Today I felt sick. I woke with gas and ran to the bathroom. I went back to bed. Then I got out of bed to eat breakfast and do school which I could not stay focused on. I tried to do school until lunch. I ate lunch and did most of what I could in school. I went up to my room to take a nap. I woke up and Pokemon battled myself a little bit (I was winning), sat up to long and laid back down. Mom came up and talked with me. Then I made a magic labyrinth course and ate dinner. Then I wrote this.
Category: Homeschool
homeschool journal 8/27/15
by Vwala •
Today Reed and I had spelling at the same time. It was fun, Mom gave Reed two spelling words and then gave me one.
In the little bit of china that I did I had fun, I was making a time line of china and I wrote about china nowadays and they have made a lot of improvements like joining the world wide trade thingy, and making the three gorges dam.
In binder work I took a story I wrote earlier in the year and added a simile, shortened it, and improved the wording some. It was really hard but also fun and afterwards I felt accomplished.
In search of the source
by Vwala •
We just finished reading this book and I thought I’d give it a review. I give it a four out of five star review. It is about a missionary and his wife and they’re struggles to translate the bible, learn a new language, and do all this in a different culture. It’s an awesome book but there are some gross and a couple of ugly things described in it. I don’t suggest it for 4-6 year olds because of the cultural difference, and no lack of adjectives in it.
homeschool journal 8/26/15
by Vwala •
Today science was realy fun we learned about IQ tests and how scientists know that your DNA controlls part of how smart you are. The way they proved that was twins seporated at birth got the same test scores. We had alot of fun doing the simple IQ tests they gave us it was so much fun and the questions for science were mostly easy and fun.
I finished this weeks math today, and it was ok, not very fun but what can I say, it’s math. I learned alot because it was about adding more than two numbers at the same time, like three.
In history I read alot about china nowadays, and did you now that in the early 2000 they’re were alot of presidents resining in china, and that china became a republic because the people wanted and fought for one?
Adi’s 4th Birthday
by Rob and Renna •
Adi turned 4!
Adi wanted two things for her birthday. The first is that she wanted us to paint her room. So we painted (rather are in the middle of painting) her bedroom. “Before” pictures are below.
The second is to have the same cake as Vella that she described as: “the one I dropped on the floor.” So she helped make and decorate her birthday cake-forgot to take a photo though! Trust me, it was not only beautiful but also delicious!
Although we celebrated as a family on Sunday, we still wanted to do something fun on her actual birthday. So we played hooky from school, deciding to spend the day at the Museum of Discovery!
Adi (and we all) very much enjoy the Museum of Discovery. Excitedly we all finished our morning routines in record time, piled into the van and headed out. Feeling a bit tourist-y and quite trendy parking in the River Market parking garage (can you tell I’m from the country?), we found our way to the Museum’s entrance. When Reed pulled the doors, they were locked. I failed to remember that the Museum is closed Mondays-boo! Adi’s words to this were: “That’s okay, Mom, I’m not mad.”
Reminiscent of Reed’s birthday last July (read about that here) we walked down the block to Kilwin’s to get ice cream. It was closed too. Fighting off disappointment and frustration, we headed to the downtown library knowing that the books would cheer us up.
Since there were no programs for children that day, we got to talking to the librarian about our morning and she suggested we visit the Clinton Library just a half mile away . The older two kids and I had been to the Clinton Library before but I wasn’t certain it would be fitting for Adi’s birthday outing.
Agreeing to visit the Museum of Discovery later in the week, we decided to give the Clinton Library a chance. Their current display involves large, moving dinosaurs. Walking through the exhibit and holding my hand, Adi kept reminding herself: “It isn’t real, it doesn’t want to eat me. It isn’t real, it doesn’t want to eat me.” I forgot to take any pictures of the actual dinosaurs, but I managed to get photos of bones, hmmm.
From there we spent time at the Library’s restaurant Forty-Two sharing a dessert. I might be the only one, but I think the dessert we had there (something with lemon and ginger) beat the ice cream by a long shot!
Next we took the shuttle (a golf cart really) down the road to the Clinton Museum Store. Adi squealed with delight with the wind blowing her hair, holding on tightly as the driver whisked us around corners. It was fun!
Adi captivated the store clerks’ attention while we were there and walked out with pictures of “Buddy” and “Socks”-I’m probably supposed to know this but I think that was the Clinton’s pets names while they were living in the White House.
The only thing that would have made it better for Adi would be if Rob had been able to take some time off work to join us. But she did call him on the way home to regal him with her adventures!
Anyway, that was our adventurous day. I’m not sure how much of it Adi will remember over time so I’m blogging it for her to read later.
homeschool journal 8/25/15
by Vwala •
In the bible people try to stone Jesus.
In the first day of science that we did we learned about kidneys and did you know that if you hang your arms down at your sides your kidneys are at your elbows?
Homeschool Journal 8/17/15
by Reed Karman •
We did Bible first today. We learned about Lanzhou it is covered in a haze of sand and pollution. It has a low literacy and a high poverty rate. The first written history of China was on bones during the Shang dynasty. Two cultures, the Longshan and the Yangshao formed together to make China. Both the cultures were farmers. In Confucius’s time instead of his practices they used magic.
We learned about The dynasties of China.
I lost my vocabulary vine book and we have not gotten my book from the library, so I did not do those subjects.
homeschool journal 8/17/15
by Vwala •
Today we had our school pictures taken.
“Yangshao colture was based on millet farming.” Longshan people lived in walled communitys, cultivated rice, and raised cattle and sheep. ” In the shang dynisty they made a form of writing.
Today I started a new book in reading and it is about indians, it’s realy intristing espeshily sense I’m part indian.
Week 2 Current Event
by Reed Karman •
PRE-SHOCKER EARTHQUAKE HITS HAYWARD FAULT
On Tuesday, July 21 a magnitude 4.0 earthquake hit the San Francisco Bay Area. Scientists say that there is a 42% chance of at least a magnitude 7.2 earthquake to hit in the next 30 years. The area has history for earthquakes. A big one usually happens every 90-140 years. This year its been 147.
An earthquake over magnitude 6.0 can be dangerous if near a city. Although the most likely thing to happen to any given person is a shortage of supplies. The best you can do to be prepared for an earthquake (because they are one of the hardest to predict weather predicaments) is stock up on bottled water and dried food, not be afraid and know if you’re on a fault line.
Homeschool Journal 7/31/15
by Reed Karman •
We read our book about the brain today. It was all about neurons, how every decision and action you make is a different path electrical can go through your entire body. The path is called a synopsis.
Dendrites receive messages from other neuron’s axons. Axons give messages to other neurons dendrites. Your entire Nervous System is neurons.