August '09 - Week 3

Devotional - "Let Him Ask of God" daily inspirational readings.

Government - "The 5,000 Year Leap" by Cleon Skousen - Part I - We are still spending time on learning the differences between Ruler's Law, People's Law, and Anarchy. We have been learning how these different types of law come about and how they are used, putting it into both ancient and modern terms.

Math - Individual Math-U-See books

History - Story of the World, Vol. 2 - "Augustine Comes to England" - Learning about how the Pope begins sending people to teach the "heathen Anglo-Saxons".

Science - "Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science" and "Chemistry for Every Kid" - We learned more about force and did experiments showing how Gravity is a force. One of their favorites was turning celery red in "Rising Water".

Family Projects - Splitting firewood, building chicken laying boxes, and building tire swings. The chicken "condo" laying boxes are finished just in time. Our hens have begun laying beautiful brown eggs. Our rooster is quite a bully.

Individual Phases and Studies

Marlayna (Project Scholar) - Projects: Chickens and Rabbits, Chain Mail making. - Reading: "The Adventure's of Sherlock Holmes", "Touching Spirit Bear", and "The Riddle" - Math: Math-U-See "Epsilon" Fractions - Mind Benders A4-B1

Christian (Love of Learner) - Projects: Chickens and Rabbits, Chain Mail making, Building a Rope Bridge, making rubber-band guns our his Erector set and made Pinewood derby cars for a race on Wednesday at Mutual. - Reading: "Book of Mormon Stories"

Mom (Ready to be a Mentored Scholar - but, still looking for a Mentor) - Projects: Ongoing outdoor projects and prepared for a lesson on "The 8 Keys of Great Teaching" I taught at the HIP Retreat this week. - Reading: Finished "Little Men" and started "Utopia" - Math: Math-U-See Algebra - Reviewing what I have forgotten.

Mom Notes: We left Thursday for the HIP Retreat, which is a Leadership Education based homeschool support group. The Retreat was fabulous with many inspiring speakers. We were able to connect with old friends and make new acquaintances.