Category: Homeschool

Homeschool Journal 10/3/16

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We learned about the Mycenaean who took over Crete today. They were the first to use chariots and war horses. Homer was a Mycenaean because they were a Greek tribe. We read six poems mostly about school subjects like math and geography. We had to read The Trojan War. In Science we learned about the fossil record of whales. They have more variety of fossils of ancient whales than other things.

In the time between Joseph inviting his family to Egypt and the Exodus the Hyksus had already taken over Egypt and been driven out. I am is Yahweh in Hebrew.

Mexico-U.S. wall

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There is a wall in between Mexico and the U.S. It is a big wall and it makes it so that relitives can’t even touch more than grazing a finger, much less hug. They let people hug every once in a while, but only every once in a while. When it was dedicated, in 1971 First Lady Pat Nixon said “I hope there won’t be fence here too long.” Well so much for that, here we are in 2016, and that fence is still there and even more preventive.

journal 9/30/16

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I am supposed to do a good news, bad news bible story, and post it on the blog. So here it is; good news: Joseph got a cool new coat, bad news: Joseph was sold as a slave by his brothers, good news: he got in a good position, bad news: he got put in jail, good news: he gets out of jail, bad news: there’s going to be a famine in Egypt, good news: Pharaoh put him in charge of getting ready for it, bad news: his brothers come to get grain, good news: they have changed, are happy to see him, and move to Egypt.

journal 9/28/16

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We are learning about ancient Egypt, I like learning about tutankhamun and the kings. It is really interesting and we were reading a historical fiction book about a king who has to run away to keep from being killed by the Assyrians. It was really interesting and he meets king Hezekiah in it, it was really fun to read.

Homeschool Journal 9/30/16

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The Phoenicians used the Amarix snail for the dye they are named for “Purple Men”. The Babylonians were taken over by the Kassites before the Assyrians took over Babylon. Babylonians in the second greatness of their city tried to tell the future through the insides of dead animals. We read 11 poems about random things. In Science we read about Pet Cams, convergence, HUD and E-voting.

NEW LIMITS FOR POLICE TAKE-HOME VEHICLES

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The Little Rock Police Department is taking another look at their take-home vehicle plan. 75% of the cars are taken out of the city and some are taken dozens of miles away. This defeats the purpose of being able to have a ready to respond on-duty and off-duty officer at any time.

Homeschool Journal 9/29/16

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In History I learned about the Minoans on Crete who became Greece. They were called after a supposedly evil king they had at first. They had a sport called bull jumping and they put gold on the bull horns. In the sport you had to grab the horns, jump onto the bull’s back and do acrobatic stunts. Vella was sick today and skipped school. In my experiment I had to put pepper in water and see what would happen when I put a drop of soapy water on the side of the cup. It instantaneously pushed all the pepper to the opposite cup and made them start to sink. In The Children’s Bible Field Guide I had to make a good news bad news story about a Genesis 25-50 story and put it my Journal. I am doing Jacob and Esau in second person to Jacob.

Bad News: You were born

Good News: You have a brother

Bad News: You are destined to fight all your life with him.

Good News: You trade food for his birthright

Bad News: You have to trick your father for it

Good News: You get it

Bad News: Your brother wants to kill you

Good News: Your mother tells you and you run away.

Homeschool Journal 9/28/16

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In both of our History books we read today we learned about the second rise of Babylon and King Nebuchadnezzar. We also learned about The Hanging Gardens of Babylon he built. We read four poems about spring, Easter and rain. In Science we learned about the fossil record of dinosaurs some displays in museums showing the evolution of dinosaurs but they did not show that they had not actually found the fossils they say evolved into dinosaurs. We started school late today. In The Children’s Bible Field Guide we had to research Ancient Egypt and say what we found most interesting and I think that their farming, farming seasons and the Nile flooding every year is interesting. In all of our books they say the Nile flooded every year but in all the possibly 20 books I have read that say that they never say why it floods every year at the same time. Mom thinks it is because of rain but it steadily rises until it overflows.

journal 9/27/16

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Did you know that some pterosaurs were about as big as a fighter jet? They were, and it was amazing. These huge, fish eating, winged creatures with tales and big beaks were not the type to mess with. Swooping and soaring through the air, diving to get a mouthful of nice fish, these mammoth creatures were strong, athletic dinosaurs, so why did they go extinct? My personal outlook on this was that the flood caused it, it could of been the reason that dinosaurs were wiped out, I thought. But God didn’t have it happen that way, the Bible says in Genesis 6:19-20 “You are to bring into the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you. Two of every kind of bird, of every kind of animal and of every kind of creature that moves along the ground will come to you to be kept alive.” And in Job, a dinosaur was mentioned, so it didn’t happen at the flood, so what did happen to the dinosaurs? The plain and simple answer to that question is……………………….. I shouldn’t tell you, never mind people, this was just a big hoax to get you really interested in reading my journals, you have wasted your time, no not really. The plain and simple answer is…………………………………………………………….. maybe I’ll tell you after you comment your thoughts, I wouldn’t want to ruin the surprise… because I truly don’t know the answer.