July 1-5th, 2013, Core E, Week 30 "LOW" "A" Left-Over Week

July 1-5th, 2013, 
Core E, 
Week 30 "LOW""A" left-over week 

Happy Fourth of July

This was another 'odd' week---I guess that is normal b/c it was a holiday week--the Fourth of July, after all!  Dh took off Wed, Thur, and Fri and we got a LOT of things done around the homestead.  The biggest item was we had 4 cubic yards of mulch delivered--which is one really big truck load full!!!  That was delivered at noon on Wed and we had it all put out by 4:30 on Thurs--so we really hustled and worked fast to get it all put up/out.  

We worked in our garden some, weeded some, and was excited to see some green peppers coming along.  While at Lowe's we found a few flowers on clearance to add to our home---Dd bought herself a Hibiscus plant, even though it is only an annual.

Our lessons this week:

Bible:

Matthew 19: 13-26

Mark 10:13-27

Eph. 5:19

Col. 3:16

Matt. 23

1 Corin. 13: 1-2

Apologia: Who Is My Neighbor? pg's: 173-179

Who Is My Neighbor? (And Why Does He Need Me?) -- Biblical Worldview of Servanthood (What We Believe, Volume 3... by John Hay and David Webb

Math:

We took this week to use the MUS online "Worksheet Generator" for practicing how to add and subtract mixed numbers...we are trying to make sure those exercises are FIRM before we move forward.

Skip-Counting: 3 Family this week

Composer of the Week:

Robert Schumann

Meet the Great Composers

Meet the Great Composers Book 1 (Learning Link) by June Montgomery and Maurice Hison

 

 

 

Artist of the Week:

Picasso

Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists--by Mike Venezia

Picasso (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) by Mike Venezia

Name That Style:all about Isms in Art by Bob Raczka

Name That Style: All About Isms in Art (Bob Raczka's Art Adventures) by Bob Raczka

 

 

Nightly Family Read Aloud:

The Freedom Tree by Rebecca Caudill

Tree of Freedom - Newbery Honor Books by Rebecca Caudill and Dorothy Bayley Morse

 

 

Dd's Playaway:

The Penderwicks

The Penderwicks on Gardam Street by Jeanne Birdsall and Susan Denaker (Apr 22, 2008) - Unabridged

Family Audio:

Do Hard Things

 disc 2 & 3 completed

Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations by Alex Harris, Brett Harris and Chuck Norris

Dd's Reader:

Bruchko by Bruce Olson

Bruchko: The Astonishing True Story of a 19-Year-Old American, His Capture by the Motilone Indians and His Adventures... by Bruce Olson

Daily Read Aloud:

Miracles On Maple Hill

Miracles on Maple Hill by Virginia Sorensen, Joe Krush and Beth Krush

Language Arts:

Grammar Ace: Lesson 10

 

Science:

Apologia: Zoology 1:Flying Creatures: pg's 108-111

Exploring Creation with Zoology 1: Flying Creatures of the Fifth Day -- Young Explorers Series (Young Explorer... by Jeannie Fulbright

DVD:

History Channel's The Bible: episode 1& 2--we saw two episodes and weren't really pleased with what they left out and what they didn't get right.  We had borrowed it from our library; and it was due back, so we didn't really get a chance to see much of it---and aren't really sure what we thought of it.  We requested it again, to see the sections they did about Jesus--we are curious how they represent Him...

The Bible TV Series 30-Day Experience Guidebook: Based on the Epic TV Miniseries "The Bible" by Mark Burnett and Roma Downey

Cooking/Baking:

Dd made this week--all from scratch--cheese (with Pappa-limes and whole milk), a loaf of bread, brownies & melted chocolate icing, ranger cookies, ranger cookies with peanut butter, Cous-cous with peas, baked potatoes---

 Art-

Fossil kit---painting fossils-see pictures below of the kit and plaster fossils she made.

Fun books:

The Lightning Thief: The Graphic Novel (Percy Jackson & the Olympians, Book 1) by Rick Riordan, Robert Venditti, Jose Villarrubia and Attila Futaki

Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief-graphic novel

The Action Bible

The Action Bible by Doug Mauss and Sergio Cariello

 

 

Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader by Ryder Windham

A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel by Madeleine L'Engle and Hope Larson

The Fellowship of the Ring Visual Companion (The Lord of the Rings) by Jude Fisher and J.R.R. Tolkien

Another Black Swallowtail Hatched this Week!!  It was a GIRL!

Found on our curtains--you wouldn't believe where we found chrysalis's! They hid behind all sorts of places; but in our curtains was a particular favorite spot.  I didn't wash our curtains this spring--that would have been just plain mean.  We still have quite a good amount of chrysalis's that haven't hatched yet, and I have every reason to think that they will hatch.

Time for the release!

Making Fossils!

Skullduggery Eyewitness Kit Fossilworks Casting Kit by Skullduggery

She has already painted them and made 3 more sets...but I need to take more pictures.  I'm wanting to paint 1 of the sets myself, it looks like so much fun!

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