Homeschool - Oct. 2013
Math - Individual lessons in Saxon; Kaiden - Algebra 2, Nic - Algebra 1 , Afton -5/4, Kensi - 2, Garrett - 1. Luke is using Khan Academy online this year.
Field Trips and Fun things -
Math - Individual lessons in Saxon; Kaiden - Algebra 2, Nic - Algebra 1 , Afton -5/4, Kensi - 2, Garrett - 1. Luke is using Khan Academy online this year.
Field Trips and Fun things -
Cornbelly's Farm -
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| We went to Cornbelly's Farm in Lehi with our friends and our cousins to play in the corn maze and take a hay ride. |
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| Our favorite thing at Cornbelly's was the corn box! |
Planetarium - Garrett and I went to the planetarium with Vangaurd and had so much fun that we went back the next day with the whole family. We saw star shows and presentations on their sphere in the lobby!
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| Who knew you could go to Mars? |
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| Walking on the moon with no gravity! |
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| Garrett is an alligator, Luke a Jedi, Afton a lalaloopsy named Kat and Kensi was a lololoopsy named Pillow. |
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| Marshyl was a very convincing rocker, Luke went as a rocker on Halloween and Clyde was a crazed BYU fan! |
Mom school - (where I teach them things that I enjoy learning about)
This month we worked a lot on our homemaking skills as the harvest was coming in and we had a lot of canning to do! We also got out with our friends to enjoy autumn!
This month we worked a lot on our homemaking skills as the harvest was coming in and we had a lot of canning to do! We also got out with our friends to enjoy autumn!
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| We picked a ton of tomatoes from our garden and canned them! |
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| We also picked a lot of apples and made them into applesauce. |
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| When Afton saw all the apples, she wanted to make a pie. It was yummy! |
Vanguard Youth - Kaiden, Nic and Luke are in Vanguard Youth. This month they learned about:
Theme: Citizenship
Scripture: Alma 31:5 "And now, as the preaching of the word had a great tendency to lead the
people to do that which was just—yea, it had had more powerful effect
upon the minds of the people than the sword, or anything else, which had
happened unto them—therefore Alma thought it was expedient that they
should try the virtue of the word of God."
Books:
In addition to the books we will use all year (you can find that list here), we read these books this month:
"The Story of Liberty" (parts of this book)
"Spiritual Lives of Great Composers" - Chopin
"Stories of Great Artists" - Michael Angelo
"Watership Down"
"The Story of Liberty" (parts of this book)
"Spiritual Lives of Great Composers" - Chopin
"Stories of Great Artists" - Michael Angelo
"Watership Down"
"Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" (This is one of my very favorite books of all time!)
"Call it Courage"
"Way to Be"
"Out of the Silent Planet"
Individual Reading -
Dad - "To Him that Believeth" by Marshyl's grandpa, Frederick Babbel
Mom - keeping up with all of the Vangaurd reading!
Here is what else everyone is currently doing:
Kaiden (Scholar phase) -
- Book of Mormon daily reading
- Weekly trips to the Bountiful temple to do baptisms
- Working on getting his Eagle Scout Award
- Piano
- Show Choir "The Laytones" at Layton High School
- Vanguard Youth
- VIP theater class
- Book of Mormon daily reading
- Duty to God
- Seminary
- Boy Scouts - working towards his Life rank
- BSA Order of the Arrow
- Ballroom dance class
- VIP theater class
- Book of Mormon daily reading
- Duty to God
- Boy Scouts - working towards his Star rank
- VIP theater class
Afton (Love of Learning phase) -
- Book of Mormon daily reading
- drawing, drawing, drawing, mostly anime
- Faith in God
- VIP theater class
- Key Academy
Makensi (Core phase) -
- drawing and cutting and gluing...hopefully not on or to the couch!
- VIP theater class
- Key Academy
- He loves school as long as I don't tell him he's doing school!
- learning his letters and how to read
