Sonlight Core F Week 34 August 11-17, 2014

Sonlight Core F 

Week 34  

August 11-17, 2014

Quote of the week:
Francis Bacon once remarked that:
 "some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested."

I think we are going to finish up this core next week, a week early---but, we will see since those EHN pages always take longer than I think they will!  Plus, I think we will need a trip to go mow soon...and that will be 2 days out of our plans.

This week was suppose to be dedicated to learning about New Zealand, but we also did quite a bit on Australia too.

I finally caught the bug that Dh and Dd have had for weeks.  I really thought I was going to slip by without getting it, but no!  I was still able to do our lessons for the most part.  Thursday, I really ran out of fuel and didn't get a lot done.  I had **planned** to take Dd to Kirk Park; which is on the beach, but she said she was too tired to go play and I was so disappointed!!  

We still aren't getting a good rhythm on our lessons, and aren't up to where I wanted to be by now.  Hopefully soon we can get more done.  I think all the meal making that we have been doing for Dh and his coming home for lunch each day has really put me out of whack.

We did have 2 big things this week---on Saturday we went to Huff Park!  See post after this post for the pictures!  It was a wetlands, and very different from any park I've ever been to.  We walked out on these walkways through a wet, wetland!  Under our walk was either mud or water, and LOTS of cat-tails!  Then we went to the movies!  We had not been to the movies since Thor 2 came out and Dd was invited by a "L" family member (R) to share in her prize from that summers reading program at our library.  She won 2 free tickets, and concession stand coupons, and took Dd along with her and I was lucky enough to get invited to go with them and enjoy in on the movie with them.  We saw the movie: "Guardians of the Galaxy".  It was very emotional, and I was crying before the first 30 minutes was over!  The main character's mom died of cancer, in the hospital,....sad, sad, and touching.  The whole movie was very touching--which is unusual for an "action movie".  We liked it a lot!

Our lessons:

Bible:

Veritas Press Judges Through Kings 

Card 63-finished

I & II Kings, 1 & II Chronicles  931-722 BC

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

The Greenleaf Guide to the OT, pg. 105

Journey Through the Bible--105

(Rehobam rules over 2 tribes--Judah & Benjamin

Jeroboam rules over 10 tribes)

VP worksheets

Survey of the Bible- pg. 107-115

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

Card 64

 The Fall and Captivity of Judah

Kings of Judah 1 & II Kings, 1& II Chronicles

Survey of the Bible pg 115-119

2 Kings: 25 

Worksheet pages

The Victor Journey through the Bible by V. Gilbert Beers

**This concludes what we are suppose to do for this bible study with VP's Judges Through Kings, but I want to read some more on the sections we are in before we move on to the next set of VP Bible program.**

The 100 Most Important Verses for Teens by Joy Wilt

Dd also read aloud, one of her favorite bible books:
The 100 Most Important Bible Verses for Teens


Dd's new favorite music cd's:

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Special Edition by Howard Shore (2013)

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Howard Shore (2012) - Soundtrack

Current Events:
CNN Student News: M-F
http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/

Pre-Algebra Instruction Manual by Steven P. Demme

Math:
Math U See: Pre-Algebra 6A-E
7 family

Exploring Creation with Chemistry and Physics (Young Explorer Series) by Jeannie Fulbright

Science:
Apologia/Chemistry and Physics
pg 43-49







Fun Science:

Birds of Michigan Audio CDs: Compatible with Birds of Michigan Field Guide by Stan Tekiela

 

Khan Academy:
Salt and Sodium,   Mean, Median, and Mode,  Drawing Rays, Lines and Line Segments,   Equivalent Fractions,    Master Challenges-6x-,   Recognizing Rays, Lines, and Line Segments




Add-In Books for Core F this week:

Material World: A Global Family Portrait by Peter Menzel,

Material World by Peter Menzel


Australia book 1:
 Australia by Dalys Newman

Australia book 2:

Australia (Changing Face Of...) by Margot Richardson

The Changing Face of Australia by Margot Richardson

Hungry Planet: What the World Eats by Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio

Hungry Planet by Peter Menzel

How People Live by DK Publishing

DK: How People  Live

EHN: Overview, The Land, History, Map It, Climate, Economy, etc. etc.  I read the entire WB section aloud, and we completed the section on NZ and some on Australia.

YouTube: Topic--Australia
video's on "Aboriginal Art"
video's on "Our Generation" film 1:13:42
"The Men of the Fifth World" 52:15

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

100 Gateway Cities
section

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

Best-Loved Folktales
section



 

Daily Grams: Guided Review Aiding Mastery Skills : Grade 7 by Wanda C. Phillips

Daily Grams
 pg 107-108


Read Aloud 1:

The Horse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis

The Horse and His Boy--completed

Read Aloud 2:

Red Sand Blue Sky (Girls First!) by Cathy Applegate

Red Sands, Blue Sky--completed

Audio:

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

Prince Caspian--completed

Reader:

The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford

The Incredible Journey--in process

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Huff Park August 11, 2014

Huff Park 

August 11, 2014






 
I'm not sure pictures will do this place justice---it was really beautiful.

 

Milkweed, and see the bloom bud?  I know my friend from the "L" family knows how much I like Milkweeds!  2 of the transplants I moved into our IN home came back this year; I was so excited.  These are the plants that Monarch butterflies eat and lay their eggs on, so they are special plants.

Dd found this Preying Mantis for me to see!

I just loved these plant leaves---can you see the lines/veins on the plant?  It was even more interesting up close/ in person.

We had to see what the big fuss was about on the trails on this part---and were rebels and walked around the "Danger" signs.  I don't think they needed to put such signs up for mud and water on the walkways.  We went as far as we wanted and enjoyed the trail.

This picture reminds me of the years I spent living in Florida.

There was sign of deer everywhere.  The woman we chatted with on the trail had just seen a Doe and her two babies and told us where to look, but they were gone when we got there.

This area has a lot of these pretty thistle plants.

This park was teeming with bees, bees, bees!

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