Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Justin researching

Justin doing research for his upcoming report about rocks (one of his favorite topics). 

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Maple Sugar Farm

Pictures of our trip to a local farm.  We helped collect the sap water from the tapped trees and enjoyed watching the boiling process inside the sugar shack.


Answers Magazine

A quote we read from Answers in Genesis magazine today :

"Although there is tremendous physical evidence of a global flood, ultimately, it is a matter of trust in a perfect God who created everything(Genesis1:1), knows everything (Colossians 2:3), has always been there (Revelation 22:13), and cannot lie (Titus 1:2).  The only alternative is to trust imperfect fallible human beings who can only speculate on the past."

Love it!

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Book list June 2009-Dec 2010

A record of

Book list June 2009- November 2010.  I kept this record in a spreadsheet and then copied and pasted here on my blog (just in case of fire or if it were to be lost).





Item or Unit study; Field trips, books, resources Notes: Subject/ study Web-sites used, projects completed, other resources used

King James Bible Bible memory Bible Proverbs 16:6, Prov. 19:23,Prov.22:4, Prov 23:17,Prov 24:21, Prov.28:14, Proverbs 31:30, Prov. 3:1-4, Proverbs 4:20-22; Proverbs 7;2,3; Proverbs 8:32,33, Prov. 10:14; I Sam. 15:22; Romans 5:8; Deuteronomy 6:5

Arthur Maxwell's 10 volumes The Bible Story Read daily in the mornings to all children Bible/Literature

Worship IN Song singing with children Music/Worship Just A Closer Walk with Thee

Skeletal system Unit study see blog Science YouTube, projects using real bones, q-tip art,music & poetry used from: Little giraffes.com, games. See blog for pictures

Worlds of Wonder ABeka reading course Grade 3 (Justin) Reading

Letters and Sounds 3 ABeka Phonics course (Justin) Phonics

Animals in the Outdoors ABeka reading Grade 1 (Jonathan) Reading

Language I ABeka Language course Grade 1 (Jonathan) Language

The Bandit of Ashley Downs by Dave & Neta Jackson Read daily in the mornings to all children Literature

Animal Skeletons by Judith Janda Presnall Read daily in the mornings to all children Science Literature Used with Skeletal System Unit study

Kind and Brave ABeka reading Grade 1 (Jonathan) Reading

The Skeletal System by Susan Gray read daily in the mornings to all children

Making Brothers and Sisters Best Friends by Sarah, Stephen, & Grace Mally read daily in the mornings to all children Character

The Great Dinosaur Mystery Solved by Ken Ham read daily in the mornings to all children Science read portions but not in entirety yet

No Longer a Nobody by Matilda Nordvedt ABeka reading Grade 2 (Justin) Reading

Letters and Sounds 1 ABeka Phonics Grade 1 (Jonathan) Reading

Arithmetic I ABeka Phonics Grade1 (Jonathan) Math

Language 3 Language 3 (Justin) Math

William's House by Ginger Howard Historical fiction read to all boys Literature/ History

Bee Notebooks (Unit Studies) Created Notebooks based on our study of bees Science

Aesop's Fables ABeka reading Grade 1 (Jonathan) Reading

DVD: City of the Bees (Moody Publishing) Bee Unit Study Science

The Chimney Sweep's Ransom by Dave & Neta Jackson read daily to all children Literature Introduces children to John Wesley

YouTube Videos regarding: Melipona bee, angel bees, robber bees, killer bees, digger bees, patchwork leafcutter bees, carpenter bees

Animal Skeletons by Judith Janda Presnall Read daily in the mornings to all children Science Literature Used with Skeletal System Unit study

Kind and Brave ABeka reading Grade 1 (Jonathan) Reading

The Skeletal System by Susan Gray read daily in the mornings to all children

Making Brothers and Sisters Best Friends by Sarah, Stephen and Grace Mally

Twin Sisters Multiplication CD & book played for children Math Jonathan completed the worksheets in this book

Strong and True ABeka reading Grade 1 (Jonathan) Reader

The American Spelling Book by Noah Webster Spelling (Justin) Spelling

Spelling & Vocabulary Notebooks. Language Arts- Notebooks boys made using spelling & vocab words. Wrote stories using words Spelling/Language arts

McGuffey Readers Used with boys for reading exercises Reading Justin and Jonathan 2 &3

Hidden Treasures ABeka reading Grade 1 (Jonathan) Reading

Your story hour all boys audio Bible, biographical, historical, & character stories

Italic Writing Book C Jonathan writing

Italic Writing book E Justin writing

Field Trip: Lincoln boyhood home Parke, County, IN all boys field trips history

Field Trip: Grissom memorial Spring Mill Park Mitchell, IN all boys field trips science, history

Field Trip: Children's museum Indianapolis, IN all boys science

YouTube Videos regarding: Suspended Bridge disaster, how to make donuts, "wood" science

The Brownies at Home by Palmer Cox all boys poetry

The Bee People by Margaret Warner Morley all boys science/ bee unit study

The Blue Backed Speller list Justin

Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons Ryan reading

Pig & Crow Ryan literature

Pooh Numbers Ryan literature/Math

The Complete Book of US History (McGraw Hill) all children history also drawing a time-line to correlate

In November by Cynthia Rylant all children literature

Gilberto and the Wind by Marie Hall all children literature

Jack's Best Boots: Long Ago by Ann Bixby Herold all children literature

Treasure Island Justin : Independent Reading literature

White Fang Justin : Independent Reading literature

YouTube video regarding: Peublos History

Webster's dictionary Justin: looked up vocab words and wrote definitions and stories language arts

Our America 2 ABeka reader/history Jonathan grade: 2 history reading

Salute to Courage ABeka reader Grade 4 Justin reading

Wilbur & Orville Wright: The Flight to Adventure Independent Reading: Jonathan reading/history

Jonathan Park: Destination Moon audio/science: study of astronauts & the moon science

Little Britches by Ralph Moody read to all children literature/character date finished

Science project: made glass out of sugar used from Sneaky Uses for Every day things book

Worship In Song: Oh Love that will not let me go music/worship

Bloody Horned Lizards (Gross out Defenses) by Lisa Haskins read to all boys science

Audio: The Red Badge of Courage Justin: Independent Listening literature

The Attic Christmas read to Ryan literature

Liberty Tree ABeka Reader 4th grade Justin reading

Bill Nye the Science guy YouTube: videos about insects Science

Primary Pal & Youth Companion character stories character handouts from church. Read in the morning with devotions.

Who Has Seen the Wind" by Christina Rosetti Learning together - poetry poetry

New Testament song song we learned to help memorize the books of the N.T. memory/Bible

Twin Sisters Addition Math supplemental course for Jonathan math CD/book he completed all worksheets before going on to 2ndGrade ABeka

Poetry: "The Caterpillar" all children poetry Christina Rosetti

The Character Journal:Obedience all children character

King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table Justin literature

Richard Scarry's Best Story Book Ever Ryan: read by Mommy literature

Poetry: "Clouds" by Christina Rosetti all children poetry

Treasure Chest Jonathan reading 2nd grade Abeka

Answers in Genesis videos all children science video clips/DVDs

Poetry: "The Bird' by Emily Dickinson all children poetry

Kidnapped all children literature

Usborne Children's Encyclopedia all children used for science studies earth, volcanoes, planets...

Poetry: "The Crocodile" by Lewis Carroll all children poetry

Les Miserables by Focus on the FAmily Justin audio/literature dramatization

Wee Sing Bible Songs all children music/Bible used during devotions to teach Books of the Bible, the names of the 12 disciples, and various other Sunday School songs

Childhood Stories of Washington and Lincoln all children history/biography ebook printed from Homeschool Freebie of the Day

Escape from Slavery audio speech: Fredrick Douglas all children history/biography audio download

The Blizzard of 1888 all children history audio

Paths of Gold Jonathan reading Abeka 2

Fruit of the Spirit Unit Study all children Bible/character www.lapbooklessons.com printed out and assembled lapbooks. Learned memory verses from the following chapters: Matt. 22, Ex 34, Hebrews 11:1, Hab.3, Eph 4:32a, Matt. 5:5, Ps. 119, Galatians 5:22,23

"Wee Can Know Jesus" all children Bible

Copywork: "All Creatures Great and Small" Ryan writing, music copying the hymn

Poetry: "Wynken, Blynken, & Nod" by Eugene Field all children poetry

Flags Unfurled Justin reading ABeka reader 4th grade

Tor: A Street Boy of Jerusalem by Florence Morse Kingsley all children reading/literature/Bible

Field Trip: Creation Museum/Homeschool Convention all children Science

Sunshine Meadows Jonathan reading ABeka reader 2nd grade

Answers Magazine all children science random science articles from a Creation perspective

A Child's Book of Teeth by Harrison Wader Ferguson, DDS all children biology/science

Old Time Radio Shows: Flight, The Way of an Eagle all children history

The Time Book Jonathan math how to tell time

Trails to Explore Justin reading

Window on the World all children geography/anthropology using map and stickers. Praying for specific people groups and nations as we learn about them!

The First Book of Bugs by Margaret Williamson all children science/nature

Song: The Ten Commandment Song all children Bible from gardenofpraise.com

New Testament 10 commandment verses all children Bible Matt 4"10, I Cor. 10:14, I Tim. 6:1

Open Skies Jonathan literature/reading

Tom Sawyer Justin reading/Lit.

The Jungle Book Justin reading/Lit

GrammarLand all children grammar

Psalm 1 all children memory verse

The Duel" all children poetry memory

Fall Is Here! I Love It! by Elaine W. Good all children leaf unit study library book

Autumn Leaves by Ken Robbins all children leaf unit study library book

Autumnblings: poems and paintings by Douglas Florian all children leaf unit study library book

Why Do Leaves Change Color by Betsy Maestro

DK's "Trees" video all children leaf unit study library video

Institute for Basic Life Principles: Character Sketches, Book 1 all children character, nature & Biblical history book

What Happens in Fall by Sara L. Latta all children Science

The Tale of Three Trees (a traditional folk tale) all children literature

Trees, Leaves, & Bark (Young Naturalist Field Guides) all children nature/science

Tell Me, Tree all children nature/science

Psalm 105:1-5 all children Bible Memory

Pilgrim's Progress ABeka Jonathan literature/reading

Lessons in Thankfulness by Barbara Rainey all children character/biographies 11/18/2010.

Luke 2:1-20 Bible Memory