Aug. 24, 2008
Reading for August 24th
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BfC: "Jesus Heals a Crippled Hand: Mark 3:1-6" MFB: "Chapter 34: The Very Special Baby" Princess: A Bag of Tricks, "Sister Hen's Cool Drink" Transformer: Klutz Book of Marbles, "Puggy," "Chasies" My pick: I asked the princess which book I should continue to read; she chose Robin Hood. "Chapter 3: How Robin Hood Turns Butcher" |
Aug. 24, 2008
Reading for August 23rd
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BfC: "Jesus Heals a Sick Man: John 5:1-18" MFB: "Chapter 33: Mary and the Angel" Princess: A Bag of Tricks, "Frog Tricks Loud Rabbit" My pick: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, "Chapter 6: The First Two Finders" Transformer: Batman Forever, "Chapter 3" |
Aug. 22, 2008
Reading for August 22nd
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BfC: "Jesus Asks Matthew to Follow Him: Matthew 9:9-13" MFB: "Chapter 32: A New King," prophesy from Isaiah about the coming Messiah Transformer: Klutz Book of Marbles, "Potsies" Princess: A Bag of Tricks, "How the Crocodile Was Fooled," a folk tale from Japan My picks: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, "Chapter 5: The Golden Tickets," and Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest, "Chapter 2: How Robin Hood Meets Little John" |
Aug. 22, 2008
Update and Reading for August 21st
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I sat down about an hour ago to log our reading for tonight but have only now gotten around to it! I posted a bunch of stuff on Freecycle that we can't take on our move, and I have been fielding responses for the last hour! Okay, our reading for tonight: BfC: "A Hole in the Roof: Mark 2:1-12" MFB: "Chapter 31: When the Lions Roared," about Daniel Princess: Maps again Transformer: The Klutz Book of Marbles, about "Ringer" |
Aug. 20, 2008
Reading and Update for August 20th
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We are moving next week. Finally. We've still got a lot to do, but after it is all over, it will be nice to get back to homeschooling and having a regular life! MFB: "Chapter 30: A Fishy Story," about Jonah, of course. BfC: "Jesus Heals a Man with Leprosy: Mark 1:40-45" Transformer: The Klutz Book of Marbles, "A Brief Introduction," "Lagging," "Tic Tac Toe," by the Editors of Klutz Press, illustrated by Ed Taber Princess: Maps, written by Joellyn Thrall Cicciarelli, illustrated by Tuko Fujisake My pick: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, "Chapter 4: The Secret Workers" |
Aug. 19, 2008
Reading for August 19th
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BfC: "Jesus Heals Peter's Mother-in-Law: Matthew 8:14-17; Luke 4:38-41" MFB: "Chapter 29: A Very Scary Time, The story of King Hezekiah and the Assyrians: 2 Kings 18 and 19; Isaiah 36" My pick: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, "Chapter 3: Mr. Wonka and the Indian Prince" |
Aug. 18, 2008
Reading for August 18th
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The One Year Bible for Children by V. Gilbert Beers (BfC): "Catching Fish with Jesus: Luke 5:1-11" My First Bible from Good Books (MFB): "Chapter 28: The Girl Who Helped," the story of Naaman Tranformer: A Bag of Tricks, "How Kind Beetle Got Her Coat," a folk tale from Puerto Rico, retold by Felix Pitre Princess: Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest, by Ann McGovern. She was distracted as I read this. I had gotten it for her brother, who ended up being the one more interested by the story. I was enjoying reading it! |
Aug. 17, 2008
Reading for August 17th
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BfC: "Jesus Heals a Nobleman's Son: John 4:43-54" Transformer: Batman Forever, chapter 2 We had gotten home around 7:30pm tonight from a farewell party at which was a swimming pool. Anyway, the princess fell asleep before we got home so we laid her straight in bed. |
Aug. 16, 2008
Reading for August 16th
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Transformer: A Bag of Tricks, "Sly Gretel," a folk tale from Germany, retold by Janelle Cherrington We were out late tonight due to my uncle's retirement party 50 minutes away, so we read only one story. The princess had already fallen asleep by the time we got home. |
Aug. 15, 2008
Reading for August 15th
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BfC: "Jesus Talks with a Woman at a Well: John 4:3-42" MFB: "Chapter 27--Elijah's Big Day" Tranformer: Knights and Castles, "Armor," "Squire to Knight," "The Joust." Princess: The Marvelous Land of Oz My pick: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, "Mr. Willy Wonka's Factory" |
Aug. 13, 2008
Reading for August 13th
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BfC: "Jesus Talks with Nicodemus: John 3:1-21" MFB: "Chapter 26--A Very Hungry Time," about King Ahab and Queen Jezebel and the drought that Elijah promised from God, also God's provision for the widow and her son My pick: The Whipping Boy, "Chapter 19: Being a full account of the happenings in the dark sewers" Transformer: The Whipping Boy, "Chapter 20: In which the sun shines and we learn what befell the whipping boy, the prince, and everyone else" Princess: one chapter from The Marvelous Land of Oz |
Aug. 12, 2008
Reading for August 12th
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MFB: "Chapter 25--Solomon the Magnificent" BfC: "Jesus Chases Merchants from the Temple: John 2:13-25" Princess: A Bag of Tricks, "How Possum Asked for His Skinny Tail," a folk tale from the Cherokee Nation, retold by Tai Lay My pick: The Whipping Boy, "Chapter 18: Of assorted events in which the plot thickens thicker" Transformer: The Marvelous Land of Oz, by L. Frank Baum. We had begun reading this months ago on the eReader, but library loans and other books intercepted my son's interest in reading this story. We had read from it consistently for some time so had actually gotten through a good portion of the book by the time we neglected it. |
Aug. 11, 2008
Reading for August 11th
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MFB: "Chapter 24--King David's Great Idea," about David collecting all the raw materials for the eventual building of God's temple by Solomon BfC: "Jesus Turns Water into Wine: John 2:1-12" Mine: The Whipping Boy, "Chapter 17: Petunia to the rescue" Transformer: A Bag of Tricks, "Sister Hen's Cool Drink," a folk tale from East Africa, Bantu Region, retold by Angela Shelf Medearis. |
Aug. 10, 2008
Reading for August 10th
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BfC: "Jesus' First Followers: Mark 1:16-20; John 1:35-51" MFB: "Chapter 23--The Outlaw," about David's flight from Saul's attacks and refuge in the desert, including Saul and Jonathan's deaths and David's subsequent coronation Princess: Knights and Castles, Random House All-About Books, written by Jonathan Rutland, designed by David Nash, illustrated by John Berry, Richard Hook, John Keay, Roger Payne, Charlotte Snook, and Bill Stallion. We read through the first 8 pages. My pick: The Whipping Boy, "Chapter 16: Wherein the prince neither bawls nor bellows." My son claims that he hates this book after each chapter that we read. Only because I stop reading at one chapter a night! :) Tranformer: A Bag of Tricks: Folk Tales From Around the World, "Frog Tricks Loud Rabbit," a folk tale from Mexico, retold by Jesus Cervantes. |
Aug. 9, 2008
Reading for August 9th
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MFB: "Chapter 22--Best Friends," about David and Jonathan's friendship and Saul's attempts on David's life. BfC: "What Do the Angels Think of God? Psalm 89:5-7" The excerpt was a bit too long to type up here. Mine: The Whipping Boy, "Chapter 15: Of the Hot-Potato Man and other matters" Princess: A Bag of Tricks: Folk Tales From Around the World, "How the Crocodile Was Fooled," a folk tale from Japan, retold by Yoko Mia Hirano. Transformer: Batman Forever, "Chapter 1" |
Aug. 8, 2008
Reading for August 8th
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MFB: "Chapter 21--David and the Giant" BfC: "Jesus Is Tempted: Matthew 4:1-11" Princess: elected to color her Iceberg Augie coloring book Transformer: A Bag of Trick: Folk Tales From Around the World, "How Possum Asked for His Skinny Tail," a folk tale from the Cherokee Nation, retold by Tai Lay; "Sly Gretel," a folk tale from Germany, retold by Janelle Cherrington; "How the Kind Beetle Got Her Coat," a folk tale from Puerto Rico, retold by Felix Pitre. He enjoyed the stories quite a bit from this book and wanted to read more than one at a sitting. Upon finishing the book, he asked if we could get more books like these! :) My pick: The Whipping Boy, "In which is heard a voice in the forest" |
Aug. 7, 2008
Reading for August 7th
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MFB: "Chapter 20--The King Who Was Shy." About Saul anointing by Samuel. BfC: "John Baptizes Jesus: Matthew 3:13-17; Luke 3:21-22" Mine: The Whipping Boy, chapter 13, "The Chase" Transformer: A Bag of Tricks: FolkTales From Around the World, "Frog Tricks Loud Rabbit," a folk tale from Mexico, retold by Jesus Cervantes, and "Sister Hen's Cool Drink," a folk tale from East Africa, Bantu Region, retold by Angela Shelf Medearis. Princess: Iceberg Augie's Arctic Adventure: Be Our Friend, art by Jack Lindstrom, produced and written by Jermoe D. Armstrong, recorded and mixed by Q Sound, Inc. Mpls, MN. I picked this up at the library for a quarter. it was shrinkwrapped with a cassette. Anyway, we went out to the car tonight to listen to it (the only cassette player we have!). It's a coloring book with stickers to add to blank areas outlined with dashed lines. The pictures are in order with the cassette story. It was a little tricky to follow along because we didn't always know when to turn the page. The kids did all the stickers tonight so it is now purely a coloring book and follow-along book to the cassette! The audio was pretty well acted out. There were sound effects and music, ending with a song sung by the characters. |
Aug. 5, 2008
Reading for August 5th
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MFB: "Chapter 19--One Dark Night," about Hannah and young Samuel. BfC: "John the Baptist Preaches: Matthew 3:1-12; Luke 3:1-18" Princess: Didn't get to pick a book because she did not listen to her Bible story. Mine: The Whipping Boy, chapter 12 "Wherein Jemmy is betrayed" Transformer: Batman Forever, novelization by Alan Grant, based on a screenplay written by Lee Batchler & Janet Scott Batchler and Akiva Goldsman. |
Aug. 4, 2008
Reading for August 4th
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MFB: "chapter 18--Ruth's New Family" BfC: "Jesus Teaches the Teachers: Luke 2:41-52" Princess: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, chapter 1 "Here Comes Charlie," by Roald Dahl, illustrated by Joseph Schindelman. My pick: The Whipping Boy, "Chapter 11: Containing a great deal of shouting" Transformer: Star Wars. Finished it up tonight. |
Aug. 3, 2008
Reading for August 3rd
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BfC: "The Boy Jesus at Nazareth: Luke 2:39-40" MFB: "chapter 17--The Lion Killer" Princess: introductory material for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Mine: The Whipping Boy, "Chapter 10--In which Prince Brat lives up to his name" |