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| DNA models-made at Indy Children's Museum Science Lab |
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| Drawings of radish seed and seedling |
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| Homework is so much better with American Girl dolls and Sophie to help! |
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| We are enjoying SL's Science 3 VERY much! |
Friday, July 29, 2011
July 27th Pictures of our Lessons today
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
SL Core D Week 14 "A" LOW /SL Week 15 July 11-27th 2011
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| Working on TOPS:Radish experiments this week (all month) |
7-11 We had our Artemis Fowl bookclub at the library. She rec'd the second AF book and checked out the "graphic novel" for that second book too. We also went swimming in the morning at our YMCA. Our lessons fit in around our activities each day.
7-12 Our church had a "Water Day" and dd got to bang & bruise herself on the slip & slide. She had a blast; but has way too many bruises for my liking.
7-13 YmCA swimming in the morning and Library in the after. We fit in our lessons after the activities.
7-14 Bible Study at our friends house; lunch, YMCA-Swimming, and lessons to finish the day.
7-15 Lessons during the day; and a **booksale** in the evening!
7-17 We drove down to southern Indiana to visit G&G Isom. Dd had a good time swimming in their above ground pool with her girl friends.
Lesson Info for Week 14 A:
TT (teaching textbooks: lesson 43 and MUS lessons from section 5
Skip Counting Songs from MUS- 4 Family songs
DD Reader's/Add-In's:
Dear America: Remember Patience Whipple,
The Aesop for Children -illustrated by Milo Winter,
Adapted version of Anne of Green Gables,
Artemis Fowl book 2-graphic novel
Star Wars-The Complete Visual Guide-Reynolds, Luceno & Windham,
The Odyssey -Homer-Graphic novel by Tim Mucci,
The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere -By/illustrated by:Henry Wadsworth Longfellow & Christopher Bing
Movie's: "The City of Ember"
"The Story of Us"-disc one
SL Week 15 (7-18 to 7-22 2011)
7-18 Lessons - then VBS - theme "Pandemonium"
7-19 Rock Climbing and swimming at YMCA; then lessons, then VBS.
7-20 Lessons -then VBS.
7-21 Lessons-then VBS.
7-22 Bible Study at friends house, then lessons, then VBS.
7-24 Church had the VBS ending ceremony; which was nice. Dd got to go onstage and sing and gesture the songs she practiced each night.
7-25 We started our TOPS: Radishes experiments and started a new Cheryl Harness book:
The Trailblazing Life of Daniel Boone and How Early Americans Took to the Road (Cheryl Harness Histories)
7-26 Lessons, then our library class: Travel Club: Oceans. They ended the class by playing outside in their bathers with water related games. The finale was more slip & slide fun and a Popsicle to end the event.
7-27 YMCA-Dd tried out some of the fun games in the KidZone. She got to play a "Wii" sports games, which was a very big deal for her since we don't have that type of thing at home. I had a whole lane to myself.
Add-In's:
DVD: American History for Children: American History
"Ben and Me" by Robert Lawson
*finished "The Skippack School"
Regular update on our lessons:
MUS: lessons from 6 & 7
Skip Counting Songs
AAS lessons 23 & 24
Money Bags Board Game
Friday, July 8, 2011
SL Core D- Week 14 July 4-July 8 th 2011
We have had a big activity week; which is so unlike our normal schedule. In the winter, we can go a week without any 'event'. This season of 'go' is about pushing me to my limit! Here is our weekly activities:
Saturday (7-2) We found some things on sale at Lowe's so we planted more blueberry, strawberry, blackberry bushes, fig tree, and we still have a grape vine to plant.
Sunday (7-3) Church and then off to Randy's house for his annual fireworks party. This year there were lots of children and dd really got to play a lot. The fireworks were loud; but fun.
Monday (7-4) Dh off work so he taught dd how to change oil. Dd pretty much did everything and changed the car's oil with minimal help. She was ready to play (on her 'razor' scooter) while I did pretty much the whole van's oil change. Dh was there to guide me through the process. I hadn't changed either of these automobile before and was rusty. No formal lessons today-holiday.
Then we (all 3) went to the new YMCA and swam and swam!
Tuesday (7-5)Dd and I went to the YMCA and swam laps. They have flippers for anyone who wants to swim with them; so she was having a great time. With the flippers on, she could swim all the way to the bottom of the pool - 7 feet down! We went to the library after swimming; b/c I forgot we had a class there in the afternoon. So we ended up going to the library twice! We headed to our library for a class called : Travel Club: Russia. It was okay; not as exciting as the one on India. We fit in our lessons. Dd checked out the "playaway" (book-on-tape) Little Women and is really, really enjoying this story.
Wednesday (7-6) The pool at the YMCA was closed for technical difficulties. So, we did our lessons and waited until it was after 5 pm (didn't want to burn) and rode our bikes to the neighborhood pool. It was jam-packed. We had to dodge people like crazy. It made me glad for the Y, where we usually have a little space. We managed a good amount of reading and lessons in our day. We watched the Narnia movie: Voyage of the Dawn Treader. We love Narnia! We've read or listened on audio to the whole story at least once or twice already.
Thursday (7-7) This was our whopper of a day. In the morning we went to our friend's house for her Girl's Bible Study. They also made a craft - decorating flip-flops. Then we went home and had lunch. Then we went to the library for a class called: "Trash to Treasure". They made flower cups out of recycled plastic bottles. Then Dd played on the library computers while I met with my friend to enter a class for the HBHE (Heritage Builders Home Educators). I am planning a field trip for children Dd's age with the homeschool group-to go to the Children's Museum's "Science Port" and do an experiment with the staff. Then we came home and got our math lessons done and then met Dh at the YMCA. They wouldn't let children in the lap lanes, and the other pool was full with lessons; so Dh and Dd went and played in the play room while I did my laps. I shared my lap lane with 3 other women...it was busy!
Friday (7-8) Lessons and a movie at the library--Tangled (which we have not seen).
Books for this week- We finished Johnny Tremain; such a great book.
Mon-Tues-Wed we read:
What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? by Jean Fritz and Margot Tomes
now we are reading:
Ben Franklin of Old Philadelphia (Landmark Books) by Margaret Cousins
plus dd is listening to:
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
dd's personal book choices this week:
Two Bad Ants-Chris Van Allsburg
Perfect Man-Troy Wilson
Wonder Woman-Creature of Chaos
Have You Filled A Bucket Today-Carol McCloud
Cinderella-James Marshall
American Girl: The Babysitter's Handbook
American Girl: The Care and Keeping of You
Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Visual Guide by Jason Fry (Hardcover)Better Homes and Gardens:Kid Favorites Made Healthy (cookbook-she loves cookbooks)
dd is also reading some American Girl magazines from the library
Trial of the Amazons (Dc Super Heros: Wonder Woman) - Paperback (Jan. 15, 2010) by Michael Dahl (she loves graphic books).
Saturday (7-2) We found some things on sale at Lowe's so we planted more blueberry, strawberry, blackberry bushes, fig tree, and we still have a grape vine to plant.
Sunday (7-3) Church and then off to Randy's house for his annual fireworks party. This year there were lots of children and dd really got to play a lot. The fireworks were loud; but fun.
Monday (7-4) Dh off work so he taught dd how to change oil. Dd pretty much did everything and changed the car's oil with minimal help. She was ready to play (on her 'razor' scooter) while I did pretty much the whole van's oil change. Dh was there to guide me through the process. I hadn't changed either of these automobile before and was rusty. No formal lessons today-holiday.
Then we (all 3) went to the new YMCA and swam and swam!
Tuesday (7-5)Dd and I went to the YMCA and swam laps. They have flippers for anyone who wants to swim with them; so she was having a great time. With the flippers on, she could swim all the way to the bottom of the pool - 7 feet down! We went to the library after swimming; b/c I forgot we had a class there in the afternoon. So we ended up going to the library twice! We headed to our library for a class called : Travel Club: Russia. It was okay; not as exciting as the one on India. We fit in our lessons. Dd checked out the "playaway" (book-on-tape) Little Women and is really, really enjoying this story.
Wednesday (7-6) The pool at the YMCA was closed for technical difficulties. So, we did our lessons and waited until it was after 5 pm (didn't want to burn) and rode our bikes to the neighborhood pool. It was jam-packed. We had to dodge people like crazy. It made me glad for the Y, where we usually have a little space. We managed a good amount of reading and lessons in our day. We watched the Narnia movie: Voyage of the Dawn Treader. We love Narnia! We've read or listened on audio to the whole story at least once or twice already.
Thursday (7-7) This was our whopper of a day. In the morning we went to our friend's house for her Girl's Bible Study. They also made a craft - decorating flip-flops. Then we went home and had lunch. Then we went to the library for a class called: "Trash to Treasure". They made flower cups out of recycled plastic bottles. Then Dd played on the library computers while I met with my friend to enter a class for the HBHE (Heritage Builders Home Educators). I am planning a field trip for children Dd's age with the homeschool group-to go to the Children's Museum's "Science Port" and do an experiment with the staff. Then we came home and got our math lessons done and then met Dh at the YMCA. They wouldn't let children in the lap lanes, and the other pool was full with lessons; so Dh and Dd went and played in the play room while I did my laps. I shared my lap lane with 3 other women...it was busy!
Friday (7-8) Lessons and a movie at the library--Tangled (which we have not seen).
Books for this week- We finished Johnny Tremain; such a great book.
Mon-Tues-Wed we read:
What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? by Jean Fritz and Margot Tomes
now we are reading:
Ben Franklin of Old Philadelphia (Landmark Books) by Margaret Cousins
plus dd is listening to:
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
dd's personal book choices this week:
Two Bad Ants-Chris Van Allsburg
Perfect Man-Troy Wilson
Wonder Woman-Creature of Chaos
Have You Filled A Bucket Today-Carol McCloud
Cinderella-James Marshall
American Girl: The Babysitter's Handbook
American Girl: The Care and Keeping of You
Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Visual Guide by Jason Fry (Hardcover)Better Homes and Gardens:Kid Favorites Made Healthy (cookbook-she loves cookbooks)
dd is also reading some American Girl magazines from the library
Trial of the Amazons (Dc Super Heros: Wonder Woman) - Paperback (Jan. 15, 2010) by Michael Dahl (she loves graphic books).
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