Sonlight Core F Week 27 May 19-23, 2014

Sonlight Core F 

Week 27  

May 19-23, 2014

Another great Sonlight book this week---Listening For Lions by Gloria Whelan, such a good book!  This week Dd finished her Math book Math U See: Zeta and also our Apologia Science book: Zoology 2: Swimming Creatures of the Fifth Day.  Those both were books we had been working on for about 6 months, and feel a sense of accomplishment to complete them.  The nice thing about Zeta was that she didn't need hardly any help doing this book; which is a welcome change. 

We finished studying the Middle East last week, and moved forward to our study of Africa this week.  I have been looking forward to getting to Africa--there are a lot of good books in this section.  And our first book we started: Listening For Lions was fantastic!

One quick paragraph about our home life--Dh has put in his 2 week notice--he has a spring in his step, and HOPE for a better working situation soon.  So many things are up in the air, and we are waiting for the Lord to solve many problems.  Of course, he has had to work late every night, so that leaves little time to process things.

The Victor Journey through the Bible by V. Gilbert Beers

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

I want to thank Michelle and Cathy for recommending we go back to Psalms this week, and put our VP Bible program to the side for a while.  We, or at least I have really appreciated reading the Psalms during this very up & down week.  We have especially liked, and read and re-read:

Psalm 121

A song of ascents.

¹ I lift up my eyes to the mountains—
    where does my help come from?
² My help comes from the Lord,
    the Maker of heaven and earth.

³ He will not let your foot slip—
    he who watches over you will not slumber;
⁴ indeed, he who watches over Israel
    will neither slumber nor sleep.

⁵ The Lord watches over you—
    the Lord is your shade at your right hand;
⁶ the sun will not harm you by day,
    nor the moon by night.

⁷ The Lord will keep you from all harm—
    he will watch over your life;
⁸ the Lord will watch over your coming and going
    both now and forevermore.

The Inspirational Study Bible NKJV by Max Lucado

Our other bible for the week:

 1 King 8 & 9 read with bible and bible commentary

Journey Through the Bible: pg. 135

Greenleaf Guide to the Old Testament: Lesson 118

Max Lucado Life Lesson-1 King 9:1-11:43

Solomon had 700 wives & 300 concubines; most of his wives followed idols- not God.  They worshiped stone or wood.  Solomon used his fleet for trading to become more wealthy than any other King in the world.  He traded copper for gold.

(In our Max Lucado bible, most pages have "Life Lessons" which we really appreciate.  It is a cross between a bible commentary and/or a mini sermon--with things to think about regarding the verses on that page.  We read the Life Lessons along with our bible reading of  each verse, and then the Believer's Bible Commentary)

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

 We studied with bible and commentary: Psalm 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 22, 23(x3), 121 (x5), 138, 139 

Another verse I liked: Psalm 12:5:

 "I will set him in the safety for which he yearns."

This week we had a few more errands than usual, I think we only had one day to dedicate to our lessons.  Plus, we needed a light work-load week and it was much appreciated.  Friday we had a FANTASTIC day--we went with some of the "L" family to one of our favorite parks: Shades Park!  They hadn't been there before, so we did our two favorite trails- 1 & 2.  Both are walking up ravines with flowing water and lots of mud to maneuver.  The drive to get there is a bit over an hour, but so worth it!








Math:

Zeta Decimals and Percents Instruction Manual Math-U-See by Steve Demme

Math U See: Zeta
30 A-E: FINISHED BOOK!


SCIENCE:

Exploring Creation with Zoology 2: Swimming Creatures of the Fifth Day (Young Explorer Series) (Young Explorer... by Jeannie Fulbright

Science: Apologia: Swimming Creatures of the Fifth Day:
pg. 201-218: FINISHED BOOK!

Exploring Creation With Botany -- Young Explorer Series (Young Explorer (Apologia Educational Ministries)) by Jeannie Fulbright

Started a new Apologia book:
Science: Apologia: Botony
pg. 1-12

Listening for Lions by Gloria Whelan

Read Aloud: Finished book!
Listening to Lions by Gloria Whelan
 I have to say, this was a GREAT book!
Amazon review:

From School Library Journal

Grade 4-8–Orphaned by the influenza epidemic in British East Africa in 1919, 13-year-old Rachel is sent by conniving neighbors to visit an elderly man in England, passing as their daughter–his granddaughter–to pave the way for their return and the inheritance of his estate. The daughter of a missionary doctor and his wife, Rachel has grown up connected to the African countryside and people. Terrified that to reveal her secret would hasten Grandfather Pritchard's death, and fearing life in an orphanage, she goes along with her new identity as Valerie Pritchard. But she cannot help but get involved with his love for the birds on his land, and she entertains him with stories about what is happening outside his sickroom and what kinds of things her friend Rachel saw in their African world. In the tradition of Frances Hodgson Burnett, this is a satisfying story of an intelligent but unassuming girl who wins the heart of an elderly man who is not such a fool as his wastrel son might think. Woven throughout are descriptions of the natural world and the people of what is now Kenya, as well as the surroundings of an early-20th-century English estate. Rachel's love for her rural African world is convincing, and readers will be gratified by the way she contrives to return and continue her parents' work. An old-fashioned and enjoyable read.–Kathleen Isaacs

READERS:

King of the Wind: The Story of the Godolphin Arabian by Marguerite Henry

 Reader 1: In Process
King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry

Target (Star Wars Rebel Force #1) by Alex Wheeler

Reader 2: completed
Star Wars: Target

 

Playaway (audio book):

The Lost Hero (Heroes of Olympus, Book 1) by Rick Riordan

 
Language Arts:

All About Spelling 6:
passed Step 10

More Best of Mad Libs by Roger Price and Leonard Stern

Madlibs
4 nights with all three of us--fun!

Daily Grams 7:
pg. 85-89

IEW Fix-It (Frog Prince)
Week 8: completed

Artist of the Week
Georgia O'Keefe

Georgia O'Keeffe (Artists in Their Time) by Ruth Thomson

Artists In Their Time: Georgia O'Keefe by Ruth Thompson

One Hundred Flowers by Georgia O'Keeffe

One Hundred Flowers

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

Composer of the Week
BACH
Meet the Great Composers Bk. 1
As of last week, we have completed both Bk. 1 & Bk. 2 of this series---I will need to figure out how to proceed from here since we have done these.

Core F items:
EHN pages:
Africa Mapping Pages

Praying through the 100 Gateway Cities of the 10/40 Window by YWAM Publishing,

100 Gateway Cities:
Casablanca
Laoyoune
Nouakchott

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Shades Park May 23, 2014

Shades Park 

May 23, 2014

Dd and I joined some of the "L" family for 2 trails at Shades.  My Christmas camera is out of commission after spending the night out in the rain; so I am back to my old camera.  3/4 of all the pictures I took (or more) were too blurry to post.  So, here is a few of the least bad pictures. 

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