Week 8 “F”
Our 25th week on Core G
Our 25th week on Core G
(We have stopped moving forward in our
Sonlight program, as we dig a litter deeper before moving on to the Romans.
After an extended study of the Greeks, we are currently restarting over our
study of Ancients, for a fairly quick refresher before getting back on the
Sonlight program. This week we focused on the Sumerians, Egyptians,
Mesopotamians, etc.)
Feb. 16-20, 2015
We had a fairly good week, we didn’t get
too much done, nor did we go too easy…it was just about right. I had much higher goals than we accomplished,
but we have been wanting/needing more time to work on crocheting, so that was
good. Crocheting is good therapy for winter ills; whichever kind you have.
Snails- we have at least SIX babies
now!
Can you see the three babies in this picture? |
Our house in Indiana- still nothing to report, it is on the market and had three groups/families go through last Saturday to see it, so it is getting some action, but no buyers. At least one of the families that looked was waiting for their house to sell before they could buy—so they are in the same boat we are in.
Church search—we have been going between
two different churches for the past six months, and appear to be no closer to
settling into one. After each service we
like that church more!
Our lessons:
“Therefore, my beloved brethren, be
steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that
your toil is not in vain in the Lord.”
Corinthians 15:58
Instead of doing a ‘bible study’ this
week, we read our BiblioPlan Ancients book, which starts with Genesis 1. Each chapter is about 3/4th’s of a
bible study, and 1/8 geography, 1/8 history.
It was nice to incorporate bible history with history. When we started Core G our bible and our
history were not united and I felt we missed an opportunity. We are going to read BiblioPlan up to where
we left off with history (the Greeks), then moving forward we will include the
BiblioPlan along side with our SL stuff.
It isn’t just the BiblioPlan Ancients
that we are using as our refresher, but the Holman Bible Atlas, and the Dorothy
Mills book set: The Book of the Ancient World (reader, student, and teacher
books). It does get a bit redundant
having three sources, but we are finding there is unique information in each
book.
History:
BiblioPlan Ancients:
Chapter 1: Creation and the First People
Ch. 2: The Early Egyptians & Noah
Ch. 3: Early Writing, the Sumerians, and
Babel
Ch. 4: Abraham
Ch. 5: Hammurabi & Issac
Ch. 6: The Assyrians, Gilgamesh and Jacob
The Book of the Ancient World by Dorothy Mills (Memoria Press)
Ch. 1: The Land of Egypt
Student worksheets
Ch. 2: Earliest Egypt
Student Worksheets
Ch. 3: Egyptian Buildings
Student Worksheets
Ch. 4: Egyptian Books & Writing
Student Worksheets
Holman Bible Atlas:
Section: Part Two:
Ch. 4: The Old Testament Period
Ch. 5: The World of the Patriarchs
Ch. 6: The Egyptian Experiment
Add in Book’s:
The Sumerians by Elaine Landau
Ancient Egypt by Daniel Cohen
Ancient Wonders by Tim Wood
by Abigail Wheatley, Struan Reid, John Woodcock and Ian McNee
Eyewitness Books Ancient Egypt by George
Hart
Khan Academy for sections on “Ancient
Near East”
YouTube:
Archimedes the Greatest
Mathematician 6:54
Logic:
The Fallacy Detective
Lesson 5 & 6
Latin:
Prima Latina
Ch. 3
We watched the section 3 episode each day
for review
Language Arts:
IEW’s Fix-It Frog Prince:
Week 25 completed
All About Spelling 6
Step 26: passed
Easy Grammar Plus
Pg’s 57-65
Letters:
Two Typed letters to the “L” family
Novel:
Dd worked on her novel on Wed, Thurs, and
Fri
Writing With Skill
Week 5: completed
Science:
Apologia Exploring Creation Human Anatomy
and Physiology
Pg.s 19-35
Science Reader:
Galen: and the Gateway to Medicine:
COMPLETED
The World of Physics by John Hudson Tiner
Ch. 4 and quiz (Simple Machines)
continued from last week.
The World of Chemistry by John Hudson
Tiner
Ch. 1 & Ch. 2 (plus quizzes)
completed
Math:
Math U See: Pre-Algebra
20 A-E
Audio:
Bridge to Terabithia: COMPLETED
By Katherine Patterson (we’ve heard this
audio multiple times now, and always enjoy it.)
**ODD’s**
Dd has been enjoying an “APP” for weeks
now, like 5 or 6 weeks, and I thought I would share it for others who might be interested in a fun
musical game: SMULE PIANO
She plays songs from the Nutcracker
Ballet, Bach, Ella Fitzgerald, and more contemporary songs too.
Geography:
Seterra:
Geography games online (Free!)
2x this week
Typing:
NitroTyping:
She played daily this week, for about
30-40 minutes per day. Dd loves to
improve her skills with these races.
(Free online!)
Current Events:
Cnn Student News
10 minutes of commercial free news geared
for middle and high school students.
Mapping:
1) BiblioPlan Maps: The Seven Continent
2) BiblioPlan Maps: Ancient Egypt
3) BiblioPlan Maps: The Sumerians
Reader:
Anne of Ingleside: COMPLETED
by L.M. Montgomery
by L.M. Montgomery
DVD:
Anne of Green Gables
FIVE disc edition, from our library
I think this fits on her wrist and arm |
A saggy hat--on purpose, she followed the directions, it is suppose to be slouchy. |
Dd made Dh a winter hat |
Another view of the hat she made for Pappa! |
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I am working on a funky blanket, with lots of colors, and left-over yarns. It is either very interesting or very ugly...can't decide which, that is why there is no photo of it!!!
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