Unit 20 of LHFHG and Preparing

Our fall schedules are in full force! Both of my ball players are going strong and we have several games each week. I love watching them do what they enjoy! Dance classes are once a week, AWANA is back at it, and piano lessons have resumed this month! We still have life to live and attend co op class once a week. 

I will mention that I have a Facebook group that has the same title as our blog for anyone who wants to follow that. I share things from our days of homeschooling and connect to fellow HOD families and some of my local homeschool friends!  My computer is acting up again, so my blog posts are harder to get done. I will be posting more to our Facebook page in the next weeks. 

LHFHG Day 1

*Calendar: Ian is doing well understanding place value with our straw system. 

*Phonics: We leaned hat s has two sounds. Ian did well today inbox work and reading I just hope he retains it. 

*Fine Motor: Nuts, bolts, screws, handwriting, and play dough were all used to strengthen Ian's hand dexterity and muscles. 

*Math: Ian had a little trouble recalling some facts but we are working on it 

*Storytime:  I read Ian one of his library books. 

*History/Rhyme: We read about Patrick taken prisoner for 6 years on a pirate ship and taken to Ireland. He was a Christian and used this time to become closer to God and become a missionary. We also sang our rhyme and did the motions. 

*Bible/Music: Pslam 119:105 is our unit verse and bless Ian's heart when we read it, he want to add the whole pledge to the bible to it! 

*Rotating: We played a command game like Simon says to demonstrate that Patrick had a master and what a master does. 

Preparing Day 1 

*Reading: The girls finished their mystery book and will start on a culminating project to showcase it. 

*Language: We reviewed our vocabulary words and then worked on the different types of sentences. 

*Poetry: Our new poem is called The Lamplighter. We read and so cussed it. 

*Bible: Psalm 119:169-175 are the memory verses for this unit. We read and discussed it. 

*Math: After some extra math practice and a speed drill Audrey had some review over word problems while Ally had free time. 

*Science: Adding a verse to their seat book was today's assignment. 

*History Reading: We read from Grandpa's Box about the apostles preaching about Jesus in Jerusalem. Many hearts were changed and many became believers. The Hiky Spirit gave the apostles the strength to keep going in hard times. 
*Story time: In FOL we read that Eli is happy to have his friend Ass living close by and that he is still struggling with who Jesus really is. 

*Independent History: After reading Little Miraim of Galilee, the girls have me an oral telling of the chapter. 

*History Project: The girls are making a fish symbol after learning the meaning behind it. 

*Rotating: We researched the meaning behind the fish symbol using the Internet. 

LHFHG  Day 2 

*Calendar: We finished up our month of August!! Bring on September! 

*Phonics: Ian read two short stories from his AAR book today!!! 

*Fine Motor: Ian did some cutting today as well as tracing practice. 

*Math: Ian has leaned almost 15 new math facts and is doing well on them. We worked on the dime today and compared it to a penny. 

*Storytime: I read Ian a book about Blaze and the Monster Machine. 

*History/Rhyme:Bonifice was a missionary to Hilland and Germany. He cut down and idol tree to prove that Thor was not the one true God. We also sang our rhyme and discussed it. 

*Bible/Music: Psalm 119:105 is easy for Ian to say! He did a good job tracing it too. 

*Rotating: We used our science book and talked about plants and what they need to grow. 

Preparing Day 2

*Reading: The girls are working on creating a character puppet to summarize their mystery books complete with seeing! I have a video on our Facebook page of them sharing. 

*Writing: A Fable Festival is in the works this week! They will each choose how to showcase one of the fabled we wrote so far this year. I also put up a video of them sharing their writing and acting out their fables with Legos! 

*Language: We are on unit two working on the different kinds of sentences. So far we have covered statements and questions. Audrey is using AAS and Ally is doing just dictation from the HOD guide. 

*Poetry: Today was creative writing day!! We used our poem to write a paragraph about something vivid they girls had witnessed. I have one who loves and craves creative writing and one who loathes it! Both girls did well on their writing. 

*Bible: We read and discussed the meanings of our passage and when we could use them in our lives. 

*Math: The girls have a few more lessons to finish up book 1. They took a test or quiz today and both passed!! 

*Science:After reading in our star book the girls have me an oral narration and did well. 

*History Reading: Our chairs was about the death of Stephen and how after it Christians were persecuted. The gospel of Christ still spread!!! We read from the bible as well and the girls had to answer comprehension questions. 
*Story time: Eli is gaining in faith!!!! 

*Independent History: We for back to our book The Young Christians Introduction to the Bible. The girls had some copy work of Hebrews 9:27-28 to do in cursive. 

*History Project: The girls added the verse Matthew 4:19 to their fish. 

Rotating: We defined the following words: persecution, martyrdom, gnash, research, and accusations. 

LHFHG Day 3 

*Calendar: We made another bundle!! These are Ian's favorite calendar days! 

*Phonics: We read two short stories in our AAR lesson and Ian did great after being off a few days. 

*Fine Motor: We did some cutting and working with our new pencil grip. 

*Math: Ian did super on his facts!!! I am so proud of his hard work! 

*Storytime:I read one of Ian's library books. 

*History/Rhyme: We read about Charles the great and how he love to help and be like King David! He wanted everyone to learn both rich and poor. 

*Bible/Music: Ian can say his verse and his AWANA verses for tonight!!!! 

*Rotating: We drew things that the rich boys from our history had and then things that the poor boys knew were important like the bible, hands to pray, ears to hear, and more! 

Preparing Day 3

*Reading: The girls chose their new books! We are starting our folktales study!! 

*Writing: We started a new unit over myths. We leaned what they are and to use a story sequence chart. 

*Language: Today's lesson was on combining sentences. We use Rod and Staff level 4 for our language. 

*Poetry: We learned new things about the poet, Robert Loius Stevenson. 

*Bible: The girls had bible quiet time today! 

*Math: The girls did their book one test and competed book one!! They both passed their test!!! 

*Science: After reading, the girls had some questions to answer in their science notebooks. They both do very well on assignments like this. 

*History Reading: In Grandpa's Box we read how Saul was one of Jesus' greatest enemies but was changed and become one of Jesus' great allies on the road to Damascus. We also added figures to our own grandpa's box. 
*Story time: In Fountain of Life, Eli traveled to Jerusalem in hopes to see Jesus. He is on the verge of becoming a believer!!! 

*Independent History:  After reading some pages in YCITB the girls had to copy Romans 10:9 in cursive into their common place books. 

*Rotating: Today was a geography day. We reviewed pervious terms and also traced two of Paul's missionary journeys. 

LHFHG Day 4

*Calendar: Ian is skip counting very well!! 

*Phonics: Our lesson was over the q and x sounds. Ian did very well! 

*Fine Motor: Cutting and handwriting practice were done today to work on dexterity skills. 

*Math: Ian did very well on his math facts and his number writing as well as all math skills leaned so far this year! 

*Storytime:We started the Adventues of Chatterer the Red Squirrel and Ian did a small writing assignment. 

*History/Rhyme: I read about Albert the Great of England and how he loves to read and leaned to read using the bible! 

*Bible/Music: Ian knows his verse and his song!!! 

*Rotating: Today we did a retelling of our history story about Albert the Great!! 

Preparing Day 4

*Reading: We started our folktale genre study and the girls picked out 3 books each to read over 15 lessons. They were so excited! 

*Writing: Today we read another myth about Prometheus and Hercules. We used our study sequence outline to retell the story. 

*Language: We worked on diagramming command sentences with an understood you. 

*Poetry: The girls illustrated their poems. 

*Bible: Copying our verses in cursive was done. 

*Math: Due to finishing book one, I have the girls no math the rest of this week! I scored major mom points for that! 

*Science: After reading in the constellations books the girls did an experiment to find out why stars appear and set. They found out that is is due to the rotation of the Earth. 

*History Reading: The girls did a written narration over our reading about how God uses Cornelius to show that not only Jews but Gentiles as well were to hear the good news of Jesus! 

*Story time: I had the girls read today's chapters. Eli's father passed away and Jeus is on trial! Eli is torn right now. 

*Independent History: Thr girls read from YGIB and had to read an interesting part to me. They both read to be about the chapters in Revelation. 

*Rotating: The girls added Saul's conversion to our timeline. 

LHFHG Day 5

*Calendar: Ian is now reading his charts each day on his own!!! 

*Phonics: We worked on reading silly sentences and a few stories from our AAR reader one. Ian did great!!! 

*Fine Motor: We worked in handwriting today and correct letter formation. 

*Math: We started greater and less than today and Ian caught on well. We also counted backward by 10 from 100 to 10z 

*Storytime:Chatterer had one chance to get away from the weasel and he made it!! 

*History/Rhyme: I read to Ian about King Richars the Lionhearted and he LOVED it!! 

*Bible/Music: Ian worked in his AWANA verses today. 

*Rotating: Today we had fun and played some music on the piano. In our history Blondel daves the King through a song. 

Extras we do each week:

Piano practice for the girls 15 minutes each day with a 30 minute lesson once a week. 

Keyboarding using Keyboarding Without Tears twice a week for Ian and Typing.com for the girls. 

I also try to get them active each day with various activities from their sports and dance to playing outside, going to the park, putting in a PE video, you tube videos, elliptical, taking a walk, and more!! 

Journals: Each week the kids do a journal entry. Usually it is free write time but sometimes I do give them a topic. I throw in math lessons sometimes as well. 

Co op is attended once a week for all of us! We to on Tuesdays for one class. The girls are taking Apologia Swimming Creatures. Ian is taking an enrichment first grade rotation class and Emersyn is in the nursery/preschool. I teach the k4- 2nd grade history rotation. 

This year we started Poetry Tea Time (PTT) once a week. 
For Art we are doing Art Hub for Kids on youtube once a week. It is free, fun, and easy! The kids love it! 

The girls wanted to study different countries this year. I had them each lick a few countries they wanted to learn about and what they wanted to know. We will take our time and do a read aloud, a biography, map work, art, research, cooking, and a culminating activity.  Some of the counties we plan to "visit" are France, Japan, China,  Moracco, and Italy. 

Highlights of the Week September 5 - 9, 2016

Ian had his first fall ball game of the season with his new team the Knights!!! I love my sweet #15, he hit 3 for 3 and even though his team lost, I am still proud! 

The girls have two videos on our Facebook page this week showcasing their reading and writing projects. Ian has a video reading a book we did this week. 

My littlest had to go to the doctor for an infection on her finger. We are praying that it heals quickly!! 

Hightlights of the Week September 12 - 16, 2016

The kids have videos up on our Facebook page! 

Can you say busy? The kids had 5 ball games this week!!! 

We finished up our study of France and will move on to China in a few weeks!! 

Both kids finished their 101 and 401 math books! Ian had his first speed drills and test and passed both with flying colors! Ally pulled out a high A and Audrey a high B!!