Chicken Nest Box
July 2016
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| Dh finished up the nest box this week. |
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| Then I put it in the coop. |
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| Then I filled it with clean straw and within 24 hours we had five eggs in it! |
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Monday, July 25, 2016
Chicken Nest Box July 2016
Sonlight Core G Week 31 "B" July 18-23, 2016
Sonlight Core G
Week 31 "B" (31/36)
July 18-23, 2016
92nd Week on this Core...getting close to completing it now!
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| Four chickens in one hole! The rooster is trying to go under the pile! |
Hello Friends!
A very quiet week for us in Michigan. This was my second week with headache's and migraines, which kept our week very quiet. My GERD was horrible this week too. Dd and I both just didn't feel good for most of the week, and we even took a nap on Thursday. We probably needed a stay at home week after so much going this summer.
Homeschooling comments:
When we were at the Sparta parade last week, the people next to us were talking as our homeschooling band came marching up the street.
( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaC1wEenU68&feature=youtu.be)
The mother asked her son if he would want to be homeschooled; and he immediately said, "YES!" Then the mom, in a very ugly tone, says: "No, you wouldn't! You wouldn't have ANY friends!" It was really ugly the way she snapped at him, and then made such an erroneous comment. I wanted to point out that my Dd was there, in the middle of almost 200 kids, many of whom are her "friends" and that her son was standing there all alone! How can people think homeschoolers don't have friends? I guess that is better than saying the truth--which is sometimes all our social things get in the way of our lessons!! I guess it is better they don't know! But, I guess I could also say, that many of our social things are "educational." Either way, it really struck a cord with me, how so many people have so many pre-conceived thoughts about those of us that educate our children at home. I love homeschooling! I love getting to share my day with my Dd! I am so thankful for this wonderful decision we made all those years ago, and don't regret it for a minute--even on the hard days when math isn't clicking!
Africa:
Educationally, this week we focused on AFRICA. Our Story of the World, add-in Reader: Glorious Age in Africa, movie: The Good Lie, and Kingfisher Encyclopedia all focused on Africa during the Middle Ages. I didn't go on to Week 32 so we could stop and visit African history at this point. I *think* Sonlight use to have the Glorious Age in Africa as part of their Core G package. Either way, I've heard many SL'ers mention the importance of this book and wanted to fit it in, especially since we didn't with Core F.
Chickens:
We are working hard on the "Chicken Run." This is a second run that we can open a gate to let them out of their first run, into the bigger (less safe) run. We want free-ranging chickens, but can't really let them go traipsing around while we have neighbors with multiple big dogs; not to mention all the wild-life in our area (barred-owl pair...). This second run won't have a fence above them, but it will only be when we are home and around. The have access to the "safer and smaller" chicken run 24/7.
This was our second week of getting eggs. We had a plastic cube shaped tub in our garage that I put straw in to see if they would use that as a nesting box, and a few hours later there were two eggs in it! I couldn't get the eggs at that time, so I came back about an hour later and the eggs were gone! I wonder if our 'eat-anything' dog happened to find those eggs. Sunday was rainy and predicted to storm all day, so we left the chickens in the coop and small run. When we went in to feed them before bed there were five eggs in the brand new nesting box Dh had just finished building (and I had put in on Saturday). It appears our egg counts are getting higher, and that we need to watch our dog, Sophie's newly acquired esteem for chicken eggs! The new nesting box is very nice!
New Nest Box: Dh completed this week.
So happy the chickens are going to actually use it, as I read many chickens don't like the official types of places to lay their eggs.
OUR LESSONS THIS WEEK:
A very quiet week for us in Michigan. This was my second week with headache's and migraines, which kept our week very quiet. My GERD was horrible this week too. Dd and I both just didn't feel good for most of the week, and we even took a nap on Thursday. We probably needed a stay at home week after so much going this summer.
Homeschooling comments:
When we were at the Sparta parade last week, the people next to us were talking as our homeschooling band came marching up the street.
( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaC1wEenU68&feature=youtu.be)
The mother asked her son if he would want to be homeschooled; and he immediately said, "YES!" Then the mom, in a very ugly tone, says: "No, you wouldn't! You wouldn't have ANY friends!" It was really ugly the way she snapped at him, and then made such an erroneous comment. I wanted to point out that my Dd was there, in the middle of almost 200 kids, many of whom are her "friends" and that her son was standing there all alone! How can people think homeschoolers don't have friends? I guess that is better than saying the truth--which is sometimes all our social things get in the way of our lessons!! I guess it is better they don't know! But, I guess I could also say, that many of our social things are "educational." Either way, it really struck a cord with me, how so many people have so many pre-conceived thoughts about those of us that educate our children at home. I love homeschooling! I love getting to share my day with my Dd! I am so thankful for this wonderful decision we made all those years ago, and don't regret it for a minute--even on the hard days when math isn't clicking!
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| Our garden is doing really great! This is our kohlrabi, but I couldn't digest it this year. Dh enjoyed it though. |
Africa:
Educationally, this week we focused on AFRICA. Our Story of the World, add-in Reader: Glorious Age in Africa, movie: The Good Lie, and Kingfisher Encyclopedia all focused on Africa during the Middle Ages. I didn't go on to Week 32 so we could stop and visit African history at this point. I *think* Sonlight use to have the Glorious Age in Africa as part of their Core G package. Either way, I've heard many SL'ers mention the importance of this book and wanted to fit it in, especially since we didn't with Core F.
Chickens:
We are working hard on the "Chicken Run." This is a second run that we can open a gate to let them out of their first run, into the bigger (less safe) run. We want free-ranging chickens, but can't really let them go traipsing around while we have neighbors with multiple big dogs; not to mention all the wild-life in our area (barred-owl pair...). This second run won't have a fence above them, but it will only be when we are home and around. The have access to the "safer and smaller" chicken run 24/7.
This was our second week of getting eggs. We had a plastic cube shaped tub in our garage that I put straw in to see if they would use that as a nesting box, and a few hours later there were two eggs in it! I couldn't get the eggs at that time, so I came back about an hour later and the eggs were gone! I wonder if our 'eat-anything' dog happened to find those eggs. Sunday was rainy and predicted to storm all day, so we left the chickens in the coop and small run. When we went in to feed them before bed there were five eggs in the brand new nesting box Dh had just finished building (and I had put in on Saturday). It appears our egg counts are getting higher, and that we need to watch our dog, Sophie's newly acquired esteem for chicken eggs! The new nesting box is very nice!
New Nest Box: Dh completed this week.
So happy the chickens are going to actually use it, as I read many chickens don't like the official types of places to lay their eggs.
OUR LESSONS THIS WEEK:
Bible:
Veritas Press: Gospels (5 hours)
Veritas Press: Gospels (5 hours)
I haven't reviewed our bible program lately-so here is a link if you are interested in the Veritas Press Bible Program.
Card 119: Completed
Jesus and the Young Ruler
We read the story of when Jesus talked to a rich young man that wanted to know how he could go to heaven. The rich man held his riches above the love for his neighbors, and couldn't bare to give away his riches to follow Jesus. We read the same story, in three Gospels, and compared them.
*Matthew 19:16-30
*Mark 10:17-31
*Luke 18:18-30
*Dd completed the worksheets
Journey Through the Bible: pg 297
Do Hard Things by Alex and Brett Harris: Completed
Well, we finished our third reading of this book. I really recommend this book, that encourages teens to expect more from themselves than they are now. I have to admit, each time I read this I feel the same push for me to work harder and do more. For our last time through, I made this book stretch out as much as I could.
Library: 1X
Physical Education:
Swimming: 3x (4 hours)
Workout: Leslie Sansone: (20 min)
Math: (5 hours)
Teaching Textbooks, Algebra I:
Teaching Textbooks, Algebra I:
Lesson 46, Test, 47, 48, and re-do of parts of 48
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| The chickens were not too excited with all our hole digging and post planting going on! |
Foreign Languages:
Rosetta Stone: French
75 minutes (1:15 hours)
Sign Language:
Review this week, 1-9
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| After putting in all our lines for the addition to the chicken run, we changed our minds! It is going to be smaller up on the grass, but go behind the out-building so the chickens get more running space. |
Sonlight History:
Kingfisher Encyclopedia of History:
210-211, 212, 220-221, 222
Story of the World: Middle Ages:
Ch. 33 & 34
Favorite Poems Old and New
444-446
Sonlight Reader:
Leonardo da Vinci by Emily Hahn: Completed
History Add-In: (4 hours)
A Glorious Age in Africa by Danial Chu
History Add-In: (120 min)
The Good Lie (PG-13 DVD): This is a movie about the story of a few of the Sudanese "Lost Boys." The group eventually came to the US (Kansas City). It was very interesting to see how the group must have lived in Africa, and how odd their transition would be coming to the U.S. I should mention there was one scene, after the group had grown up and were adults, one smoked pot. I don't know if youngers would catch that scene or not, but wanted to mention it. Half way through the movie, Reese Witherspoon, does say a few cuss words. All-in-all, it was a good story and good movie.
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| Remember a few weeks ago, we put these vines in water to watch the root hairs grow? Here is an update on how that experiment is going! |
Science:
Apologia General Science:
Module 11: The Human Body: Completed (6 hours)
*What a great chapter! I know I had so much fun re-learning all this information. Dd passed her test perfectly, except she said "bacteria" instead of "pathogenic bacteria." I pulled in some of my science add-in books to go a bit deeper. Our How Your Body Works book has a good section on goosebumps and your epidermis, dermis, and hypodermis.
Student Notebook for Apologia General Science: Completed pages that coincide with her text book.
(I really think adding the Student Notebook forces the student to mentally process the information.)
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| Experiment 11.1 results...a chicken bone in a jar of vinegar turns the hard bone to rubber! |
YouTube:
We spent 45 minutes looking up video's on CELLS. There are some really good video's available.
Bill Nye's: Human Body: Skin : Completed
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| Digging holes for the additional chicken run - in process. |
Music:
Another "Instrument Fitting" class was held on Monday, and we drove up for it--2 hours--of Dd getting to try various instruments. This time there were ORCHESTRA instruments! Dd got to try the cello, violin, base, flute x 2, tenor sax, oboe, clarinet (1 hr of playing there).
Marching Band class:
9:30-11 (1:30 hours)
Private Baritone (Mrs.March) lesson: 30 min
Private Violin (Mrs. Reed) lesson: 30 min
Practice times:
violin: 2 hours
piano: 2 hours
sax: 3:30 hours
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| Digging holes for the additional chicken run - in process. |
Dd made Egg Salad for us this week.
I bought a dehydrator, and Dd picked many herbs out of her garden and dehydrated the herbs, then put them in ziplock baggies. Herbs: Chamomile, Basil, Oregano, Catnip, and Sage.
Dd made a poster, on the computer, of her favorite Hobbit poem, "Not all Who Wander are Lost."
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| Dd playing the cello at the Instrument Fitting on Monday. She likes the cello best, but she owns a violin and has to be content with that...for a while at least! |
Fun Books:
Infinite Sea by Rick Yancey
and another Hardy Boys book
Infinite Sea by Rick Yancey
and another Hardy Boys book
(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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