Sonlight Core G Week 31 July 11-17, 2016 (Middle Ages to Renaissance) 91st week on Core

Sonlight Core G 

Week 31 

July 11-17, 2016 

(Middle Ages to Renaissance)

 91st week on Core

We bought Dd a Tenor Sax this week.  She will play it in Beginning Band, and then play the super-big Baritone Sax in Intermediate Band.  She is playing the small Alto Sax in Marching Band (the Baritone isn't in this picture).

Hello Friends, 

another summer week with all it's 'a little bit of this' and a 'little bit of that.'  We invited the "V" family over on Monday--to swim and play.  Then the eldest daughter, "A," stayed on when the rest left.  "A" stayed with us until Wed's marching band class.  The girls planned to go camping in our woods.  Monday night they camped out--bonfire dinner and lots of music practice, as they are both in WMHFA together.  They each tried each other's instruments.  Tuesday I took the girls to the library and out for ice cream.  We ended up having a big storm in the late afternoon, which put off their camping / sleeping out on Tuesday night, but they had a lot of fun together.  Then on Wednesday I took them both in for their band class. I was polite enough to not take ANY pictures of the girls and their fun 'roughing it,' but, boy did I want to!  They borrowed our big hiking backpacks (as big as they are!) and loaded them up with all their supplies, and hiked down into the woods like they were going to be gone for months!    The other big highlight was the

Sparta Parade 

in Sparta, MI. on Saturday.  This was a special parade because the head of the band, Mr. Stiles, use to teach band there and was invited back especially.  He had the band learn a small concert of patriotic music and do a little special show after the parade to a few of his old friends.  

Chickens:

Dh is on the last steps for the "Nest Box" construction.  I've already stepped on one hidden egg this week.  This week we had a few days where we had TWO eggs per day.  On Monday, Alpha, our top rooster went home with our friend, Michele.  Now, Beta is crowing up a storm in his place...ugh.  Speaking of Beta, his wound is SO much better.  I pulled out the tin of Bag Balm and applied it at least once per day, and that really did the trick.  He still doesn't want to let me pick him up, and runs to the other side of the tractor, which makes getting him his ointment rather difficult.

GERD:

I haven't mentioned my reflux problems in a few weeks---my update is that I am still taking my supplements (Marshmallow Root, Super Enzymes, Licorice Root....papaya chewables...and drinking Kefir daily...and Kombucha, here and there...and exercising...no gluten and trace dairy...and I'm still not without some problems.  I'm not sure what I will do.  I've decided to try to work this out for a year, and then decide.  From some of the online reading of other people with digestive issues, when they went to supplements and off their heavy medications (GERD meds/proton prohibitors) it took them a fairly long time before their body was able to heal and recover.  I'm trying to be patient and give my body a real chance at healing before I go back to those meds.

House:

This was a very full week, I didn't get any painting or work done on the house.  

Music:

Dd has been processing quite a few different options regarding next years music opportunities.  VIOLIN: She wanted to be in the intermediate orchestra (violin), but doesn't feel she is strong enough to try out yet.  So we will continue her violin lessons, but every two weeks instead of every week.  That will give her more time to process the new material, and hurt our wallets less too! 

As far as Band goes--Mrs. March had offered Dd to play their Baritone Sax (super big sax) in the Intermediate Band class.  That is a done-deal, and Dd loves the "Bari."    

A few weeks back, Dd went to a "band instument fitting," where ALL the band instruments were introduced and tried by the kids wanting to try these things out.  Well, Dd had never tried the Tenor Sax before, and fell in love with it.  It is similar to the Alto Sax (what she plays now), but the Tenor is bigger and plays lower notes.  Mrs. March told Dd, at her private lesson on Wednesday, that someone brought in a Yamaha Tenor Sax for her to sell.....guess who now owns a Tenor Sax?!!  So---Dd will be playing that Tenor Sax in the Beginning Band next year.  Dd will play the Baritone Sax in Intermediate Band, and the Tenor Sax in Beginning Band.  Right now she is playing the Alto Sax in Marching Band.  

Dd will just have TWO band classes on Wednesday's next year.  Last year she had two classes too--only one was a Choir class.  She will have to practice both instruments each week, but she usually doesn't have a problem with this.  So, our band/music dilemma is over and we have a plan!  She will try out for orchestra next year (violin), and we will have to figure that problem out when it comes around again!

Our lessons this week:

Bible:

Veritas Press: Gospels: 1:30 hrs

card 118: completed

Lazarus Rasised From the Dead, John 11

read with Bible and Believer's Bible Commentary

(this week's Believer's Bible Commentary was very long and detailed.  This was the last public miracle that Jesus did before He was crucified.)

Dd completed the Student Notebook pages for this card.

Journey Through the Bible: 

pg 292-293

Do Hard Things by Alex and Brett Harris ( 45 min)

pg 199-209

Purposefully re-reading this book very slowly--like a devotional book because it is so full of good ideas/concepts for us to think on.

Math:

 Teaching Textbooks Algebra I: 3 hr

Monday and Tuesday were off---"A" was here

Wed-Lesson 43, Thur-Lesson 44, and Fri she re-did the questions she got wrong on 43 & 44.  SLOW and steady.

Sonlight Reader:

Shadow of a Bull by Maia Wojciechowska: completed

Sonlight Read Aloud:

I, Juan de Paraja by Elizabeth Borton de Trevino: completed

new Sonlight Read Aloud:

Leonardo da Vinci: in process

SL History: 45 min

Kingfisher History Encyclopedia & Favorite Poems Old and New: completed Week 31's assignments

also

Story of the World: Middle Ages: Ch. 31 & 32 

SL Timeline and Mapping: 45 min

I had fallen behind, as I write out an assignment sheet for each weeks specific timeline and mapping items.  This week Dd had some catching up to do!  She did "Weeks 28-31."

Foreign Languages:

Sign Language: 45 min

ABC's of Manual Communication (my high school sign language book):

Lessons 7, 8 & 9.  Tested & passed Lesson 7

Rosetta Stone: French: 1 hr.

instead of doing 5, 10 minute lessons, she did an hour in three days (friend over on Mon & Tues)

Science: 

Apologia General Science: 4 hrs.

Module 11 (week 1 of 2): Human Body

Experiment 11.1 Minerals in Bone: in process, as our chicken wishbone is in a glass jar of vinegar.  We decided not to do the experiment 11.2: Phototropism & Gravotropism, as we have experienced this for years with all my growing plants and grow-lights--we really already "get" this!

Experiment 11.3: Skin Color: another experiment to pass on--Skin Color--they wanted Dd to put a watch or a band-aide on, then get "a lot of sun" and notice the difference between the white un-burnt skin and the red of her now burnt skin...no thank you!  We haven't passed on hardly any experiments, so I don't feel too bad about these two.

Computer Typing:

 45 minutes 

(letter to the "L" family)

Physical Exercise: 

 8 hrs minimum 

Swimming:

2 hours on Monday, 1 hour on Sunday

Sparta Parade: Marching: 9:30-2pm

Hike with "A": 2 hours

Music: 

a very musical week!

Band Class (Wed. 9:30-11): 1:30 hrs

Piano Lesson w/ Mrs. March: :30 min

Practices:

Alto Sax: 30, 5-10 min, parade: 4 hrs, :30, 1:00 :30= 7:30 hours

Tenor Sax: :45,  3:00= 3:45

piano: 45, 2:00, :30 = 3:15

"A's" piccolo= 2 hrs

violin: :30, :30, :30 (plus 30 min lesson)= 2 hrs

Fundamentals of Piano Theory by Keith Snell & Martha Ashleigh:

weekly assignments from Mrs. March.  For the past 4-6 weeks, I've  forgotten to list these assignments each week.  Dd really enjoys this workbook and wants to get more after she finishes this one.

Activities:

Library 2x, Ball's Ice Cream with "A," Sparta Parade, hiking in woods with "A," Swimming, Chickens....

Busy Hands:

making a doll, sewing: 2 hrs

drawing- 2 hrs

made "A" dinner: spaghetti and chicken- 1 hr
bonfire and grilling out: ham, baked beans, and S'Mores

Fun Reading:

The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak

Hardy Boys Chaos at 30,000 Feet

(Timeline highlights, as we are ending the Middle Ages, and beginning the Renaissance: Henry VI becomes king of England, Richard III is king of England, War of the Roses, Ferdinand and Isabella marry, Jews expelled from Spain, Prince Henry the Navigator, Mansa Musa of Malli has pilgrimage, Ibn Battuta visits Mali, Byzantine Emporor Justianian defeats vandals in N. Africa, Teutonic Knights conquer Prussians, Stephen makes Hungary a peaceful Christian nation, Pope asks German king to defend Europe, Sonhay Empire expands under Sunni Ali, Portuguese begin trade in W. Africa, Babur the Turk invades India, Christopher Columbus, Vasco da Gama, Ferdinand Magellen, New World, Pope sets Line of Demarcation, Leonardo da Vinci, Tenochtitlan is built, Huana Capa rules Inca's, Aztecs arrive in Mexico and build Tenochtitlan on Lake Texcoco, Toltecs are powerful in Mexico, Francisco Pizarro conquers the Incan Empire...)

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