May 13-17, 2013
SL Core E,
Week 26
This has been another "Lamplighter" week for us. For those of you who do not know what "Lamplighter" is, let me tell you the gist... This is a company that found GREAT old books that had been gone out of print many years ago, and decided these books were just too great to let fade into darkness, so they started a company to get the presses going again!!! Not only that, but these books are usually leather bound, and gold-gilted and a treasure in both content and visually to behold!!! Then, after they started remaking the books they begain making audio recording of the books...not just any audio recordings; but over the top--amazing--5 star--audio's that rock your world!
It is hard to think these great books that we either read or hear have been let go by the presses and the population. These books use to be the best sellers of their time--back in the 1700's and 1800's. All of them do have one thing in common--they very much teach and reinforce us during our walk with the Lord. Pilgrim's Progress is a book you may know or may have already read--it would be the same type of book that Lamplighter would re-print if it stopped being printed. Pilgrim's Progress isn't a Lamplighter book; it obviously hasn't gone out of print--but it is the same 'type' of book. So, that is what our "Lamplighter" books are--they are really, really, really great books, that were written a good while back, that are really great for helping young and old alike to stay on the right path!
I'd just like to say for the record how much I LOVE these books; how glad I am that we make time to fit them into our schedule. There are books, and then there are books. I heard in the intro to one of our Lamplighter audio's this:
“You will be the same person in five years as you are today except for the books you read and the people you meet.” -Charles Jones
Our Painted Lady Butterfly update: all the butterflies quickly hatched this week. We released 5 already, and have 2 left to release today....boy is it hard to let our friends go! What a great time we have had raising them!
Our last LHE small hs (homeschool) group had our last event for the season--our "End of the Year Party". Dd and I made Peanut Butter cookies--which got compliments, btw. It was great to see all the kids do their presentations.
Our lessons:
Bible:
Mom's aloud Bible: Ezra chapters: 1-10 and Psalms 23
Dd's aloud Bible: 1 Samuel 16, 17. Psalm 16. Exodus 1-5
History and Add-in History:
*Kit is set during the Depression, and fit in very well with this time period.
Landmark History of the American People, Vol. 2
The World Wars
Wee Sing America CD
Oxford Illustrated Book of American Children's Poems American Tall Tales- Rainbow-Walker...
Dd's Reader:
Gone Away Lake--and she loved it! finished.
She took Peter Pan out of the library---and she has been reading that on her own.
Read Aloud:
A Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt--finished.
Character:
Artist of the week: Van Gogh
Weekend with Van Gogh by Rosabianca S. Venturi--all of this book
*just the parts on Van Gogh and Gauguin.
Composer of the week: George Frideric Handel
Meet the Great Composers & CD, plus disc: "Handel's Water Music no. 1, Music for the Royal Fireworks, Solomon Messiah Xerxes--we listened to this disc a few times throughout the week.
Math: Math U See:
Epsilon: 21 A-F, and Skip Counting 3x each day on the 12 Family.
Geography:
States and Capital Songs: #11, "Southern Border" song, 2x each day.
Language Arts:
AAS 4: Step 22 --passed, Step 23--passed
FLL 4: 66, 67
IEW's Fix-It: Week 15, day 1 & 2
Grammar Flashcards--2x this week
Grammar Ace pg 1-9
Computer:
"code.org"
BrainPop, and BrainPop, Jr.
Science:
pg: 218-230 and we are LOVING this!!!
Venn diagram of butterflies and moth's in her:
Activities:
Archery most days--since I got a hammock as my birthday gift, I will read in the hammock and she will do her archery beside me! It works out great!! She had a good lesson on the piano with Giz over the phone. She has asked for piano lessons now...but they are truly expensive...She did a Leslie Sansone workout with me on Tuesday! We both went to the doctor on Monday. We went to the Library this week. End of the Year party with LHE hs group on Friday. Plus, she has been gardening! --Oh, and don't forget all the butterfly encounters each day with our new friends! Friday she also baked the cookies with me for the party.
Fun add-in for no reason--well b/c I really love Kathy Lasky and Kevin Hawkes, and Dd had forgotten it!
Odd side note: This week I wasn't feeling well, so we got some movies from the library to watch. Disney has made some Tinkerbell movies, that I thought I really wouldn't like--but I didn't feel good; so I thought I'd sleep in the recliner for a little and feel better at least. Well, geesh--these movies were not bad...not bad at all...and perhaps...perhaps just a bit,....dare I say...good?...!!! Disney made girl characters that were problem solvers, and like to build things, and use tools, and appreciate nature--kind of like me! Of course I wish they would give the glory to God! That is the sad thing in these movies, they show the fairies as being responsible for making nature so amazing, and we all know that it is God. But, we don't really get many movies that do give God the glory He deserves. FWIW, these little movies were really sweet, and it is about time Disney had some girl movies that I was glad my daughter could watch, and feel like she was being totally brainwashed into some stereotype about what she could or couldn't do as a woman...like hammer or saw or "tinker"!
