God gave us a glorious day of skiing at Mt. Bachelor...
Dad, Mom, Abi & Aly
Mom & Aly
Dad & Aly
Abi & Grandpa
Aly
Aly
Aly
Abi
Abi
Mom & Dad
Andrew, Mom & Dad
Andrew
SLEDDING IN SUNRIVER AT THE AMPHITHEATER
Aly
Mom
Abi on Dad
Andrew
Monday, November 29, 2010
Friday, November 19, 2010
~Thanksgiving Resources~
I have compiled a list of resources for studying the Pilgrims, Plimoth Plantation, The Mayflower & the 'first' Thanksgiving. My girls are early elementary age, but these resources could be used for older students as well. We will revisit this unit study annually. For now, we are having a ball with it. We started this unit mid-November and will spend many enjoyable hours on these books & projects. Please share your favorites that I have (or have not) listed. Thank you, and...
Happy Thanksgiving!!
Hands-On Activities:
3-D Mayflower Model
The Story Of The First Thanksgiving by Elaine Raphael and Don Bolognese
Squidoo Thanksgiving Lapbooks
The Story Of The First Thanksgiving by Elaine Raphael and Don Bolognese
Squidoo Thanksgiving Lapbooks
Free Internet Resources:
Books
Thankfully I already own these resources as part of our American History program.
Story Of The World 3 by Susan Wise Bauer: Ch. 6, New Colonies in the New World
Veritas Press Cards #8 ‘The Mayflower Lands & Plymoth, 1620’and #9, ‘Pilgrims Build Plymoth Colony, 1621’
History Of Us, by Joy Hakim, Book 2, ch 13 – 15
What Your Second Grader Needs To Know, page 126
The Complete Book of United States History, page 63-66, Squanto Helps The Pilgrims
BJU Heritage Studies 3, ch. 4, The New England Colonies
The Pilgrims Of Plimoth by Marcia Sewall
The Story Of The First Thanksgiving by Elaine Raphael and Don Bolognese
The Story Of The First Thanksgiving by Elaine Raphael and Don Bolognese
Audio/Video:
Audio version of the book Landing Of The Pilgrims
Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, Mayflower Voyagers
Scholastic Plimoth Plantation Live Video-cast
Hymns:
Thanksgiving Medly on youtube
Come, Ye Thankful People, Come,
For the Beauty of The Earth
For the purpose of self-education, I read these:
America’s Providential History, ch. 5, 6, 7
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Kitchen-Table-Science With Dad
What is dry ice?
It can take the form of liquid, gas or solid --
all at the same temperature of -109.3° F.
It can take the form of liquid, gas or solid --
all at the same temperature of -109.3° F.
Dad put little chunks of dry ice in a glass of hot water.
Anna dipped a paper towel in super-soapy water and rubbed it over the rim of a bowl which held a chunk of dry ice. The film of soap held the dry ice vapor and formed a large bubble.
When the bubble pops, the remaining vapor spills over.
Andrew & Anna covered the bowl of dry ice in plastic wrap and kept a tight seal.
Eventually...Pop!
Next, Dad & Anna made a fog machine.
First, Anna scooped chunks of dry ice into a pyrex pitcher.
As soon as the chunks hit the water, Dad covered it with plastic wrap.
They let the vapors escape out the spout.
Cue Special Effects!
Can't imagine more fun on a Sunday night.
Friday, November 12, 2010
Weekly Report: November 8 - 12
Week 10 was tons of fun with the girls.
They continue to master more skills in music, reading, writing and math. I'm in awe. I love seeing progress. It validates their hard work and they feel so proud of their new knowledge & talents.
As do I.
Aly showed us tonight that she can multiply through the 12s.
(The skip-counting drills have paid off.)
I found them doing math tonight at our little school desk in the kitchen.
The sunny afternoon beckoned so they had some math to finish tonight.
Aly presented the poem, My Shadow, to her CC class...
All in all, a fabulous week, despite hubby & Andrew being gone to a 3-day school leadership conference.
Hoping for a 'normal' week soon....
ABI:
Bible: CLE Bible
Hymnody: Come Thou Fount
Math: Singapore Math (challenging word problems, mult, place value, online class with Cybershala), TT4 (mult), MM place value & mult, Horizons 2 workbook (10 pages)
Reading: The House At Pooh Corner, Secret Garden, Picture Bible
Read-Aloud with Anna: The Horse And His Boy
Grammar & Writing: WWE 3 daily lessons, Shurley 3 (possessive noun and pronoun adjectives)
Spelling: SWR List M-2, phonogram review
Cursive: daily copy work, narration, dictation
Shakespeare: Hamlet
History: Veritas Time Line Cards & Songs, Memory Sentence (CC)
Geography Memory Work (CC): Puerto Rico, Cuba
Science: Rockets, "live" demo at CC
Piano: lesson & daily practice
PE: Soccer
Drama: Christian Youth Theater Showcase. Here's a pic from the big night.
Art: local art class
Composer Study: Mozart
Classical Conversations: Love it!
Below: Samples of Abi's SWR Primary Learning Log...
ALY:
Bible: CLE Bible
Hymnody: Come Thou Fount
Math: Singapore Math (adding, subtracting, making tens,), RS place value, MM place value, Horizons 1 (15 pages)
Reading: CLP Nature Reader #1, Beatrix Potter collection, Charlotte's Web (slowly)
Read-Aloud with Anna: The Horse And His Boy
Grammar & Writing: WWE 1 daily, copywork, narration & dictation
Spelling: SWR List E, phonogram review, Explode The Code 3 (20 pages)
Cursive: daily copy work
Shakespeare: Hamlet
History: Veritas Time Line Cards & Songs, Memory Sentence (CC)
Geography Memory Work (CC): Puerto Rico & Cuba
Science: Rockets, 'live' demo at CC
Violin: lesson & daily practice
PE: Soccer
Drama: Christian Youth Theater Showcase
Art: local art class
Composer Study: Mozart
Classical Conversations: Love it!
Below: Sample of Aly's copywork, created on Startwrite software...
ANNA:
Bible: Daily Bible reading
Math: Chalk Dust Algebra 1 daily lesson
Lit: Thomas Jefferson, Wuthering Heights, Anne of Green Gables (for fun)
Writing/Grammar: The Potters School English class, writing biography
History: The Potters School US History class online, study, read Thomas Jefferson
World Geography: The Potters School online class, 1 hour daily study, read, mapwork
Science: Physical Science class, 3 experiments, read, study
Spanish: Tutor + Spanish 2 Class, daily reading, conversation, grammar study
Music: Piano (daily practice 1 hour), Choir class w/ daily practice
Drama: Improv class at CYT
Community Service: Keyboard for kids’ worship team, Sunday School Teacher
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