Fleur de Lis Homeschool Blog: Nov 14, 2016

Monday, November 14, 2016

Sonlight Core H Week 2C November 7-12, 2016

Sonlight Core H

Week 2 "C"

November 7-12, 2016

Our chickens: 1 cockerel Buff Orpington, 4 hen Buff Orpingtons, 10 Black Star/Black Sex Links.

Hello Friends!
Another good week of homeschooling, enjoying nature, growing closer to the Lord, and reading good books!

When I open the ramp each morning, the chickens are in a massive panic to see how fast they can get out! It is really fun to watch this mad dash for the exit!

This was more of an academic week for us, at least it started out that way! Dh and Dd left on Friday for our old farm in southern Indiana.

The single greatest delight this week was my bird feeders, the sunflower seeds brought all the various bird species back to my yard. I didn't realize just how much I was missing my feathered friends! Fairly inexpensive therapy... This is a Downy Woodpecker on my feeder.

Hunting Season:

Opening Day for gun season started on Saturday morning. I decided to stay home alone for the first excursion and catch up on billing, filling, and unpacking. We still have so many boxes still to unpack, and it is amazing how true the old saying, "out of sight, out of mind" is really true. I've unpacked things I've had my whole life and hadn't thought of them once since I packed them, almost three years ago! Hunting has gone well for Dh and his hunting buddy; they both were successful. Dh got a 12 point large buck that looks like it should feed us for a long time! Dd has reading, IEW writing, and music assignments while there.

Dh has seen 4-5 BOBCATS on our property this visit! How unusual! They have seen them each time out. Apparently the bobcats are there to stay and have a home set up close.

Male Downy Woodpecker (see his red head?)

Unpacking Boxes...still!

I've gotten quite a few boxes unpacked over the weekend, and got our boxes of files actually unpacked and pack in the file cabinets! We've been here for a year and four months, and still have so much to do! I'm glad to make progress with our boxes this week, though I am missing Dh and Dd. Sophie, Agnes, and the chickens have kept me company during their trip. The other major accomplishment is that I have been hanging up photo's and things on our walls! It has started to look like 'my' home now, with way too much clutter! My nest is coming together!

Red-Bellied Woodpecker in the feeder that Dh and Dd made for me, for Christmas, 3 years ago.

Quilt:

Giz bought batting and fabric to go along with some lovely material Dd found at a yard sale and they are working on making a quilt this weekend, and part of next week. The fabric Dd found reminds us both of our friend, Heather L., and can't wait to show her how it turns out. I'm glad Giz and Dd are having a fun project to work on together during this trip.

The female Buff Orpington's are always the last out of the coop each morning.

Chicken Coop:

After Giz and Grampy left on Monday, Dd needed the morning to get over her sadness, so I worked on adding insulation to the top of the chicken coop. Luckily we had a lot of left over insulation, both the strayfoam boards and the pink 'proper' insulation. I spent a few hours and got all of it above the coop; and hope the effort will help the chickens stay toasty this winter.

It is humorous to even myself, that although I have finished the chicken extension, I am still letting the chickens free range while the pickings are still good. Soon they will be locked in their little coop and wishing for long walks foraging.

Blue Jay

Our lessons this week:

Bible: (6 hours)

Veritas Press: Gospels: COMPLETED!

Card 125:

Card 126:

Card 127: The Great Commission, Matt 28: 18-20 (read with Bible and Believer's Bible Commentary)

Card 128: The Ascension: Luke 24: 50-53 and Acts 1:9-11 (read with Bible and Believer's Bible Commentary)

Journey Through the Bible:

pg 342-343

Survey of the Bible:

pg 173

Dd had all the student notebook pages to finish up for all the cards, and having completed that, we have completed this bible study. After doing Veritas Press' Bible for, probably three years now, we are going to move on to something else. We will do the Sonlight Bible assignments, and I'm reading some Bob Jones high school bible books I bought used. I'll keep you posted as to what we do next.

Church and Sunday School with Giz and Grampy in Indiana (I decided to stay home this week from our home church, and wait until the political discussions are mostly over, as I can't take any more politics!!!!)

(2 hours)

History: (2 hours)

Mystery of History: Vol. 3: audio

we started this audio over again, and re-listened to what we had heard to make sure we got it down right.

Lesson 1: The Wars of the Roses (1455-1522)

Lesson 2: Cosimo de' Medici and the Rise of the Italian Renaissance (1464)

Lesson 3: Ferdinand, Isabella, and the Spanish Inquisition (1469)

Lesson 4: Ivan the Great (1480)

Lesson 5: Dias and da Gama Round the Cape of Good Hope (1487, 1497)

Lesson 6: Lorenzo the Magnificent (1492)

Lesson 7: Christopher Columbus Sails to an "Other World" (1492)

Lesson 8: The Return of Cristobal Colon (1493-1502)

Sonlight Reader: (4:00 hours)

The Iron Peacock by Mary Stetson Clarke: Completed

Sonlight's summary:

Joanna Sprague's life is upended when her father dies on the voyage that was to take them to a new life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony (1628–1691) . Poor and alone, 16-year-old Joanna must summon uncommon courage to survive life as a bond servant in a strange new world. An unforgettable, captivating story.

Great for ages 12 - 14.

My Add-In Read Aloud: (history RA's: 15 hours)

The Hawk That Dare Not Hunt By Day by Scott O'Dell: in process, 3 chapters left!
Amid political turmoil and threats of plague, young Tom Barton accepts the risks of helping William Tyndale publish and smuggle into England the Bible he has translated into English.
William Tyndale,1492- 1536,
This story tells the story of William Tyndale, who was an English scholar who became a leading figure in Protestant reform in the years leading up to his execution. He is well known for his translation of the Bible into English.

(Read Aloud) BiblioPlan Companion:

Chapter 28: The Renaissance In Art: completed

good chapter!!!

Tufted Titmouse

Math: 3 hours

Khan Academy

This is a Red-Breasted Nuthatch. We more commonly see the White-Breasted Nuthatch, so seeing these birds has been a treat; and there sure has been a lot of them.

Foreign Language:
DuoLingo: German: 30 minutes