Mar. 23, 2009
9 - 13 March 2009
I've fallen a little behind on the updating....(what else is new huh?) so I'm going to recollect the thoughts as much as possible.
Our bible verse for the week came from Philippians 2:8b and states "He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross"
It is of course talking about Jesus and the big sacrifice He made out of both love (for us) and obedience (to His Father).
This week we studied the concept of Marriage, what it means to us and how God intended it to be. We discussed the various home settings and decided that our house is a Patriarchal home. We're working hard to keep it this way, since I'm a little bit of a control freak (did I just admit that? - it's the first step right:-) but really, all jokes aside we want our home to be the way God intended it to be. With the husband/dad as the head of the house. We also discussed family and our differences and similarities to each other and to other families.
In Science we were working on the human body. We had a short overall of the whole body and then we tried to dig in a little. Mieke had a lot of fun learning about different cells and making a cell mobile. We covered just lightly on the urinary system and then we made some crafts to go with our other lessons on muscles and the skeleton. This is my piece of cake. I love the human body studies and everything that goes with it.
In Math this week we are on our second to last lesson and covered the reading of gauges and thermometers. Mieke found this to be quite easy. On Friday she scored 9/12 on her test.
For language this week our focus was mainly on Poetry with a new poem or two every day. On Monday we read "The Swing" which we knew as a little song. Tuesday was about "Tired Tim". Wednesday was "Celery" and "The Kitten". Mieke really enjoyed learning the one about the kitten and made it into a little song that she was singing the whole afternoon especially while swinging on the swings in the backyard. Thursday's poem was "How doth the little crocodile" and on Friday we did "My shadow". This last one was not new to us as we had previously studied it. On Friday Mieke had to complete Assessment #6 in LLATL and she scored 16/16.
We continue using the sequential spelling...and still love it very much.
On Monday we were late for MAFA....we overslept....now you may wonder how it's possible to oversleep when MAFA only starts at 12:30pm....but it was Daylight Savings Time and I think my age has finally caught up with me because for the first time in 8 years I'm having trouble adjusting to the change!!
So at MAFA Mieke learned more about life during the Classical Era. They reviewed all the historical figures, artists and composers learned so far and also reviewed clothing, homes and modes of transportation like carriages, coaches and boats and also the incorporation of the newly developed steam engine into transportation of the early 19th century. In Art they learned about dioramas and then they began making their own diorama of a room in a colonial home. In Drama they reviewed their lines and practiced one scene. They also made Jack snow (maple sugar snow, Jack Wax) and discussed the importance of maple syrup to the early Americans.
On Tuesday we didn't make it to the Boys & Girls club for the gym and swim since we had a little work to catch up on after Monday's episode. We did go to the American Heritage Girls meeting on Tuesday night though.
Our bible verse for the week came from Philippians 2:8b and states "He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross"
It is of course talking about Jesus and the big sacrifice He made out of both love (for us) and obedience (to His Father).
This week we studied the concept of Marriage, what it means to us and how God intended it to be. We discussed the various home settings and decided that our house is a Patriarchal home. We're working hard to keep it this way, since I'm a little bit of a control freak (did I just admit that? - it's the first step right:-) but really, all jokes aside we want our home to be the way God intended it to be. With the husband/dad as the head of the house. We also discussed family and our differences and similarities to each other and to other families.
In Science we were working on the human body. We had a short overall of the whole body and then we tried to dig in a little. Mieke had a lot of fun learning about different cells and making a cell mobile. We covered just lightly on the urinary system and then we made some crafts to go with our other lessons on muscles and the skeleton. This is my piece of cake. I love the human body studies and everything that goes with it.
In Math this week we are on our second to last lesson and covered the reading of gauges and thermometers. Mieke found this to be quite easy. On Friday she scored 9/12 on her test.
For language this week our focus was mainly on Poetry with a new poem or two every day. On Monday we read "The Swing" which we knew as a little song. Tuesday was about "Tired Tim". Wednesday was "Celery" and "The Kitten". Mieke really enjoyed learning the one about the kitten and made it into a little song that she was singing the whole afternoon especially while swinging on the swings in the backyard. Thursday's poem was "How doth the little crocodile" and on Friday we did "My shadow". This last one was not new to us as we had previously studied it. On Friday Mieke had to complete Assessment #6 in LLATL and she scored 16/16.
We continue using the sequential spelling...and still love it very much.
On Monday we were late for MAFA....we overslept....now you may wonder how it's possible to oversleep when MAFA only starts at 12:30pm....but it was Daylight Savings Time and I think my age has finally caught up with me because for the first time in 8 years I'm having trouble adjusting to the change!!
So at MAFA Mieke learned more about life during the Classical Era. They reviewed all the historical figures, artists and composers learned so far and also reviewed clothing, homes and modes of transportation like carriages, coaches and boats and also the incorporation of the newly developed steam engine into transportation of the early 19th century. In Art they learned about dioramas and then they began making their own diorama of a room in a colonial home. In Drama they reviewed their lines and practiced one scene. They also made Jack snow (maple sugar snow, Jack Wax) and discussed the importance of maple syrup to the early Americans.
On Tuesday we didn't make it to the Boys & Girls club for the gym and swim since we had a little work to catch up on after Monday's episode. We did go to the American Heritage Girls meeting on Tuesday night though.