{"id":599783,"date":"2008-10-03T21:58:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-04T05:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/2008\/10\/03\/homeschool-highlights-9-29-10-3-2008\/"},"modified":"2008-10-03T21:58:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-04T05:58:00","slug":"homeschool-highlights-9-29-10-3-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/2008\/10\/03\/homeschool-highlights-9-29-10-3-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"Homeschool Highlights 9\/29 &#8211; 10\/3, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We took advantage of this wonderful weather and spent one day on the Twin Falls hike, and and afternoon at the Lake.&nbsp; We also had a playdate with our friend, &quot;J2. Holz&quot;.&nbsp; But, we also managed to get some &quot;real schoolin&#8217; &quot; in&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bible- <\/strong>Egermeier&#8217;s Bible Story Book: Moses and the Burning Bush\/ moses and Aaron Before the Pharoah\/ &quot;Let My People Go&quot;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scripture Verse- <\/strong>Proverbs 20:11<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Aloud-<\/strong> We completed &quot;The Apple and the Arrow&quot;.&nbsp; This was a very interesting and detailed story on the legend of William Tell.&nbsp; It was a little violent for my taste, but it really shared the story of people under tyranny and how they worked together to overcome their government.&nbsp; The boys were captivated and were sorry to see it end.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Phonics\/Reading- <\/strong>&#8216;A&#8217; and &#8216;R&#8217; both took turns reading from &quot;I Can Read It&quot;.&nbsp; They also did two pages of worksheets in &quot;explode the Code&quot;, p.5-26<br \/>\nOne of the phonics activities was to give the kids the letter &quot;i&quot; and they had to create a word around it.&nbsp; &#8216;A&#8217; did well.&nbsp; &#8216;R&#8217; did well with made up words.&nbsp; He did better when I gave him two letters, and he just had to add one more.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;A&#8217; read part of a book called &quot;Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs&#8217;<br \/>\n&#8216;R&#8217; read a Bob Book.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3068\/2910484899_d86c228600.jpg?v=0\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3184\/2911330986_5498c60095.jpg?v=0\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3290\/2911330790_c6e4c20efb.jpg?v=0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Art-<\/strong>Artistic Pursuits- Lesson 3.&nbsp; We went to Rattlesnake Lake and drew items of nature in a nature journal.<\/p>\n<p>The boys also drew pictures of autumn leaves and we gave a picture and some pumpkin brownies to three of our neighbors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>History\/Geography<\/strong>&#8211; Children&#8217;s Encyclopedia.&nbsp; We read about Crafts around the world, and Clothing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Science- <\/strong>First Book of Nature p. 60-63.&nbsp; We read about pollen and answered activity questions #102-104.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Character<\/strong>&#8211; A Child&#8217;s Book of Character Building.&nbsp; We read about &#8216;Patience&#8217;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We took advantage of this wonderful weather and spent one day on the Twin Falls hike, and and afternoon at the Lake.&nbsp; We also had a playdate with our friend, &quot;J2. 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