8/30/13

Morning emails:

National Geographic on wiggling caterpillars, with video

Did chemistry last year, so ask them to skim this one on the new element

Portraits on envelopes

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Practice piano pieces

History:  "Killer Angels"

39 Steps

Cut out and folded Dover paper soldiers for Civil War (like this one, but you have to color it yourself using directions)

Tons of outside time, beautiful day -- dug potatoes, winterized fort, helped build fence, bike and climbing, reading done outside

8/29/13

Sent to emails, played for youngest:

Martin Luther King, Jr. Speech

Annie Lennox on creativity, then a song




Math Mammoth, Family Math,

Research projects, hit two libraries to collect books

Bible, Matthew to 10

Clean co-op building with group, 2 hours

Journal from Bible verse

Oldest worked on Red Cross class

Listened to Adventures in Odyssey for fun (oldest insists we can count it as religious ed. .  . )

Read more "39 Steps"

Watched three physics videos from the "Way Things Work" series, with the mammoth

One hour on playground because mom fell asleep on the bench

Learned to use slingshot

8/28/13

Sent to Ipads:

For oldest, who has read some Cather with me (fyi, the usual reference with her comes up briefly).

For both olders, a funny on school funding, new words in the OED, and an article on Roman art.

Youtube video of Godspell song using verses from Matthew read yesterday;  resending Ave Maris Stella and second version.


Programming:  Code Avengers


Math:  Murderous Maths, Life of Fred

Music:  Listen to Ave  again; start individual songs;  read Usborne theory book, half page;  "Play Piano in a Flash" for kids

Usborne Moon and Planets, Chinese fairy tales, Life of Fred Butterflies for youngest.

Playground time, library time; picked up individual books to read.

Extra Typing Island on request

Oldest volunteered national park.

Cut up squares for quilting.

8/27/13 Pics

School uniform, note ears

8/27/13

Sticker on car during trip:

"Love wins"

8/27/13

Links to older girls:

The Theft of Fame, interview of de Zengotita, who has a new book out on media (not a conservative or particularly religion-friendly, fyi)


Blog for the Delta County Historical Society to explore

Tchaikovsky and repeating themes, with examples and different versions of a piece at the end, to be read and listened to


Math:  Murderous Maths, Life of Fred, Math Mammoth

Watch Red Cross video on preparedness;  sign up and begin online babysitting class;  use retail me not to find a promo code for a discount on the classes;  fill out contact cards for emergencies (link brings up PDF)

Bible:  New Testament
(Jerusalem Bible)

Programming: Code Avengers


Geography:  Ellen McHenry's Mapping the World with Art
(McHenry puts out several home grown curricula, and she test drives them by giving out freebies for mass review and correction, tons of great downloadable pieces there for art, geography, and science)

8/24, 25, 26/13

Saturday 24th, Sunday 25th, Monday 26th

Visit to friends combined with school trip

Story of the World -- 4 disks during drive, modern history

Two hour tour Fort Uncompahgre Living History Museum -- rebuilt fort from time of mountain man Antoine Robidoux (great site, very limited hours so check ahead)

History museum in Delta, Colorado, with barbed wire and butterfly collection, large bells outside that kids can ring, archives kept here by local volunteers

Fish hatchery near Mount Princeton and Nathrop, run by CO Division of Wildlife for stocking rainbow trout in the state, they give you a bucket of fish food to feed fish (correction to the link info, hatchery opens at 9, not 8).

Best playground ever in Gunnison, Colorado (Meadows?);  decent farmer's market

Monarch Pass rest stop (which is also a point on a bike route and a gondola ride launch, we did neither)

Several purchases made, money budgeting

8/27/13

August 23

Birthday -- swimming and lunch in town

Other girls, older teaches younger with Code Avengers

Finished small quilt