2/21/14

Finally, internet back

Keynes Hayek rap

And second

Extra

And cartoon, not overly related, little graphic (little)

Keynsian cartoon, ridicule

With Fed cartoon and

business cycle cartoon 

Half hour nonfiction (Sun book, Mars Book, Comma Sense)

Math worksheets from this great site

Watched a little Star Trek Deep Space for the wormhole

2/20/14

Middle, 4 Saxon lessons finished

Finished Elegant Universe

Oldest hour reading Middlemarch and Percy Jackson (not approved material!)

Youngest hour writing

Part of Shadowlands (preview)

Outside briefly

Read Grapes of Wrath

2/19/14

Middle Saxon 2 quizzes and Mental Math for 4 lessons, 1/2 hour Comma Sense, 1 hour Black Beauty

Youngest 4 pages Saxon, Winnie the Pooh, Seymore Simon's Mars.

Oldest 4 lessons Saxon with 2 Quizzes, finished Comma Sense, started The Sun's Heartbeat (some anti-religious propaganda and adult jokes, we take out two chapters, but there's some fun info), 1 hour writing (random)

Nearly one episode The Elegant Universe (meh)

2 hours outside

helped make examples for co-op lapbook class

(flip book, ladybug life cycle, Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly, pop up animal face)

2/19/14 Orange

Fun with leaking roofs

1.
Math
Code crackers
History- K12 Ghana and Mali
Writing - 1/2 hour random
Piano practice
Reading
Memory work

2.
Math
History- more nomad living, more timeline pages
Memory work- the Maldives shark
Reading
Narration

3.
Tally marks, counting, cutting stuff in half
Writing- Practicing Gs
History- read rest of chapter 1
Reading

2/18/14 Orange

Big snow again

1.
Math
Writing- narration of Sea of Gold
History- timeline game, discussion
Violin practice
Reading/science- medical history book

2.
Math
History- nomad foraging game, timeline pages
Hammer and nails
Made pretzels again
Reading

3.
History- nomad sleeping, foraging, cooking
Hammer and nails
Reading

2/18/14

Oldest: one hour writing, finished Comma Sense, 3 lessons Saxon, 2 quizzes, 1 test

Middle:  one hour reading, finished Twilight Land, 3 lessons Saxon, 2 quizzes, 1 test, 1 chart

Youngest:  one hour reading, Pooh, one hour writing, 6 pages Saxon

2 hours outside

2/17/14

Oldest:  1 hour Middlemarch, 1/2 + Comma Sense, 1 hour writing, 3 lessons Saxon, 2 quizzes, 1 test

Middle:  1 hour Twilight Land, 1/2 Comma Sense (next day), 1 hour writing (speech for co-op), 3 lessons Saxon, 2 quizzes, 1 test

Youngest: 1 hour Winnie the Pooh, 1/2 hour Usborne Middle Ages (diagrams), 2 pages Saxon, 1 quiz, 1 activity page

2 hours outside

Small amount "Little History of the World"

Finished fabric paint iron on pillows

2/17/14 Orange

1.
Math
Logic
Letter writing
Violin practice
Reading and discussing The Problem of Pain, Lewis
Memory work- finished Kublai Khan poem
Drawing- sketching

2.
Math
Dictation
Reading, narration
History- filler timeline pages, nomad food drawings
Memory work- Maldive shark
Violin practice

3.
Reading
Tally marks
History- SOTW1 ch. 1 part 1, nomad food drawings

Finished trumpet of the swan.

2/16/15 Pics

2/15/14

Babysitting for oldest
Outside walking, swinging, snowmen
Individual reading, Columbo
Not a school day

2/13/14 Orange

1.
Starfish dissection
Finished eagle of the ninth
Piano practice
Marie Curie movie

2.
Made soft pretzels almost independently, aside from oven
Finished calendar book
Reading
Violin practice
Marie Curie movie

3.
Reading
History- intro to SOTW1
Marie Curie movie

2/12/14 Orange

2/12/14

1.
Violin lesson
Math
History- SOTW2
Writing-arguments for and against allowing him to ride his bike to the library.
Memory work- the kraken
Piano practice

2.
Violin lesson
Math
History- worked on timeline book

3.
Reading- Anansi stories from SOTW1
Narration- Anansi and Turtle

Still working on Trumpet of the Swan

2/11/14 Orange

2/11/14
Genesis, psalm 1
1.
Math
Fencing
Reading- Seymour Simon the brain
Writing- page about the brain
Logic
Latin
Violin and piano practice

2.
Math
Reading- calendar book
Writing- 5 items from calendar book, rewrite misspellings
History- finish 30 year war chapter
Memory work- finished tide poem
Piano practice

3.
Math- tally marks
Reading- Anansi book
Narration
Lego assignments

2/10/14 Orange

2/10/14
Co op
1.
Art- sketching, perspective
Morning prayer, choir
Scouts- advancement
Book discussion

2.
Not much.
Horseback riding lesson
Piano practice

3.
Reading
Writing