Sonlight Core H
Week 1"D"
Oct. 17-23, 2016
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| Going for walks with our friends visiting from Indiana! Two of the guests are behind the camera. We had a very special week! |
Hello Friends!
We had a very special week, our friends from Indiana drove up to visit with us in our new home in Michigan! They arrived on Wednesday and had to go back home on Saturday after lunch; so we had a good visit. So, we didn't get a lot of book work done this week; but did have a lot of fun!
Our Lessons this Week:
Bible: (total 4 hours)
Veritas Press: Gospels: Card 125:
Crucification, Resurrections, and Ascension of Christ: in process
Matthew: Chapters: 27 & 28
Mark: Chapters: 15 & 16
The BBC Manuel: pages: 16-23
Don’t All Religions Lead to God? Chapters 3 & 4
Courage and Conviction Vol.3: pages 11-47
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| View before our driveway...the fall colors were fantastic this week! |
History: (total 3 hours)
Story Of The World: Early Modern Times:Intro, Chapter 1 and Chapter 2
BiblioPlan Companion: Chapter 27: The Protestant Reformation: completed
SL Mapping for Week 1: completed (timeline to go)
BiblioPlan Advanced Mapping: Week 26: The Cradle of Renaissance
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| Agnes, being ever so sweet snuggled up in my fleece! |
Foreign Language: (total 1:40)
Sign Language: 3x this week (1:20 hours)
DuoLingo:German: 20 minutes
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| Our friends had fun with our chickens! |
Math: (total 3:00 hours)
Khan Academy: 3 x this week
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| The mornings are getting so chilly the bee's are having trouble getting started each day! |
NEW! Apologia: Physical Science:
Text: pages: 1-14
Student Notebook: pages 11-15
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| We had two Walking Sticks on our blackberry bushes. |
Audio: (total 2:40 min)
God's Smuggler: (2 x this week): In Process
Ranger's Apprentice: Siege of Macindaw by John A. Flanagan: In Process
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| I'm letting the chickens out as much as possible before the cold and snowy weather arrives. |
Readers: (5:00 hours)
Sonlight: Murder for Her Majesty by Beth Hilgartner: In Process
Read Aloud:
(audio: God's Smuggler)
Poetry: (1:00 hour)
Painless Poetry by Francis McPake
pg: 34-40
FUN Readers: (total 7:00 hours)
Last Star: in process
Deception's Princess by Esther Friesner: in process
Deception's Princess by Esther Friesner: in process
Doomed Queen Anne by Carolyn Meyer: in process
Cleopatra in Space by Mike Maihack: completed
Riptide Pride by Brandon Terrell: completed
Home Economics: (total: 7:00)
Cleaning/Organizing her bedroom: 3:00 hours
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| Dd made a guitar strap with some fabric we had handy. |
Sewed Guitar Strap for her guitar: 2:00
Chicken/Rice/Pea stir fry: 1:00
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| I think the kids had a great time with the bonfire. |
Started bonfire, grilled hot dogs and marshmallows: 1:00
Music: (total 10:30)
Beginning Band Class: 1:30 hours
Intermediate Band Class: 1:30 hours
Private Lesson with Mrs. March (Piano): 30 minutes
Workbook: Fundamentals of Piano Theory: Lesson 12 completed (1:30 hours)
Violin: 30 minutes
Tenor Sax: 1:15
Alto Sax: 1:30
Piano: 1:35 hours
Flute: : 45 minutes
Physical Education: 6:00
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| We took the kids on a walk around and found a deer that had been hit by a car---instead of showing you a picture of the deer, I thought the view of us being absorbed in the sight and smell of the deer was interesting....oy! was that smelly! |
Soccer, leaf fighting, sword fighting, etc: 3:00 hours
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| It was so much fun walking on our property with our friends! |
Hiking/walking: 3:00 hours
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| Downtown library...such a gorgeous building! The kids got complemented on how quiet they were...nice! |
Field Trips:
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| My friend was impressed with this Butternut Squash at Heidi's Farm Stand. |
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| Another view of Heidi's Farm Stand |
Our local library, Grand Rapids Library, Ford Stadium--Detroit Lions football game, local stores and ice cream place (with gluten free cones and ice cream!)...
Monday: Lessons and Cleaning/Prepping for our visitors!
Tuesday: Lessons and Cleaning/Prepping for our visitors!
Wednesday: Lessons and Cleaning/Prepping for our visitors! Then our friends arrived! Dd made them a Jasmine Rice, Peas, and Chicken dinner. We took the week off from our Olympians at church to host our friends.
Thursday: We showed our friends our local highlights--the paddle boat on the river, the local library, we walked down Main Street and went into some fun stores. Ice Cream shop--bought lots of deer apples and made an apple crisp.
Friday: We took our friends downtown to see Grand Rapids, the highlight was probably the downtown library that is a sight to see! So much marble and grandeur, plus so many books for kids and teens! Then we had a cook-out at our house. We got a little bonfire going and roasted hot dogs and marshmallows. Disco Night.
Saturday: We all loaded in the van and went to the downtown library for their book sale. Then back home for pizza and packing up.
Sunday: Football Game! Dd and Dh went to Detroit and enjoyed watching the football game; and the Lions won too! Dd and Dh had a great time together!
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| Sophie was exhausted after all the fun she had with our visitors...now to rest up! |
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