Sonlight Core G Week 4 Nov. 3-7,2014

Sonlight Core G Week 4 Nov. 3-7,2014

These weeks are just flying by!  We spent last week painting our house in Indiana, and returned to Michigan on Sunday totally wiped out.  Our house that is for sale is back on the market after two weeks off.  We made some improvements to our house.  We painted a lot of walls and molding, and rearranged our furniture.  Our realtor suggested we combine the furniture we left into a few 'full' rooms, and leave the other rooms completely empty.  I am generally not an unmotivated person, but Monday and Tuesday I could not get myself going!  We had used up all our energy the week before, and had nothing left!  So, we picked up our crochet needles, turned on the tv, and our audio (not at the same time), and sat, sat, sat!  By Wednesday we were back to our normal selves, and primed to start back on our lessons.  So, this was a short week for us --regarding getting our work done.  We did do a great job on making things!!  I put a post, after this post, with pictures of the things we made this week--at least SOME of what we did.

Here is our summary:

Bible: Book of Jonah

 

Veritas Chronicles through Malachi Enhanced SET--Enhanced CD and Cards (Bible)

2004

Veritas Press: Chronicles Through Malachi

Card 72: completed

Jonah and the Great Fish

Worksheets completed

Survey of the Bible: A Treasury of Bible Information

Survey of the Bible pg. 233-235

Believer's Bible Commentary   [BELIEVERS BIBLE COMMENTARY -SS] [Hardcover]

We read the Book of Jonah with our Bible and our Believer's Bible Commentary

NIV Archaeological Study Bible: An Illustrated Walk Through Biblical History and Culture

Archaeological Study Bible:
*Archaeological Sites: Joppa

*Cultural and Historical Notes: Seafaring in the Ancient World

*The Historicity of the Book of Jonah

CU:International Children's Bible Field Guide: Answering Kids' Questions from Genesis to Revelation

Children's Bible Field Guide: Ch. 4: Completed

Math:

Math U See: Pre-Algebra

Lesson 13 A, B, C

JILL'S RED BAG (RARE COLLECTOR'S SERIES)

Lamplighter Book: Completed

This company, "Lamplighter", has spent years re-printing books that have gone out of print, but were top sellers years ago (some from the 1800's).  These books are all similar in that they all are promoting Christianity, and are all above average, quality books!!  These are hand chosen books that are incredible.  I can't recommend any collection of books more than these gems!  

We finished: Jill's Red Bag by Amy Leuvre.  

This book is about Jill, a young girl who brings all those around her to the Lord.  Her "red bag" is the collection bag for her 'tenth'; her tithe.  She innocently asks all the people (young and old) to help her fill her bag.  She is wanting to use the tithe to build a Missionary Building in a neighboring town, to serve the people there.  She is aided by her younger brother, Jack (yes, they are "Jack and Jill"), and their younger sister (with a lisp), "Bumps".  The youngest, Bumps, is the comic relief of the book!  I laughed a lot throughout the pages that Bumps entered.  The three children change all those around them, as they show all the "Golden Path".  

Nature Hike:

Dd went on a nature hike in the woods beside our apartment.  Here are some of her pictures:

Current Events: 
Every weekday!
I always forget to document this; but we watch the ten minute video on CNN Student News each morning.  I really am so glad we found out about this site while doing Core F; it is really great. http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/

Language Arts:

All About Spelling 6

Step 18- in process

IEW's Fix- It (Frog Prince):

Week 18: completed

Daily Grams 7:

Completed pages: 155, 156, 157

Audio:

The Burning Bridge (The Ranger's Apprentice, Book 2)

Jun 26, 2007

by John A. Flanagan

Ranger's Apprentice: The Burning Bridge: completed!!  Dd is totally loving this series!  She has already begged her grandmother, "Giz' to make her a full length cape (with hood) as her Christmas gift.  Giz made her 2 previous capes, but they were shorter--stopped around her thighs.  The Rangers, in Ranger's Apprentice wear capes.  She'd like the 'oak pin' that they wear as well!  I have to admit, I enjoyed listening as well.

Amazon's comment on the book (this is a big series, but the review is just for this book):
The international bestselling series with over 5 million copies sold in the U.S. alone!

For years, the Kingdom of Araluen has prospered, with the evil lord Morgarath safely behind the impassable mountains. For years, its people have felt secure. but the scheming hand of the dark lord has not been idle. . . . on a special mission for the rangers, will and his friend Horace, an apprentice knight, travel to a neighboring village and discover the unsettling truth: All the villagers have either been slain or captured. but why? Could it be that Morgarath has finally devised a plan to bring his legions over the supposedly insurmountable pass? if so, the king's army is in imminent danger of being crushed in a fierce ambush. And will and Horace are the only ones who can save them.


Perfect for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, T.H. White’s The Sword in the Stone, Christopher Paolini’s Eragon series, and George R. R. Martin’s Game of Thrones/A Song of Ice and Fire series.

Timeline & Mapping 

for Week 4: completed

(Huang Di Unites villages in China, Shang Dynasty--studied Ancient China and Ancient Africa this week--China, Yangtze River, Yellow River, Africa, Egypt, Nile, Sudan, Kenya, Arabia, Meroe, Khartoum, Niger River, Nigeria, and Babylon.  I'm so glad we are doing this, and doing it well! 

Core G items:

Sonlight Reader: 

 

Hittite Warrior (Living History Library)

Hittite Warrior by Joanne Williamson: Completed
Dd says this book was: "Bland, Plain, Flat, and no good words. The story line wasn't very good.  It spent too long focusing on things without anything exciting happening.  This book was just boring."
Usually Dd really enjoys the books that SL assigns, but this time she really disliked this book.  She kept waiting for it to get better; since some books that SL assigns starts out slow but gain their momentum.  She stuck it out and read the whole book, but never did have anything good to say about this one.

Favorite Poems Old and New: Selected For Boys and Girls

Favorite Poems Old and New

The Kingfisher History Encyclopedia (Kingfisher Encyclopedias)

The Kingfisher History Encyclopedia

The Story of the World: History for the Classical Child: Volume 1: Ancient Times: From the Earliest Nomads to...

Apr 17, 2006

by Susan Wise Bauer

Story of the World: Ancients:

Ch. 10 and Ch. 11

Add-In Books:

 

Ancient China (Eyewitness Books) ((REV)05) by [Hardcover (2005)]

2005

Eyewitness Books: Ancient China

The Usborne Encyclopedia of the Roman World: Internet-Linked (History Encyclopedias)

Jan 2002

The Usborne Roman World

Fun Books:

Dd is going through these books that she has already read, and finding her favorite quotes in each.  Then she is writing those quotes down in her notebook.  She is enjoying doing this fun thing, on her own.


Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan

 
Lost Hero by Rick Riordan

Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan

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Busy Hands Nov. 3-7, 2014

Busy Hands

Nov. 3-7, 2014

 Christmas gifts are being made!  We realized this week that a Christmas tree will never fit in our tiny apartment...not sure how we are going to do this here!

I'm making two 'baby", "Lovey" blankets; one is knitted (and left in Indiana for now) and this is the second one and is crocheted.  This crocheted one I have worked on all this week.

This is a scarf, Dd made, for a niece (Norah)---to match with the red poncho her aunt is going to get for Christmas.

This headband is for Norah's new baby sister, Charlotte.  Made by Dd.

Dd is making an infinity scarf for herself.  All our scarves (and most of our winter clothing) are inside a storage box, so we need to make ourselves some replacements to get us through the winter.

This is the red poncho that Dd is making for Aunt April.

This is the blanket I am crocheting for Dd, for Christmas.  She picked black since I wouldn't let her pick neon colors!  I don't think the picture is doing a good job of showing just how big it is getting!  I just bought three more skeins on Tuesday to add to it.

This is how big/thick it is so far.

A close-up of the crochet stitching.

A clay necklace Dd is making, this is step one.   She has put engraved designs on some of the pieces...something to do with the Percy Jackson series.

This is after the pieces have dried a while-step two...many to follow.


 Cordial:
Dd made a 'cordial'; like Lucy's from Narnia, to attach to a belt, she found the right bottle and made a holster for it out of chop-sticks, and hot glue gun glue.  She worked for days on it.

The finished project; now it just needs to be worn around her hip!  I bet she makes a belt for it.

Cooking:

Dd made an asparagus & carrot dish

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Sonlight Core G Week 3"B" Oct. 27-31, 2014

Sonlight Core G 

Week 3"B" 

Oct. 27-31, 2014

This was a total WORK WEEK!  (Just a reminder, we are in the process of selling our house in Indiana since Dh has taken a new job in Michigan.  We are living in a teeny, tiny apartment until our house sells.  Once our house has sold, we can find our new home here in Michigan (and move out of the small apartment we are currently residing in). 

A few pictures of "before" and "after" of our week's work: 




This room was two different shades of blue





This room was two different shades of blue

This picture is a half-way done photo, as the dark blue paint has already been covered over; actually 3 of the 4 walls are already done!

This room was two different shades of blue


Before:

After:

This bedroom was DARK purple



Before:

After:

This master bath was bright, dark pink

 This room was two shades of pink

This room was two shades of pink

This bedroom was light purple/lavender color

Friday the 24th, we drove to Indiana.  The contract with our first realtor expired (3 month contract), and we researched some realtor candidates to meet with on Saturday the 25th.  Before the candidates arrived we had already gone to Lowe's and bought paint.  Both realtor's we emailed were very quick to insist we paint our interior walls (we had already painted our fence) a neutral color.  We had to remove all the colored walls---even though WE thought the colors we had chosen were terrific!!! Ha!  After painting, we met with the two realtors and thus began our thought process on how to decide!  It took quite a few days, but we picked Chris from Talk to Tucker.  Then we went back to Lowe's and bought the color he said "sells houses" (Sherwin Williams, 'soft tan' #6141).  Dh took Monday off from work so we could both work together a little.  But, Monday night we had to go back to MI.  Tuesday, I packed our dog, our daughter, and our stuff and returned back to Indiana (without Dh-hubby).  You might ask yourself why I didn't drive my car down on Friday, so I wouldn't have to go back and forth four times in one week---but, I had a migraine on Friday and there was no way I would be able to drive.  Then after I arrived back in Indiana on Tuesday, I got another migraine!!!  Yup, life is full of pain, what can I do?!

Wed., Thur., Fri., and part of Sat. I painted--a LOT....like from 10 AM to 9:15 PM each day!  I don't even remember each day, all I did was paint, paint, paint!  So many rooms (and moldings) to paint and we had scheduled the new realtor to come back on Sat. Nov. 1st to take new pictures of our house, so I had to really focus and HURRY!

Friday night (Oct. 31st), Dh returned to be with us, after his week at his job.  Then we worked together on Sat.  His parents drove up to see us, and did help clean up the painting mess, preparing for the picture taking.  When the realtor was due to arrive, they took Dd to Wal Mart and bought her a few things for fun and entertainment.

Our highlight this week was that we were invited to the "L" family's house on Thursday.  We had such an incredible time.  I was so tired, I think I melded to the chair!  But, Heather made us the best dinner!!!!  Awesome!  Then we had a few lovely cups of tea and chatted for a few hours.  I am so thankful to have such good friends!  I thank the Lord for the L family, and how they have helped us through these difficult days!  And I know she won't be reading this---so I am not just saying that! But, mean it from my heart!

Anyway----here are the things we did this week (not much going on regarding our Sonlight material).

Audio's:

The Heroes of Olympus Book Five: The Blood of Olympus

1) Blood of Olympus (the new) Rick Riordan book!  We finished up the last of the 12 discs to complete this book.   Then I bought Dd the book (a reward for her help with the house-painting and mowing) so she could re-read the parts she wanted.

2)The Burning Bridge by John Flanagan--some, but we focused on the Blood of Olympus more.

3)House of Hades by Rick Riordan--some, but we focused on the Blood of Olympus more.

Movie:

Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters

2013

Piano:

She enjoyed playing her piano, back at our house!  It sounded great in the mostly empty house!

Busy Hands:

Built/re-built a sword--it looks amazing, I'll get pictures us here as soon as I can!

Made Granola From Scratch

Crocheting a Christmas gift--a red poncho for Aunt April

She mowed our yard - front and back

Painted the walls...which she didn't enjoy!

SL Reader:

 

Hittite Warrior (Living History Library)

Hittite Warrior by Joanne Williamson--30 minutes 3-4x this week

Read Aloud:

JILL'S RED BAG (RARE COLLECTOR'S SERIES)

Lamplighter book: Jill's Red Bag by Amy Lefebvre

Add-in:

She has been "writing songs"...not sure what that means, and she hasn't shared it yet!

I would show pictures, but the realtor forgot his memory stick in his camera, and so I let him take mine...and haven't gotten it back from him yet (he said he would mail it).

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Sonlight Core G Week 3A Oct. 20-24, 2014

Sonlight Core G 

Week 3A 

Oct. 20-24, 2014

Due to spending so much time back down in Indiana, fixing up the house (painting especially), this blog has fallen behind!  I will make this weeks entry a bit short and to the point (especially since I'm writing it two weeks afterwards and don't remember the details!!!!!)

Bible:

Veritas Press Chronicles Through Malachi

Card 69: Obadiah Prophesies Against Edom: Completed

Worksheets with card 69: Completed

*re-read 2 Kings 13 in bible and Believer's Bible Commentary

The Greenleaf Guide to the Old Testament: Lesson 13: completed plus:

Jehoahaz and Jehoash of Israel, death of Elisha, 

We read the book of Obediah in both the bible and Believer's Bible Commentary (plus "Life Lessons in the Max Lucado Study bible)

Card 69: Obadiah Prophesies Against Edom: Completed

Survey of the Bible, pg 116-118 adn 264-265

Archeological Study Bible:

*Obadiah

*Ben-hadad III of Syria and Jehoash of Israel

Card 70: The Reign of Jehu: Completed

II Kings 9-10

Worksheets with card: completed

Survey of the Bible pg 108-111

Card 71: Completed

Joash Escapes Murder, II Kings 11 & 12

and worksheets: completed

Psalm of the Week:
Psalm 148

Psalm 148

¹ Praise the Lord.^[a]

Praise the Lord from the heavens;
    praise him in the heights above.
² Praise him, all his angels;
    praise him, all his heavenly hosts.
³ Praise him, sun and moon;
    praise him, all you shining stars.
⁴ Praise him, you highest heavens
    and you waters above the skies.

⁵ Let them praise the name of the Lord,
    for at his command they were created,
⁶ and he established them for ever and ever—
    he issued a decree that will never pass away.

⁷ Praise the Lord from the earth,
    you great sea creatures and all ocean depths,
⁸ lightning and hail, snow and clouds,
    stormy winds that do his bidding,
⁹ you mountains and all hills,
    fruit trees and all cedars,
¹⁰ wild animals and all cattle,
    small creatures and flying birds,
¹¹ kings of the earth and all nations,
    you princes and all rulers on earth,
¹² young men and women,
    old men and children.

¹³ Let them praise the name of the Lord,
    for his name alone is exalted;
    his splendor is above the earth and the heavens.
¹⁴ And he has raised up for his people a horn,^[b]
    the praise of all his faithful servants,
    of Israel, the people close to his heart.

Praise the Lord.

Math: 

MUS Pre-Algebra -Lesson 12 (again)

well....we redid the pages that we did last week, since we (Dd) had a lot of trouble understanding it all.  I just wrote the questions on a blank piece of paper and had her do those questions over again.

 Add-In's:

Youtube.com:

"POV, Point of View by Mistersato"

"Narrative Point of View by Mrturnersenglish"

"Writing With Jane, Point of View"

Khan Academy
https://www.khanacademy.org/ 

We spent hours using Khan Academy for more information on what we are studying in history.  I just love Khan Academy!

"Babylonian, An Introduction"

"The Babylonian Mind"

"The Queen of the Night relief"

"Hammurabi, The King Who Made The Four Quarters of the Earth Obedient"

"Kassite Art: Unfinished Kudurru"

"Noe-Babylon"

"Ishtar Gate and Processional Way"

"Ishtar Gate"

"Towers of Babel" 

"The Cradle of Civilization"
"The Sumerians and Mesopotamia"

"Sumerian Art, an Introduction"

"Cuneiform"

"Writing Cuneiform"

"Cylinder Seals"

"Standing Male Worshiper from Tell Asmar"

"Standard of Ur from the Royal Tombs of Ur"

"Standard of Ur Quiz"

"Perforated Relief of Ur-Nanshe"

"Ziggurat of Ur"

Current Events: 
Every weekday!
I always forget to document this; but we watch the ten minute video on CNN Student News each morning.  I really am so glad we found out about this site while doing Core F; it is really great. http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/

Audio's:
Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan

The Burning Bridge by John Flanagan


Busy Hands:
Beading--2 necklaces, 1 ring, 1 Key chain

Crochet--working on a red 'poncho' for Aunt April

Drawing--Han Solo, Destroyer Droid, Millennium Falcon, Percy Jackson Trident



Lamplighter book:
Jill's Red Bag by Amy Lefebvre


Science:
Exploring the World of Biology by Tiner
Ch. 5 (and quiz): Completed

Apologia: Chemistry and Physics
Lesson 7- Dynamics of Motion: pg's 109-154



Language Arts:

All About Spelling 6:
step 17: passed

IEW's Fix - It Frog Prince
Week 17 Completed

Daily Grams 7:
pg's: 151-155




Sonlight material:

Children's Bible Field Guide: Ch 3: completed

Story of the World (Ancients): Ch 9: completed

SL's LA for week 3

Reader: Hittite Warrior (30 minutes daily)

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Busy Hands Oct. 19-23, 2014

Busy Hands 

Oct. 19-23, 2014

Two Star Wars drawings....she loves Star Wars!

Pastel drawing of Percy Jackson's trident

Pencil drawing....you know, I have given her lots of sketch books!

This is another 'soap bag', she made one for herself last week, and this is a Christmas gift.

She has been doing beading this week---this is just one of the things she has made. 

This is really beautiful in person, it is a "poncho" that Dd is making for Aunt April.  She has been working hard on this each day this week.  This photo doesn't do it justice!

 Some of what I am working on--- 
I have also started making my Christmas "birds", that I give as Christmas presents.  I will post a picture of those later....

These are for my Hawaiian nephews--Daniel and Michael--for Christmas gifts- I've never met them, but love them so dearly!

This will be for my mom- a scarf that I did a "double crochet' stitch to make (Dd taught me this stitch recently).  This will be her Christmas gift.

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