Califoregon Living

We had a playdate with my friend Kathy and her four kids this week.  I had planned on a nature scavenger hunt, but they were playing together so well, that Kathy and I were able to sit and chat instead.  ‘R’ was sick with a fever on Friday, so we took that day off and took him to the doctor.

Bible
Joseph’s Family Moves to Egypt/ Job, A Man Who Loved God/ Moses: A Baby and a Basket/ Moses Becoems a Shepherd

Scripture
Matthew 7:12 "Even a child is known by his actions, by whether his conduct is pure and right."

History/Geography
Children’s Encyclopedia: Writing and Books.  We learned about hieroglyphics and Braille.  I had the kids try to make their own names in hieroglyphics and also make the dots for Braille.  The pictures did not turn out to post, but it was a fun project.
We also read about Art and Music around the world and through time.
We watched a 10 minute DVD that talked about the women in India and how their culture does not promote literacy for the women.  We will soon be embarking on a service priject to raise money to teach woment to read.

Read Aloud
Continuing with The Apple and The Arrow
The Llama Who Had No Pajama p. 14-15
The Boxcar Children, Book 3 Finished reading

Math
Singapore Earlybird 2A Lesson 15- This is a challenging lesson.  It is recognizing numbers 11-20, and also understanding the tens and ones column.  We will be at this for a while.

Science
First Book of Nature p. 54-59: We learned about how flowers attract visitors and  flowers need these visitors (bees, butterflies, birds, etc.), and how the wind helps flowers.
Activity questions: 98-101

Reader
‘I Can Read It’- Val Laps the Cab and ‘Bad Land in a Pig Pit’. ‘R’ read a few sentences of each.  ‘A’ read the rest and another story, ‘Tim at the Pig Pit’. Activities 9-10
Explode the Code workbook p. 21-24

Art
Artistic Pursuits Lesson 3- Gesture Drawing.  I would make a face that represented an emotion and the boys had to draw me.  Here are the results.  We did: sad, happy, surpised, tired

‘A’s Surprised

‘R’s Surprised

‘A’s Tired

‘R’s Tired

‘A’s Sad

‘R’s Sad

‘A’s Happy

‘R’s Happy

Spanish
El Espanol Facil- Lesson 1 worksheets.  Created character profiles for ‘Chichi’ (a chihuahua) and ‘Belicia’ (a girl). 
‘A’s profile:
Name: Chichi
What they like to do: He likes to fly and flop his ears alot.
Description: He looks like a dog who like to stick out his tongue and speak Spanish.

‘R’s profile:
Name: Chichi
What they like to do: Jump in the air and spin.  Play.
Description: A doggie.  Un pequeno perro.

A’s profile:
Name: Belicia
What they like to do: She like to fly in an airplane.
Description: She has long hair, blonde, and I think her eyes are blue.

‘R’s Profile
Name: Belicia
What they like to do: She likes to jump and fly.
Description: She is a little girl.

Working on the worksheets to draw ‘el nino’ y ‘la nina’

We reviewed Lesson one, then began Lesson 2.  The worksheet for the Lesson asks the child to draw something the pleases them.  "Fue mi Placer" – It was my pleasure.

‘R’s drawing
"Chichi and Belicia are int he rain forest and they have tears coming down their face because it is so hot.  I like Chichi because he is so funny."

‘A’s drawing
"I like to buy videos; I like to read books.  I like to cook, and I like to watch 1 Adam 12." (the original)

Character
We read about ‘Creative’ – Doing something in a new way.
The kids drew a picture of anything they wanted, but I did not get a picture of it, and don’t remember what it was.  However,  at some point ‘A’ asked DH how to draw a cat.  So, here is DH’s version and ‘A’s version.  I think he did great!

We also learned about ‘Diligence’ – Working hard to accomplish a task.
We read Proverbs 6:6-8, and talked about how we can be inspired by the hardworking ant.
We talked about Genesis 29.  Jacob was in love with Rachel and promised Rache’s father (and Jacob’s uncle) that he would work for him for 7 years for Rachel’s hand in marriage.  During the wedding ceremony, the woman behind the veils was actually Rachel’s older sister Leah.  So, Jacob had unknowingly married Leah instead!  He still loved Rachel and promised Laban to work another 7 years for Rachel.  That’s 14 years of labor for the woman he loved!!

Romans 12:12 "Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer."

Vocabulary
hieroglyphics
braille
instruments- stringed, wind, percussion
art forms – sculpture, architecture
song – soloist, duet, choir, orchestra, composer, band
whey
diligence
creative
fue un placer – it was my pleasure
con mucho gusto – with pleasure
mi hermano – my brother
mi hermana – my sister
mi madre – my mother
mi padre –  my father
si – yes
se llama – his/her name is