SL Core H Week 24 B Aug 20-26, 2017

SL Core H Week 24 B 

Aug 20-26, 2017 

Solar Eclipse, Garden Pests, Sleep Over, & Strings Group

Hello Friends!

Some weeks I manage to find a somewhat balance between fitting in our lessons with everything else we try to juggle, but this week Dd had to do most of her lessons without me.  I know all the homeschooling books share how we are supposed to treat our homeschooling as my "full-time job," but sometimes our lessons, laundry, shopping, cooking, cleaning, garden work, chicken work, church gatherings, paying bills, doctor appointments, ETC. get the better of me.  I do wonder if other homeschool mom's also have difficulty trying to 'fit it ALL in,' like I do?!  Some times people seem more willing to share their successes more than their difficulties---unfortunately!  We (I) certainly do struggle and feel like I have way too many balls in the air.  Perhaps more homeschooling fathers get home earlier or are able to do more to contribute than our particular situation, but my Dh has his hands beyond full with his job.  

The view finder box Dd made to watch the eclipse

Solar Eclipse:
Dd made herself a viewfinder box to see the eclipse.  We had a LOT of clouds, so it wasn't fantastic, but it was a fun experience!

Agnes, the ever-so-cute kitty that ate my camera cord, so I couldn't post pictures for 3 weeks!!!  I had to buy a new one, so we are back in business.  She looks cute and innocent!  But, boy is she a quiet ninja!

Church Picnic:

Sunday, after church and Sunday School was our annual church picnic at a pretty lake.  Normally you'd think a church picnic would be awesome, but when your GF (gluten free) it is not a food event anymore, but a social one.  I have to give up on getting a good meal and switch my focus to getting to chat with friends.  There is only one other woman in our church who has food issues, but she doesn't come to most social events.  It was really nice being outside and sharing good fellowship, and this year, unlike last year, we found the remote spot without too much difficulty!

Girl's Club Pool Party:

Dd went to another fun Girl's Party!  They swam, ate, and had a fun afternoon together!

Monarch Butterfly:

Remember the mass of caterpillars we found on the local Milkweed plants?  The brown moths have made their chrysalis's in the Milkweed leaves!  Then there were the two Monarch caterpillars we found in Indiana, on a hide with our friends the "L" family.  Their caterpillar went into a chrysalis and hatched days before ours did.  This week our  Monarch chrysalis hatched into a beautiful Monarch butterfly!  We fed her and let her go!  I'll never get tired of watching that cycle!

Fall Cleaning:

Dd had invited a few friends over to spend the night on Friday, but only one was actually able to attend.  We also have Giz and Grampy coming in a week, so I wanted to get some of my Fall Cleaning done.  The weather took a major dive this week, not even getting into the 70's some days, which actually was perfect cleaning weather!  Tuesday and Wednesday, Dd and I cleaned for most of the day.  She had a lot of tidying to do in her room and was able to find her floor again!!  

Garden: Broccoli Worms and Cabbage Worms

I guess last week, while I was being a lump mourning Sophie, some Broccoli & Cabbage worms got a foothold in my garden.  Boy, when I noticed them on Tuesday I had a mountain to climb in getting all those critters off before they killed my plants.  I spent hours picking hundreds of worms off all my plants, hidden in between and under the leaves.  The good part of this week, in the garden, was that all the Hook caterpillars that had been attacking our tomato plants seem to have been mostly taken down!  I spent hours in the garden trying to rescue what I could this week.  Even the Kale leaves had worms on them, I had to just pick some of the worse leaves off and give those to the chickens.  I think things are looking up for the garden now that I have killed all those worms, but boy that was a mess!  I also planted some fall lettuce and kale that should do well in this cooler weather.

Chickens & Ducks: 

Nothing major to share this week.  Clementine, one of my Amber White chickens, keeps getting out of their long run and 'free-ranging.'  I am worried about her.  It is only a matter of time before a predator finds her while she is out and something bad happens...remember my super sweet "Toes," well, she had the same habit of getting out of the coop at any opportunity and she just disappeared one day.  I'm trying to find out how she is doing it.  Zeus, our rooster, actually took M-Th off from trying to attack me, but then on Fri he thought about it and luckily decided against a full blown charge.  He has this weird 'jig' he does as he works his way closer to me -- it's really odd!

George Foreman Grills:

About three weeks ago, at a local thrift store, Dd found and bought a large George Foreman grill.  She has been loving making fish and sandwiches in it.  At the shop, she decided to get the larger of the two grills they had for sale and regretted not getting both of them at the time.  This week we went back to the shop and the small grill was still there!  Plus, she got it for .75 cents!  It was on sale!  She is doing so well on her cooking and baking.  She made special brownies for her friend coming over too.  I found some valance curtains that were made of a great fabric (all cotton) and a cool design for $1.00---I'm going to try to turn those into covers for my sofa sections that need to be replaced.  But, then the store accidentally charged me $3.00 for a paperback book that was supposed to be .50 cents; so they aren't a perfect shop!  Ouch!

Strings Group:

Thursday nights at church Strings Group met again this week.  We are practicing four new songs to do at church in a few weeks.  Dd and I aren't familiar with these old hymns, but we are learning!  Dd is really enjoying learning to play her ukulele better and has been practicing on it for fun.

Sleep Over:

We picked up Dd's friend on Friday.  They seemed to have a great time--if loud laughing was a signal of fun!  They watched High School Musical together.  The friend had never seen it and Dd wanted to introduce her to the series.  When Dd spent the night at her house, a few weeks ago, she watched a Barbie movie that she had never seen.  They are trying to expose the other to their favorite old movies.  



Canning Has Begun!
We canned the beets that we found for free at a yard sale.  These beets tasted really great, so pleased!!

Dd's academic advances for the week:

The bummer with canning beets was that it seemed like we were throwing out (to the chickens) half of the beet before they got into the jars!

Bible:

We are using my new "NIV Integrated Study Bible" A new chronological approach for exploring scripture" to compare each story with how it is told in each of the gospels---very interesting!


  
This week we read:

John 2:13-22, Matt. 21:12-15, Mark 11:15-19, Luke 19: 45-46

John 2: 13-22, Matt 21: 12-15, John 2: 23-3:11

Mark 11: 15-19, Luke 19: 45-46, John 3:12-4:12, John 4:13-42

Church, Sunday School, Stings Group, and picnic

SL Bible:

Daring to Live On The Edge by Loreen Cunningham:

Ch. 1 & 2
Goodreads Summary:
"Loren Cunningham's dream began with a vision--waves of young people moving out across the continents announcing the Good News of Jesus Christ. Decades later, Loren's vision has grown into an interdenominational movement of Christians from around the world who are dedicated to presenting the gospel to this generation. Loren speaks and teaches internationally, and his missionary travels have taken him to every nation on earth. Loren Cunningham illustrates that trusting God in every area, including finances, is not just for those Christians called into "full-time" ministry. Every Christian, regardless of vocation, can enter into the adventure of living by faith by firmly committing to obey God's will. A Christian who has experienced God's provision will be spoiled for the ordinary.

Art:

Since Dd has been taking August mostly off from music, she has been doing LOTS of drawing and painting.  It would be a safe guess to say she's spent over 10 hours this week on her art.

Physical Education:

Swimming (pool party) 2 hours

DVD workout: 2 miles

Math:

UGH.

We spent another week on Lesson 16, Math U See, Geometry.  I've been breaking down what we need to learn and doing one formula per day.  The video showed how to do 2 Surface Area problems, but the Student Workbook asked her to know how to do 4-5 different shapes that Demme didn't show us how to do!!!!  So, I've been doing a lot of internet searches on each problem, trying to figure out the formula on our own.  Man, this is way too much work - the program should show us how to do the problems he asks her to do, right?!!!!

Khan Academy MATH:

Dd continues to do her KA math lessons: 4 x this week

KA is an excellent (free) source to fill in gaps in our education (I use it too!)

Go to KhanAcademy.org to see it for yourself!

Science:
Apologia Physical Science:

Module 9: An Into to the Physics of Motion: Completed

History:

BiblioPlan Early Modern Companion

Although we have already read this chapter, focusing on Church History, I've decided to re-read it again to help us remember these details better.

Pg's 200-210

We had to cut down a few trees to make way for the upcoming clothes-line poles!  Always fun to chain saw!

Abraham Lincoln's World by Foster

Pg's 278-306

SL Reader:

The Good Master by Kate Seredy

The Good Master, a Newbury Honor book written in 1935, is set in the Hungarian countryside in the early 1930s.  Jancsi is overjoyed to hear that his cousin from Budapest is coming to spend the summer on his father's ranch on the Hungarian plains. But their summer proves more adventurous than he had hoped when headstrong Kate arrives, as together they share horseback races across the plains, country fairs and festivals, and a dangerous run-in with the gypsies.

We are slowly growing a wall of green beans!

Add In Read Aloud:
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

Dd asked to make this our new RA--She has already read it once or twice, but I've never read it before. 
GoodReads Summary:
Introducing one of the most famous characters in literature, Jean Valjean—the noble peasant imprisoned for stealing a loaf of bread—Les Misérables ranks among the greatest novels of all time. In it, Victor Hugo takes readers deep into the Parisian underworld, immerses them in a battle between good and evil, and carries them to the barricades during the uprising of 1832 with a breathtaking realism that is unsurpassed in modern prose. Within his dramatic story are themes that capture the intellect and the emotions: crime and punishment, the relentless persecution of Valjean by Inspector Javert, the desperation of the prostitute Fantine, the amorality of the rogue Thénardier, and the universal desire to escape the prisons of our own minds. Les Misérables gave Victor Hugo a canvas upon which he portrayed his criticism of the French political and judicial systems, but the portrait that resulted is larger than life, epic in scope—an extravagant spectacle that dazzles the senses even as it touches the heart.

Poetry:

Dd is trying to memorize:
The Highwayman 

Our tomato plants have taken over!  They are just a huge, tall mass of green!

The Harp and  Laurel Leaf:

Rhythm of Poetry (Pg 288-291)

 Shakespeare read portions of Henry V (Pg 151) and

Macbeth (pg 153)

Washington on His Appt. as Commander In Chief (pg 130)

Latin:

Word Roots:

Pg's 84-86

Grammar:

Easy Grammar, Plus

Pg's 321, 333, 337, 341

Foreign Language:

DuoLingo: German

4 session of 30 minutes (2 hours)

Khan Academy SAT Prep:

2 sessions this week

Music:

Ukulele: 2:30 hours

Violin: 10 min

Viola: 30 min

I can't believe I found this book at a Goodwill in Indiana.  This is one of the last things my dad had bought for me, for a Christmas gift, back around 1978-1980.  SO happy to own it again!  What a gift!

Home Economics:

Chores, cooking, baking, cleaning

8:00 hours this week 

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