Jan. 2010 - Week 1

We are back to "school" although I don't like calling it that. We took the entire month of December off to focus on family and our Savior Jesus Christ....Plus we were really sick most of the month. :-(

:: Daily Lessons ::

• Devotional: "Preach My Gospel" - Lesson 1 - a section a day.
  
• Read A-Loud Book: "The Long Winter" book #6 of Little House on the Prairie series.
• Math: Chris - Math-U-See: Delta - Marly - Math-U-See: Zeta - Celeste - Math-U-See: Algebra (review for mom...again!)
• Exercise - We are using the Wii Fit Plus while "the weather outside is frightful". It is harder than it looks!
  
• Writing - Chris - daily journal entries. Marly - writing her own book and Transformational Writing class assignments (see Marly's projects for more info.)
  
• Guitar Practice
• New Era and Ensign Reading, Scripture Reading, and Individual Reading - See each person below for their readings.
  

:: Weekly Lessons ::

• Monday: Grammar Lessons - Chris: "Winston Grammar" - Review - Marly: "Grammatically Correct" - Study subjects and objects.
• Tuesday: Guitar Lessons, Government Lesson, and Weekly Library Trip - "The 5,000 Year Leap" - Principle 9.
  
• Wednesday: Mutual/Scouts and History Lesson - "Story of the World", Vol. 2 - Chris: Chapter - Marly: Chapter 42 (Yea! She finished Volume 2).
  
• Thursday: Homeschool Friends Outing
• Friday: Science Lesson - "Concepts and Challenges in Physical Science" Chapter 3 - Two types of Energy.

:: Individual Readings ::

• Chris (Practice Scholar) - "Treasure Island", "Kidnapped", Scriptures, and New Era magazine.
  
• Marly (Project Scholar) - "Dragon Slippers", "Dragon Flight", "Dragon Spear", "Princess of the Midnight Ball", Scriptures, and New Era magazine.
  
• Celeste (Mentored Scholar - back to looking for a mentor) - "Jubal Sackett", Ensign and New Era magazines, Scriptures, and Primary Lesson.
  

:: Projects ::

• Chris - Palm programming in C language, starting to learn a little of Java programming, book report (still choosing which book).
  
• Marly - She is taking a Transformational Writing class at TJED Academy and Prep School as well as starting Seminary this semester. Our schools here only allow Seminary for a semester as release time, so instead of a 45 minute class it is 1 1/2 hours. We decided not to do early morning Seminary and we carpool with two other homeschooled girls.
  
• Celeste - Getting ready for taxes and learning what I need to or can claim for foster care.
• Family - Shoveling snow, organizing and purging items we no longer need as part of our Six Month Inventory and Purge.