Feb. 1-7, 2016 **Middle Ages **
Sonlight Core G Week 20"C" (67th week on core)
BiblioPlan Week 5/6
This was a very light schooling week, so Dd and I spent a few hours on Saturday getting a bit closer to where I had aimed to be by the end of the week. We really needed a light week, but all-in-all it really didn't feel like it was as 'off' as I had hoped. It amazes me how much time I loose by us doing TWO activities a week. I won't drop band; that is such a blessing. The other activity we are doing again is the local homeschool co-op we are doing for another ten week session (six weeks to go).
Updates: GERD is doing better, but I can't have any dairy (besides yogurt/keifer), or grains. I am basically eating lots of veg and fruit, nuts, and a little meat. The bonus is that I've lost some weight, but, the bummer is every time I've tried a little dairy I start getting heartburn, though yogurt (plain greek, Fage and plain keifer) doesn't bother me. Dh made a fantastic clam/Tilapia chowder--that I can't eat...so not fair!
Dh's truck is still not running. He is having a really rough go of it.
Social: Band/ Choir, co-op, Friday was "Girl's Club," Library twice this week, a co-op friend, Michele, came over on Sat. and brought us Buff Orpington chicken eggs, and church/Sunday School on Sunday.
CHICKENS/EGGS:(Buff Orpington)
Thursday, Michele let me borrow her egg incubator that her husband had made about twenty years ago. Then on Sat., she came with the eggs, had a little visit and left. Checking on the eggs and preparing to turn them, before bed, I noticed the eggs were SUPER hot! I looked at the thermostat and it was close to 120 degrees!!! I worked hard to get the temp down, and got Dh to see if he could figure something out. We came to the conclusion the fan was not working. Dh and I drove to the Farm store, no fan...Best Buy...no fan, looked for a Radio Shack--couldn't find it; looked for a second Radio Shack---couldn't find it; went to a Wal-Mart---no fan!!! Dd stayed home to tend to the eggs. We went home and I messed with the eggs until I put just enough ripped paper towels on them that they would stay between 99-101 degrees--good for the night.
Sunday, Michele, called me and told me that I surely over-heated the eggs and she wanted to take the incubator back and have her husband fix it so we could try again. Dd and I are without eggs again; after one night of enjoying the challenge. Hopefully we can try again soon, and have better luck?
Dd is so excited and can't wait to for us to start building a chicken coop with me!! We have LOTS of books and idea's to ponder.
Bible:
Psalm 141: on of my favorite and most used verses: especially this bolded part: As a person who really needs to think before I speak, I rely on this verse often.
I call to you, Lord, come quickly to me;
hear me when I call to you.
2 May my prayer be set before you like incense;
may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice.
3 Set a guard over my mouth, Lord;
keep watch over the door of my lips.
4 Do not let my heart be drawn to what is evil
so that I take part in wicked deeds
along with those who are evildoers;
do not let me eat their delicacies.
5 Let a righteous man strike me—that is a kindness;
let him rebuke me—that is oil on my head.
My head will not refuse it,
for my prayer will still be against the deeds of evildoers.
6 Their rulers will be thrown down from the cliffs,
and the wicked will learn that my words were well spoken.
7 They will say, “As one plows and breaks up the earth,
so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of the grave.”
8 But my eyes are fixed on you, Sovereign Lord;
in you I take refuge—do not give me over to death.
9 Keep me safe from the traps set by evildoers,
from the snares they have laid for me.
10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
while I pass by in safety.
As a person who really needs to think before I speak, I rely on this verse often.
Veritas Press Bible: Gospels
Card 100: Birth of Christ: Matt. 1 & Luke 2: 3 BC: completed
we read both focused chapters with our Bible and Believer's Bible Commentary.
Dd finished her VP Worksheets for this card.
Journey Through The Bible:
pg's 203- 206
(We meant to get back to Do Hard Things this week, but didn't get it fit in...pinning our hopes on next week.)
Monks & Mystics by Mindy and Brandon Withrow:
*Gregory the Great
*How did the Pope Get His Name
*Boniface, The Good News of Christ in Foreign Worlds
(I feel like this series is part of our bible program, though it isn't matching up with history any more.)
Science:
I think this has been another successful week of getting our Science done! So glad!!! It is hard for me to put Science ahead of history, but we've been lop-sided for too long.
Apologia Exploring Creation with General Science by Dr. Jay Wile
General Science Lab Kit
Module 3: How to Analyze and Interpret Experiments: completed!
We finished the Study Summary for Module 3, Test Module 3, and Student Notebook pages completed.
Module 4: Science, Applied Science, and Technology
pg's 83-102
Experiment 4.1: The Lever
A success, will do a post on it.
Experiment 4.5: A Simulation of A Series of Pulleys:
We got all the things ready, but it didn't take long to realize we needed a third person to be able to do this experiment, and we couldn't do it. But, we were able to watch it on YouTube- we watched this one, and recommend it:
General Science Video Instruction - Experiment 4.2
History:
BiblioPlan Companion: Medieval History:
Ch. 7: the Islamic Empire, the Carolingian Empire
pg's 111-131
YouTube:
some video's on Clovis and Attila the Hun
Sonlight Timeline and Maps:
Week 19: completed
Reader: (not SL)
Archers, Alchemists and 98 Other Medieval Jobs You Might Love or Loathe: In Process
pg's 12-23
Reader (SL):
Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver:
Completed
The Kingfisher History Encyclopedia:
pg's 114-115
Favorite Poems, Old and New
pg's 414-17
Exercising:
Four days of 30 minutes for Dd.
Music:
Alto Sax: 30 minutes per day
Choir: 15 minutes per day
Piano: two hours this week, combined
Dd earned, and has been enjoying playing:
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy: Music from the Motion Pictures Arranged for Easy Piano
Shore, Howard
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| Dd's flowers this week |
LINK co-op classes:
Gov't class, with lots of homework, part of the Gov't assignment is trying to memorize Roamns 13:1-2.
Cake Decorating class, with no homework,
and volunteering at the Nursery each week.
Math: Math U See: Algebra I
Lesson 9 A, B, C, D, and test
A good week of math.
Rosetta Stone: French
Twice this week, we are aiming for three lessons per week.
http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/
CNN Student News:
Mon-Fri
Cooking:
Tuesday was Dd's kitchen day. I wasn't feeling well, and thought this was a great opportunity for Dd to get in some good cooking time. She made grilled chicken and steamed broccoli, using a Cook's Kitchen cookbook recipe. She made jello, and has made too many smoothie's to count this week! She made dinner for her and Dh on Thurs, and Fri.---some kind of 'wrap' with hummus, spinach, diced celery and carrots, etc. They both really liked them!
Fun Books:
I've checked out about ten books on chickens, and how to build chicken coops, and Dd is very keen on reading them. She's read more than I have! I better get busy!
Fun Audio:
The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles, Book 2)
Throne of Fire
DVD's:
with our slow week, Dd got to watch some movies---a LOTR, Nim's Island, Avatar: The Last Airbender (and book from the library).
Music of the week: each day.
Clair de Lune by Debussy
Wildlife in our yard:
A Pileated Woodpecker woke me up on Thursday! Right outside my bedroom window, banging on our deck!!! It was great to see him twice on Thursday. I went and got my camera; but was too late. Some of the other birds we saw this week---Wren (only one time), Blue jays, Downy Woodpeckers, Hairy Woodpeckers, Dark-Eyed Junco's, Tufted Titmouse's, Black Capped Chickadee's, and the squirrel's have spread the news to relatives that we have black sunflower seed feeders and suet.
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