunches, then hiked all day, then enjoyed a buffet dinner at the Inn. It was a really special and wonderful day. There were LOTS of people there-which is confusing since it was a Monday and school should be in; but there were loads of people and kids on the trails....bummer about seeing people when we were hoping for more quiet hiking.
Tuesday-Aqua Athlete's class & math
Wednesday-around the house & some lessons & woodworking with Pappa-building and finishing a box together & lots of prep work and rehearsals for speech class.
Thursday-LHE co-op.  Dd gave her "Presentation" on Sophie & Great Danes & Black Lab. Retrievers and did a great job! and math
Friday-visitors from church came (the Landrum's) and math
(Math U See-Gamma 19E to 21 B)
Board Games this week: Backgammon, Othello, and Sequence

SL Week 20 --week 40 of Core 3/D Oct 3-7th 2011

G&G had their 50th wedding anniversary celebration this past weekend.  We went down to celebrate with them.

We are on Week 20 of the IG-week 40 on this core so far.  Besides the scheduled IG items we have been adding in:
MUS's Skip-Counting Songs and focus on one family per week and write it, say it, and sing it at least 3 times each day.
FLL-Lesson 13
WWE-Wk 8
AAS-Step 4
MUS 17D-19D
We've already read the assigned Readers(The Bears on Hemlock Mountain and George Washington: Our First Leader), and the Read Aloud (Toliver's Secret) so I am adding in some new books:

The Liberty Tree: The Beginning of the American Revolution (Picture Landmark) by Lucille Recht Penner


Revolutionary John Adams by Cheryl Harness

Where Was Patrick Henry on the 29th of May? by Jean Fritz and Margot Tomes (Dd's Reader-finished)

Liberty or Death: The American Revolution: 1763-1783 (American Story) by Betsy Maestro and Giulio Maestro (Read Aloud-will finish on Friday)

The Dear America: The Winter of Red Snow by Kristiana Gregory (Dd's reader)


VHS/DVD:
American School Publishers: a Miller-Brody Dramatization:  Sarah, Plain and Tall
Magic School Bus: Gets Eaten [VHS]



NOVA: Dogs and More Dogs Starring John Lithgow

Eyewitness - Dog [VHS]

 (Dd has a 'Speech' class report to do on the topic of 'dogs' next week-researching dogs.)

 Monday we had to stop early so I could donate blood; which gave us an opportunity to go to the library ahead of schedule!

On Thursday we too are going to a farm- a dairy farm called Fair Oaks Farms.  My lactose intolerant child should love it; with her special pills!! Here is the website if anyone is curious:
www.fofarms.com/en/home

Fair Oaks Farms attractions (The Adventure Center, Birthing Barn, Tours and Cheese Plant) will remain open! So get on out to Mooville and have some fun before the season ends! Remember Cowtoberfest will be going on all month long in October, so there are more things to see and do at the farm!

Try your hand at connecting the sucking hoses to the artificial cow

Inga - gave us a lecture on the whole process

Hello Ladies!

The Milking Ride-the cows like it so well they don't want to get off after their circle is done!

I have no idea how to describe this bouncing, rubbery, bounce house-minus the house, fun contraption!

The hooves are right there--now wait another hour!

Can you see the little calf in the straw?