Jan. 11, 2009
going into week 2 - Missouri
Posted in Homeschool
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Okay I'm bad..but trying..
We just completed week 1 of Missouri. It was very hard getting back into homeschooling after taking a week and a half off from schooling. And Christmas week, we did very little. So it was kinda more like 2 weeks off. We didn't cover everything I had planned so it's carrying over into our second week.
Some things we'll do:
Harry S. Truman - learn about him and do a bio report.
Mark Twain - ditto!
State quarter, color in a picture of a "postcard" from Missouri. :)
Art: how to draw cartoon characters. Walt Disney was from Missouri!
Make some homemade vegan ice cream. We learned how dairy ice cream is made last week. I'm terribly allergic to dairy, plus I wouldn't know how to make the dairy kind. I have a recipe for tofu ice cream so we'll make that this week. :-D
Books to read: Rude Mule, Simply Delicious, Grandpa Was a Cowboy.
Character Trait for this week: polite. Now this was a hard one to find in the Bible so it's basically examples of politeness.. Memory verse is Rom. 12:10 (about genuine love, taking delight in honoring each other - I think this fits because when you're polite you honor other people) One example I believe it's Abraham towards two angels when they came to his tent... very cool story. I'm just tired and can't think..
Outside activities: both girls have choir practice on Monday, separate times of course. Wednesday Rabbit has this prayer shawl ministry she'll take part in, making a prayer shawl. (what's a prayer shawl?) And Thursday Rabbit has Sprouts. I may be helping out this week but don't know, could be the following week..which will be the day after Rabbit's birthday. (she's a busy girl this month!)
I think I mentioned this before that PD asked me to help with the crafts with Sprouts. I'm excited and can't wait. Still don't know what I'm doing.. yet. :D
Rabbit turns 10 on the 21st. Hard to believe she's hitting the double digits! And her party is the 25th. Theme: Around the World! It's doable. Hard? a little. But we did Galloping the Globe unit study and I still have the book, plus some other books. I'm sure we can swing this. I did the invitations by hand.. now that was work!
One more thing and this is a brag: Rabbit did her first overnighter the other day (Friday night) at a retreat with a group from our church. She did great! Now I should mention that she has Asperger's so it's tough for her. But she's become friends with a girl who, just a few months ago she had a hard time with! They said there were no problems with her, she did great. I'm very proud of her! OTOH, my little girl's growing up! *sniff* |
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