tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36068719014244792022024-03-13T08:30:58.345-07:00Adventures in HomeschoolingJenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16781252654670860916noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606871901424479202.post-8441290020993764082013-11-25T11:24:00.000-08:002013-11-25T11:24:11.920-08:00Long Live the Queen!Our unit study for this past four weeks has been the Victorian Era.
Queen Victoria reigned in England from 1837 - 1901 so our focus was on
any event in the world (excluding America) during these years. <br />
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<b>Monday, October 21</b> - our kick-off for the Victorian Era: art in the form of Degas, wearing an Indian sarong, and reading The Tale of Peter Rabbit.<br />
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<b>Tuesday, October 22</b> - Jared's last soccer game for the season<br />
<b>Wednesday, October 23</b> - our Young Women in Excellence program (Hannah and Helena both attended, plus Beryl, Cailin, and Mikayla!)<br />
<b>Thursday, October 24</b> - Grandma Mattson's birthday and we studied A is for animals for "Skittles School"<br />
<b>Friday, October 25</b>
- Trunk or Treat! Clarissa and Jerikka are Sister Missionaries, Krystal
and Amber are Sleeping Beauty and Beauty and the Beast Princesses, and
Seth and Jared are from NASA. Also, it was Luke's (Jared's friend from
China) birthday so Jared skyped with him after the party while at the
Morgan's house. Jared and Clarissa spent the night at the Morgans and we
had the young women spend the night at our house.<br />
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<b>Saturday, October 26</b>
- Stake Youth Temple Trip in Washington D.C. The kids stayed with
Christine and she took Seth and the girls to the Walker's house for a
Halloween party.<br />
<b>Sunday, October 27</b> - I attended Ward Council and was emotional over being called "Molly Mormon" and told I had control issues.<br />
<b>Monday, October 28</b> - We had our group activity for history group at the Walker's house and carved our pumpkins for Family Home Evening.<br />
<b>Tuesday, October 29</b> - We dressed up yet again, this time for a Halloween party at Clarissa's school.<br />
<b>Wednesday, October 30</b>
- While picking up all the youth for mutual, my Dad called and informed
me that my Grandma Hansen passed away. For young men's they did a
service project installing insulation in a dirt basement and Jared got
filthy dirty, he did invite Jessie to go with him and he came!<br />
<b>Thursday, October 31</b>
- HALLOWEEN! We had a Halloween party at our house with the homeschool
kids. We decorated cookies, played games, and explored a dissected cow
embryo! We had dinner and went trick-or-treating at the Turpin's house.<br />
<b>Friday, November 1</b>
- We dressed up again! This time it was for a Halloween party at Dublin
Presbyterian with one of Jared's friends from soccer. I also found out
on the way there that my mom was in the hospital with blood clots and
decided to go to California to be with her while my dad went to his
mom's funeral.<br />
<b>Saturday, November 2</b> - It was difficult to
decide to leave Seth here with Chris, but we thought that it would be
best for him to stay with his siblings as he would be bored on the plane
and at my parent's house. We drove to Roanoke to take me to the airport
only to find that the flights to Charlotte were cancelled so we turned
around and drove down to Charlotte. On the way we dropped Jared off
with the Smiths so that he could go to Garrett's Halloween party,
unfortunately he had no costume, but he still had fun.<br />
<b>Sunday, November 3</b> - I went to church with my mom and Desi and Gabe. I missed Chris conducting Sacrament for the first time.<br />
<b>Monday, November 4</b>
- My mom and I went to Simi Valley to visit with my Grandma Beth and
Aunt Kathy while the kids were at school. Jolene and Teresa and Nathan
came up to Tehachapi to visit and brought us dinner. The kids did their
presentations at the Brame's house, I helped them get ready for them on
Saturday, but I didn't get to see them on Monday.<br />
<b>Tuesday, November 5</b>
- My mom and I looked through some family history journals and
documents then went to lunch. Tuesday evening when my dad and brothers
and sister came back from the funeral we had fun looking through the old
pictures from my grandparents. I spent the night at Jolene and
Jonathan's house and Jolene drove me to the airport on Wednesday. It was
an all day trip back home and I was so happy to see Chris and the kids
again that night.<br />
<b>Wednesday, November 6</b> - I spent the night at Jolene and Jonathan's house and Jolene drove me to
the airport on Wednesday. It was an all day trip back home and I was so
happy to see Chris and the kids again that night.<br />
<b>Thursday, November 7</b> - Liam didn't come for "skittles school" but Marshall came over to play with Amber.<br />
<b>Friday, November 8</b>
- Krystal made cupcakes for our dessert and Jared watched the kids
while Chris and I went on a date to see "Ender's Game." I started
feeling sick with a cold that ended up lasting 3 weeks!<br />
<b>Saturday, November 9</b> - I shampooed the carpets and then in the evening took the youth to a Tri-Stake Activity in Roanoke.<br />
<b>Sunday, November 10</b> - My counselor, April, attended ward council for me. I taught the lesson on Work.<br />
<b>Monday, November 11</b> - We had book group for "The Good Master." We did activities about Hungary and their traditions for Easter and Christmas.<br />
<b>Wednesday, November 13</b> - We had a Career Night for mutual. We had 6 different presenters and it was great!<br />
<b>Thursday, November 14</b>
- For Skittles school we learned about water, did some experiments with
water and did some watercolor painting. I was really impressed with
Amber's paintings.<br />
<b>Friday, November 15 </b>- We had an "end of
the unit" Victorian Etiquette Dinner at the Brames house. So, of course,
we dressed up again. We had a 4 course turkey dinner and then
afterwards watched The Muppets Christmas Carol.<br />
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<b>Saturday, November 16</b>
- Chris was gone helping with a wood-cutting service project, I cleaned
the house and then in the evening we took family pictures for our
Christmas cards. After that we went to dinner at a Mexican restaurant
and then went to Walmart to buy some garlic pills for me and some orange
juice for Seth because we were both still sick and I was pretty sure we
had sinus infections.<br />
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<b>Sunday, November 17</b> - April taught the young women's lesson on gratitude.<br />
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couple other things to mention this month, but there aren't specific
dates for: Chris and I talked about buying a bigger house, we looked at
some houses online and even went to the bank, but we quickly decided
that we didn't want to spend more money on a house payment and I set my
mind to take better care of the house we have now which is why I spent
most of my Saturday's this month deep cleaning the house and carpets,
etc.<br />
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Also, at 17 months Seth still isn't talking, but I
borrowed some Signing Time videos from my mom and he loves them so we
have been teaching him sign language and he has caught on very quickly.
He has been using many of the signs and has even started attempting
some real words like "No" (of course), cracker, thank you, and of course
mama and dada. For eat he makes an eating sound and drink he makes a
drinking sound while signing the words. So cute!<br />
<br />Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16781252654670860916noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606871901424479202.post-68855950672994295152013-10-19T13:46:00.002-07:002013-10-19T13:46:58.282-07:00Civil War UnitFor the past four weeks we have been studying the Civil War and hopefully I will get some time to add a few pictures, but until then...here is our daily calendar:<br />
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<b>Monday, September 16</b> - Jared is really doing well in his art class, we had book group for Little Britches.<br />
<b>Tuesday, September 17</b> - Jared had writing workshop and drama (they are going to perform A Suessification of Romeo and Juliet). Clarissa had tutoring and Jared had soccer.<br />
<b>Wednesday, September 18</b> - During some free time the girls dressed Seth up in some of their pretty dresses, he thought he was so cute! I had a Presidency meeting, Amber had dance class and for Young Women's we made a plan for the YW in Excellence program and did Personal Progress interviews. The girls also filled out talent and interest surveys so we know what their interest are for activities.<br />
<b>Thursday, September 19</b> - For Friend School we did the letter "T" for train. We also learned about weather like Thunderstorms and Tornados and made windsocks. Krystal went to workshop, Jared and Krystal had piano, Clarissa had tutoring, the girls had dance and Jared had soccer. Chris is still in China, so I am running around super busy. At 7 we had a Relief Society meeting and I taught the portion about how to prepare children for General Conference. <br />
<b>Friday, September 20</b> - In the morning we went to Wal-mart to pick up Krystal and Clarissa's glasses. They both love them. After lunch we went on a hike to the Shot Tower and Foster Falls. It was a lot of fun, a little wet, but a great nature hike. Jared worked on his foam board airplane and we had a dumpling making party with Christine and Beryl and a fun Chinese dinner with the Brames and some of the Hales. The food came out pretty good this time.Cailin spent the night.<br />
<b>Saturday, September 21</b> - At 7:30 in the morning I had a young women's meeting with Cailin and Beryl and my Presidency to plan our upcoming activities for the next 6 months. We planned through March, it was great. The girls all went swimming at the Christiansburg Aquatic Center and I took Jared to get a milkshake and then go shop for some church clothes and get his suit tailored. The tailors were from China, we thought that was so funny that we were taking his Chinese suit that we should have gotten tailored in China to some Chinese tailors in America and paying way too much for it.<br />
<b>Sunday, September 22</b> - I had Ward Council meeting in the morning so the kids went to Christine's house.<br />
<b>Monday, September 23</b> - Jared had art in the morning and in the afternoon we had the Civil War kickoff at our house. Amber Walker was in charge. We talked about how the Latter Day Saints were involved in the War. We also played a game-show type game to learn about the War. <br />
<b>Tuesday, September 24</b> - Workshop, drama, tutoring, and soccer. Visited Donna Burkett to ask about her sons baptism. <br />
<b>Wednesday, September 25</b> - I went shopping in the morning to get ingredients to make my Dad's green jell-o. Presidency meeting, dance, and Young Women's. I visited Jamie Zander outside in the rain and invited her girls to Krystal's party. For Young Women's we shared family stories and family recipes. The food was good and the stories were funny. Rosa and Lily Salamanca came!<br />
<b>Thursday, September 26</b> - We did "S" for soldiers. For science we did soil and made worm habitats. They loved the worms. We ate dirt pie for snack and Seth loved the chocolate pudding and made a huge mess! Workshop, piano, tutoring, dance, and soccer.<br />
<b>Friday, September 27</b> - I surprised the kids by taking them skating for Krystal's birthday. She turned 9! The girls made cookies with Michelle Atkins, our neighbor. At 5:30 we had Krystal's birthday party. The kids rode the wagon down the hill, painted each other's faces, played pin the glasses or crown on the princess, etc. Vicki and I chatted while the girls played, it was low key and fun. That night we picked Chris up from the airport! Yay!<br />
<b>Saturday, September 28</b> - There was a Stake Youth Activity at Randolph Park. Rosa, Lily, and Hannah Jarrell all came, along with Cailin, Mikayla, and Beryl! Chris took the van over to the Smiths and replaced the bearings. At 3 we went to Isaiah's baptism. Chris's parents showed up after the baptism and then at 5 we all went to the Brames for an Autumn Moon Festival dinner party. I made Chinese egg tarts. At 7:30 we went to the church for pie and to watch the Relief Society Broadcast.<br />
<b>Sunday, September 29</b> - Fast Sunday. Chris was ordained as the 2nd Counselor in the Bishopric and ordained to the office of a High Priest by his dad. We had birthday cake for Bill and Krystal.<br />
<b>Monday, September 30</b> - Jared had art and in the afternoon we went to the Walkers for a group activity about the Underground Railroad. I was in charge of the activity and invited Sis.Campbell to come tell us about her Underground Railroad quilt. Then we did a treasure hunt with clues and activities to learn about different ways the slaves hid on the Underground Railroad. I took dinner over to Nicki Watson because she recently had surgery, I enjoyed talking with her for a while. For Family Home Evening Chris did a power point presentation about our apostles in preparation for General Conference.<br />
<b>Tuesday, October 1</b> - Workshop, drama, tutoring, and soccer. Chris is happy to be back coaching the team.<br />
<b>Wednesday, October 2</b> - Nicki Watson came over in the morning and hung out with us while we did school. We talked about what to do for projects. Presidency meeting, dance and YW. For Young Women's we wanted to do a service project so working with Barry Hale we found a lady that needed her bushes trimmed. The young men came to help us too, but it got dark really early and the power trimmers wouldn't work. It wasn't the best activity, but Rosa and Lily and Meredith came along with Beryl, Cailin and Mikayla.<br />
<b>Thursday, October 3</b> - Today we did "U" is for uniform and the kids loved dressing up like soldiers and policemen. For science we learned about fish and snails in aquariums and went to April Turner's house to look at their aquarium. The rest of the day was workshop, piano, tutoring, dance and soccer. I talked with the Sister missionaries at the park and gave them a referral. During dance, I went to got visit the Garcias and had a nice chat with Lupita and Noberto.<br />
<b>Friday, October 4 </b>- We drove to Staunton to attend the home school days event at the Frontier Culture Museum. It was so neat. They had farmsteads from different countries and time periods. There was an African, English, Irish, and German farm and three different American farms with working animals, garden, and games and activities for the kids. The Hales almost got in an accident on the way there with Jared in the car, we were all so blessed that nothing happened, but they did have to fill out police reports for being witnesses.<br />
<b>Saturday, October 5</b> - General Conference. As a Bishopric member, Chris needed to be at the church for General Conference, but we watched the first session at home. We tried something new this year (an idea I found while planning for the class I taught), we ran a concessions stand and the kids earned tokens for each talk they listened to quietly. They also had many activities to work on. The internet didn't work very well, so we went to the church for the afternoon session. We fed the missionaries for dinner.<br />
<b>Sunday, October 6 </b>- We attended both sessions of conference at the church. This General Conference focused a lot on missionary work. There were also several good talks about morality and the sanctity of the family.<br />
<b>Monday, October 7</b> - Jared had art in the morning and we had Presentations after lunch. Jared chose not to do a presentation and lost his computer privileges. Amber did a presentation about the animals in the Civil War. Clarissa did a report on Clara Barton and Krystal did her project about the food that was eaten during the Civil War. We had fun making Johnny cakes and hardtack. <br />
<b>Tuesday, October 8</b> - workshop, drama (Jared auditioned for parts last week and found out he is going to be Benvolio), tutoring, and soccer. <br />
<b>Wednesday, October 9 </b>- Presidency meeting, dance, and Young Women's. It was Joint activity for the YM and YW. Finn McKinley planned a great activity called "Avoiding the Fiery Darts of the Adversary." The leaders threw tennis balls at the youth and the youth had to deflect the balls with racquets. They loved it! The bishopric also did temple recommend interviews for the upcoming temple trip. Rosa, Lily, Hannah, Beryl, Cailin, and Mikayla are all planning to attend!<br />
<b>Thursday, October 10</b> - We did "D" for drums. The kids first learned about the dessert with Jared and then we made drums and did fun activities. Jared has been busy the last couple days making duct tape wallets and purses to sell as a fundraisers for his drama class. Workshop, piano, tutoring, dance and during dance I took Amber and Seth to the Morgans house for Kendrick Bird's birthday party. It was fun to just talk with adults and not be in charge of anything :). I also visited with Angie Jarrell again that day and took Chris to meet her.<br />
<b>Friday, October 11</b> - We had a picnic lunch at the Clebourne Wayside and learned about the battle of Cloyd's mountian. It was a small battle during the Civil War, but it is really close to where we live. It is so neat to be living where such an important part of history happened. In the evening we had a birthday party for Jared. His friends came over for a campout, campfire sleepover. We had hot dogs and then they played capture the flag with glow sticks for like 4 hours in the dark. The cake was really cool, I made a S'mores cake with a campfire on top! <br />
<b>Saturday, October 12</b> - Jared and Clarissa worked at the Newburn Fall Festival for the drama class fundraiser. Chris and I did some yarkwork at home. Then I took the kids to pick out pumpkins at the festival when I picked up Jared and Clarissa. That evening Chris and I attended the adult session of Stake Conference then got milkshakes afterwards. Jared and Clarissa did a great job of watching Seth.<br />
<b>Sunday, October 13</b> - In the morning we had Ward Council, we are to make some goals about conversion, activation, and retention. It was Stake Conference, there was a lot more talk about missionary work. We had Rebecca and Ryan Brittle over for dinner with their two cute little kids. They are in our ward for a short time and then will be moving out, but it was still nice to meet them. <br />
<b>Monday, October 14 </b>- Jared had art and in the afternoon we had book group for the book, "Shades of Gray." It was a good book about the Civil War. Hannah Jarrell started attending seminary!!<br />
<b>Tuesday, October 15</b> - Jared is 14! Happy Birthday Jared you get to spend your day at school...workshop and drama. Clarissa started her first day of the after school program after tutoring. She loved it. Jared had a soccer game in the evening and wore his American bandana to celebrate it being his birthday. Chris took him for a milkshake after we got home and ate dinner.<br />
<b>Wednesday, October 16</b> - Took Amber to dance and picked up Cailin for a Presidency meeting. We made our goals and planned for the Nov. Career Fair and the Trunk or Treat. For Young Women's we played basketball games. It was fun and Cailin did a good job planning the games.<br />
<b>Thursday, October 17</b> - "F" is for Flag and Five Senses. The kids made fingerprint flag and did activities using their five senses. Then, workshop, piano, tutoring and afterschool program cut short for dance, then soccer. During dance, I picked up Cailin and she and I visited with the Salamancas and Garcias. It went well, we delivered invites for YW in Excellence and gave them some flowers.<br />
<b>Friday, October 18</b> - We took another field trip, this time to the New Market Battlefield. We did the School of the Soldiers tour and it was great. Jared went to the Bi-Stake campout and the rest of us had dinner at the McKinleys to talk about China because Jack will be going there soon for his work.<br />
<b>Saturday, October 19</b> - Housework, getting Halloween Costumes and then a work party at the bowling alley. I am hoping this will be a great missionary opportunity.<br />
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When people ask how things are going, I just respond that we are really busy! We are all enjoying our various activities and having a lot of success with learning and friends and our spiritual progression. Life is good. The biggest problems right now are that the house is always a mess, although we do clean it occasionally in between running around and that Seth still wakes up at night (he also got a huge bump on his forehead at the McKinleys, just in time for Halloween pictures!). <br />
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<br />Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16781252654670860916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606871901424479202.post-84362606577766235282013-09-15T20:06:00.000-07:002013-10-19T12:12:01.012-07:00Back in the SaddleWe are finally home and people keep asking if we are getting settled in. To me the term "settled in" infers a slow progression, so I wouldn't quite call it "settling in." More like...jumping in full speed ahead without your gear attached, but with a smile on your face and just enjoying the ride. Shall I attempt to sum up life since China in one sentence? One long run-on sentence. The first week was getting over jetlag, followed by packing to go to California, boxes from China arrived the night before we left, drive to Texas, pop two tires, pick up Emily and Desi in Arizona, a fun week in California, back to Arizona and Texas, a crazy impromptu decision to go back to California for three more weeks, long drive home in 3 days, got chickens back, attempt to clean and de-clutter portions of house while planning for school, baby in full toddler mode, writing class, try to enjoy last bits of summer and garden, reorganize and catalouge home library, field trip, yardwork, sleepovers, several wood-working projects, called as Young Women's President, start school a week early, have friends for Chinese dinner, get caught up on immunizations for Seth, new tires on van, birthday parties, Labor Day, soccer, crafting, weaning baby, games, books, training meeting, library, scrapbooking, paper mache, sewing lessons, cooking with kids, husband to China, new battery in van, glasses for girls, project presentations, dance, art, drama, workshops, piano, tutoring, teaching "little friend school," presentation on China at library, husband called into the Bishopric! What? I mean, why not...when you are this busy, what's one more thing, right?<br />
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Now, just for me so I don't forget (and I can erase the whiteboard to start a new month) and I might actually go back someday and add pictures, here is the day by day schedule of the last month:<br />
Wed. August 7 - home, enjoying chickens, Seth explores house, learns to climb ladder to bunkbed<br />
Mon. August 12 - kids make cookies and popsicles while I plan for school, organize home library <br />
Fri. August 16 - boys on campout, girls night out - progressive milkshakes<br />
Sun. August 18 - dessert at Smith's house<br />
Mon. August 19 - Jared starts writing week, field trip to Radford theater, watch "Planes"<br />
Tues. August 20 - Hung up timeline in hall, family pictures included <br />
Wed. August 21 - Meeting about history group schedule, girls stay and bake cookies, Scouts/Activity Days, interview with Bishop to receive calling<br />
Fri. August 23 - Spaghetti dinner for Luke <br />
Sat. August 24 - housework, Picnic with girls in backyard, Chris finishes necklace racks, help with chicken coop, Sterling's circus birthday party<br />
Sun. August 25 - called to be Young Women's President, make scrapbook for Emily<br />
Mon. August 26 - start school, in charge of History kick-off 1850-1900 America<br />
Tues. August 27 - started great grandmother's journal, Seth to dr. for 6 immunizations, Clarissa starts tutoring, meet with Julie about YW, Chinese dinner with Brames<br />
Wed. August 28 - Seth is 15 months, working on weaning, Babysitting kits for YW<br />
Fri. August 30 - Pres. mtg at church <br />
Sat. August 31 - housework, clean basement, Jared and Chris help Nancy move, Bill and Laura come<br />
Sun. September 1 - Fast Sunday, taught combined lesson on Fasting, make picture book for Alex <br />
Mon. September 2 - Labor Day, with grandma, girls and Morgans at Claytor Lake, Chris work on coop<br />
Tues. September 3 - Indian history activity, tutoring, Jared starts soccer, Seth has fever<br />
Wed. September 4 - Pres. mtg at church, Amber starts dance, kite activity for YW, blessing for Seth<br />
Thurs. September 5 - first "Little Friend School" letter I, Jared starts piano, tutoring, girls start dance, soccer, home with Seth and Amber<br />
Fri. September 6 - apple dolls, dried apples, string popcorn, Seth has measles rash<br />
Sat. September 7 - Auxiliary training, soccer, Seth still has rash<br />
Sun. September 8 - Ward council mtg (missionary goals), lesson on language, Class Pres. mtg, work on Tuckers scrapbook<br />
Mon. September 9 - sewing doll clothes, Jared starts art, project presentations - John Deere, Yellowstone, Early American dolls, The Apple Doll, work on Tuckers scrapbook<br />
Tues. September 10 - work on China pictures, Jared starts drama, tutoring, soccer, buy food for Chinese friends<br />
Wed. September 11 - Chris leaves for China, plan kids schedules, Pres. mtg, dance, joint YM/YW service scavenger hunt<br />
Thurs. September 12 - Little Friend School letter C, workshop, Krystal starts piano, tutoring, dance, soccer, Henrietta missing<br />
Fri. September 13 - China presentation at library, Chris extended call to Bishopric<br />
Sat. September 14 - soccer, Primary fair, fall festival at Belmont Christian, new battery for van, order glasses for girls<br />
Sun. September 15 - Chris called to be Bishop, home teachers, read Little Britches<br />
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<br />Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16781252654670860916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606871901424479202.post-52747669254696147972012-10-04T14:44:00.000-07:002012-10-07T14:44:15.616-07:00Culinary Arts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A lot of our home schooling happens in the kitchen. I have always wanted to learn to make homemade tortillas and finally set my mind to it. They are actually pretty easy, although a little time consuming, but the taste makes up for the time spent making them.<br />
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Homemade tortillas taken to a whole new level, taco salad shells. These are baked over quart size canning jars. Healthy and yummy.<br />
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We have never really liked things that are flavored with curry, but I hate to give up on something so rather than write off curry forever, I decided to make my own curry. It was fun, beautiful and a keeper, everyone liked it. I used it in an Indian dish.<br />
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The kids join in on this project, making bread bowls for soup. It was their ideas to try the jars and it worked great. Plus, the potato corn chowder was a great way to use up all those potatoes and corn from the garden.<br />
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Tres Leches (3 milks) cake made for a baby shower. It was melt-in-your-mouth wonderful.Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16781252654670860916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606871901424479202.post-71407603258169117792012-09-05T19:43:00.000-07:002012-10-07T14:09:34.690-07:00First Days of School It's that time again, fussy baby or not...school time!<br />
Part of getting ready for school this year was yet another face lift for the school room, this time with color and new shelving. Here are the before and after pictures of our custom designed and built school room.<br />
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On the first day of school the kids woke up to find their school books and supply kits along with homemade chocolate zucchini muffins.<br />
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Seth is ready for the first day of school, wearing a onsie that says "Too Cool for Preschool."<br />
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Seth is also modeling our stack of read aloud books for this year.<br />
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While weeding the carrots we found this cool looking caterpillar and researched to find out that it will become an Eastern Black Swallowtail butterfly. We put the caterpillar in a jar and in a couple of days found this cool chrysalis. In a couple weeks we came home to find this beautiful butterfly. Unfortunately we missed seeing both transformations, but it was still good science to see the stages that a butterfly goes through.<br />
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In the book "The Witch of Blackbird Pond," the girls worked on their sewing, needlepoint and knitting each night so we decided to learn a little bit about these arts. Krystal is learning to crochet. <br />
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Clarissa works on some needlepoint.</div>
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This is the flower that Clarissa made.</div>
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These are some headbands that I crocheted by watching a tutorial online.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today was our kickoff for our history and math Mondays. We had a bridge building activity where we talked about how to bridge the gap between history and the gospel and then built bridges using different materials. Liam, Amber and Krystal worked together in a group to build their bridge out of legos.<br />
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Cailin, Clarissa, and Delaney built a bridge out of marshmallows and toothpicks (it held just long enough for the picture).<br />
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Connor and Jared built a bridge using playing cards. It held just fine, but wouldn't bare any weight.<br />
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Janet and Beryl were the master bridge builders with their bridge of straw and tape.<br />
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Then, the older kids worked on finding ingredients for cookies from the scriptures, we wanted to show that the scriptures are a great resource and can help you with many aspects of life, even making cookies.<br />
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Putting together the ingredients for our scripture cookies! We hope to have a great year studying Early American History and the other world events that happened during that time period. Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16781252654670860916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606871901424479202.post-21731691035978506032012-08-23T17:05:00.000-07:002012-09-05T19:00:15.724-07:00A Summer Shakespeare Project<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This summer the kids worked with some of their friends to put together an adaptation of Shakespeare's, "The Taming of the Shrew." One of the things they did to adapt the play besides cutting it shorter was to make it a western. Here is Jared at Peter (originally known as Petruchio) with his servant Greg, riding into town to look for a rich wife.<br />
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In the meantime, we meet Clarissa as Bianca, the sweet and virtuous daughter, Cailin as Katharina (or Kate), the Shrew and their father Baptista. Baptista explains that although Bianca has many suitors, she cannot be married until her older sister Kate is married first.<br />
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Kate and Bianca fight (they loved this part).</div>
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Peter is introducing Horace (formerly known as Hortencio) to Baptista as an archery teacher in disguise whose real intent is to woo Bianca. Peter has made a deal with Horace that he will help Horace to get Bianca for his wife and he himself with tame Katharina and have her for his wife and all her riches.<br />
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The kids did a dance to "She'll Be Coming Round the Mountian" before the wedding of Peter and Kate.<br />
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Peter shows up to the wedding wearing this ridiculous costumes and explains that Kate should be happy to marry him, not his clothes. This is only the beginning of his tactics to tame this shrew.<br />
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Bianca with her Father Baptista. What Baptista doesn't know is that all this time, Bianca is falling in love with Luke (or Lucentio) another suitor in disguise.<br />
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All the servants waiting for Peter to bring his new wife home.</div>
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Amber and Krystal were two of Peter's servants who helped to bring Kate food and water upon her arrival, which Peter quickly sent away to keep her humble.<br />
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The shrew is tamed and comes back with Peter to prove that her love is more true than that of Bianca's and Luke's as she has learned to obey her husband and live Happily Ever After.<br />
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The whole cast, they did a wonderful job! We are so grateful for Christine and her efforts of re-writing the script and directing these talented Thespians.Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16781252654670860916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606871901424479202.post-18077072075875042722012-05-11T06:22:00.000-07:002012-05-14T06:22:57.598-07:00Old World, New World<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For presentations this month, Jared decided to give a presentation for his Reptile and Amphibian Merit Badge. He was supposed to present the facts about three different reptiles or amphibians and he chose, the Horned Toad, the Frilled Lizard and the American Alligator. He was very creative about it and pretended to be an officer presenting the facts for these three suspects which were at large. <br />
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This was his rendition of how the frilled lizard runs. It was pretty funny. We also watched a video of the frilled lizard running, which had everyone laughing.<br />
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Clarissa was inspired by our studies of the New World explorations and the Ancient Americas. Jaguars were important to the people of the Ancient Americas and she wanted to know the difference between a Jaguar and a Leopard, so she studies that and presented the identifying marks of the four great cats: The Jaguar, Leopard, Tiger and Lion, all of which are part of the Genus Panthera. One interesting thing we learned is that there is really no such thing as a black panther, it is either a black jaguar (if it's in the New World) or a black leopard (if it's in the old world).<br />
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Krystal gave a short report about William Shakespeare.</div>
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Then we did a short Reader's Theater called "Which Shoes do You Choose," it was really cute.Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16781252654670860916noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606871901424479202.post-66988842633351254282012-04-30T06:42:00.000-07:002012-05-14T06:44:00.562-07:00Protestant Reformation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today we learned about the Protestant Reformation and the effect that it had on religions around the world today. We talked about the different men who were part of the Reformation like Martin Luther: known for his 95 theses, William Tyndale: translated the New Testament into English, John Wycliffe: new teachings differing from catholic church and translated Bible into English, and John Calvin: wrote many commentaries on the Bible and taught teachings differing from catholic church. We also talked about the role of the printing press in making the Bible accessible to the world and not just the priests. As our activity, we did potato printing to get an idea of what printing would have been like, not quite as easy as typing these days, but still easier than copying everything by hand.Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16781252654670860916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606871901424479202.post-90433024654449686152012-04-20T06:24:00.000-07:002012-05-14T06:25:09.464-07:00It's Safari Time<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On this beautiful
spring day, we took a break from our normal school schedule, met up
with some friends from our LDS Homeschool group, and went to the Ft.
Chiswell Safari Park. We spent the first little while in the petting
zoo where the goats were very friendly and seemed to think they were
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then it was time
to load up on the Safari bus. The bus took us on a tour of 45 acres to
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the first
things that happened is that an ostrich reached it's head right into the
bus and stole Amber's cup of food, then while I was trying to help her
get more food, another bold ostrich reached it's head in on the other
side of the bus and dumped Jared's food all over his lap. We learned
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Krystal is looking on with trepidation, not sure what this ride will bring, but glad to be with her friends.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amber and Liam
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The ostriches were very bold and obnoxious. They tried to take
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Cody the American Bison was rather large, but very gentle. He would
just hold his mouth open and wait for you to pour the food in. Amber
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of either crying or laughter. He was very big and very friendly. Most
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Clarissa and Cailin were two of the ones in fits of laughter over how
close the camel kept getting to them. By the end, everyone was really
having and good time and realized that the animals were just fun.<br />
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There were some more calm animals to see as well, like the turtles and the zebra.<br />
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Once we were done with the bus ride, we spent some more time at the petting zoo.<br />
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These are mama wallabies with joeys in their pouches, but unfortunately
they wouldn't show them off. Jared enjoyed feeding peanuts to the
monkey and the monkey enjoyed trying to catch them.<br />
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Clarissa's favorite animals were the pigs. She saved some of her food
from the bus to feed the baby pigs, but the mommies wouldn't let the
babies get any of the food. We all had a great time with friends and
animals alike and enjoyed being out in the beautiful weather.Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16781252654670860916noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606871901424479202.post-58894345997678020952012-04-18T06:51:00.000-07:002012-05-14T06:52:18.708-07:00Save the Truffula Trees<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In honor of Earth Day coming up, our library did a special story time based off of Dr. Seuss' The Lorax, which happens to be my favorite Dr. Seuss book.<br />
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After a very lively reading of the story, Krystal and Amber made their own little Truffula Trees. The library also gave them each their own copy of the book.<br />
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They ended the day with watching the animated version of the story. The library also gave away a free composter, but I wasn't the lucky recipient. Still, I love our library.Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16781252654670860916noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606871901424479202.post-38784677950698470622012-03-19T07:09:00.000-07:002012-05-14T07:09:34.871-07:00Double, Double, Toil and Trouble<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For our study of Shakespeare and the Renaissance, the kids reenacted the Witches scene from Macbeth.<br />
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They had fun practicing the scene, throwing in the different ingredients for Eye of Newt soup and cackling like witches.<br />
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<br />Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16781252654670860916noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606871901424479202.post-58540089640264040722012-02-29T13:09:00.000-08:002012-02-29T13:55:33.522-08:00Kitchen ExperimentsIn between Grammar, Reading, Spelling and Math we worked on several projects/experiments in the kitchen today. Jared has been wondering what was the difference between butterscotch and caramel, so after a little internet research, we determined that it's the type of sugar used that makes the difference. Butterscotch is usually made with brown sugar and caramel with white sugar. In both cases, they are cooked with dairy products such as butter or cream. In our searching we also discovered that we could make caramel from a can of sweetened condensed milk, in this case it is the lactose in the milk that caramelizes and combines with the dairy to make a perfect caramel.<br />
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The kids just thought this was great because you actually cook it right in the can. You simmer the can for 2 1/2 hours, making sure the can is always covered in water.<br />
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After the can cools to the touch you open it and voila! Caramel! Our caramel was very runny, we really needed to have our heat a little higher, but it was still tasty.<br />
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Everyone enjoyed dipping their fruit into the caramel for a nice snack and we decided that it was healthier than caramel made from white sugar.<br />
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Jared wanted to make caramel candies with the leftover caramel dip so he cooked it on the stove until it started to get thick and then put it on wax paper. Yummy! </div>
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Another experiment we've been wanting to try out is the naked egg. The idea is to put an egg in vinegar and the vinegar will slowly eat away at the egg shell and leave just the egg inside of it's membrane. This takes about a day, but even a few hours later you can see that the egg is all covered in bubbles and there is a layer of calcium from the eggshell at the top of the vinegar.<br />
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Finally, I have been baking and freezing meals for our busy days and the days after the baby comes and have been wanting to make and freeze some bread. I found a recipe for 1 hour bread and thought I would try it out and compare it to my normal dough recipe to see which one I liked best. In the end, I made four loaves of yummy wheat bread. Of course I had to taste both kinds of bread to see which one was better (nothing says heaven like bread right out of the oven with a little homemade peach preserves spread on it.) In the end, I determined that the 1 hour recipe tasted better. Sounds like we have a winner and a successful day of homeschooling!Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16781252654670860916noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606871901424479202.post-38355070052313095902012-02-27T13:31:00.000-08:002012-02-29T13:31:33.841-08:00Death, Despair, and Easter Eggs?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For history today the unit was called "The 1300s - The Age of Despair." Sounds fun huh? The video introduced such topics as The Black Plague, The Hundred Years War, The Battle of Agincourt, and Joan of Arc. So, how do you make topics about death and despair interesting for a young audience? We used Easter Eggs. We got the idea from the Story of the World Activity book. We hid eggs filled with a few chocolate chips out in the yard. Then we talked about the Plague and how it was spread. As a reminder that it was the fleas on rats that spread the disease, the kids had to go out into the yard to look for "rats" and find all the "fleas" inside and "get rid" of them. <br />
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Here's the crew with their rats and fleas, they look pretty happy to be in the depths of despair. Another thing they remembered from this unit was the origin of the song "Ring Around the Rosies" and the fact that "we all fall down" is in reference to the Plague. We also learned that 1/4 of the people in the country died of the plague, while 1/2 of the people in the village died from disease and 8/10 of the clergy died from exposure while tending to the sick and giving last rights to the dying. Hey! Did that count as math for the day?<br />
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For lunch we ate currant buns, lenten pea soup (no meat, in honor of lent) and a green salad which we learned people started eating around this time period. <br />
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Here's the crew enjoying their lunch and time spent together. <br />
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On Friday the 24th, we watched Shakespeare's Henry the V and enjoyed learning a little about the reasons for the Hundred Years War and the amazing outcome of the Battle of Agincourt, which we later compared to the Stripling Warriors in the Book of Mormon as in both cases, those who fought on the outnumbered side of the battle were protected by God.Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16781252654670860916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606871901424479202.post-69767454428161696932012-02-18T13:54:00.000-08:002012-02-29T13:54:58.530-08:00Annual Vulture Fest<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Grandma Mattson took the girls to Radford City's
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The other is hanging on one of the garden posts.<br />
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Amber also made this bird mask at the vulture fest and then made herself some wings to go with it. </div>Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16781252654670860916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606871901424479202.post-87702079068240698372012-02-17T14:40:00.000-08:002012-02-29T14:40:29.140-08:00Projects and Presentations<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For Clarissa's presentation this month, she decided to compare and contrast the ingredients in play dough and cookie dough. First, she made up a batch of play dough on the stove, then dyed it three colors.<br />
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Then we looked for a sugar cookie recipe that had similar ingredients to our play dough recipe and she made the cookies in the same three colors with some cookie dough left over. <br />
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Finally, she made a poster that compared the ingredients in the two doughs and showed everyone how similar they looked. She gave everyone the opportunity to taste the two different doughs as all the ingredients in the play dough are edible, but nobody took the challenge. On the other hand, everyone was happy to sample the yummy cookies. </div>
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For Krystal's project, she talked about how books were handmade before the printing press was invented and so she handmade an alphabet book. These are her illustrations for G and H, giraffe and hot dog. </div>
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Jared decided to do his project on prosthetics and made a prosthetic arm out of Legos. Isn't that impressive? It actually has all the parts and bends and grabs and everything!<br />
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Then, he researched the different types of prosthetics and made a poster to display them.<br />
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Amber never wants to be left out of doing a presentation so unbeknownst to me, she drew a picture of several different forest animals and told us all about them. Great job guys!Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16781252654670860916noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606871901424479202.post-7273698720011365692012-02-06T09:49:00.000-08:002012-02-12T10:01:01.584-08:00The DiasporaThis week for history we are studying the scattering of the Jews and some of the Jewish traditions and celebrations. While listening to the Story of the World chapter on the Diaspora, we made these paper dreidels.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFUaxjIHz01ERe9zOu05mQfMmbxe5UEGD_q37Eafr-EUILyww-tZGJjwYl5ygnjPfqezsoYqTmhrSnVhI8-GhvDM_9Z8jPsTjPxI236EwmQtUyz43h3dDOxFRwng-EXl-oJfiveYjkUzam/s1600/IMG_8926.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFUaxjIHz01ERe9zOu05mQfMmbxe5UEGD_q37Eafr-EUILyww-tZGJjwYl5ygnjPfqezsoYqTmhrSnVhI8-GhvDM_9Z8jPsTjPxI236EwmQtUyz43h3dDOxFRwng-EXl-oJfiveYjkUzam/s320/IMG_8926.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708308748084986146" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5uieCDEWcKes7ddqgIoDlUswGY47q5co-y7LaShFXGs2qxeozT0eBpEzdD-azaOcPft-0NnatqtEKJbUOtoXYYqpp2LSAEtJmLTl4NYpzQO_MObwC9zI0BTgQDC6dmLiVuLXoPu39nU1H/s1600/IMG_8929.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5uieCDEWcKes7ddqgIoDlUswGY47q5co-y7LaShFXGs2qxeozT0eBpEzdD-azaOcPft-0NnatqtEKJbUOtoXYYqpp2LSAEtJmLTl4NYpzQO_MObwC9zI0BTgQDC6dmLiVuLXoPu39nU1H/s320/IMG_8929.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708308732274447362" border="0" /></a>Next the kids played the dreidel game. They really liked it.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLS167Gf5ul79zss7OxgXJmm6LBXBy2lko9C9JMHIXq2gK7cKNs2honOpyTCHxW3D_nGTt5ZnIUCCiDq_Wqx4ZEWXp6LUEyhO5Fu25yAO1_0JnjWaBwoardi-5LMbrZOknysrlBf840Hsu/s1600/IMG_8931.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLS167Gf5ul79zss7OxgXJmm6LBXBy2lko9C9JMHIXq2gK7cKNs2honOpyTCHxW3D_nGTt5ZnIUCCiDq_Wqx4ZEWXp6LUEyhO5Fu25yAO1_0JnjWaBwoardi-5LMbrZOknysrlBf840Hsu/s320/IMG_8931.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708308724706891730" border="0" /></a>After some math, we had a Jewish feast. Matza pizza with an apple raisin sweet sauce, potato latkes, eggs, chicken and matza ball soup, and celery. It was delicious.<br /></div>Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16781252654670860916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606871901424479202.post-37713850793743157932012-02-03T10:58:00.000-08:002012-02-12T11:50:30.004-08:00Chinese New Year at Radford UniversityTo complete our two week unit on China (which perfectly coincided with the actual Chinese New Year), we took a field trip to Radford University to watch and participate in the New Year festivities.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw5BGyX5XSCM3l7b6lag1ItLQyXFE05VDBaNJTCImBuuxPCyU_e88lLICmSwBAzwh4CXmH3xyx5gvMiWzC7dai53_DaEu9iCvxDAEi65hMY9pMGIxh94Tj2WxEtGKKZfy51Sykjnhr16_L/s1600/IMG_8877-1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw5BGyX5XSCM3l7b6lag1ItLQyXFE05VDBaNJTCImBuuxPCyU_e88lLICmSwBAzwh4CXmH3xyx5gvMiWzC7dai53_DaEu9iCvxDAEi65hMY9pMGIxh94Tj2WxEtGKKZfy51Sykjnhr16_L/s320/IMG_8877-1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708326649722039378" border="0" /></a>The Blacksburg Chinese School performed the New Year song. They were so cute.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvoAl-AotIWh6o-Nb5MqD6pKlD0ssUSvAAFJQkmWGNSu3ZZD6OBTtXKOo3Q9LjMC70rbjh1PLJrNHMfBeZhutHKLwTDDNm7MFfol9uhZ77ow4QZ-ePWlK-c9A33MvWrSA6IHYQ8IYlz-2c/s1600/IMG_8879-1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvoAl-AotIWh6o-Nb5MqD6pKlD0ssUSvAAFJQkmWGNSu3ZZD6OBTtXKOo3Q9LjMC70rbjh1PLJrNHMfBeZhutHKLwTDDNm7MFfol9uhZ77ow4QZ-ePWlK-c9A33MvWrSA6IHYQ8IYlz-2c/s320/IMG_8879-1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708326657365856354" border="0" /></a>This was a swan dance put on by the Chinese school dancers.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhUl7_w0otx6dkSr6CGuy8aSAqvM6MaKcTE3jnj-SzdPMyxCy77UI26re0OgXrMGFPI0OLwtcPkY17_J-5NueM9hWDX4U40bgueRQiRqYYx1PzBWVsbP5o8JDne0fIRNO8VfAhAqIEquCa/s1600/IMG_8887-1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhUl7_w0otx6dkSr6CGuy8aSAqvM6MaKcTE3jnj-SzdPMyxCy77UI26re0OgXrMGFPI0OLwtcPkY17_J-5NueM9hWDX4U40bgueRQiRqYYx1PzBWVsbP5o8JDne0fIRNO8VfAhAqIEquCa/s320/IMG_8887-1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708326679126683442" border="0" /></a>This musical performance was really good. I believe the instrument is called an Erhu.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIffJ5omXR_smpFV1wZfjhgYnbzutGupdgJd7qr4Bv5-ZMWgZhr0W0AreL-0eOeuDNGYZrC-7H7tnuhUQqCGSNyVMrUmNT6FinkTVVkZ1vJdeQ_SOAq3XrX-hJEMdtQee5PlqGQ80-526z/s1600/IMG_8889-1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIffJ5omXR_smpFV1wZfjhgYnbzutGupdgJd7qr4Bv5-ZMWgZhr0W0AreL-0eOeuDNGYZrC-7H7tnuhUQqCGSNyVMrUmNT6FinkTVVkZ1vJdeQ_SOAq3XrX-hJEMdtQee5PlqGQ80-526z/s320/IMG_8889-1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708326685117434722" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">During intermission, the hosts invited members of the audience to come up and play a game of Ninja. Jared readily volunteered even though he had no idea how the game was played. He did great and almost won, he came in second.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0230z-5iO_eCDsd0yoTVuPat568SGg9JvibaYG3OAt2v5PdyzqsocCOg2L5gT4HcLlMJ86Sz_2U66wFZbwEAl5ZJ9PRcIh8G_7saWdl7Wm-e0_E-GoVCB97cCLQfYAYZfJNuH-nm4kltO/s1600/IMG_8892-1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0230z-5iO_eCDsd0yoTVuPat568SGg9JvibaYG3OAt2v5PdyzqsocCOg2L5gT4HcLlMJ86Sz_2U66wFZbwEAl5ZJ9PRcIh8G_7saWdl7Wm-e0_E-GoVCB97cCLQfYAYZfJNuH-nm4kltO/s320/IMG_8892-1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708330327492069330" border="0" /></a>Another beautiful dance from the dance group.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg122XziR0_1jALXNWNRIE0qOfiMVZCHqn3LEqc5rElOLxFHQYteEoYcFW_nbbe03R-OND7K4GpGwUlP0SqkbzVp2RQ122_6vXSwWM4DnKLM2wec3CPyNsg-9rKQnKBkGyl2-dvFBrqCGxm/s1600/IMG_8911-1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg122XziR0_1jALXNWNRIE0qOfiMVZCHqn3LEqc5rElOLxFHQYteEoYcFW_nbbe03R-OND7K4GpGwUlP0SqkbzVp2RQ122_6vXSwWM4DnKLM2wec3CPyNsg-9rKQnKBkGyl2-dvFBrqCGxm/s320/IMG_8911-1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708330337289603074" border="0" /></a>A fashion show; all of the women are wearing different verisons of the traditional Chinese cheongsam or qipao dress.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXdQG9NR0tdJP3m24-ervIApYSOzRz4ZPZ9ah6_-pLNKv8aoWpdG0iDm6hNc7rcJ_EAVOp1qfO63PXmp0CdBHghC_cGRKdbT3gMfIscnhjNDvvzHpg5Md7CJvSfzXUT-LWJ8s-HL2t61eI/s1600/IMG_8915-1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXdQG9NR0tdJP3m24-ervIApYSOzRz4ZPZ9ah6_-pLNKv8aoWpdG0iDm6hNc7rcJ_EAVOp1qfO63PXmp0CdBHghC_cGRKdbT3gMfIscnhjNDvvzHpg5Md7CJvSfzXUT-LWJ8s-HL2t61eI/s320/IMG_8915-1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708330355102276930" border="0" /></a>The finale of the show was the lion dance which started out with traditional music and then switched to a more upbeat modern dance, which everyone thought was great.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii-yvw1yCmQayJYah868ojzU3scafhHZWsp8SUC3hToMyvD4X90Irjfspt9hzTtQqr0AJ5odgN-kAX2WQJmdfDmV9ZGf_BWtwuXGKNJToZ8VJglPk1uY1zA4ZVcO9mo9OQvHw8cqcNCwzE/s1600/IMG_8917-1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii-yvw1yCmQayJYah868ojzU3scafhHZWsp8SUC3hToMyvD4X90Irjfspt9hzTtQqr0AJ5odgN-kAX2WQJmdfDmV9ZGf_BWtwuXGKNJToZ8VJglPk1uY1zA4ZVcO9mo9OQvHw8cqcNCwzE/s320/IMG_8917-1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708330394477852706" border="0" /></a>After the show, the kids participated in several different activities, like Chinese character painting.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz4bImHVxxZuwgAA6flweza8UlyjQQ_wABiMJBNQrvpSo77Q5evgAy89137EjKAKdnmr0YYl_equuZRD8ni201D75MYlSTUUDCRNmQkLOg9RF38_QUDGMo1xHOnRhaT8dMAEnnF61XsHCO/s1600/IMG_8923-1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz4bImHVxxZuwgAA6flweza8UlyjQQ_wABiMJBNQrvpSo77Q5evgAy89137EjKAKdnmr0YYl_equuZRD8ni201D75MYlSTUUDCRNmQkLOg9RF38_QUDGMo1xHOnRhaT8dMAEnnF61XsHCO/s320/IMG_8923-1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708332007359409250" border="0" /></a>Trying to tie a Chinese love knot.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUrmhP78IbUk_mPOksuvqeDZEnoGglfAp0wWHqd1SKfW-cJSVwr0HTiRoFjXzQTlNsciNQB-uLzpxDNhaz5b-IGj-S7z3a6tkcmZwzx_zLoNUwIRDciAn6PdQ5sKYmKyW4tSMKRZIpigI5/s1600/IMG_8919-1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUrmhP78IbUk_mPOksuvqeDZEnoGglfAp0wWHqd1SKfW-cJSVwr0HTiRoFjXzQTlNsciNQB-uLzpxDNhaz5b-IGj-S7z3a6tkcmZwzx_zLoNUwIRDciAn6PdQ5sKYmKyW4tSMKRZIpigI5/s320/IMG_8919-1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708332004446469826" border="0" /></a>A chopsticks contest. Amber won this contest against several college students.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRlglS-Vus7xn04DR-3aGCqQCW3pkfwNWL_hFtlMvS6z1Oy0w5qh7Be2JLc4bwAjxkokMd-KVZCmN_dVIxiQRkd7jx9GEuCOiJ6tlUKjAvZNJ0T6c4HKYDZtWWwkiTqa2nY8m4-zh4Ncip/s1600/IMG_8924-1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRlglS-Vus7xn04DR-3aGCqQCW3pkfwNWL_hFtlMvS6z1Oy0w5qh7Be2JLc4bwAjxkokMd-KVZCmN_dVIxiQRkd7jx9GEuCOiJ6tlUKjAvZNJ0T6c4HKYDZtWWwkiTqa2nY8m4-zh4Ncip/s320/IMG_8924-1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708332024156088258" border="0" /></a>And finally, a bingo game. There were prizes at each table, but the best part? The spring rolls, YUM!<br /><br />The last day of Chinese New Year is the Lantern Festival, which in China means more fireworks. We had fun watching Lantern Festival fireworks live in China outside of Chris' hotel via Skype on the computer.Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16781252654670860916noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606871901424479202.post-76052829754209925082012-02-03T10:13:00.000-08:002012-02-12T10:30:36.480-08:00Winter P.E.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2tpdMRDQJ2srB6wdL6_QFtrqouYgNvX-KNr-8pX18Q5jh7xZMByiXOhmU4ww0eefVz5_aVlFbrhdT6XM5NNdg51JGN2apK3ndCNHd9Ml0fKAD4YkBzoJy3fCaY541CCVdmxlUBqg6XvA6/s1600/IMG_8874.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2tpdMRDQJ2srB6wdL6_QFtrqouYgNvX-KNr-8pX18Q5jh7xZMByiXOhmU4ww0eefVz5_aVlFbrhdT6XM5NNdg51JGN2apK3ndCNHd9Ml0fKAD4YkBzoJy3fCaY541CCVdmxlUBqg6XvA6/s320/IMG_8874.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708315680993005426" border="0" /></a>I have found that the kids behave much better and do better on their schoolwork when they can have at least an hour of exercise each day. In the Spring and Fall that's easy with soccer and just letting them play outside. It's a bit more of a challenge in the winter if the days are too cold, although they do make it outside most days. We have discovered that the new pool in Christiansburg is a nice change from just playing outside. We have been twice and plan to go about once a month. Since Grandma Mattson was here visiting this weekend, she went with us too.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-4QvcGuSiNH-ZbOBSJs_eolvdJd7wyJ7mDgUCsNWJ6Ik5-v9AHkGAYt-uFApDL42pJApXAkp1srm6yeDIwkS6S5HN2O0wd1cOx799d5a54aOPlVIZvwykD6QfRRJlmhyphenhyphen7FgIbmuKD0Ilb/s1600/IMG_8872-2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-4QvcGuSiNH-ZbOBSJs_eolvdJd7wyJ7mDgUCsNWJ6Ik5-v9AHkGAYt-uFApDL42pJApXAkp1srm6yeDIwkS6S5HN2O0wd1cOx799d5a54aOPlVIZvwykD6QfRRJlmhyphenhyphen7FgIbmuKD0Ilb/s320/IMG_8872-2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708315664235069810" border="0" /></a>The kids love the waterslide.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF3GSpbIVzld2tCNkKMSTcf6O9Hn9yq5ghltuWgCg2TG00LjHK0pbOIyZuFEh46SnTttOEuxEyTtqd2_LCkSaMkihqJH3bFNHwCBOA8rPMH5pt0DUTRq9qYR1ObcILoj08uAGKbxSjavFG/s1600/IMG_8868.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF3GSpbIVzld2tCNkKMSTcf6O9Hn9yq5ghltuWgCg2TG00LjHK0pbOIyZuFEh46SnTttOEuxEyTtqd2_LCkSaMkihqJH3bFNHwCBOA8rPMH5pt0DUTRq9qYR1ObcILoj08uAGKbxSjavFG/s320/IMG_8868.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708315650743601858" border="0" /></a>We even met some other homeschooled friends there. The nice thing about going while school is in is that we pretty much have the place to ourselves.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwNjBe3EYCNCqDZi40K1QiBqwsj9ImpN1xtoATr3bI2nf9gmIS2KU-LQb7v4NYZRDdwpL9Ii8UF2PzFCRmOcwcl1OhM_LvHHieFYaMeFTXp21S5b0iEPx2eBA-lGoelIy_vZwyV6Y6fI6v/s1600/IMG_8860.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwNjBe3EYCNCqDZi40K1QiBqwsj9ImpN1xtoATr3bI2nf9gmIS2KU-LQb7v4NYZRDdwpL9Ii8UF2PzFCRmOcwcl1OhM_LvHHieFYaMeFTXp21S5b0iEPx2eBA-lGoelIy_vZwyV6Y6fI6v/s320/IMG_8860.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708315637723149826" border="0" /></a>Jared brought his friend Keagan along, he's a great substitute for a brother.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXnlxPUHICm11exvLsxSKDV3ZO6i_i95KWoc-jWccDHRns_4jsfb4VWKOEL6jcvErhoLD0k3hOHXx0xbsMzSO6COdu4j-Qh35KlPCmkKjCrWmhovA3DnZzKwNtCIaDx2N_LnenM5SWbCKE/s1600/IMG_8876-1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXnlxPUHICm11exvLsxSKDV3ZO6i_i95KWoc-jWccDHRns_4jsfb4VWKOEL6jcvErhoLD0k3hOHXx0xbsMzSO6COdu4j-Qh35KlPCmkKjCrWmhovA3DnZzKwNtCIaDx2N_LnenM5SWbCKE/s320/IMG_8876-1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708315711992689410" border="0" /></a>Clarissa is working on her backstroke.<br /></div>Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16781252654670860916noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606871901424479202.post-90405503961219213492012-02-01T11:52:00.000-08:002012-02-12T12:03:56.078-08:00Word Games and Impromptu Art<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgM8fSfexLGNSn59INOA82H8Lp14aEpDlBNQtsBXDuEGGgtempZD9ZgZ95WB9w6R1WUppeO8W5slqaVNxdt_cBvtIBMG61W0OOpVZUM48LaerYlTlUNOAFreK41M6IM_Ip2Cxjf4QkkH2G/s1600/IMG_8853.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgM8fSfexLGNSn59INOA82H8Lp14aEpDlBNQtsBXDuEGGgtempZD9ZgZ95WB9w6R1WUppeO8W5slqaVNxdt_cBvtIBMG61W0OOpVZUM48LaerYlTlUNOAFreK41M6IM_Ip2Cxjf4QkkH2G/s320/IMG_8853.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708340341018216322" border="0" /></a>Clarissa has been enjoying playing magnetic word games at her tutoring class so her tutor let her bring the magnets home. She sorted all the words by alphabetical order.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhtE7ZOdhLEKXKIyYWSvswjQNkg7TbDarkqMtNUp6M8Sa739uU9D1igLenfT8ZVYITvTN7UUdB6nh7zQf86sn1xtT1hBbURF-2I9zfop0bsHPVj0oC8DHhQnTze2rc8W4JuRZdrz6RqYDW/s1600/IMG_8854-1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhtE7ZOdhLEKXKIyYWSvswjQNkg7TbDarkqMtNUp6M8Sa739uU9D1igLenfT8ZVYITvTN7UUdB6nh7zQf86sn1xtT1hBbURF-2I9zfop0bsHPVj0oC8DHhQnTze2rc8W4JuRZdrz6RqYDW/s320/IMG_8854-1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708340347409533970" border="0" /></a>While I am reading our readaloud book, the kids work on coloring or art projects. Jared decided to make a perspective drawing of an old western town set into a crystal ball. He worked on it for a few days and it paid off in the end, it was a nice piece of artwork.Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16781252654670860916noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606871901424479202.post-20285037135953466492012-01-31T12:05:00.000-08:002012-02-12T12:21:11.826-08:00Schedules and Creative PreschoolersChris left for a business trip to China yesterday, which we thought was really funny as we were studying China and Marco Polo's explorations to China. It also meant that our normal schedule was thrown off a little as we didn't have to wake up as early as usual and we found it hard to get going on our school work. So, I created a simple schedule for us to follow. Each day we write down all the things that each person needs to get done on the white board and then after they complete a task, they mark it off. It works because it can change from day to day and if someone finds themselves not knowing what to do, they just look for something on the chart. It is also adjustable, not tied down to any times so that if piano is next on your list, but someone else is already practicing, then you can work on spelling and do piano later. It's simple, but is working for us anyway.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVuL2YVzTyn2MsJY92OGU2COE87H4C8G3bUrJdN47yphycFDWkQa-2nlFZNp8AsAjK-g1tLDBX4PF9Vgs2W9jeQWhnifoqDb0EXaPYB2MeSzfP9JF_dsQb6svO62cbG5WzvyyIxGNI6XDQ/s1600/IMG_8843.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVuL2YVzTyn2MsJY92OGU2COE87H4C8G3bUrJdN47yphycFDWkQa-2nlFZNp8AsAjK-g1tLDBX4PF9Vgs2W9jeQWhnifoqDb0EXaPYB2MeSzfP9JF_dsQb6svO62cbG5WzvyyIxGNI6XDQ/s320/IMG_8843.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708343768683705874" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCtHOTDgiBuEVOOt-1jJzDMDjyR2R8I0JXEa6QfIOFmfjSWQtM1Y0PA22Ku7zB689gThT-sv0X-HStYwMOSZSprLDpMjalWQWrGb3sqXvCq_PONpJxcE40zW0kmUY2AcgtYNwP4Cmr1624/s1600/IMG_8845.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCtHOTDgiBuEVOOt-1jJzDMDjyR2R8I0JXEa6QfIOFmfjSWQtM1Y0PA22Ku7zB689gThT-sv0X-HStYwMOSZSprLDpMjalWQWrGb3sqXvCq_PONpJxcE40zW0kmUY2AcgtYNwP4Cmr1624/s320/IMG_8845.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708343776007765954" border="0" /></a>Amber often gets creative with her free time while the rest of us are working on more structured school work. This creation is a birthday cake, the part that cracks me up is that we can never find pencils when we need them for school work, but she sure found plenty for her candles when she needed them.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOjZSH3-UGhHmsi6s-yxhyphenhyphenYxz4EAK2JisRmU7_5P3surlG8ReJF6WYw1TJk8doE0PTdkSxDnuLMk1jeyBpnbD8aK7CGAf9SlzGimVayb6nKwP_LgY94WKRpaXF_0HKWyqXmfiy_rK4t8SN/s1600/IMG_8847.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOjZSH3-UGhHmsi6s-yxhyphenhyphenYxz4EAK2JisRmU7_5P3surlG8ReJF6WYw1TJk8doE0PTdkSxDnuLMk1jeyBpnbD8aK7CGAf9SlzGimVayb6nKwP_LgY94WKRpaXF_0HKWyqXmfiy_rK4t8SN/s320/IMG_8847.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708343820290651138" border="0" /></a>She also decided to make herself some jewelry. The necklace is made from a shoelace and the pendant and earrings are paper. This creation started a couple days long project amongst all three girls of coloring, cutting, and designing jewelry. They even made a contest out of it and Chris has decided that we need to buy stock in Scotch tape or the girls need to get jobs.Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16781252654670860916noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606871901424479202.post-50310478437226277002012-01-27T12:31:00.000-08:002012-02-12T12:37:09.952-08:00Heidi by Johanna Spyri<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf_ABlDEJUWosKoxIMSCP08djKuYPQIhTEypT0l7FooSolIDBrCS7cojNjeC2uDTeUFrMl8aslFRc711LJFSiTu_ufJ4liEqgz5SW1JoFUE9CrirwBUbdmjnD8FBYaNLwmFHSevvOgzEYK/s1600/IMG_8839.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf_ABlDEJUWosKoxIMSCP08djKuYPQIhTEypT0l7FooSolIDBrCS7cojNjeC2uDTeUFrMl8aslFRc711LJFSiTu_ufJ4liEqgz5SW1JoFUE9CrirwBUbdmjnD8FBYaNLwmFHSevvOgzEYK/s320/IMG_8839.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708349906078480642" border="0" /></a>Our book group book this month was Heidi by Johanna Spyri. We really enjoyed our time together reading this book. It has created more lasting memories and promoted dinner table conversations about the book. At book group, we discussed characters and played a game where the kids had to guess who the characters were. Then, they drew scenes from the story. We also ate dark rye bread with toasted goat cheese on top, it was delicious!Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16781252654670860916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606871901424479202.post-33534019467349519332012-01-23T13:46:00.000-08:002012-01-23T14:07:19.182-08:00Gung Hay Fat Choy<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9QucqS9ZndwsAqT-QhTim0HqpQZw-dHiO8bPo6h5DA3XNGxEjHhHWKp7-4gVGdnAOQ9gJqHZBceaypng8QQtE3dDpQ9zQeeDjxBATvJUQ9I6lRaHN_sRORZXG0hJP9JoXVgW9aURv5Vts/s1600/IMG_8821.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9QucqS9ZndwsAqT-QhTim0HqpQZw-dHiO8bPo6h5DA3XNGxEjHhHWKp7-4gVGdnAOQ9gJqHZBceaypng8QQtE3dDpQ9zQeeDjxBATvJUQ9I6lRaHN_sRORZXG0hJP9JoXVgW9aURv5Vts/s320/IMG_8821.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700947664968352098" border="0" /></a>Or in other words - Happy Chinese New Year! It just so happened that our plan to study China fell on the first day on the Chinese New Year so...we made Chinese lanterns. We also watched a video about the dynasties from the Chang to the Tang, read the story of The Runaway Rice Cake, and ate fried rice and rice cake.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-NNoWJjOXn2GbRir4JVJRDa6xuGIjiZEbmJX8Swx5yn2MPgkl4jH9D0Zpg0YP6fj4fRu3p6Tjn_R0Qv_3diB1ATydoHOuOyE2TO9gnqddTS9Fe5FPyYjaW68_BjPS3ODcAcQFc-NfTXGI/s1600/IMG_8824.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-NNoWJjOXn2GbRir4JVJRDa6xuGIjiZEbmJX8Swx5yn2MPgkl4jH9D0Zpg0YP6fj4fRu3p6Tjn_R0Qv_3diB1ATydoHOuOyE2TO9gnqddTS9Fe5FPyYjaW68_BjPS3ODcAcQFc-NfTXGI/s320/IMG_8824.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700947673798191634" border="0" /></a>And Krystal discovered that when you make a mistake (like cutting the wrong side of the lantern) you turn those mistakes into creative new ways to do things and create the neatest lantern of all.Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16781252654670860916noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606871901424479202.post-71664648277712931292012-01-16T13:25:00.000-08:002012-01-23T13:45:27.679-08:00India and Martin Luther King Jr.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1q5aB-9eBFu0ZkQUBumFVZSspfe4huGcNxnlpaINtjJkGoqpXhSpZ4L9YN58SkaCal2Ny84vonW1cvRW-PPddOa2spGsg_yoQ2YtZOKMj9PeYFhbAE_EF8OKbWEY_rDdrmcpks0Utd3ZC/s1600/IMG_8817.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1q5aB-9eBFu0ZkQUBumFVZSspfe4huGcNxnlpaINtjJkGoqpXhSpZ4L9YN58SkaCal2Ny84vonW1cvRW-PPddOa2spGsg_yoQ2YtZOKMj9PeYFhbAE_EF8OKbWEY_rDdrmcpks0Utd3ZC/s320/IMG_8817.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700942548632150210" border="0" /></a>While listening to the Story of the World chapter about India under rule of the Moghuls, we worked on making sand Mandalas. Since our study of India happened to fall on Martin Luther King Jr. day, we talked a little about why we celebrate MLK day and compared that to the cause of Ghandi and read scriptures about how important it is to learn about different nations and languages.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxfvBAPfTNVZ7eKuGpV-RVUlNZCB6ug1K3UA0nlzgSh4ugQoezLegP31KMSGUgQkMPRmFWNn4yGwUhc2wgDyRzpLCiAT2KjBkjbjmQ-4zETpWULfOr9r1WK5Te0BDR-vhZGwzl6IqKOD6i/s1600/IMG_8816.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxfvBAPfTNVZ7eKuGpV-RVUlNZCB6ug1K3UA0nlzgSh4ugQoezLegP31KMSGUgQkMPRmFWNn4yGwUhc2wgDyRzpLCiAT2KjBkjbjmQ-4zETpWULfOr9r1WK5Te0BDR-vhZGwzl6IqKOD6i/s320/IMG_8816.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700942541529323794" border="0" /></a>For desert that night, we made what we called "Diversity Cake." It is basically layers of vanilla pudding, chocolate pudding and graham crackers. The girls had fun helping to make it and we even made an extra one to deliver to some friends.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmfdE7EvWp7bcXlBl6qN7T3DW1t_YxrdJR1QehCadoqgrbgVM6rGT-GSCCSp6RHv5lpPc92JbtslxdepJRFq-HPL7pqPAaXMcktmu2oj-4PR0pttjO20qSkO0OAxGOrnxCEy651PCXkzNY/s1600/IMG_8818.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmfdE7EvWp7bcXlBl6qN7T3DW1t_YxrdJR1QehCadoqgrbgVM6rGT-GSCCSp6RHv5lpPc92JbtslxdepJRFq-HPL7pqPAaXMcktmu2oj-4PR0pttjO20qSkO0OAxGOrnxCEy651PCXkzNY/s320/IMG_8818.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700942564425235154" border="0" /></a>Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16781252654670860916noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606871901424479202.post-6212999607560830822012-01-04T13:57:00.000-08:002012-01-04T15:53:50.844-08:00When the Cat's Away, the Mice Will...Teach Themselves?People often say that they don't know how I can possibly home-school four kids and do everything else I do and my response is always that the kids do most of the work themselves. Today was a perfect example of that. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnKFgqW74g9s8dflq3wq4lOCIq6amEhQ1TXM9cXxPoJjvkZtXeX_eH_z6gIlBXBMMqBHB0IPWfzmT_9ngaXCEBjtWYGXaeOttjWjDCEdWxvng_BEL86NBA5FT39H7ca0qSm5r-Y2WUkyVn/s1600/IMG_8795.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnKFgqW74g9s8dflq3wq4lOCIq6amEhQ1TXM9cXxPoJjvkZtXeX_eH_z6gIlBXBMMqBHB0IPWfzmT_9ngaXCEBjtWYGXaeOttjWjDCEdWxvng_BEL86NBA5FT39H7ca0qSm5r-Y2WUkyVn/s320/IMG_8795.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693901303866346866" border="0" /></a>MATH: While I was on the couch studying my scriptures and the older kids were finishing up their chores, Amber told me that she was making a course in the hallway. I was like, "That's great," having no idea what she was talking about. As she carted bottle after bottle from the recycle bin to the hallway, my curiosity got the better of me. She had created a bowling game out of the recyclables. Seeing an opportunity I couldn't resist, I gave her the idea to write numbers on the bottles and explained that then she could add up the numbers on the "pins" she knocked down. Krystal joined her in the fun and voila! math was done for the day for those two. While this was going on, Jared was taking our trash out and had employed Clarissa to take out our neighbor's trash, a job he gets paid to do. He paid her a dollar so she added that to her Christmas money and then asked me to help her figure out how much tithing to pay. So we worked on adding and subtracting money and percentages. When Jared was done with his chores, he did math at Khan Academy on the computer.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYQlP13pzy7FQzIhIGdpLJClCkK8JXjFoqqIMu4WuTqVcE4AhBvk_GVPgy3pYMi_OiRD2tgeEVbuHA08adJDF83XeSqFg6ZhoWuslBSeX_6KUj2e6AN1ON5JMLcip1iBXCnkEsU4CJ9igP/s1600/IMG_8797.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYQlP13pzy7FQzIhIGdpLJClCkK8JXjFoqqIMu4WuTqVcE4AhBvk_GVPgy3pYMi_OiRD2tgeEVbuHA08adJDF83XeSqFg6ZhoWuslBSeX_6KUj2e6AN1ON5JMLcip1iBXCnkEsU4CJ9igP/s320/IMG_8797.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693901317413038130" border="0" /></a>SPELLING: I reminded the girls that they needed to practice their spelling words and Clarissa came up with the idea to use popsicle sticks to build some of the letters. She and Krystal both decided it was easier just to write the words on the sticks several times and then use them to create shapes. Jared preferred to just write his words several times on paper.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguUDRcHhakrOKa3wHdsUxP5JjWwxkXtXpWQu_9JyapuCbkxrAp3D3wwm9K1HzAsJv6jgcocHSVCcOFwXUm3SZtcKudrOscNgNha4obK7EHvyQVUCs6J_ADbi1ynloitqGW0OlnastZHN1q/s1600/IMG_8793.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguUDRcHhakrOKa3wHdsUxP5JjWwxkXtXpWQu_9JyapuCbkxrAp3D3wwm9K1HzAsJv6jgcocHSVCcOFwXUm3SZtcKudrOscNgNha4obK7EHvyQVUCs6J_ADbi1ynloitqGW0OlnastZHN1q/s320/IMG_8793.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693901300031295458" border="0" /></a>SCIENCE: After Jared did the dishes (and while I was still studying on the couch), he decided to start playing around in the sink with a soda can and glass bottle. He was so excited when he discovered that he could fill the bottle with water and then raise it above the level of the water and as long as there were no air bubbles, it would stay full. We talked about buoyancy and he did some other experiments to represents the way submarines stay afloat and then sink. He even did a little research about it on the internet.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBmZM8ixAes3GkaEyFZKUoYrHwng4oQoQOuiJTBrbLWA02UK1au8GERSte0z2QSSPQJ2Urd-8PUklNZLCzkqt1nverMLgcJMT3vufHC4FH5X97A3i_w2PjwgTSVv0fTXv2WEYx8pDRUuxT/s1600/IMG_8798.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBmZM8ixAes3GkaEyFZKUoYrHwng4oQoQOuiJTBrbLWA02UK1au8GERSte0z2QSSPQJ2Urd-8PUklNZLCzkqt1nverMLgcJMT3vufHC4FH5X97A3i_w2PjwgTSVv0fTXv2WEYx8pDRUuxT/s320/IMG_8798.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693901320366091986" border="0" /></a>READ-ALOUD, GRAMMAR, and ART: While I read our book group book, Heidi, the kids sat at the the table and worked on creating designs with Perler Beads. Several times in the book we stopped to talk about metaphors and similes as we found them in the story.<br /><br />PRESCHOOL: After Amber finished her bowling game, she decided to "do a craft." She took a piece of paper and drew little 1/2 inch circles on the paper and then cut them out to be cookies. She then folded another paper to make it a baking sheet and colored it brown. She rolled little pieces of tape and put them on the back of the cookies to adhere them to the baking sheet. After "baking" them she passed out cookies to everyone in the family. I consider this excellent practice in fine motor skills, sequencing, and social skills.<br /><br />READING and HISTORY: Krystal and Clarissa both read several books to me and did great! Jared and I are working on doing scripture study as his reading practice. Today we read from the Bible Dictionary and 2 Chronicles about Hezekiah's Tunnel and the siege of Jerusalem by the Assyrians. We did some further study on Wikipedia about the different sieges of Jerusalem including those by the Romans and in the first Crusades. Jared is also building a castle under siege with siege towers and battering rams, etc. out of Legos.<br /><br />What a great day, but as Chris reminded me, not every day is like this.Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16781252654670860916noreply@blogger.com1