Ancients
Core G
Week 12
May 25-29th, 2015
39th week on Core
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| The Week of WILD FLOWERS! |
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| Thousands of wild flowers were blooming this week! |
This was a hard week for all of us. Sunday we had brought our U-Haul of boxes to the storage place, and unloaded it--which got us to bed around 10:30 PM. Monday we were all super tired, but still had to unpack, and I had to get my plans for the week done. Poor Dh had a rough week all this week with his job. Then Dd had last week as a "Field Trip" week (we went to Indiana, Eagle Creek Park, CANDLES Museum, and playing with the L family each day--so that makes this week a 'transition back to lessons week...'
A 'transition back to lessons week'; what does that mean? Let me share with you--- I guess some kids must be okay with transitions, but my Dd has never been any good with them! Since she was a baby! She needed a routine, routine, routine--and don't mess with her routine or there will be a payment due! So, if/when we take a week off to do anything, that means that she will be down-right grumpy for days! You might think we are crazy for doing lessons practically year round, but this is at the very bottom of WHY! But, since she has been like this her whole life, I am familiar with the pattern and do not get too distraught about it. We didn't do Latin, Spelling, 'my' science book, or Logic this week due to this being a transition week, and a short week too! Weeks like this, I just do our basics and try to focus on having a good attitude.
We had a big blow-out with our realtor in Indiana....LONG story....but, we will either sell our house by Monday, or (most likely) we will be switching to our THIRD realtor next week. If you are a praying person, we sure could use some prayer that we would continue to be confident in our faith that the Lord has a plan, and this was part of His plan, and everything will be fine in the end and for it to sell! I think we are at 11 months of our house being on the market at this point. Our realtor said our house not selling is an anomaly...yup! (and then blamed us!)
Highlights of the week: The rental office at our complex here had daily excitement going on with building a gas grill and fire pit extension on their deck. They poured the concrete for part of it two weeks ago, and this week they put in the stones for the new parts. It was a lot of fun walking over and checking on it each day!
Friday Dd spotted a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_flicker Northern Flicker! We were so excited! Our Birds of Indiana book has a Northern Flicker on the cover, and we had never seen one before! Dd said she thought she would never see one, and she spotted it!
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| This is the stream we took lots of snow pictures of during the winter, now we have to push through the leaves to get back into it! I saw a deer across the bank during our visit this week. |
Last week mushrooms started showing up on the grounds here, and more and more are coming up.
The weather this week has been mostly in the 60's and 70's, but humid and sticky.
Dd asked for me to take her to the apartment complex's office to use their weight room twice this week. We had a good time using their treadmill, elliptical trainer, and weight set place (4-5 stations that are all hooked up to a weight gizmo in the middle, so you can use your legs or arms to lift the amount of weight you want to lift). I love working out, and getting to do that with my Dd is the best! I am so happy to share exercise with her!! She would love one of those weight machines, and an elliptical trainer at our house! So would I! We do have a treadmill and bike machine, but would love to work some other places besides just our legs!
Dd spent hours and hours packing in her room this week. We still have three weeks left here, but she is ready to move now!
Busy Hands:
She made her "Jessie" (Toy Story doll) a new crocheted dress
Lots of crocheting and knitting, but I have no idea what she is making! She has a bad habit of starting lots of projects, but deciding half way in that they aren't good enough and starting over with new yarn. She clearly hasn't learned the lesson: Finish What You Start! I'm working with her on learning it, but she is a tough nut to crack!
She made a batch of homemade granola this week.
Our lessons:
I focused this week on finishing up some long-term books that we've been working on. Specifically we finished The Aeneid for Boys and Girls and the BiblioPlan Ancients Companion book that we have been reading for months...quite an accomplishment! We are studying a lot about the decline in the Roman Empire at this point.
While reading in my newer book: What the Bible Is All About (thanks to Chelle for pointing this book out to me), I found this very concise paragraph in the chapter on Ezra. It so simplified things I wanted to share it with you, and keep a record:
To review, first the 10 tribes (the northern kingdom) were taken captive by Assyria (see 2 Kings 17), and then the two southern tribes (Benjamin and Judah, the southern kingdom) were taken captive by Babylon (see 2 Kings 25). The 10 northern tribes never returned to Jerusalem. The southern tribes were restored to their own land under the Persian Empire, after the Medes and Persians had conquered the Babylonians.
Bible:
Veritas Press: Chronicles and Malachi
Veritas Press Card: 86: in process
Jews Return Under Zerubbabel: Temple Restoration Begins
Ezra 1-6; Zechariah 4
c. 520 BC
Jews Return Under Zerubbabel: Temple Restoration Begins
Ezra 1-6; Zechariah 4
c. 520 BC
Bible & Believer's Bible Commentary:
Ezra 3-6
What the Bible Is All About: (Ezra)
pg. 169-172
The Greenleaf Guide to Old Testament
Lesson 164: Rebuilding the Temple: completed
Chapters 4, 5, & 6
History:
BiblioPlan Companion: Ancient History: COMPLETED!
Ch. 33: Rome Weakens (Boudicaa, 79 AD Mount Vesuvius/Pompeii, 150 AD: The Apostles Creed) Completed
Ch. 34: The Fall of the Roman Empire
NEW: (we listened to these sections twice this week)
Mystery of History : Vol. II
Mystery of History : Vol. II
(The Early Church & Middle Ages)
Disc 1: Quarter 1- Around the World
Lesson 1: Pentecost and the Followers of Jesus
Lesson 2: Saul, Who Also is Called Paul
Lesson 3: Paul's Missionary Journeys
Lesson 4: Nero
Lesson 5: Martyres of the Early Church
Lesson 6: Josephus
Lesson 7: Masada
Disc 3:
Lesson 8: The Dead Sea Scrolls
Lesson 9: The Buried City of Pompeii
Lesson 10: Bar-Kokhba
Lesson 11: The Apostles Creed
The Aeneid for Boys and Girls: COMPLETED!
by Alfred J. Church
Good Book! It was fun to read aloud! lots of action and dramatic events.
Reader:
Victory on the Walls by Frieda Clark Hyman
(I think we left Hostage Lands at our house in Indiana, so we had to switch readers this week)
Kingfisher History Encyclopedia
pg. 33, 39, 57,58,59
Famous Men of Rome by John H. Harren
Romulus: pg 1-14
Math:
NEW BOOK! Math U See: Algebra I
1 A-D
Science:
new idea--to have a 'Tree of the Week' or 'Leaf of the Week'
This week we pulled off a leaf from an interesting tree and then used our National Audubon Field Guide to North American Trees (Eastern region) to place it. This week we looked up the Eastern Cottonwood (and I drew it), and we tried to figure out a second leaf,
but we only were able to pin it down to it being a Locust, but couldn't find an exact match on it.
Apologia: Exploring Creation with Human Anatomy
pg. 181-195
With NOTES written on this section
Nature Hike:
a long hike on Tuesday, short walks the rest of the week. She spotted a Northern Flicker on Friday during a short walk.
Language Arts:
Dd worked on her story on Emma Jackson (Percy Jackson's daughter) two times this week, she is on chapter three now! very interesting!
Easy Grammar, Plus
pg 157-167
Writing With Skill
Week 15
Basher Basics: Punctuation: The Write Stuff
Punctuation: The Write Stuff! by Basher: COMPLETED
pg 52-57
Fun Books this week:
The House of Hades (The Heroes of Olympus, Book Four)
by Rick Riordan
The House of Hades
Kathleen: The Celtic Knot (Girls of Many Lands)
by Siobhan Parkinson
Kathleen: The Celtic Knot
Horseradish
Lemony Snicket: Horseradish
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I like the tree of the week ideal! So many good things in this post!
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