Fleur de Lis Homeschool Blog: Jan 3, 2014

Friday, January 3, 2014

Core F Week 11 Dec. 30--Jan. 3, 2014

In Process of typing up---1-3-14

Core F

Week 11

Dec. 30--Jan. 3, 2014

Back in the saddle again! We had 3 days worth of lessons; and they were not very 'motivated' days....but, we got back in our library again! We stopped doing "Week 10" of Core F (after 3 weeks of it!!!) and officially moved on to Week 11! I think the 2 extra weeks were mainly focused on audio's and craft projects; this "school" definitely has an art's program! We are in RUSSIA now, and will be for 2 more weeks.

After over a month of Monday night basketball practices, Saturday January 4th was Dd's first game. They won their game; and she scored 6 points. She was pretty nervous with this being her first game of the season. She always reminds me of our Great Dane/Black Lab---our dog is about 94 pounds and pretty lanky and she *thinks* she is a teeny, tiny "lap" dog. Our dog, Sophie, always wants to curl up and get in your lap. Well, Dd is also like that---here she is; a foot taller than almost everyone out there and if she would only raise her arms up, she could get a lot more rebounds...but she THINKS she is too short to get it!!! I bring my knitting to the game and try not too watch too much! I brought my camera to the game to take photo's to share here---but Dd had put the battery on the charger and didn't tell me! So, the camera I lugged around had no battery! Maybe next week!

Dh had Tuesday and Wednesday off for New Years holiday, so Dd got to have some extended home economics lessons with him in the kitchen. He asked for, and received, a new Kitchen Aid Pasta maker---so they got right on making whole wheat linguine noodles, and then drying them on his new drying rack! Then we had a wonderful batch of chicken noodle soup with kidney beans. They also made 2 other soups together (split pea and barley & venison). I was really glad they had so much fun together; and so was my belly!

The weather was very busy--snow, snow, snow! But, I am having a hard time deciding exactly what is worth driving out and about for when the roads are covered completely in snow! Friday I did drive over to the next neighborhood for a lovely tea and visit with my friend Heather and Dd got to play with the kids there outside too. Definitely worth the adrenaline from the snowy drive! I had the best scones! I only at one of each of the two types; when I could have eaten the whole plate....willpower won out! She had "clotted cream" to go on top of the scones--- I have no idea what that is exactly; but wow! was that yummy. Then, I had a taste of homemade marshmallow. I didn't even know one could make that at home! Such a lovely visit. I didn't stay too long as the drive home was looming over me; but she suggested a safer way to get home which made the drive much more to my liking---and slower.

Bible:

Veritas Press: Genesis Through Joshua:

Card 20: The Exodus: 13-15 (in process)

Bible: Exodus 13-15

Believer's Bible Commentary: Exodus 13-15

The Greenleaf Guide To Old Testament History by Rob G. Shearer

Believer's Bible Commentary [BELIEVERS BIBLE COMMENTARY -SS] [Hardcover] by W.(Author) ; MacDonald, William(Author); Farstad, Arthur L.(Editor) MacDonald

David C. Cook Journey through the Bible by V. Gilbert Beers

Pg. 62-63

Math U See: Zeta: 12 A, B,C,D,E

Language Arts:

All About Spelling: 5: Step 22: Passed

Daily Grams: Day 1

Science:

Apologia: Zoology 2: Swimming Creatures:

Whales & Dolphins: Pg. 24-32

Read Aloud's:
Best-Loved Fairy Tales of the World by Joanne Cole
Baba Yada
The Fool of the World & the Flying Ship

I Rode a Horse of Milk White Jade by Diane Wilson

I Rode A Horse of Milk White Jade-Diane Wilson (in process)
This is really a good book so far.

Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan

We are reading Pilgrims Progress very slowly. It is in old English; and that makes it harder to read. It is nice having a book that we already know well, so we don't have to rush to see how the ending will turn out. We have read children's versions 2x before, but this year we are trying our hand at the original version. It actually is quite different than the children's; which I shouldn't be surprised about--but I was!

Audio's:

The Mark of Athena (Heroes of Olympus, Book 3) by Rick Riordan

The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan--I got so into this series that I borrowed Dd's Playaway that had The Lost Olympian (Book One) of this series to hear how this whole thing began to understand the whole thing. The Mark of Athena is the third book in this series; and our library doesn't have the fourth book on disc...so, I'm not sure what we will do. It has been fun listening to the first three books.

Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling

Captain's Courageous by Rudyard Kipling--Like Pilgrim's Progress this will also be a slow and steady type of audio for us, as we have been listening to this is the van and since we aren't traveling much in this awful weather we aren't getting to hear much of it each week...but the story is really good once you adapt yourself to the language. It is definitely written and spoken in a old-timey way.

Eyewitness: Russia (Eyewitness Books) by Kathleen Berton Murrell

Art:

Photography---Dd had lots of fun taking pictures of frozen trees and leaves---etc. outside. She took some really great photo's.

Reader 1:

All the Small Poems and Fourteen More by Valerie Worth and Natalie Babbitt

All The Small Poems and Fourteen More, is **suppose** to be spread out to be read each week and we have been doing that; but I just haven't been happy with it. I own LOTS of poetry books; and many much better than this one and I feel like we are wasting our time on this book. I had Dd work on reading all these poems, and she has finished the book and now we can add our own poetry selections...we are free to pick and choose our own poetry for the rest of Core F. We had been following the rules and reading the assigned poems each week.

Reader 2:

Breaking Stalin's Nose by Eugene Yelchin

The Case for Christmas: A Journalist Investigates the Identity of the Child in the Manger by Lee Strobel

Some of the Fun Readers Dd got for Christmas that she's been reading this week. I like to post some of the fun books Dd is into periodically, just so I can remember what her phases are: