Be Still, Have Faith, & Teach On!

We had an absolute wonderful week. We enjoyed spending time together and celebrating Jesus' birth. Our church play was this week.  It was wonderful! The kids got so many compliments! The pics do not do it any justice. They did an amazing job. We also celebrated my birthday. We then celebrated Christmas at Meme and Papa's house and at our house. I did not take any pics, just enjoyed being in the moment with my family. The rest of the week we did some after Christmas shopping, cleaning, yard work, and enjoying being out of school for a bit. Logan and Dad installed a new heater in the store this week too. We are taking off from school next week as well. Our days will be full of home projects and family time. I will also get our last semester of school planned for the school year. I can't believe 2019 is drawing to an end.

I took very few pics this week.  However, we still had a busy week despite the lack of proof. 😄 In school this week: We only had three days of school this week. History: We discussed Elijah, Elisha, Joel, Obadiah, Homer, Early India, and Hinduism. Home Ec: We cleaned, and did some extra cooking. Language Arts: Everyone continued on. Math: Everyone continued on. Easy Peasy: Logan and Savannah each completed two days of assignments. Drama: We had two nights of play practice. Extracurricular: We had one night of Trap practice. Read Aloud: We continued reading "The Westing Game." Music: Logan had music night. Agri: Logan and Dad finished Logan's room.  It looks amazing! In other happenings: We took the kids to Texarkana to finish their Christmas shopping. Dad took the kids to do birthday shopping for me. Now it's time for a long much needed break! Next week is our Sabbath Week. The following week we are taking off as well with...

Our Christmas Cactus is in full bloom.  It is so beautiful! This week in school: History: We covered these people in history this week; Samson, Zhou Dynasty, Samuel, Saul, David, Solomon, and the Phoenicians. Science: We watched the following "How it's Made" videos; glass ornaments, fake Christmas trees, and candy canes. Language Arts: We went to the library and checked out new books to read. Everyone continued on in their assignments. Math: Everyone continued on. PE: Two days at the gym with therapy. Drama: Church Christmas play practice happened once, and we missed one practice. Bible: We started a new bible study this week called "The King of Glory." Shop class: Logan got to paint part of his room this week. Easy Peasy: Logan completed 4 days this week and Savannah completed 2 days. Lillian wants to do some project based learning, so I'm going to be looking for her some projects for after Christmas break. Read Aloud: We are ...

Advent has begun! Our days have been full of all things Christmas! We have had school as normal though. History: We covered these famous characters in history this week; Amenhotep, Tutankhamen, Ramses II, all those involved in the Trojan war, Ruth, Naomi, and Gideon.  I love how this curriculum gives us a great time line of historical events that includes bible facts, however I do wish it went a little bit more in depth. Math: Everyone has just continued to work through their lessons. Language Arts:  Everyone still trucking along here as well.  Everyone is about to finish some things up in language arts and will be starting some new things after Christmas break. Everyone has been reading their library books as well. Read Aloud: We are still enjoying "The Westing Game.". It is kinda tough to follow as a read aloud, but we are enjoying it. PE: We had one day at the gym.  Logan had two days of therapy. The kids also played quite a bit on th...

This week I decided our focus would be on science and compassion. We put our regular studies aside and did things differently. The kids pulled out a science experiment kit and started working through the different "magic" tricks one day.  It was pretty fun! Before pic Demo begins Beginnings of a loft bed Logan started on his Agri basic carpentry class.  He is helping his dad remodel his bedroom. They will continue to work on this project. Hopefully it will be completed soon. The girls did some chemistry in the kitchen and made some wonderful desserts for our Thanksgiving meal. I took each kid shopping individually and they did their Christmas shopping.  Then we spent time wrapping the gifts and putting them under the tree. We decided on one of our Special Christmas people to buy a secret gift for. Dad and I got most of our Christmas shopping done. We went to the nursing home and sang for the residents. We shared Thanks...

The holidays are upon us!  We are very much already in the Christmas spirit, so we started decorating this week! In school: Math: Everyone completed 3 lessons this week in math. Lillian is working on memorizing her multiplication facts. Savannah is doing really well in pre-algebra. She is working on solving equations.  Logan is working on isolating the variables in Algebra. Language Arts: Logan is working on a literary analysis of Tom Sawyer.  Savannah is working on writing short story summaries. Savannah has also worked very hard on her novels. Lillian is working on multiple syllable words and free writing. History: We covered three lessons in Mystery of History. We discussed early Chinese dynasties, Moses and the exodus, and the Tabernacle. Science: We finished Christian Kids Explore Creation Science. We talked about how to be confident in the creation model of the beginning of life, how evolutionist have no proof, and about how they have cha...

It has been a nice slow week at our house.  We have enjoyed getting to be home most days! In school: Logan: Logan completed 3 days of Easy Peasy High School.  He is enjoying this much better! Savannah: Sister completed 3 language arts lessons and three math lessons this week.  Lillian: Lilly completed 3 language arts lessons and 3 math lessons. PE: We went to the gym and had therapy only once this week.  However we have been keeping busy outside, so I'm counting all our outside time as PE this week also. Logic: There have a been many games of chess going on this week. Agri: We have tended to our various critters. We sold a goat, and learned about farm economics.  We also worked on fence building and winter gardening. We also did meat processing one night. Home Ec: Savannah spent the day with Meme and learned more about sewing. Savannah also did some clothes making for her 🦊. Read Aloud: I started a new read aloud with everyon...