Week 16-TOG

History

There was a lot of Bible reading in History this week. Both read Ruth, Judges, and part of Joshua. The focus of this week was the nations that surrounded Israel and interacted with them in the Bible. This was a good review for me because honestly I don't know my Hittites from my Ammonites. I know God had some pretty strict judgement for them, but I don't remember which ones go with which story.
Geography
The focus was the tribes of Israel and their neighbors.

We did not do any hand-on projects this week.

Week 15 update-TOG

For some reason I'm having a hard time since Christmas break feeling like we are on top of things. Here it is Friday and we still have so much history/writing that we haven't done yet. I need to spend some time figuring out what I need to do to feel like I'm back on top of things. So, this week, I am going to list the things that *will be* completed over the weekend rather than the things that are all done!

History: This week we are focusing on the time where the Israelits were at last allowed to enter the Promised Land! The history reading and Bible reading are the same, and the kids read from the book of Joshua and Judges. We also read some pages in What the Bible is All About for Young Explorers.

Writing: This week we are writing compare and contrast essays on Moses and Joshua. (This is one of the things that hasn't happened yet this week.)

Fine Arts: I have not yet decided which project we will do on Monday.

Geography: We looked at the maps of Israel during the time of the Judges.

Since I never mention the other subjects we are doing, I'll give a little update on where we are in those subjects.

Grammar: We are using Rod & Staff 5, and the kids are almost done with this book. Grammar seems to come fairly easy for them, and they actually enjoy diagramming sentences.

Latin: We are about halfway done with Latina Christiana 2. The kids do pretty well with this and we are progressing with this. I don't know where we'll go next year after this.

Spanish: The kids do Spanish with Daddy every night. They are reading and translating the book of Luke right now.

Math: Annsley is doing Math-U-See Algebra and is about 2/3 of the way through. She alternates this with ALEKS online. Seth is almost done with Math-U-See Pre-Algebra and is starting Singapore 6B.

Memory Work: We are continuing with our weekly Memory CD.

Science: We are studying the lesson on bats in Apologia Science (Flying Creatures). We are making a lapbook to go along with this.

Piano: The kids take lessons from Grandma and are practicing daily.

Week 14 update

It is good to be back in the swing of things. We did a little school here and there over the last 3 weeks, but we took a total break from history, science, grammar, memory work, and Latin (besides some flashcard work). So, this is our first week back in full. We are finishing up the unit on the early Greeks.

History:

Literature:

Writing: This week we are starting a state notebook for our writing assignments. The kids will have to do some internet research for this project.

Fine Arts: We switched our project day from Wednesday to Monday, so we have not yet done the project for this week. I'll post pictures of the Greeks frescoes that we will make after Monday.