Sonlight Core H Week 7A Feb.13-19, 2017 (Puritans & Separatists, Plymouth Colony, Iroquois Confederacy--1600's)

Sonlight Core H Week 7A 

Feb.13-19, 2017 

(Puritans & Separatists, Plymouth Colony, Iroquois Confederacy--1600's)

All the drawings on the black paper are pictures of the Valentine cards that Dd made for us this week.  We really enjoyed our cards!

Hello, Friends!

Our first week back to lessons was a slow one.  Dd never has done well with transitions, so I knew to just keep this week easy and plain basic.  To make matters worse, I started my migraine on Saturday and it grew a bit worse each day until it hit its peak of pain on Thursday.  Friday and Saturday were a bit easier and I seem to be over this battle.  Luckily, I had all Dd's instructions filled in and she just had to follow the sheet on Wednesday and Thursday.  I was able to work with her the other days, even though I had tolerable pain.  I guess eating gluten and all the stress from the trip finally caught up with me this week.  Dd seemed to be feeling fine, though tired this week.  

Our first music lesson for the week was on Monday, at Meyer Music, with the violin teacher.  Things did not go well, not well at all.  The long and short of it is that the teacher was very condescending to Dd.  She mocked how Dd has played for "years" and should have songs that she wants to learn for the violin.  I had to re-state (again) that Dd has only had some lessons this past summer, that ended in September.  Dd is just a beginner!!  Each time Dd would play a note wrong the teacher would make that screechy sound and mock her.  It was painful.  As we walked out, Dd said, "I'm done!" and I couldn't agree more!  We won't be seeing her again!!!!  Then Dd did not want to practice her violin for the rest of the week; so we actually lost ground.  The teacher managed to suck the joy out of playing the violin.  I hope we can find a new teacher that can undo the harm done...sad.

Spring Birds

Can't say how happy we've (Dd and me) been to wake up to hearing the birds singing outside!!!!  Not only that, but we have also heard and seen flocks of Sandhill Cranes flying over our home!  Dd went out to our newly planted bulb garden areas to look for, and find, new green sprouts coming up from the ground!  I know we will have a few more snowy days; it is Michigan after all, but, spring is really knocking on our door!

Garden

Saturday, Dh tilled up some of our raised beds, added some of our aging compost, and planted one section with Swiss Chard.  It is so exciting to think about gardening already!  We need to build more raised beds this spring, to have more space for more veg.

Dd made a new brooder box for the upcoming chicks and ducks.

Chickens and Ducks

Soon it will be time to buy more chickens (to replace the ones that were mysteriously taken by hawk or ?) and this year, Dd really (obsessively) wants a duck or two!  She is spending a lot of her screen time researching duck information and breeds.  It looks like Tractor Supply will have chicks as early as NEXT week?!!  I was thinking it wouldn't be until the first week in March!  I bet get busy figuring things out!

Church

Saturday our church held our Valentine's (catered) Party!  And one of the men in our congregation gave a really great talk on LOVE.  He works for Billy Graham's group that go out to wherever there is conflict, trouble, or weather related disasters and is there to help, in the capacity of being a man of God...not sure what they call this technically, but you get the gist.  He really did an awesome job sharing how Christianity is first, and foremost, about sharing love with everyone!  I couldn't have said it better.  I couldn't fall asleep for a long time that night, as I was so excited at his presentation.  I always think about how love is what Christianity is ALL about, but often don't hear that message through other Christians (often I hear judgments and nit-picking).  I was so glad to hear from another Christian that was on the same page as I am, and not only that, but was publically reminding us all to love each other--no matter what political side you are on, or race, or creed, or anything.  To meet each other with love regardless of the circumstance.  Anyway, I was so blessed to hear his talk! 

 Then on Sunday, we had some guests come to our church to share---one fellow was a former prison inmate that had found the Lord through the efforts of a group that our church is heavily involved in- New Creations Ministries, a prison outreach program.  It was interesting to hear his story of how this group changed his life.  We have a large number of people in our church that are very active in this group.  Then we had a wonderful woman, that periodically visits our church, share a song with us, called: "The Power of Prayer."  She touched a lot of us with her voice.  It was just an awesome weekend for our church!  I'm so blessed to be apart of such a loving, heart-filled church!

Our lessons this week:

Bible:

Dd is reading: Praying for Your Future Husband by Robin Jones Gunn and Tricia Goyer.  She is wanting to host a Girl's Bible Study at our house and is researching this book as a spine.

Bible: Matthew- Chapter 5

Church and Sunday School

Olympians (Wed night group, Volunteer for Games portion)

I'm enjoying a bible study--"Gideon: Your Weakness, God's Strenth" by Priscilla Shirer.  I'm learning a lot!

Math:

Math U See: Geometry, 9A-E

Art:

Dd spends hours drawing each week, but this week Dh and I both received beautiful Valentine's cards from her!

Poetry:

Dd had been sharing how she hasn't been liking "Painless Poetry," but wanted to finish the book.  Well, I finally decided to put a stop to poetry that isn't clicking with her!  I looked through some of my poetry shelves and picked Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - we are getting close to his time period AND he was born (and raised) in Portland, Maine.  I was born just outside of Portland!  I printed up a small booklet of biography on Longfellow to go along with the book I have.  I assigned her to start the biography and read these two poems:

The Wreck of Hesperus

The Village Blacksmith

(which she liked!!! Yay!  Can't have her not finding good poetry in our school!!)

Chores:

No chores this week; except leaf blowing on Saturday.  Dd hurt her back roller skating on Saturday and still can't bend.

Baking:

Dd made Chocolate Chip cookies to bring to the Girl's Night party.

Writing:

Book report for her last Reader: Parcel of Patterns by Jill Paton Walsh

Science: 

Apologia: Physical Science, Module 3

Study to re-take test

History:

BiblioPlan Companion on Early American History:

Ch. 5: The Iroquois Confederacy

Ch. 6: Puritans and Separatists: The Plymouth Colony

George Washington's World by Genevieve Foster

pg's 108-139

Can you see how extra large the one egg in the front row is?  It was crazy large, but still only one yolk.  It is interesting to see how unique some eggs are, and realize that those odd eggs never get sold in stores, only those 'perfect' ones.

Fun Readers: 

LOTS of fun reading this week

Etiquette & Espionage (The Finishing School series) by Gail Carriger

King's Cage (Red Queen series) by Victoria Aveyard

Music Classes/Lessons:

Violin: 1:00 hour lesson

Beginning Band: Tenor Sax 1:30 hour class

Intermediate Band: Alto Sax 1:30 hour class

Piano lesson with Mrs. March: 30 minute lesson

home practicing:

piano: 1:00 hour

alto 2:30 hours

tenor 2:30 hours

violin: 0

flute: 0

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