I am late in turning in this learning log! Here it goes!
Peter and Elsie both did chapter 28 in their math books, and took the tests. Elsie learned about roman numerals. She reviewed multiple digit multiplication, and found the area of squares. Peter learned how to add different types of measurements together, i.e., 3 yards and 2 feet plus 8 yards and 2 feet equal.... He also reviewed the metric system and learned that cubic centimeters and grams equal each other when measuring water. In his Pyramid Project class he dissected a flower nad studied it for half an hour. He found the Fibonacci spiral and recognized other math systems he has been learning about. Kimball finished chapter 24 and took the test. He is starting to learn about multiple digit multiplication. He reviewed how many feet in a yard, pints in a gallon, and other conversions. Anna finished the chapter on adding by 2s and took the test. They all did some story problems as well.
We continued to add to our star constellation books this week. We learned about Cygnus, Coronas, Bootes, and Leo. We also learned about the Milky Way, and how to find the Coal Sack. We found out what a shooting star is, that it is a meteor. Peter also went to his forensic science class and learned about arson crimes and how they work. He learned that arson is a fairly new science, and only since the 80s did they start to understand them better through proper testing techniques.
Kimball keeps reading about How Science Works, and he learned how plants and humans need certain nutrients to grow, and some about space and satellites. He read through the book, about 50 more pages. He did four pages of handwriting as well and read aloud to me a few days from the Dinotopia book. Peter read about 50 pages of Phantom Tollbooth. He wrote in his journal about 3 times and added a little to both of the stories he is working on, probably about 150 words total. Elsie read about 50 pages of Little Britches, and is almost done with the book. I read aloud to her some of Anne of Green Gables, which she is loving. She also did 5 pages of handwriting worksheets, practicing cursive. She wrote a poem about a dead robin that hit our window called, Cold, Red, Quiet. Anna read a chapter from her book, First Steps, and a Pinkalicious story. She also practiced her handwriting and did 3 worksheets during the week. I read her a few chapters from Winnie the Pooh, which is is enjoying.
All the the kids worked on their music last week and they went to their string and piano lessons. Elsie only practiced her right hand in piano and did bow exercises for the violin, because the cut on her hand still hadn't healed. Peter started a new song in viola, and is still working on polishing up Macabees. He is practicing Happy Farmer with the piano. Anna is getting Dr. Suzuki rhythem down on her Twinkle song and has started practing Lightly Row on the violin. She is also playing Lightly Row on the piano as well. Kimball is polishing up Go Tell Aunt Rhody and working on learning Come Little Children on the cello. He is working on making a good sound. He is also working on Lightly Row, second version, on the piano and polishing up Cookoo.
Peter worked on his Mindcraft class by mapping out our neighborhood/community. He also sat in on our business class and listened and learned. For our busniness class, Elsie, Kimball, and Anna, (Peter), and I all learned about fixed and variable costs, and how to price a service or product. We also learned how to find Gross and Net Profit.
For history we finished up our study of Marco Polo, although it was cut short due to colds and other set-backs of the month.
Thursday, February 7, 2019
Monday, January 28, 2019
Learning log 23 - More Surprises!
This week was full of more sickness and surprises. Peter developed a really nasty cough, and by the end of the week was sick and stuck in bed. Elsie decided to cut her hand with a paring knife and take a trip to the Instacare to get some stitches. She stayed on Tylenol for several days. Kimball found out he had a really bad cavity at the dentist that was creating a nasty infection in his gums. We got him on some antibiotics right away. It was an eventful week, and kept me on my toes. However, we learned all we could in the time we were given.
All the kids did some reading this week. Even Elsie, who complained about how hard it was to hold a book with her cut hand. Kimball read a bunch of How Science Works, and purused through about 50 pages. He said he learned about molecules, energy, and forces. He also read outloud to me from Dinotopia several times. He studied his spelling words and did 4 pages from his handwriting. Anna read to me another chapter from her First Steps book, called To the Store. She also read a Pinkalicious story to me. She did several pages of her handwriting worksheets and wrote sweet notes to people in the family in her special phonetic way. Elsie read about 40 pages from Little Britches. She also read from a set of books about the Westward Expansion titled "Loggers. She learned the different ways the loggers would move the logs. Sometimes they built canals and used existing rivers to send them down, they loaded them onto trains, or they rolled them downhill or on top of other logs. She also wrote several books for her Calico Critters. One was about a lonely dog that found a home with some wolves. After listening to me read outloud some from Marco Polo's book, we decided to watch Aladdin. Elsie wrote down predictions of what she versus her brother thought Aladdin would use his wishes on. Peter read about 100 pages of Phantom Tollbooth. He also wrote in his journal several times and worked on writing a couple different stories. One was a continuation of a story about a wolf, and then he started a new sci-fi story. He wrote about 100 words in each.
Peter learned a lot about numbers in his Pyramid Project class. He learned about the significance of 1., and that it is a magical proportion, foundall through creation, like human faces and bodies and the Fibonacci spiral. He said arcitects use the 1.6 proportion sometimes as well. He learned about the numbers 5,6,7, and 8 from a lecture about The Beginners Guide to Constructing the Universe. He worked on his math and finished chapter 27 and took the test. He started on 28, learning to convert military time to standard time. He also reviewed finding the cubic area of cylinders, cones, and pyramids. Kimball worked on chapter 24 of his math, multiplying 2 digit numbers with regrouping. He also did some story problems and reviewed some conversion facts. He worked on his math facts by playing Timez Attack. Anna learned to add by 2s. She did several pages and reviewed adding 1s and did some story problems. She also worked on her new math facts by playing Timez Attack. Elsie finished her math chapter and took a test. She learned to find the cubic feet of cubes. She also reviewed long division and conversion facts.
We had a fun time acting out the rotation and revolution of the earth around the sun. We learned what makes a day and a year. We also learned a couple more constellations to add to our star book. Kimball told me all about what he learned in his Science book. He said that molecules get farther and farther apart when you go from a solid to a liquid and then to a gas. He also learned about Newton's cradle, and that for every action there is an opposite but equal reaction. However Newton's cradle doesn't last forever because each ball takes some of the momentum, and energy is lost through the friction. Kimball also told me he thought gravity took a little bit of energy from the momentum as well. Anna said she learned a lot going to the dentist, like how important it is to brush and floss to keep plaque and cavities away. She also learned about fluoride and how it makes teeth strong. She learned that X-rays take pictures of teeth to help the dentist. Peter went to his forensic science class and they worked some more on taking fingerprints.
As I mentioned before, I read a little bit out of Marco Polo to the children and they had a great time learning the geography and cultures of the different places he had been. Peter also watched CNN 10 every evening and learned about the current events. At his classes at the library, he participated in a cahoot about current events, and his timeline class.
The kids participated in music as much as they were able. Elsie went to her piano lessons, but between piano and violin lessons was when she decided to cut her hand. She was unable to practice the violin for the rest of the week, and practiced the piano with her right hand. She did go to choir on Friday though with Kimball and sang through all 7 songs they are learning. Because of Peter's cough, he was unable to go to choir, but still went to his piano and viola lessons and practiced the first several days. Kimball and Anna also went to their lessons and practiced as well. Anna is ready to move on from the twinkle songs in violin!
We also worked on our business class. Peter joined in with us. We learned about the importance of budgeting for a business. We learned it was important to start being responsible with our personal expenditures, and we watched a couple videos as well. We made a commitment to track our own income and expenses for the following week.
All the kids did some reading this week. Even Elsie, who complained about how hard it was to hold a book with her cut hand. Kimball read a bunch of How Science Works, and purused through about 50 pages. He said he learned about molecules, energy, and forces. He also read outloud to me from Dinotopia several times. He studied his spelling words and did 4 pages from his handwriting. Anna read to me another chapter from her First Steps book, called To the Store. She also read a Pinkalicious story to me. She did several pages of her handwriting worksheets and wrote sweet notes to people in the family in her special phonetic way. Elsie read about 40 pages from Little Britches. She also read from a set of books about the Westward Expansion titled "Loggers. She learned the different ways the loggers would move the logs. Sometimes they built canals and used existing rivers to send them down, they loaded them onto trains, or they rolled them downhill or on top of other logs. She also wrote several books for her Calico Critters. One was about a lonely dog that found a home with some wolves. After listening to me read outloud some from Marco Polo's book, we decided to watch Aladdin. Elsie wrote down predictions of what she versus her brother thought Aladdin would use his wishes on. Peter read about 100 pages of Phantom Tollbooth. He also wrote in his journal several times and worked on writing a couple different stories. One was a continuation of a story about a wolf, and then he started a new sci-fi story. He wrote about 100 words in each.
Peter learned a lot about numbers in his Pyramid Project class. He learned about the significance of 1., and that it is a magical proportion, foundall through creation, like human faces and bodies and the Fibonacci spiral. He said arcitects use the 1.6 proportion sometimes as well. He learned about the numbers 5,6,7, and 8 from a lecture about The Beginners Guide to Constructing the Universe. He worked on his math and finished chapter 27 and took the test. He started on 28, learning to convert military time to standard time. He also reviewed finding the cubic area of cylinders, cones, and pyramids. Kimball worked on chapter 24 of his math, multiplying 2 digit numbers with regrouping. He also did some story problems and reviewed some conversion facts. He worked on his math facts by playing Timez Attack. Anna learned to add by 2s. She did several pages and reviewed adding 1s and did some story problems. She also worked on her new math facts by playing Timez Attack. Elsie finished her math chapter and took a test. She learned to find the cubic feet of cubes. She also reviewed long division and conversion facts.
We had a fun time acting out the rotation and revolution of the earth around the sun. We learned what makes a day and a year. We also learned a couple more constellations to add to our star book. Kimball told me all about what he learned in his Science book. He said that molecules get farther and farther apart when you go from a solid to a liquid and then to a gas. He also learned about Newton's cradle, and that for every action there is an opposite but equal reaction. However Newton's cradle doesn't last forever because each ball takes some of the momentum, and energy is lost through the friction. Kimball also told me he thought gravity took a little bit of energy from the momentum as well. Anna said she learned a lot going to the dentist, like how important it is to brush and floss to keep plaque and cavities away. She also learned about fluoride and how it makes teeth strong. She learned that X-rays take pictures of teeth to help the dentist. Peter went to his forensic science class and they worked some more on taking fingerprints.
As I mentioned before, I read a little bit out of Marco Polo to the children and they had a great time learning the geography and cultures of the different places he had been. Peter also watched CNN 10 every evening and learned about the current events. At his classes at the library, he participated in a cahoot about current events, and his timeline class.
The kids participated in music as much as they were able. Elsie went to her piano lessons, but between piano and violin lessons was when she decided to cut her hand. She was unable to practice the violin for the rest of the week, and practiced the piano with her right hand. She did go to choir on Friday though with Kimball and sang through all 7 songs they are learning. Because of Peter's cough, he was unable to go to choir, but still went to his piano and viola lessons and practiced the first several days. Kimball and Anna also went to their lessons and practiced as well. Anna is ready to move on from the twinkle songs in violin!
We also worked on our business class. Peter joined in with us. We learned about the importance of budgeting for a business. We learned it was important to start being responsible with our personal expenditures, and we watched a couple videos as well. We made a commitment to track our own income and expenses for the following week.
Monday, January 21, 2019
Learning Log 22 - So Sick!
This week we have been so sick....with everything! We have had head colds, fevers, pink eye, an ear infection, a sinus infection, the pukes, and other unmentionables. I can't think of a time in our entire family life where we have had such a plethora of diseases floating around our home. We're creating our own cesspit. How is that for science? Hahahaha. Really, though, the science we got this week consisted of Nature videos we watched during our runs to the bathroom (pun intended). The kids learned about kangaroo rats and the history, habitat, and character of horses. Peter was feeling good and went to his Thursday classes. For his forensic class he learned about the DNA part of forensics and how it is involved with solving mysteries.
Peter worked on chapter 27 in his Math U See. He is almost done with it, where he is learning to find the volume of cones and pyramids. He did many story problems too. Kimball started a new chapter where he is multiplying two digit numbers with regrouping. It has been challenging, but he is getting it. He also did some story problems. Anna finished her chapter where she counted and wrote to 100. She worked hard and finished it. She also reviewed counting by tens and worked on her addition facts on Timez Attack. Elsie was sick all week, and wasn't able to get to her math.
Elsie did read a little from Little Britches, about 50 pages. She also started writing a story, a couple pages worth. Peter wrote a little bit from a story he had written an outline for. He also wrote in his journal several times during the week. Kimball read from a book called How Science Works. He said he read about 10 pages, and he also did about 4 pages of his handwriting worksheets. Anna finished her chapter from her reading primer and did a couple handwriting worksheets as well. We also listened to and finished the 3rd book of The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place, The Unexpected Guests, and started on the 4th book.
They all practiced their instruments a little and Peter, Elsie, and Kimball were able to make it to their respective piano, and cello, viola or violin lessons. Anna made it to her violin lessons.
Peter also did some history, where he went to a Timeline class where they went over 700 and 800 AD. He learned that the Huns invaded the Turks in Northern India. He also watched CNN 10 every day and learned about national and international current events and discussed them in a group. In his Geography class he learned about longitude and latitude.
We were unable to get to our tech courses this week. We do them on Friday, and by Friday, everyone had contracted something or another and wasn't feeling well. We rested all through the weekend, and although some of us are feeling under the weather beginning this week, hopefully we can end this coming week on a strong note!
Peter worked on chapter 27 in his Math U See. He is almost done with it, where he is learning to find the volume of cones and pyramids. He did many story problems too. Kimball started a new chapter where he is multiplying two digit numbers with regrouping. It has been challenging, but he is getting it. He also did some story problems. Anna finished her chapter where she counted and wrote to 100. She worked hard and finished it. She also reviewed counting by tens and worked on her addition facts on Timez Attack. Elsie was sick all week, and wasn't able to get to her math.
Elsie did read a little from Little Britches, about 50 pages. She also started writing a story, a couple pages worth. Peter wrote a little bit from a story he had written an outline for. He also wrote in his journal several times during the week. Kimball read from a book called How Science Works. He said he read about 10 pages, and he also did about 4 pages of his handwriting worksheets. Anna finished her chapter from her reading primer and did a couple handwriting worksheets as well. We also listened to and finished the 3rd book of The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place, The Unexpected Guests, and started on the 4th book.
They all practiced their instruments a little and Peter, Elsie, and Kimball were able to make it to their respective piano, and cello, viola or violin lessons. Anna made it to her violin lessons.
Peter also did some history, where he went to a Timeline class where they went over 700 and 800 AD. He learned that the Huns invaded the Turks in Northern India. He also watched CNN 10 every day and learned about national and international current events and discussed them in a group. In his Geography class he learned about longitude and latitude.
We were unable to get to our tech courses this week. We do them on Friday, and by Friday, everyone had contracted something or another and wasn't feeling well. We rested all through the weekend, and although some of us are feeling under the weather beginning this week, hopefully we can end this coming week on a strong note!
Monday, January 14, 2019
Post 21
Ahh, another week down. These winter months get so sluggish. Yuck. All of us are dreaming of warmer weather and a trip down to St. George! In the meantime, when the air isn't too yucky, the kids love to go over to our neighbor's homemade hockey rink and play. Thank goodness for their generosity to share! It has been getting much needed wiggles out!
For out tech courses this week, Elsie, Kimball, Anna, and I (Peter listened in some) finished chapter 2 of Starting and Growing my Business. We watched a couple videos and learned about finding unmet customer needs and competitive advantages. We thought about our business ideas and asked ourselves if they met customer needs. We thought about our passions and talents and thought of how we could use them as a competitive advantage. Peter started on his assignment in mindcraft he designed his own skin and built it in paper. He uploaded it to mindcraft. The software that he was supposed to use didn't work, so he had to find a different website.
For science we learned more constellations: orion, taurus, pleiades, and gemini. We made a page for each constellation in our star books we are putting together. We also found several of the constellations outside at night. Peter went to his forensic class as well and learned about good places to look that criminals will hide evidence. Some examples he told me were in a fence post or under chicken crap.
For math Anna worked some more on counting and writing to 100. She was armed with knowing the patterns for writing it out, and was able to do it all on her own. She also reviewed counting by 10s. Elsie learned how to find the volume of cubes this week, which was chapter 26 of her math book. She also reviewed division, and conversions (such as miles into feet and quarts into pints), and did several story problems. Peter did chapter 26 as well in his math book, where he learned how to add and subtract time, which has a base of 60. He reviewed geometric angles finding the surface area of various geometric shapes. Peter also went ot his Pyramid project class and worked out a coded message to figure out how to make cookies. Kimball took a big step in math this week as he started multiplying 2 digit numbers together. He is learning the importance of place value and precision. He also reviewed addition and subtraction with regrouping and conversion problems. The kids have had a fun time figuring out some puzzles the "school fairy" brought them. They are from a Great Minds series, and are puzzles named after great astronomers: Hubble, Kepler, Galileo, and Halley.
Peter was busy with a challenge this week to write in his journal every day for his Pyramid project. He is trying to think and act more like a scientist. He also wrote a poem. He finished reading The Magician's Nephew as well. Elsie read about 30 pages of Little Britches and several short excerpts about various world explorers such as Vasco de Gama, De Soto, and Amerigo Vespucci. She worked on her cursive and did several worksheets and started writing a story for her sister. Kimball read outloud to me from Dinotopia some more. He reads about 1 to 3 pages a day, about 4 to 5 times out of the week. He also passed off another spelling test, and started on another expert to study and spell out correctly. Anna read another chapter, The Colt, and started another called What Can I Do? out of her First Steps primer. She learned the "ay", "able", "ate", and "ope" blends. She also did some copy work to practice her handwriting, as she tried to copy some of her sister's stories.
The kids went to their string and piano lessons again this week at Bows and Bridges. Peter finished book 1 in the viola Suzuki series and started on book 2! He is learning to play Maccabees. Peter, Elsie, Kimball, and Anna all worked on practicing the challenges they were given for the week.
We also had a fun time learning a little about the state of the world when Marco Polo was making his voyage. We learned that the Vatican moved from Italy to France for about 70 years. We also learned how Spain was taken over by the Saracens, or Arabs, and then invaded by the Moors as well. We learned that Italy was a very popular place for commerce (a new word for us), but was not united at all. In fact, the major cities were often warring with each other.
For out tech courses this week, Elsie, Kimball, Anna, and I (Peter listened in some) finished chapter 2 of Starting and Growing my Business. We watched a couple videos and learned about finding unmet customer needs and competitive advantages. We thought about our business ideas and asked ourselves if they met customer needs. We thought about our passions and talents and thought of how we could use them as a competitive advantage. Peter started on his assignment in mindcraft he designed his own skin and built it in paper. He uploaded it to mindcraft. The software that he was supposed to use didn't work, so he had to find a different website.
For science we learned more constellations: orion, taurus, pleiades, and gemini. We made a page for each constellation in our star books we are putting together. We also found several of the constellations outside at night. Peter went to his forensic class as well and learned about good places to look that criminals will hide evidence. Some examples he told me were in a fence post or under chicken crap.
For math Anna worked some more on counting and writing to 100. She was armed with knowing the patterns for writing it out, and was able to do it all on her own. She also reviewed counting by 10s. Elsie learned how to find the volume of cubes this week, which was chapter 26 of her math book. She also reviewed division, and conversions (such as miles into feet and quarts into pints), and did several story problems. Peter did chapter 26 as well in his math book, where he learned how to add and subtract time, which has a base of 60. He reviewed geometric angles finding the surface area of various geometric shapes. Peter also went ot his Pyramid project class and worked out a coded message to figure out how to make cookies. Kimball took a big step in math this week as he started multiplying 2 digit numbers together. He is learning the importance of place value and precision. He also reviewed addition and subtraction with regrouping and conversion problems. The kids have had a fun time figuring out some puzzles the "school fairy" brought them. They are from a Great Minds series, and are puzzles named after great astronomers: Hubble, Kepler, Galileo, and Halley.
Peter was busy with a challenge this week to write in his journal every day for his Pyramid project. He is trying to think and act more like a scientist. He also wrote a poem. He finished reading The Magician's Nephew as well. Elsie read about 30 pages of Little Britches and several short excerpts about various world explorers such as Vasco de Gama, De Soto, and Amerigo Vespucci. She worked on her cursive and did several worksheets and started writing a story for her sister. Kimball read outloud to me from Dinotopia some more. He reads about 1 to 3 pages a day, about 4 to 5 times out of the week. He also passed off another spelling test, and started on another expert to study and spell out correctly. Anna read another chapter, The Colt, and started another called What Can I Do? out of her First Steps primer. She learned the "ay", "able", "ate", and "ope" blends. She also did some copy work to practice her handwriting, as she tried to copy some of her sister's stories.
The kids went to their string and piano lessons again this week at Bows and Bridges. Peter finished book 1 in the viola Suzuki series and started on book 2! He is learning to play Maccabees. Peter, Elsie, Kimball, and Anna all worked on practicing the challenges they were given for the week.
We also had a fun time learning a little about the state of the world when Marco Polo was making his voyage. We learned that the Vatican moved from Italy to France for about 70 years. We also learned how Spain was taken over by the Saracens, or Arabs, and then invaded by the Moors as well. We learned that Italy was a very popular place for commerce (a new word for us), but was not united at all. In fact, the major cities were often warring with each other.
Learning Log 18-20
Our first week back into school went well except that I forgot all about being accountable and turning in learning logs! Well, that's okay, we love looking back two weeks ago and figuring out what we did!? Alright, the kids have all been working really hard on their math. Anna hit a challenging chapter in her math, where she is learning to write to 100. At first she was completely overwhelmed. We spent the week taking it in chunks and looking for patterns to help her. Elsie worked on chapter 25, she is working on dividing 2 digit numbers into 5 digit numbers. She took the test as well. She did story problems and reviewed finding the area in parallelograms. She also reviewed symmetry, and finding examples. Kimball worked on chapter 21, where he learned about rounding to 10s, 100s, and 1000s, and how to estimate multiplication problems. He also reviewed his multiplication facts and addition and subtraction with regrouping. Peter finished chapter 25 and took the test, learning how to multiply "x" equations. He also reviewed some multiplication and geometry terms. He got a "Mary Poppins" on the test (practically perfect, just missing one)
For Language Arts Peter read about 100 pages in Magician's Nephew for his Pyramid Project class. He also wrote an outline for a story he plans to write. Kimball read outloud to me several times from Dinotopia, by Gurney. He reads about 15 minutes every day. He also read How Science Works to himself, about 5 pages. He also worked on studying his spelling words, and did a couple pages handwriting from his Jenny Phillips curriculum. Anna worked hard at getting back into her reading. She finished reading a chapter, The Big Wagon, out of her primer book, First Steps. We also started reviewing blends from her Delightful Reading curriculum, like the "ow", "ew", and "aw" sounds. She also was busy writing notes to her family. Elsie read Johnathan Livingston Seagull, and thought about how it applies to the characteristic, knowledge. She also worked on her cursive, and did 3 handwriting pages.
Our family started learning about constellations for science this week. We went over the big dipper and the little dipper and Auriga. We started our own little star constellation booklets on black paper. We draw the constellations with white pencils and then poke holes in the paper so we can see the constellations projected bigger. We also had a short star-gazing session and found the constellations in the sky.
For our tech courses, Peter scanned in and submitted all of his assignments he has done so far. He had to learn how to scan his drawings in, save, and upload them to canvas. The rest of us continued to work through the workbook, Starting and Growing my Business, and started chapter 2. We watched a video called "Why do People Buy?" and then talked about selling a product customers will want or need, and how to find that out. We were trying to think about customer needs.
For music, the kids started up on their music lessons at Bows and Bridges again. They had their violin, viola, or cello lesson and piano lesson also. They listened to their music and did their practicing in the prospective instruments. Peter started a new song in piano, The Happy Farmer, which he is excited about. Elsie finished book 1 in piano and started on Suzuki book 2, which she was happy about. they were all excited to be starting on new songs after their recital.
For Language Arts Peter read about 100 pages in Magician's Nephew for his Pyramid Project class. He also wrote an outline for a story he plans to write. Kimball read outloud to me several times from Dinotopia, by Gurney. He reads about 15 minutes every day. He also read How Science Works to himself, about 5 pages. He also worked on studying his spelling words, and did a couple pages handwriting from his Jenny Phillips curriculum. Anna worked hard at getting back into her reading. She finished reading a chapter, The Big Wagon, out of her primer book, First Steps. We also started reviewing blends from her Delightful Reading curriculum, like the "ow", "ew", and "aw" sounds. She also was busy writing notes to her family. Elsie read Johnathan Livingston Seagull, and thought about how it applies to the characteristic, knowledge. She also worked on her cursive, and did 3 handwriting pages.
Our family started learning about constellations for science this week. We went over the big dipper and the little dipper and Auriga. We started our own little star constellation booklets on black paper. We draw the constellations with white pencils and then poke holes in the paper so we can see the constellations projected bigger. We also had a short star-gazing session and found the constellations in the sky.
For our tech courses, Peter scanned in and submitted all of his assignments he has done so far. He had to learn how to scan his drawings in, save, and upload them to canvas. The rest of us continued to work through the workbook, Starting and Growing my Business, and started chapter 2. We watched a video called "Why do People Buy?" and then talked about selling a product customers will want or need, and how to find that out. We were trying to think about customer needs.
For music, the kids started up on their music lessons at Bows and Bridges again. They had their violin, viola, or cello lesson and piano lesson also. They listened to their music and did their practicing in the prospective instruments. Peter started a new song in piano, The Happy Farmer, which he is excited about. Elsie finished book 1 in piano and started on Suzuki book 2, which she was happy about. they were all excited to be starting on new songs after their recital.
Monday, December 17, 2018
Learning Log 17
This is the last week before our Christmas break! The kids couldn't be happier. For math this week Elsie finished chapter 24. She had to redo a bunch of the problems with me and understands a little more clearly long division and multiplication and the importance of place value. She took the test and is about ready to move on to chapter 25. Peter finished chapter 24 and started chapter 25 on multiplying factors, for example, (x + 4)(4x+5). He also took a final test in his Pyramid Project, and was tested on things he hadn't learned yet. He was able to figure much of it out, however. Kimball did chapters 19 and 20. He learned how to skip count and multiply by 8s. He also reviewed other multiplication facts, addition with regrouping, and did many story problems. Anna also worked on her math. She finished the chapter on how to add zeros, and started on the chapter learning to add 1s. She is moving quickly through these early chapters.
The kids enjoyed reading this week. Peter finished the last half of A Swiftly Tilting Planet and enjoyed it. He also wrote a short story about 2 boats, where he worked on expanding the use of personifications. Elsie read about 30 pages of Railway children and 70 pages of Little Britches. She worked on her spelling where she learned about the final Y rule when adding suffixes. She also did 3 pages of handwriting. Kimball read Dinotopia to me for about 15 minutes Monday -Thursday. He is practicing sounding things out and recognizing compound words. He also read his scriptures on his own. He also worked on his spelling, and almost got a spelling test perfect. He did several pages of his handwriting as well. Anna read 2 chapters from her primer book. She learned about the blends "ink, ank, onk, and unk". She also reviewed many of the other blends and sounds she has learned previously. She did several handwriting pages as well, practicing her print. One big milestone we all met was that we finished memorizing The Living Christ. It is quite a long document, and we have been working on it for months. We recited it in front of their Nonny and Poppy.
For science Peter finished putting together his science project. He took times on how each of the boats he had built could travel from one point to another, and compared those times to the power of the motors they each had. Peter learned about Ohms Law, and learned how to use his dad's multi-meter. He found the amps and voltage from the multi-meter and used that information to figure out how much power the motors had, using watts.
The other kids watched a Nature show about cats. They learned about all sorts of different kinds of cats. Kimball said he liked learning about the Palace cat, which looks a lot like Garfield, and that it can live up high in the snowy mountains. He also liked learning about the Fishing cat, which is small and can fish using its whiskers. Elsie liked learning about bobcats, and how much they are built like the animal they eat, the snowshoe hare. They have big paws that help them land on the snow without sinking in. She said she also learned about her favorite cat, the Sand cat, which lives in the Sahara Desert. It eats rodents that can jump 10 feet, and stays hydrated by the blood of other animals. Anna liked learning about the leopard because it is such a good swimmer! It can hold its breath for 30 seconds underwater. It is a good hunter as well.
For Peter's mindcraft class he learned how to draw pixel art on the computer. He used some software and created Santa Clause. Elsie, Kimball and Anna all worked on their business. Peter even joined us. We learned about principles that are valuable as an Entrepreneur and they all picked one that they could work on throughout the week. Kimball chose Time management, Elsie chose the power of small and simple things, and Anna chose work. We also discussed their motivation for starting their own business, how it could impact their life, and made a goal of how much money they wanted to make. We also took a test to assess our personal readiness for business ownership. Through the test, we could see our strengths and our weaknesses. We watched a video which helped us understand how important it is to commit to the goals we will be setting and decided as a family to support one another. They are going to find a friend that will also support and motivate them.
For music the kids were really busy this week! Peter and Elsie went to 2 of the 3 rehearsal practices for their recital for Bows and Bridges. Anna and Kimball went to all 3. Peter worked really hard on practicing his songs up to the last day. In the end, he had them nailed. On Saturday they performed, and they all did well. Anna is very shy, and we were all so proud of her because she decided to play in front of everyone, which is the first time she has been willing to try. They all did really well on both their string instruments and piano. Peter also did a duet on the piano as well. They also had a couple choir performances on Friday, where they went to a nursing home and a retirement home. They sang wonderfully and Elsie also did her violin duet with her friend, Ruby. They worked really hard on their music this week, and it paid off! Merry Christmas!
The kids enjoyed reading this week. Peter finished the last half of A Swiftly Tilting Planet and enjoyed it. He also wrote a short story about 2 boats, where he worked on expanding the use of personifications. Elsie read about 30 pages of Railway children and 70 pages of Little Britches. She worked on her spelling where she learned about the final Y rule when adding suffixes. She also did 3 pages of handwriting. Kimball read Dinotopia to me for about 15 minutes Monday -Thursday. He is practicing sounding things out and recognizing compound words. He also read his scriptures on his own. He also worked on his spelling, and almost got a spelling test perfect. He did several pages of his handwriting as well. Anna read 2 chapters from her primer book. She learned about the blends "ink, ank, onk, and unk". She also reviewed many of the other blends and sounds she has learned previously. She did several handwriting pages as well, practicing her print. One big milestone we all met was that we finished memorizing The Living Christ. It is quite a long document, and we have been working on it for months. We recited it in front of their Nonny and Poppy.
For science Peter finished putting together his science project. He took times on how each of the boats he had built could travel from one point to another, and compared those times to the power of the motors they each had. Peter learned about Ohms Law, and learned how to use his dad's multi-meter. He found the amps and voltage from the multi-meter and used that information to figure out how much power the motors had, using watts.
The other kids watched a Nature show about cats. They learned about all sorts of different kinds of cats. Kimball said he liked learning about the Palace cat, which looks a lot like Garfield, and that it can live up high in the snowy mountains. He also liked learning about the Fishing cat, which is small and can fish using its whiskers. Elsie liked learning about bobcats, and how much they are built like the animal they eat, the snowshoe hare. They have big paws that help them land on the snow without sinking in. She said she also learned about her favorite cat, the Sand cat, which lives in the Sahara Desert. It eats rodents that can jump 10 feet, and stays hydrated by the blood of other animals. Anna liked learning about the leopard because it is such a good swimmer! It can hold its breath for 30 seconds underwater. It is a good hunter as well.
For Peter's mindcraft class he learned how to draw pixel art on the computer. He used some software and created Santa Clause. Elsie, Kimball and Anna all worked on their business. Peter even joined us. We learned about principles that are valuable as an Entrepreneur and they all picked one that they could work on throughout the week. Kimball chose Time management, Elsie chose the power of small and simple things, and Anna chose work. We also discussed their motivation for starting their own business, how it could impact their life, and made a goal of how much money they wanted to make. We also took a test to assess our personal readiness for business ownership. Through the test, we could see our strengths and our weaknesses. We watched a video which helped us understand how important it is to commit to the goals we will be setting and decided as a family to support one another. They are going to find a friend that will also support and motivate them.
For music the kids were really busy this week! Peter and Elsie went to 2 of the 3 rehearsal practices for their recital for Bows and Bridges. Anna and Kimball went to all 3. Peter worked really hard on practicing his songs up to the last day. In the end, he had them nailed. On Saturday they performed, and they all did well. Anna is very shy, and we were all so proud of her because she decided to play in front of everyone, which is the first time she has been willing to try. They all did really well on both their string instruments and piano. Peter also did a duet on the piano as well. They also had a couple choir performances on Friday, where they went to a nursing home and a retirement home. They sang wonderfully and Elsie also did her violin duet with her friend, Ruby. They worked really hard on their music this week, and it paid off! Merry Christmas!
Monday, December 10, 2018
Learning Log #16
This week the kids all worked on their math. Elsie did chapter 24. She had to do most of the problems, doing long division, dividing double digit numbers into 4 digit numbers. She is working really hard on writing out all of her work so that she can keep everything straight. She also reviewed long multiplication and worked out some story problems as well. Peter finished chapter 23 and took the test, which he did well on. He also started chapter 24 where he is learning to find the volume of a cylinder. Anna did her math as well, and she is learning to add 0's. She also did some review and story problems as well. Kimball did chapter 18 for his math, learning to multiply by 7s. He also reviewed greater than/less than, and did some story problems.
For Language arts this week Elsie read some more of The Railway Children, about 60 pages. She is now on page 190. She practiced her cursive from her workpages, and she worked hard on writing her stories. She wrote a Christmas story and worked more on her WWI story. Anna read a chapter from her book primer book. She learned about new blends, like "ing, ang, ong, and ung", "ue" as in blue, and "ow" as in low. She also learned about compound words and practiced reading some. She practiced her handwriting from her workpages as well, and she helped me write my grocery list. Kimball continued to do some reading on his own, reading the scriptures. He also read outloud to me, reading the book Dinotopia. He read 2 pages a day for 3 days. It has some harder words, but he is enjoying the book and narrating to me what he reads. He also practiced his writing, doing his workpages. Peter enjoyed reading about half of A Wind in the Door this week. He also wrote a very short story with a moral. Peter went to his debate class and watched 12 Angry Men. He really liked it, and learned the persuasive power of debate. As a family we started reading A Christmas Carol, and are really enjoying it.
For Science, Peter worked hard with his friend at building a boat. He went to our neighbor's house who has an indoor pool, and tried it out, only to find it didn't work. They had to make many changes. They went home, did some research on good ole YouTube, and found out what they needed to change. They found a stronger motor from one of his old rc cars and took it apart, a battery from an old laptop, and put everything together to build a boat. When they took it to the neighbor's to try it again, they realized it was a little top-heavy. With some slight changes, they were able to get the boat to go, and it drove very well. They were really pleased. Then they started to work on writing up their materials and methods and conclusions. They still have some tests to run though. Peter also went to his forensic class and reviewed what they have learned. The other kids, Anna, Kimball, and Elsie, watched a documentary on Nature. They learned about people who help abandoned wildlife and nurse them back to health so they can reenter the wild. They learned about a sloth with pneumonia in Costa Rica (they also learned about the amazing digestive system of the sloth), a walabi from Australia, and a koala from.....we can't remember. The kids didn't even know walabi's existed, so it was fun to learn about them as well.
Peter worked hard on his Mindcraft. He made the deminsions for a house and drew it out. He had already built it though, so he didn't need to build it. He also learned a little about pixels and drew a picture of a Christmas tree on graph paper. He just needs to turn these assignments in. The other kids did not get to their business class this week.
The kids are also working hard at finishing learning about all the states. We are about done learning about the Rocky Mountain States, and only have the Pacific Coast states left. Also, they are working on memorizing states and their capitols through a song.
The kids also worked on Spanish. We are learning to say in spanish, "I take the soap. I turn on the water faucet. I scrub my hands with the soap. I wash my hands well, the right hand and the left hand. I turn off the faucet. I dry my hands on a towel." We act it out and the kids repeat the phrases in spanish after me until they can say it with me.
For Language arts this week Elsie read some more of The Railway Children, about 60 pages. She is now on page 190. She practiced her cursive from her workpages, and she worked hard on writing her stories. She wrote a Christmas story and worked more on her WWI story. Anna read a chapter from her book primer book. She learned about new blends, like "ing, ang, ong, and ung", "ue" as in blue, and "ow" as in low. She also learned about compound words and practiced reading some. She practiced her handwriting from her workpages as well, and she helped me write my grocery list. Kimball continued to do some reading on his own, reading the scriptures. He also read outloud to me, reading the book Dinotopia. He read 2 pages a day for 3 days. It has some harder words, but he is enjoying the book and narrating to me what he reads. He also practiced his writing, doing his workpages. Peter enjoyed reading about half of A Wind in the Door this week. He also wrote a very short story with a moral. Peter went to his debate class and watched 12 Angry Men. He really liked it, and learned the persuasive power of debate. As a family we started reading A Christmas Carol, and are really enjoying it.
For Science, Peter worked hard with his friend at building a boat. He went to our neighbor's house who has an indoor pool, and tried it out, only to find it didn't work. They had to make many changes. They went home, did some research on good ole YouTube, and found out what they needed to change. They found a stronger motor from one of his old rc cars and took it apart, a battery from an old laptop, and put everything together to build a boat. When they took it to the neighbor's to try it again, they realized it was a little top-heavy. With some slight changes, they were able to get the boat to go, and it drove very well. They were really pleased. Then they started to work on writing up their materials and methods and conclusions. They still have some tests to run though. Peter also went to his forensic class and reviewed what they have learned. The other kids, Anna, Kimball, and Elsie, watched a documentary on Nature. They learned about people who help abandoned wildlife and nurse them back to health so they can reenter the wild. They learned about a sloth with pneumonia in Costa Rica (they also learned about the amazing digestive system of the sloth), a walabi from Australia, and a koala from.....we can't remember. The kids didn't even know walabi's existed, so it was fun to learn about them as well.
Peter worked hard on his Mindcraft. He made the deminsions for a house and drew it out. He had already built it though, so he didn't need to build it. He also learned a little about pixels and drew a picture of a Christmas tree on graph paper. He just needs to turn these assignments in. The other kids did not get to their business class this week.
The kids are also working hard at finishing learning about all the states. We are about done learning about the Rocky Mountain States, and only have the Pacific Coast states left. Also, they are working on memorizing states and their capitols through a song.
The kids also worked on Spanish. We are learning to say in spanish, "I take the soap. I turn on the water faucet. I scrub my hands with the soap. I wash my hands well, the right hand and the left hand. I turn off the faucet. I dry my hands on a towel." We act it out and the kids repeat the phrases in spanish after me until they can say it with me.
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