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Week 8

Posted by DanielleW
9:11 PM, Saturday, October 4, 2008 .. Posted in Week in Review .. 1 comments .. Link

This was a short week because of our field trip and some other factors, so we only did three days of actual school  But it is easy to make up.  I had already been planning on a short week due to our field trip to Phipp's Conservatory.

Bible:

  • Job fears God
  • Job's first test, he loses his possessions and his children
  • Job's second test, looses his health and wife tempts him
  • Job's friends

Memory:

  • Psalm 95:6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.
  • added Ecclesiastes and Song of Solomon to OT list

Phonics/Reading:  We have almost finished with the short vowels.  Next week we will catch up in the "Fun with Pets" book to where the long vowels are introduced. 

Math: We focused on adding and subtracting this week.  We also did mirror images of problems.  Ex:  7+8+15, 8+7=15, 15-7=8, 15-7=8

Literature:

  • Understood Betsy ch 7  "Elizabeth Ann Fails in an Examination"  Betsy was very upset that she didn't do very well when the superintendent came to school.  But Cousin Ann shows her that it is no big deal and that she will do better next time.  It was not the end of the world.  Also, another little girl come to live with them at the farm and it brings out Betsy's braver side.
  • Pilgrim's Progress "House of the Interpreter, Picture on the Wall, Parlor of Dust"  Christian has made it to the wicket gate and is now on the inside.  Cameron had a very good narration on this, especially the "Room of Dust"  The dust represents sin.  Someone came in with a broom (the law) and tried to clean it up but all it did was make Christian realize how dirty and dusty the room was and almost chocked him.  Then a servant came in with water (the Gospel) and washed the dust away.

History Lit:

  • The Little Duke ch 4a in which a young vassal comes to live with the Duke and provides a playmate.  Richard has to learn how to play fairly and not use his being Duke to make unfair advantages. 

Geography Lit:

  • Tree in the Trail ch 13 "Post Office Tree"  The hollow in the tree becomes a post office.  Jed and Buck become wagon masters leading groups west each year and look forward to the stop at their tree.  ch 14 "Cottonwoods Don't Live Forever"  Each year Jed and Buck notice more and more dead branches in the special tree.

Nature Lit:

  • Burgess Book of Animals ch 15 about the deer mouse and field mouse and ch 16 about the banded and brown lemming and the jumping mouse. 

Poetry of Walter de la Mare:

  • The Song of Shadow
  • The Song of the Mad Prince
  • The Song of Finis

Additional reading:

  • We started Five Little Peppers and How They Grew.  So far, I do not like this book.  We are forging ahead with it.  I have had to change it as I read it.  I can't read all those missing letter words.  It was making it too choppy while I was trying to figure out how to read their conversations.  It is a little better since I started reading it proper. I will give it a few more chapters and see what Cameron things.  We may have to save it for later.

Copy work:

  • Memory Verse
  • Hallelujah! what a Savior! Hallelujah! what a Friend! Saving, helping, keeping, loving, He is with me to the end. (Our Great Savior)
  • Buck was forever finding the tree worse off than the year before.  He would count dead branches.  Each season there were more. (Tree in the Trail)

Spanish: Worked more with our professions: student, police officer, bus driver, doctor, nurse, mechanic, chef, secretary, manger and teacher

Artist/Composer:

  • Viewed a portion of "Birth of Venus" by Botticelli.  He is getting better at picture studies.  We could not see "Venus" in our picture.  We could see a part of her hair and a little of what she was standing in.  He noticed the hair and the shell.  Very observant.
  • Church cantata by Bach. 

Hymn/Folk:

  • Our hymn for this month is "Our Great Savoir" by J. Wilbur Chapman and Rowland W. Prichard
  • Our folk song choice, "The Star-Spangled Banner", is not a folk song but I did want him to learn it because it is our national anthem.  We had such a great talk as we worked through the song.  I think I learned some things as I was explaining to him some of the words and how they came to be. 

Nature Study: Phipp's Conservatory



Phipp's Conservatory

Posted by DanielleW
11:02 AM, Thursday, October 2, 2008 .. Posted in Field Trips .. 1 comments .. Link

We had a great field trip to Phipp's Conservatory.  I was a little concerned because the last time I was there we got horribly LOST!!  But thanks to my very EXCELLENT co-pilot and direction reader extroidinarre, Ashlee, we got there with only one almost wrong turn and one stop sign mishap. (I still don't know where it was and why I didn't see it.)

We had lunch at playground near to Phipp's and let the children run around for awhile.  The weather was a little on the cold side but, praise God, there was no rain. 

We walked across a bridge to get from the park to the conservatory and my friend, Lisa, almost got dive bombed by a red tail hawk.  (Actually I'm pretty sure that it didn't almost run into her but it sure looked like it from my angle.)  That was pretty exciting because it decided to perch near us and we all got a great view of this big bird.

We were able to see a lot of different plants and flowers and even trees at the conservatory.  My favorites were the fruit trees: lime, giant lime, banana, kumquat...

I also liked the Discovery Garden that was geared more towards the children.  We saw some Venus fly traps and pitcher plats.  They even had an entire room dedicated to butterflies!  We didn't see any monarchs but we did see some of their chrysalises.  Cameron was the one that pointed that out.

The big disappointment of the day was my camera, or more specifically, my batteries.  I had charged four batteries just the day before so that they would be charged, fresh, and would take a ton of pictures.  They were dead.  ::sigh:: 



Rebekah's Mirror Spelling

Posted by babymakers
10:14 PM, Oct. 6, 2008 .. Posted in Our Life .. 2 comments .. Link
The photo will explain...


Adah Mae's Funny

Posted by babymakers
10:52 PM, Oct. 5, 2008 .. Posted in Our Life .. 1 comments .. Link
We are walking down a street in a city near us. Adah Mae is walking near daddy and as she is trying to jump over lines in the sidewalk she sings-

"Step on a crack and you'll break your mothers back...
Step on a line....
.....
.....
.....

I wonder what happens if mom steps on a crack??"


The Real Karate Kid

Posted by babymakers
10:53 PM, Oct. 3, 2008 .. Posted in Our Life .. 2 comments .. Link
When I was a kid I loved all the Karate Kid movies. They were great back then; although, it has been so long since I watched them that I am not sure if I would agree now or not. Well, let me tell you something... here.. is... the... REAL.....


Karate


Kid!
(he's on the left)


He just got his yellow belt! Here are some photos below of him during his testing.





He is taking karate VERY seriously and loves it! And now that he is a yellow belt he can spar freely with the other boys: he really likes that.

Way to go Jacob!




Wacky Things About Us

Posted by babymakers
8:39 AM, Sep. 30, 2008 .. Posted in Our Life .. 17 comments .. Link
If you have been reading this blog for any length of time YOU KNOW there are some odd things about this family!
This blog entry is dedicated to just that, so enjoy!

Okay, the secret is out, I like to use POWER TOOLS! (add womanly grunting ::here::)
This is a photo of me under a van grinding. I got to use the welder for the first time within the last month and I really want to use it again! It was a lot of fun! Of course this may be of no surprise to you if you saw me and the children replace a toilet.

I think it is rubbing off on other kids! Here is Bekah sorting sockets for dad. (If you only knew how dirty she really got that day!) And, by the way, this IS school. Why do numbers on paper when you can do them in real life? Plus, she is learning about measurements like millimeters (mm).

Then there is MAN BABY. Dad doesn't usually watch the kids so I can do an errand but he did the other day. And what did I come home to? The baby held up by a bungee cord to the cherry picker. I guess this a man version of a baby swing! I guess Gabriel really liked it and continually cooed at the hook above him and smiled when dad bounced or swung him.

Speaking of Rick, did you see the bird blog where my husband showers with the bird? (BTW this photo my husband does not have a shirt on and is pictured from the shoulders up..)

How about our dog that like vegetables and fruit above all else?

And critters.. well, we attract some weird ones! Just check out this spider from the other day! It was trying to build a huge web between our couch, a kitchen chair and the table. My husband walked into the giant web in progress. YICK!


And some of you may consider this next one unwise to put online, so don't lecture me. Especially since he is showing about the same amount as a kid on the beach now days. Here is Benji who knows he can't go outside and play unless he puts his shoes on...

Maybe we should concentrate more on the clothing than shoes, eh?

I think he gets it from his big sister who once fell asleep on the toilet. Then she fell off and stayed sleeping on the floor...don't you wish you could sleep like that?


Maybe you have never seen a fat baby being potty trained?

Now, do you think we are wacky?

I hope you are leaving with a smile:)


Inspired by Blogger Friend School.


Wacky Things

Posted by babymakers
6:39 AM, Sep. 30, 2008 .. 0 comments .. Link


"Jesus, Thank You for My Wife" ??

Posted by DanielleW
9:31 PM, Monday, September 29, 2008 .. Posted in Cameronisms .. 10 comments .. Link

During our morning devotions, Cameron was thanking Jesus for different things in his life. 

"Thank You for my Mama.  Thank You for my bed.  Thank You for my toads.  Thank You for my wife. Thank You for...."

I did not interrupt him but I couldn't believe what I just heard.  After he finished, I questioned him about it.

"What did you say Thank You for right after your toads?"

"I don't know..."

"It sounded like you said, 'Thank You for my WIFE'."

"I said, 'BIKE' Mama,  'Thank You for my BIKE.'"

"Oh good, I was hoping you didn't go off and get married without telling me.  Will you tell me if you do."

"Probably not."

"Oh?"

"Yeah, I'm never getting married."

Apparently I need my ears checked.



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