Sonlight Core G
Week 6
Nov. 17-23, 2014
(First a few pictures, and then our homeschool work is listed.)
Dd received her cloak! Giz sewed up for her--it has camo fleece on the inside, and an olive green outer fabric, and a hood (that needs some tweaking).
Dd received her cloak! Giz sewed up for her--it has camo fleece on the inside, and an olive green outer fabric, and a hood (that needs some tweaking).
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| I asked her to show the inside of her cloak for this picture. |
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| The cloak trails behind her as she walks, and wants me to hem it up a few inches. She says it is very warm! |
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| We had bought Sophie, our dog, a "Thunder Vest" to help her anxiety in thunder storms and fireworks, but it also came in handy this week, as I put two layers of wool and canvas to keep her warm. You can see it sticking out in this picture. |
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| One of my favorite things to do, is to lay down and look up through the trees. It is even more fun to do it in snow! Dd is happy to join in with me on these hikes, in laying down and listening to the sound of snow falling, and absorbing all the amazing things around us. |
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| I just loved how blue the sky was, and made such a wonderful contrast with the white snow. |
Pappa was still at the farm on Monday and Tuesday, returning 8:20 PM on Tuesday night, from his successful hunting trip. He got to return to the family farm in southern Indiana. He has been hunting with his friend, Mark, together there for 27 years! They both got a deer from the farm grounds. He hadn't been there since last years hunting season. It is difficult with family relations when so many different people all "share" the same place. I'll leave it like that, and just share that Lord must be guiding us to finding a little place where we can hunt without getting permission. It is usually pretty clear when the Lord is guiding you away from one thing and pointing you towards a new direction...as you can almost hear the doors closing. It is sad, but I am hoping that He has something special in mind for us.
I think it was Sunday that the SNOW started falling; and didn't stop until Friday! It has been hard finding the exact amount of inches we rec'd on the news up here. I guess b/c we are so close to the coast of Lake Michigan, and the amount of inches there are so much higher than in Grand Rapids. But, I'd guess our accumulation was around 40-45 inches. It was a real winter wonderland!!! Each day, but Wed. and Friday, we went on Snow Hikes together (Dd and I). I think Dd went by herself on Friday, as she went on extra hikes without me, even on the days we went together. She really LOVES hiking around, especially in snow! Plus, Giz (Dh's mother) sent back with him the cloak she asked her to make. This cloak is amazing! She says it is very warm too. It seems each week we have an excuse for not getting the books completed that I have planned...but, "Snow Hikes" is my favorite excuse!!!!
Friday I had another massive migraine---the second worse one, the only one that has been worse was the one I had to go to the ER about. I tried to drink some coffee in the morning, but that turned out to be a bad idea! I went back to bed, and stayed there all day. Around 6:30 PM, I was finally able to get out of bed and sit in a recliner for a few hours. I've been working on teaching Dd to do her lessons without me, and for the first time, she literally did all her work and her chores without any words from me. I could hear her cleaning her bathroom and getting her things done, independently! That really was terrific.
A few months ago I started making her, her own schedule, in her own three-ring binder, with everything in it--including her daily chore list. She has done SO well with it! It makes me wish I would have done this sooner!! I have printed out lots of copies of Sonlight's "Additional Scheduling Page" and use that for both her and I. We each have our own binder too.
Saturday and Sunday (22nd & 23rd) we went and viewed our first Michigan homes that are for sale. Both houses amazed us in how great the photo's looked, and yet the homes were no where near what the pictures showed!!! The home on Saturday had asbestos around the pipes in the basement--that is scary! But, I guess that is normal for homes built in 1909. I would have thought that the owners would have changed that by now!!
Now, let's look at what we did with books!
Bible:
The BEST thing about our bible these past two weeks, was that we are reading God King, which is set in the time/place of King Hezekiah, and in our bible--we have spent the last two weeks getting to read about King Hezekiah too!!!! It has been so neat to read parts of God King that match up with what we've been reading in the bible. We did a lot of internet searches on the tunnel King Hezekiah had carved out of rock to bring water into his city of Jerusalem--and that is always great to actually SEE what we are reading about. In our Indiana home, we didn't have a computer in our lessons room/ library; so we couldn't do quick searches as we were reading. In our tiny apartment, our "library" is also my desk spot, so everything gets done in an area about 10' x 12' .
Also, this week we were suppose to just read 2 Kings 17, and 2 Kings 25. But, I didn't want to leave all out the chapters between 17 and 25---so we are still working on that, we got it all read in our bible, but still have a few pages left to read in our Believer's Bible Commentary to meet MY expectations. I am really enjoying going above and beyond the assignments, especially when it is so interesting. We had not spent a lot of time on King Hezekiah before, so I am really dissecting it as we go.
Veritas Press Bible:
Friday I had another massive migraine---the second worse one, the only one that has been worse was the one I had to go to the ER about. I tried to drink some coffee in the morning, but that turned out to be a bad idea! I went back to bed, and stayed there all day. Around 6:30 PM, I was finally able to get out of bed and sit in a recliner for a few hours. I've been working on teaching Dd to do her lessons without me, and for the first time, she literally did all her work and her chores without any words from me. I could hear her cleaning her bathroom and getting her things done, independently! That really was terrific.
A few months ago I started making her, her own schedule, in her own three-ring binder, with everything in it--including her daily chore list. She has done SO well with it! It makes me wish I would have done this sooner!! I have printed out lots of copies of Sonlight's "Additional Scheduling Page" and use that for both her and I. We each have our own binder too.
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| Snow! |
Saturday and Sunday (22nd & 23rd) we went and viewed our first Michigan homes that are for sale. Both houses amazed us in how great the photo's looked, and yet the homes were no where near what the pictures showed!!! The home on Saturday had asbestos around the pipes in the basement--that is scary! But, I guess that is normal for homes built in 1909. I would have thought that the owners would have changed that by now!!
Now, let's look at what we did with books!
Bible:
The BEST thing about our bible these past two weeks, was that we are reading God King, which is set in the time/place of King Hezekiah, and in our bible--we have spent the last two weeks getting to read about King Hezekiah too!!!! It has been so neat to read parts of God King that match up with what we've been reading in the bible. We did a lot of internet searches on the tunnel King Hezekiah had carved out of rock to bring water into his city of Jerusalem--and that is always great to actually SEE what we are reading about. In our Indiana home, we didn't have a computer in our lessons room/ library; so we couldn't do quick searches as we were reading. In our tiny apartment, our "library" is also my desk spot, so everything gets done in an area about 10' x 12' .
Also, this week we were suppose to just read 2 Kings 17, and 2 Kings 25. But, I didn't want to leave all out the chapters between 17 and 25---so we are still working on that, we got it all read in our bible, but still have a few pages left to read in our Believer's Bible Commentary to meet MY expectations. I am really enjoying going above and beyond the assignments, especially when it is so interesting. We had not spent a lot of time on King Hezekiah before, so I am really dissecting it as we go.
Veritas Press Bible:
Veritas Press: Chronicles Through Malachi
Card 74: Israel and Judah Fall
(II Kings 17, 25) 722 B.C. - 586 B.C.
Bible:
II Kings 17-25 with our Max Lucado Study Bible, and the Life Lessons that went along with those pages.
Believer's Bible Commentary [BELIEVERS BIBLE COMMENTARY -SS] [Hardcover]
Mar 31, 1995
by MacDonald, W.(Author) ; MacDonald, William(Author); Farstad, Arthur L.(Editor)
Believer's Bible Commentary: II Kings 17-20
The Greenleaf Guide To Old Testament History
Sep 1, 1994
The Greenleaf Guide to the Old Testament:
Lesson 147: The Destruction of Israel by Assyria
I've added in a new bible book to go along with our studies:
Lamps, Scrolls, & Goatskin Bottles by Julia B. Hans
pg.1-19
Read Aloud:
A never-before published tale by the author of the best-selling Hittite Warrior, carries the reader back to Ancient Egypt and biblical Jerusalem. It is 701 B.C-rule of the Kushite dynasty in ancient Egypt. Young Prince Taharka, a very minor royal son, succeeds unexpectedly to the throne of Kush and Egypt-a divine rulership.
It's not long, however, before a treacherous plot pushes him into sudden exile and into the hands of Amos, an emissary of King Hezekiah seeking help against the Assyrians. Posing as a medical assistant, Taharka journeys with Amos to Judea where he encounters two kings in conflict. His true identity suddenly uncovered, he must choose with whom he will fight-the mighty Assyrian, Sennacherib, promising alliance or Hezekiah, the Jew who trusts in Yahweh.
A novel inspired by research on the historical King Taharka and his period.
Mapping and Timeline:
We finished SL's Week 5 & 6's work! So enjoying this!
Story of the World: Ancients:
Ch. 15-17
Plus, I've been using the Activity book questions for each chapter, and doing the mapping assignments they recommend on their maps, and coloring some of the fun pages too. I had always hoped to actually do all the things the Activity Guide asks us to do. This week, we continued with what we were doing last week, and focusing on our SOTW books, we did the review questions/maps/pages from Ch.'s 9-17--that took a while! We aren't doing the craft projects though.
Reader:
Greek Myths
We are *suppose to be reading* this one, but Dd decided the book by Coolidge had more new-to-her stories. She has been reading Greek Myths for over a year now, and definitely earned the right to choose her preference on which Greek Myth book interested her.:
Favorite Poems Old and New:
380-381
Trojan War:
Part 3, Ch. 4 & 5
pp. 16, 23, 28 & 29, 36 & 37
Math:
Math U See: Pre-Algebra
14C, 14D, 14E, 14F
Science:
Apologia Chemistry & Physics:
pp. 128-144
The World of Biology by Tiner
Ch. 8: Insects (and quiz)
Language Arts:
All About Spelling 6:
Step 19: in process
We've been doing a lot of reviewing, starting back with Step 1 and have gotten up to Step 6 reviewed.
SL Week 5's work--which was focusing on COMMA'S, so we went to youtube to see some video's on the subject:
Semicolon vs. coma by Emily Mitchell
Chapter 10 Part 1 - Commas and Semicolons by Melissa Brega
Read Aloud:
God King: A Story in the Days of King Hezekiah (Living History Library)
God King's review by Amazon.com:A never-before published tale by the author of the best-selling Hittite Warrior, carries the reader back to Ancient Egypt and biblical Jerusalem. It is 701 B.C-rule of the Kushite dynasty in ancient Egypt. Young Prince Taharka, a very minor royal son, succeeds unexpectedly to the throne of Kush and Egypt-a divine rulership.
It's not long, however, before a treacherous plot pushes him into sudden exile and into the hands of Amos, an emissary of King Hezekiah seeking help against the Assyrians. Posing as a medical assistant, Taharka journeys with Amos to Judea where he encounters two kings in conflict. His true identity suddenly uncovered, he must choose with whom he will fight-the mighty Assyrian, Sennacherib, promising alliance or Hezekiah, the Jew who trusts in Yahweh.
A novel inspired by research on the historical King Taharka and his period.
Mapping and Timeline:
We finished SL's Week 5 & 6's work! So enjoying this!
The Story of the World: History for the Classical Child: Volume 1: Ancient Times: From the Earliest Nomads to...
Apr 17, 2006The Story of the World, Activity Book 1: Ancient Times - From the Earliest Nomad to the Last Roman Emperor
Nov 17, 2006Story of the World: Ancients:
Ch. 15-17
Plus, I've been using the Activity book questions for each chapter, and doing the mapping assignments they recommend on their maps, and coloring some of the fun pages too. I had always hoped to actually do all the things the Activity Guide asks us to do. This week, we continued with what we were doing last week, and focusing on our SOTW books, we did the review questions/maps/pages from Ch.'s 9-17--that took a while! We aren't doing the craft projects though.
Greek Myths
We are *suppose to be reading* this one, but Dd decided the book by Coolidge had more new-to-her stories. She has been reading Greek Myths for over a year now, and definitely earned the right to choose her preference on which Greek Myth book interested her.:
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| Here is Dd standing on top a pile of snow. The maintenance crew brought even more snow there the next day...it made that spot a lot of fun to climb! |
Favorite Poems Old and New: Selected For Boys and Girls
Sep 1, 1957
by Helen Ferris and Leonard Weisgard
Favorite Poems Old and New:
380-381
Trojan War:
Part 3, Ch. 4 & 5
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| I took a picture of this table a few days back, and now it is even more covered in snow! |
The Kingfisher History Encyclopedia (Kingfisher Encyclopedias)
Kingfisher History Encyclopedia:pp. 16, 23, 28 & 29, 36 & 37
Math:
Math U See: Pre-Algebra
14C, 14D, 14E, 14F
Science:
Exploring Creation with Chemistry and Physics (Young Explorer Series)
Aug 1, 2013
by Jeannie Fulbright
Apologia Chemistry & Physics:
pp. 128-144
Exploring the World of Biology: From Mushrooms to Complex Life Forms (Exploring Series)
Jan 12, 2009Ch. 8: Insects (and quiz)
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| Icicles--beautiful and a bit scary to think of them falling down on someone! |
Language Arts:
Step 19: in process
We've been doing a lot of reviewing, starting back with Step 1 and have gotten up to Step 6 reviewed.
SL Week 5's work--which was focusing on COMMA'S, so we went to youtube to see some video's on the subject:
Semicolon vs. coma by Emily Mitchell
Chapter 10 Part 1 - Commas and Semicolons by Melissa Brega
pp. 163- 167
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| Dd and I both got new hats a few months back; mine is all wool and super warm. |
Current Events:
Weekdays we watch CNN Student News.com
http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/
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| The path through the woods was so deep the snow got up to our knees! |
The Long Winter (Little House)
(narrator: Cherry Jones)
Audio:
The Long Winter by Laura Ingles Wilder;
which we have listened to this audio nearly every winter the past few years! I'd guess we've heard it 4-5 times now. It is just SO good! Every time we hear it, it amazes me how my daughter seems to be more willing to do her house cleaning chores with almost a smile on her face! The good attitudes and behavior from those Ingles girls always rubs off on my dear daughter! The snow falling all day here, make this audio an easy pick!
Music:
youtube listening to Yo Yo Ma
especially my favorites: Yo Yo Ma Plays the Prelude From Bach's Cello Suite No. 1 (repeatedly!)
Yo Yo Ma; Elgar Cello COncerto 1st Movement, etc.
Keyboarding:
Dd has been playing these songs this week:
God Rest You Merry Gentlemen
Jingle Bell Rock
Piano Man (Billy Joel song)
Busy Hands:
I'll try to make a new post to show what all she has been working on. She has been doing a lot of little projects; like making Duct Tape Bracelets--one for Camp Half-Blood, and another Camp Jupiter! She has been working on the red poncho (crocheting) for Aunt April, and she has been on a crazed rubber band bracelet obsession! She has really loved doing those. Giz gave her a new thing that makes the bracelets into a solid cord, and she is loving it! She also took her bow and arrow out into the woods--she shot at our old pumpkin! Just another excuse to be outside---again, I am so thankful for the woods beside our apartment building! It has been so much fun!
which we have listened to this audio nearly every winter the past few years! I'd guess we've heard it 4-5 times now. It is just SO good! Every time we hear it, it amazes me how my daughter seems to be more willing to do her house cleaning chores with almost a smile on her face! The good attitudes and behavior from those Ingles girls always rubs off on my dear daughter! The snow falling all day here, make this audio an easy pick!
Music:
youtube listening to Yo Yo Ma
especially my favorites: Yo Yo Ma Plays the Prelude From Bach's Cello Suite No. 1 (repeatedly!)
Yo Yo Ma; Elgar Cello COncerto 1st Movement, etc.
Keyboarding:
Dd has been playing these songs this week:
God Rest You Merry Gentlemen
Jingle Bell Rock
Piano Man (Billy Joel song)
Busy Hands:
I'll try to make a new post to show what all she has been working on. She has been doing a lot of little projects; like making Duct Tape Bracelets--one for Camp Half-Blood, and another Camp Jupiter! She has been working on the red poncho (crocheting) for Aunt April, and she has been on a crazed rubber band bracelet obsession! She has really loved doing those. Giz gave her a new thing that makes the bracelets into a solid cord, and she is loving it! She also took her bow and arrow out into the woods--she shot at our old pumpkin! Just another excuse to be outside---again, I am so thankful for the woods beside our apartment building! It has been so much fun!
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| This isn't the best example, but the apartment buildings had icicles hanging down past the balcony's! |
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