Fleur de Lis Homeschool Blog: Aug 10, 2014

Sunday, August 10, 2014

Sonlight Core F Week 33 Aug. 4-8, 2014

Sonlight

Core F

Week 33

Aug. 4-8, 2014

Dd took this picture of our dog...a close-up!

I was looking at my IG (Instructor's Guide) for Core F, and pulling out all the completed forms and decided to count how many weeks we have been at Core F---this was week 46 and perhaps 3 more weeks left--so it will take 49 or 50 weeks for us to do Core F. It is hard for me to believe that most families do it in 36! I really thought it wouldn't take us this long to do Core F. According to my scheduled plans, we were suppose to be finished by now! Oh well! It was the weeks of packing that threw my plans to the way side.

Dd did this drawing of Grand Haven's lighthouse--on her own.

We had a big week, as Dd and I drove to Indiana on Monday so we could go with our "L" family friends to the
** Indiana State Fair **
on Tuesday (see previous post for details!). Monday night I got our yard mowed, and check in on the house. We met up with the "L" family at 10am and got back home around 10:30pm! It was a great time!!! Lots of memories were made! So thankful for that special day!

On of Dd's pencil colored Star Wars drawing pages

Then we drove back home on Wednesday after cleaning the house and re-vacuuming it again. I think I could vacuum that floor every day and still get something in my vacuum! Wednesday Dd was still SO tired from the day before--she slept until 9am! Then on Thursday she was sneezing, and by Friday she was coughing! Dh had been sick from before we left, and she got it. We still managed to get some of our lessons done, a little on Thursday and a little on Friday--not much, but considering how lousy she felt, I was happy.

Dd taught me how to make a "Granny Square" this week! So fun!

The other big event from this week was that Uncle "R" died on Tuesday. So, Dh had to go alone since Dd was sick. Dh drove to Indiana on Friday after doing a half day, and made it to our house for bed. Then on Saturday he drove down to Mitchell for the funeral. I was sad that I didn't get to go and say goodbye to him. Dh told us all about the service, and it sounded really well done.

For our lessons in Core F; we were in the "Pacific Islands"! We had a lot of EHN/World Book pages to do in a short time, so we didn't get hardly any electives done. But, I think it is more important at this point to finish the last bits of Core F. I've ordered Dd's "completing a core gift"...and it is going to be really exciting to her! I can't wait for her to see it! I'll tell you all later, after she opens it---she sometimes see's what I write here.

Now on to our lessons from last week:

Bible:

Survey of the Bible: A Treasury of Bible Information by William Hendriksen

With our Veritas Press Bible Program, we were suppose to be reading sections out of the book: A Treasury of Bible Information Survey of the Bible by William Hendriksen, but it was expensive (like, over $30) so I never bought it. But, then my friend has been buying and selling things used and I looked for it used, and bought it!!!! So exciting! The book came in damaged from the post office, it looks like it got stuck in a machine, and has black burn marks on the edge...but, it is okay for our use. So, this week we read that book for our bible for the week. And now, we can start to use it as scheduled for our VP bible program! Happy about that!
Survey of the Bible by William Hendriksen
Chapter 1, pg. 1-33

MacKiev 2013 World Book Multimedia Encyclopedia PC Macintosh by MacKiev

EHN/World Book:
Pacific Islands

Best-Loved Folktales of the World (The Anchor folktale library) by Joanna Cole

Best-Loved Folktales of the World
pg 148-149

Praying through the 100 Gateway Cities of the 10/40 Window (2nd edition) by YWAM Publishing,

100 Gateway Cities
Addis Ababa, Asmara, Mogasishu

Reader:

Call it Courage [John Newbery Medal Award Winner, 1941] by Armstrong Sperry

Call it Courage
(so far Dd is NOT liking this book....?)
ETA: She ended up liking this book, and stated that it had a dry start, but got better with each chapter.

The Horse and His Boy (The Chronicles of Narnia, Full-Color Collector's Edition) by C. S. Lewis

Read Aloud:
we were suppose to start Red Sand, Blue Sky, but Dd really wanted to start The Horse and His Boy this week...which was scheduled to start next week, so we did! She loves C.S. Lewis/Narnia books!
The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis

Wildwood: The Wildwood Chronicles, Book I by Colin Meloy

Audio 1:
Wildwood by Colin Meloy
(13 disc's...but we finished it! So fun!)

Prince Caspian (The Chronicles of Narnia) by C. S. Lewis

Audio 2:
Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis

Computer:
Khan Academy
(studies on the heart and how it works)
(I love Khan and use it more than she does actually!)

Exploring the History of Medicine by John Hudson Tiner

Science: (Reader)
The History of Medicine by Tiner
She finished the last chapters this week, and I've ordered more Tiner science books since Dd loves them so much! They have short quizzes at the end of each chapter that she volunteered to do.

Fun books: