Wednesday, February 1, 2012

SL Core D-Week 28 (week 56 on this core) Jan. 23-27th 2012

We did our normal SL stuff- Bible (Judges & Jonah & Ezekiel), The Discover's Bible, American Indian Prayer Guide, Sing the Word: Great in Counsel and Mighty in Deed.  We had already finished our History book-The Lewis and Clark Expedition.  Dd read her Reader: Sarah Whitcher's Story (which she actually did NOT like very much--surprising to me).  We covered Rudyard Kipling in Poetry (one of our favorities).

For our "Add-In's":

Rosetta Stone: French

fun computer:BrainPop & BrainPopJr.

Geography: Geography Songs (Canada).  We used this in Core 1 or 2; and LOVED it; so we decided it was time to do the whole book again!!!  It is simply great!

Music: Playing the piano and "Praise & Worship Songs"  cd.  This week we listened to "Amazing Grace" over and over and over and over!  Great song to memorize!

Composer for the week: Bach "Mr. Bach Comes to Call" audio cd- fun info and music
Classical Mix disc--Chopin, Gregg.... we listened 4 days of 5.

Our extra Bible: Who is God?  by Apologia.  We are really liking this book more and more.

Math: MUS (M,T,Th,F) Gamma lesson 28 and Teaching Textbooks 4

Spelling: All About Spelling: Lesson 11

IEW:  "Donkey and His Master" kwo/rough draft/and wonderful fancy final draft completed.

Science: SL 3: page 70 & 71 worksheets

Lamplighter Books: we finished: House of Love and then started and finished: Teddy's Button by Amy LeFeuvre

Audio:
"On The Banks of Plum Creek" by Laura Ingles Wilder
"The Seekers: The Quest Begins" by Erin Hunter

Extra Books:
Dear Benjamin Banneker by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney

 The Discovery of America (Geronimo Stilton #1) by Geronimo Stilton

 The Talking Eggs by Robert D. San Souci and Jerry Pinkney



Field Trips:
Wednesday: WISH TV Station









Thursday: Monster Mini Golf with LHE


















Friday: Dd spent the night at the G family's house and they took her and their dd to the Saturday morning basketball game with Upward Basketball team.  This is/was her first sleep-over.  Momma went to her first overnight since dd was born---a LHE Woman's Retreat Weekend.