Ancients
Core G
Week 10
March 23-27, 2015
We were very busy and on the go this week; which was nice. The woman I met last week, who has two daughters, close in age to my Dd, invited us to her house for a visit this week (on Thursday).
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The Meijer Sculpture Garden, has a LOT to offer. They have huge glass greenhouses with various habitates in each section, right now they have a Japanese Art exhibit, a butterfly exhibit in one building, and then there is a lot outside too. Outside they have various 'gardens'; like the Japanese Garden that will open in May. A 'working farm' of bronze sculptures throughout each part--instead of live chickens there are bronze ones! It has everything--horses, pigs, crows, cows...all in their rightful place around the farm that you walk through, but they are all sculptures.
There are also acres of massive sculptures. |
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| There is a really neat "wetlands" section that had geese, birds, and this swan (who was actually mean to the other ducks!) |
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| In the room that Dd calls "The Spring Room" was LOTS of Milkweed plants with Monarch Butterfly caterpillars, and chrysalis'. This picture shows what the roof of the buildings look like. If you look at the black stick on the left, you can see a line of green Monarch chrysalis'. They do NOT let the Monarch butterflies into the Butterfly Exhibit; since they are from different regions and they do NOT want inter-breeding. |
The other major event(s) was that we went to the Meijer Sculpture Garden on Tuesday and Friday mornings; and it was fantastic!!!! I plan on going at least twice next week too! I don't think the butterfly exhibit goes on for much longer, and I don't want to miss it!
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| There is a small building put up in the butterfly exhibit that has shelf after shelf of chrysalis. There was always many butterflies hatching, and filling up their wings. |
We also went to the library on Friday. It felt good to be out and about, not concerned about the roads; even though the temperatures this week were between 10-35 degrees most days. It looked like it would be nice outside; but it was frigid!
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| See the new babies? |
Our snails have now had their THIRD egg case! Yikes!
Our house in Indiana, we had a showing last Sunday, then Tuesday, this Sunday, and this Monday are scheduled...so things are picking up....prayers appreciated!
Our lessons this week:
Veritas Press Chronicles Through Malachi
Card 82: still in process
Ezekiel's Vision 586 BC
Dd finished the worksheet pages for cards 81 & 82
Mar 31, 1995
by MacDonald, W.(Author) ; MacDonald, William(Author); Farstad, Arthur L.(Editor)
Bible: Ezekiel :Chapters 2-7
Believer's Bible Commentary: Ezekiel :Chapters 2-7
Survey of the Bible:
pg 118, 265-268
**the card only assigns us to read Survey of the Bible, and not the actual chapters in the Bible, but, I want us to read most, if not all, of the book of Ezekiel, so we will be taking a few weeks to read this.
Dd wanted more info on the 12 Tribes, and the division; so we read that section in:
Journey Through the Bible
BiblioPlan: Ancients
Psalm Focus:
Psalm 119
Psalm 119, the longest Psalm, the 'golden alphabet'
read with Bible, and in process
with the Believer's Bible Commentary
page 736-744 (quite lengthy!)
Psalm 119: Nun: 105:
Your word is a lamp to my feet
And a light to my path.
Psalm 119: Samek:114
You are my hiding place and my shield;
I hope in Your word.
Children's Bible Field Guide:
Ch. 10
History:
Mystery of History:
Disc 4: completed
Israel Falls to Assyria
Disc 5:completed
Story of the World Tests:
18, 19, 27, 28, 29
BiblioPlan: Ancients Companion
Ch. 26: Rome's Rise
Ch. 27: Roman Wars
Ch. 28: Julius Caesar
BiblioPlan: Ancient Maps
Persia
Greek
Persian Wars
Review Map
Alexander the Great
Mystery of the Roman Ransom: completed
You Wouldn't Want to be a Roman Gladiator: completed
by John Malam
Kingfisher History Encyclopedia
this weeks section
Tools of the Ancient Romans: in process
pg. 8-17
Read Aloud:
Eagle of the Ninth: in process
by Rosemary Sutcliff
Science:
Archimedes And The Door of Science: completed
Exploring the World of Physics by John H. Tiner
Ch. 5: Energy
Apologia Exploring the World of Anatomy and Physiology
pg. 74-95
AND NOTES
ODDS:
Favorite Poems Old and New
this weeks section
CNN STUDENT NEWS
Fun Read Aloud (read by Dd aloud!)
Princess Ben
(some families wouldn't like this book; magic)
The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien (re-reading)
Nature Hike/Stream visits:
M, T, W, F, S
Busy Hands:
Dd made two batches of Blueberry muffins!
yum! (from scratch)
She made Pizza from scratch
She is crocheting a new scarf: in process (white, blue, green)
She made a tee-pee out of denim, straws, string, and Play-Doh, and Play-Doh food and accessories
The Fallacy Detective
Ch. 11
Ch. 6
Math:
Pre-Algebra (Math U See)
25 A-E
Language Arts:
Writing With Skill
Week 9: completed
YouTube: "Past Participle"
after viewing many video's, the one we liked best was:
"Three uses for past participles"
by "LearnAmericanEnglishOnline"
IEW's Fix-It Frog Prince:
Week 29
Letter Writing:
Typed up a letter to friend Shiloh
Easy Grammar, Plus
pg 94-107
All About Spelling 6: completed
Step 30: completed
although we have completed our lesson in this book, we will spend next week finishing up our review of past Tricky Words, before moving to level 7 after that.
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| Last Sunday we cut off all of Dd's hair, and she now has a 'bob'....sniff, sniff! |
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| my schedule this week |
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| Dd's schedule |
We watched various things on Khan Academy and
YouTube: some of our video's:
Alexander Sarcophagus by SmartHistory
Hannibal: The Man, The Myth, The Mystery
Dipylon Amphora by SmartHistory
Exekiah, Attic black figure amphora
Hannibal Verses Rome by Lupi
Exekia, Dionysus Kylix
Hannibal Barca by Twodeez (3 video's){good one}
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