Sonlight Core H
Week 7B
Feb. 20-26, 2017
(Time 1600's)
Baby Chickens:
We had a good week, and a step closer to getting back into our rhythm after our trip to Italy. Our biggest thing this week....baby chickens! Yep, Tractor Supply received their baby chicks a few weeks early and Dd couldn't wait any longer. In truth, she is really wanting baby ducks and we went there with that as our primary goal, but they hadn't received the ducks in yet. So, we keep going back every few days to see if the ducks have come in, and they still haven't arrived. This year we bought six Tetra Brown girls and six Amber Brown girls. They are super cute and are growing SO fast!
Tractor Supply--the chicks are arriving, but the ducks haven't arrived yet. |
House work:
We have been working hard on cutting down some scrub trees in our 'front yard.' Eventually, we will plant some White Pine, apple tress, and blueberry bushes in that (now) open area.
We have been working hard on cutting down some scrub trees in our 'front yard.' Eventually, we will plant some White Pine, apple tress, and blueberry bushes in that (now) open area.
Carhart sale:
This weekend we made another stop into Tractor Supply to check for ducks, and happened to walk in on their 50% off their discounted Carhart coats! Now maybe Dd will go collect eggs in her new Carhart and not in her new church coats! She's all set now for taking care of our critters in snowy Michigan!
I don't know who is the most excited about the new chicks....Sophie, our dog might win this one! |
Violin update:
I don't remember if I shared our problems with our violin teacher in Grand Rapids, but we decided to call and ask to switch teachers. We were scheduled to start up with our new woman on Monday, but we got a phone call on Monday morning that she was out of town. I had Dd practice her violin as we waited for our new class next week.
Dd at our church's Strings Group. The young lady behind the music stand is Dd's violin friend. |
Speaking of Violin and the Strings Group:
Dd's best friend at church plays the violin for her public school orchestra and is more advanced than Dd. We've had her over to practice with Dd and share a pizza. She helped Dd with her 'intonation' and shared a few tricks. It was nice for Dd to have this friend over, she is a really sweet young lady. After pizza I took both girls to the "Strings Group" on Thursday night for practice. The Strings Group played the church's' Valentine's party, but Dd had missed the new material when we were traveling and so didn't play with them. Hopefully when the group plays next, at a Sunday morning service, Dd will also play. Dd has been learning to play the guitar with this group, but one of the women in the group has an extra ukelele and Dd asked to try it.
Not many people came to Strings Group was few this week, a flu bug has been going around this week. Some public schools actually canceled classes for two days this week due to the bug hitting people so hard. |
Band:
Dd moved up a chair in her Intermediate Band, playing her Alto Sax. This week the girl behind her has challenged her to get her old chair back....I hope Dd can keep her spot, but we'll have to wait and see! The chair tests are really good for giving the students reasons for practicing often. Dd is "first chair" in Beginning Band (Tenor Sax), and she hasn't had anyone challenging her, so her hours practicing that instrument is less than her Alto.
Our lessons this Week:
Bible:
Church and Sunday School on Sundays
I had been looking for: "How the Bible Came To Us" by Meryl Doney for a long time, and finally found it used for $3.00! So we started this book for our together bible time this week.
Dd has been working on a devotion by herself, and is thinking about doing this as a group, teen girls group/bible study at our home---perhaps in the summer.
Praying for Your Future Husband: Preparing Your Heart for His by Robin Jones Gunn
(she is really liking it, and wants me to buy her a copy so she can return this one to the library!)
Art: 10 hours
Dd has been doing some really nice watercolors of women in dresses. Her goal is to try and get the texture of the dresses. She easily spent ten hours on her drawings and watercoloring this week.
Read Aloud:
The Ravenmster's Secret: Escape From The Tower of London by Elvira Woodruff
Set in London, England in 1735...good reading!
Dd putting the new chicks in our box. Tractor Supply crams 12 chicks in that tiny box to keep them warm while in transit. |
Read Aloud:
BiblioPlan Companion Early Modern History -
Ch. 7: New Netherland; the Thirty Years' War : Completed
Ch. 8: The Puritan Migration; the English Civil War : In Process
Geography:
BiblioPlan Advanced Mapping:
Week 5 New France
Week 6: Pilgrims Plymouth Colony
Week 7: The Voyages of Hudson
Week 7A: Thirty Years War
Sonlight Week 7 Timeline and Mapping: Completed
Dd designed a window in the side of the brooder, and upgrade from last years box! |
Science:
Apologia: Physical Science:
Module 3: Completed
Last week she re-studied this material and this week she took a warm-up test and then the final test to pass.
Math:
Math U See: Geometry
Correct incorrect problems from Lesson 9 on Monday
10 A-E
Writing:
IEW SWI-B
Lesson 14: Completed
Brain Inventory
Audio:
Story of the World, Early Modern
Independent Work:
Reader 1: In Process
George Washington's World by Foster:
pg 140-160
Reader 2: In Process
Stowaway by Karen Hesse
Our high stress home! I was reading aloud to Dd and when I saw how cute everyone was being, I decided to snap a pix. |
Poetry:
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
reading a mini-biography and these two poems this week:
Excelsior
Mezzo Cammin
Volunteer:
Olympians, Games 1:30 hours on Wednesday nights
Music Practice:
Flute: 30 minutes
Tenor: 2:30 hours
Alto: 4:00 hours
Piano: 1:30 hours
Violin: 2:00 hours
Music Classes:
Wednesday Dd had Begining Band class: 1:30 hours (Tenor Sax)
Intermediate Band class: 1:30 hours (Alto Sax)
Piano Lesson with Mrs. March: 30 minutes
Strings Group: 1:10 hours (guitar)
All twelve in the box. This years box is smaller than last years. |
Home Economics:
Cous-Cous
Cous-Cous
Chicken and Cat Care
Kitchen - Dishes
Vacuuming and Laundry
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