Nov. 4, 2009 - Happy November

We had eight boxes today:

1 - Our Read Alouds:  Two history books & the Boy Scout Chemistry Merit Badge book
2 - Alek's Math
3 - Bible:  We used Bible Study Guide For All Ages for the first time today.  I think we're really going to like it.
4 - Phonics & Vocabulary Workbook

5 - The Story of the USA
6 - States & Capitals review
7 - Words on the Vine: Write sentences using words with the root 'foli'
8  - Our artist for November, Hokusai:  read his biography in Lives of the Artists and watch a Youtube video about him

We also watched some Liberty Kids videos during lunch & he'll do his reading tonight.

Other things we've done in the last week:

We went to Marquette State Park with some of the other families in our homeschool group.  First we had a lesson in owls & eagles, and then a two mile hike.

This view is from the top of a mound on the river bluffs.  Our guide said that on a clear day, you can see the St. Louis arch from here.  Our day was VERY foggy!

Our state menu this week was from Maine:  Lobster Casserole, Roasted Asparagus & Blueberry Pie.  (I cheated a little on the pie  - a frozen pie from the grocery store)  Everything was delicious!

Tuesday was time for Kate to register for the 2nd semester of college already!  She'll be taking English, Math, Psychology & Music Theory.  Her schedule will be a little easier this semester - no classes before 10 a.m.

We finished Witch of Blackbird Pond on Tuesday.  Luke will finish up his book about Pocahontas by the end of the week.  He is supposed to finish reading his Chemistry book before the merit badge seminar on Saturday, so we'll concentrate on that for the rest of the week.
I've been working on Dewey, the Small Town Library Cat and The Life and Adventures of Harry Bibb.  Both of them are good books, but I just haven't had much time to read.

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Nov. 21, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by healthyhomeschool

You are doing some really fun things. I love the idea of traveling through the states with food! We need to study a state or two each week. We started a state notebook last year, but we have let it slip a bit this year. Thanks for the encouragement to get it back out!

Lynn

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