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Things that were scheduled as usual:
Math
Tenor's reading worksheet on his hero... he chose his dad. :) |
Typing
Spanish
Soprano started a new writing curriculum called Creative Writing Made Easy by New Millenium Girl Books. I got it during a currclick sale, and it is a perfect fit for her... horses and princesses. I think it will be a gentle introduction to creative writing.
Electives:
Health: They did a worksheet on what a healthy lifestyle is.
Bible: We read in Genesis about the post- flood, Noah's descendants, and the Tower of Babel. We also began working on memorizing the books of the Old Testament. As we read through Genesis 10, we followed along with this Table of Nations. We mapped out the migration of Noah's sons and descendants.
Mapping out the migration of Noah's descendants |
Trying with magnifying lenses:
We also continued reading Dinosaurs of Eden and talked about dinosaurs after the flood. The
kids made a mini wheel book about potential reasons for dinosaur extinction (What Happened to the Dinosaurs Wheel Book). They also had fun looking up dinosaur heights in our book basket books to fill out the Dinosaur Graph.)
History: They did a notebooking page about Noah (printable found here) and added the Tower of Babel to their timelines. We started reading about the Sumerian civilization which was one of the first. They settled in Mesopotamia, in the fertile crescent.
They also developed a system of writing using wedge-shaped characters. We went to this site to get our cuneiform monograms.
Using their cuneiform monograms, they wrote them out on "clay" tablets (sugar cookie dough.)
Other MFW:
Music: We finished up listening to the biography of Vivaldi. They wrote additional info from the
lesson on a notebooking sheet for our portfolios.
Art: More practice with ellipses.
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I hate it when kinks get thrown into our plans :( Looks like you guys had a great week despite it though :)
ReplyDeleteHi! I am stopping by from the MFW Blogroll and co-hosting the My Father's World Homeschool Highlights this school year with Monica @ DiscoverTheirGifts. This is where MFW families connect weekly, or as often as you like, to share what we are doing in our schools. The first one is September 8, the info is on my blog. I hope you join us!
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ps: We are doing CtG this year also! I hope you have a great year!
Looks like your family is having a great time with the projects. We are doing CtG also.
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