Monday, March 31, 2008
Composer Study
Composer study is one of those areas that I always have grand plans to incorporate into our day and never quite make it. Last night as I was planning our last 12 weeks of school, I was looking at Ambleside Online's composer for this last term and started hunting around the internet for some samples of the composers music.
I was delighted to find some You Tube videos of performances, some live, some recordings, that I can share with my students. I thought a way that I could remember to actually have my kids listen to the music I'd post the YouTube video of each selection. :) Here's the selection we listened to today.
Saint-Saens Symphony no 3 in C minor. This selection from You Tube is the Rotterdam Orchestra during a rehearsal. It's not the complete work but it is neat to watch an orchestra practicing. I tried to embed this, but it didn't work. Hopefully, I'll figure out how to get that to work again. :) In the meantime, if you're interested, check out the link below.
www.youtube.com/watch
I was delighted to find some You Tube videos of performances, some live, some recordings, that I can share with my students. I thought a way that I could remember to actually have my kids listen to the music I'd post the YouTube video of each selection. :) Here's the selection we listened to today.
Saint-Saens Symphony no 3 in C minor. This selection from You Tube is the Rotterdam Orchestra during a rehearsal. It's not the complete work but it is neat to watch an orchestra practicing. I tried to embed this, but it didn't work. Hopefully, I'll figure out how to get that to work again. :) In the meantime, if you're interested, check out the link below.
www.youtube.com/watch
Monday, March 24, 2008
School today
Just a recap of todays fun. I'll work backwards starting with my 6 yo, then my 8 yo and ending with a snippet from my 10 yo. She hasn't narrated anything to me yet.
A run down on R's school today:
We finished Tree in the Trail by Holling C. Holling and learned about the plaza and the Palace of the Governors in Santa Fe. I told R. that she has been there before. She was only 2, so she doesn't remember being there. Here's proof that she actually was at the plaza in Santa Fe, Nov. 2002.
R is sitting on Daddio's lap. I'm pregnant w/ #4 and not enjoying much of this trip. 
A run down on R's school today:
We finished Tree in the Trail by Holling C. Holling and learned about the plaza and the Palace of the Governors in Santa Fe. I told R. that she has been there before. She was only 2, so she doesn't remember being there. Here's proof that she actually was at the plaza in Santa Fe, Nov. 2002.
R is sitting on Daddio's lap. I'm pregnant w/ #4 and not enjoying much of this trip. We also read about heroic Grace Darling who helped rescue sailors who were shipwrecked off the shores of the Farne Islands. It's an amazing, true story which you can read about here.
We also learned about the Saxons defeating the Britons and causing them to retreat to the mountains of present day Wales and Cornwall. Today, the citizens of Wales and Cornwall are descendents of the ancient Briton's and their language is very similar to what was spoken by the Briton's of long ago. With the overthrow of the Saxons, many changes were made. First, the name of Britain was changed to Land of the Angles or Angleland, which became England. The land was divided into 7 Kingdoms, each with their own ruler. The Kingdoms were continually fighting against each other. The Saxon's were also pagans. They torn down the church's and killed the priests. It was many years before England would embrace Christianity again.
Gregory, a Bishop of Rome, had longed to go to England to teach the people about Christianity for years. He was not able to go himself, so he sent Augustine to go and spread the word. Augustine was welcomed by the Saxons and eventually every kingdom embraced Christianity again.
We also learned about Woodpeckers and how they sometimes drum for fun.
A's school day recap:
We learned about the Pilgrim Fathers arriving at Plymouth and how the members of the friendly Indian tribes, namely Chief Massasoit, Samoset and Squanto, helped the pilgrims survive.
We also finished Diane Stanley's book Shakespeare Bard of England today where we learned how some people find it hard to believe a person with such a limited education could have written the such incredibly intelligent plays. They thought that nobles and scholars and maybe even the Queen herself, were the ones who actually penned these plays. However, those people are in the minority. Most who have studied Shakespeare and his life believe that he is the true author of these plays.
We learned about one of the greatest inventions of all times and the man behind the invention, Guttenberg and the printing press. What an amazing tale these inventors have. To hold on to a dream at the expense of losing everything, including family and friends, and to come out the other end with an invention that is still impacting us today. Guttenberg was no exception. He worked hard, toiling long hours, forsaking everything else to come up with the printing press. That invention revolutionized the world by putting books into common peoples hands.
Lastly, we visited with the Beverly family in our story, Children of the New Forest. Edward Beverly has gone off, with the intendents blessings, to join with the Kings Army. Along the way he has met with a man who served under his father. The two men are excited to meet each others acquaintance and are eagerly anticipating joining the fighting to win back the rightful title and position of King James.
For E. Her narrations will come tomorrow. However, we do have some new vocabulary words:
birstle and brae
Anyone want to take a stab at the meanings, without looking up the definitions in a dictionary. I'll give you the source of the words and the sentence where they were used.
They were found in Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped.
birstle: 'Lie here,' says he, 'and birstle'.
brae: Having thus set folks' minds a rest, we came down the brae, and were met at the yard gate (for this place was like a well-doing farm) by a tall, handsome man of more than fifty, who cried out to Alan in the Gaelic.
If you have an answer, make sure to leave it in the comments.
Gregory, a Bishop of Rome, had longed to go to England to teach the people about Christianity for years. He was not able to go himself, so he sent Augustine to go and spread the word. Augustine was welcomed by the Saxons and eventually every kingdom embraced Christianity again.
We also learned about Woodpeckers and how they sometimes drum for fun.
A's school day recap:
We learned about the Pilgrim Fathers arriving at Plymouth and how the members of the friendly Indian tribes, namely Chief Massasoit, Samoset and Squanto, helped the pilgrims survive.
We also finished Diane Stanley's book Shakespeare Bard of England today where we learned how some people find it hard to believe a person with such a limited education could have written the such incredibly intelligent plays. They thought that nobles and scholars and maybe even the Queen herself, were the ones who actually penned these plays. However, those people are in the minority. Most who have studied Shakespeare and his life believe that he is the true author of these plays.
We learned about one of the greatest inventions of all times and the man behind the invention, Guttenberg and the printing press. What an amazing tale these inventors have. To hold on to a dream at the expense of losing everything, including family and friends, and to come out the other end with an invention that is still impacting us today. Guttenberg was no exception. He worked hard, toiling long hours, forsaking everything else to come up with the printing press. That invention revolutionized the world by putting books into common peoples hands.
Lastly, we visited with the Beverly family in our story, Children of the New Forest. Edward Beverly has gone off, with the intendents blessings, to join with the Kings Army. Along the way he has met with a man who served under his father. The two men are excited to meet each others acquaintance and are eagerly anticipating joining the fighting to win back the rightful title and position of King James.
For E. Her narrations will come tomorrow. However, we do have some new vocabulary words:
birstle and brae
Anyone want to take a stab at the meanings, without looking up the definitions in a dictionary. I'll give you the source of the words and the sentence where they were used.
They were found in Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped.
birstle: 'Lie here,' says he, 'and birstle'.
brae: Having thus set folks' minds a rest, we came down the brae, and were met at the yard gate (for this place was like a well-doing farm) by a tall, handsome man of more than fifty, who cried out to Alan in the Gaelic.
If you have an answer, make sure to leave it in the comments.
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Happy Easter
We've been memorizing hymns from a CD that we love. Here is a video of my girls singing one of the hymns that's perfect for Easter.
It takes a little bit for the video to load and the song is ~3 min. but it's a beautiful song.
It takes a little bit for the video to load and the song is ~3 min. but it's a beautiful song.
Friday, March 14, 2008
Blender Bliss
I'm loving my BlendTec Blender. Today I made peanut butter and a green smoothie. 
Our smoothie today was made with Swiss Chard, non-fat Vanilla yogurt, banana, orange, frozen blueberries and strawberries.
Just finished shelling the peanuts
In the Blender
Blending
Yum!
Green smoothie
Yum!
Our smoothie today was made with Swiss Chard, non-fat Vanilla yogurt, banana, orange, frozen blueberries and strawberries.Just finished shelling the peanutsIn the BlenderBlendingYum!Green smoothieYum!Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Math or Art?
Found on the opposite side of my 8 yo's Math yesterday.
I don't know if you can make it out very well, but there are little drops of water coming off the horse. I also see the beginning's of a little girl in the water, but it looks like she erased it.
I don't know if you can make it out very well, but there are little drops of water coming off the horse. I also see the beginning's of a little girl in the water, but it looks like she erased it.
Monday, March 10, 2008
Life Skills
In our Keepers Group we worked on Cooking this past Friday. You can see more about our work on this badge on my Keepers Blog as well as the other things we've been working on this year.
There's a lot required in earning the Cooking badge. With three girls going through the program, that's a lot of meal planning, prepping, cooking and cleaning. I didn't want this badge to be like our baking badge, which I'm still working on w/ all of them, I knew I'd need to get to work right away! I had them draw numbers 1 - 3, each number representing a meal. 1. Breakfast, 2. Lunch and 3. Supper. I'm so clever.
With their numbers drawn and meal they are responsible for determined, I sat down with each of them and had them come up with what they wanted to prepare this week for their respective meals. With a little guidance we came up with some good meals. Right now they aren't real daring and creative (we'll be eating a lot of fruit salad
) but they are nutritious and the girls came up with them on their own. The biggest struggle for this will be with R, my 6 year old. She is such a picky eater and really doesn't like to eat anything besides chicken, preferably w/ a nice coating and "sauteed" (we all know it's really fried). Since adding squash puree I don't mind the chicken nuggets so much, but I'm not eating them every night this week!
As I think about it I'll post pictures of the meals and my chefs as they are creating their masterpieces.
Here's R last night at dinner:
There's a lot required in earning the Cooking badge. With three girls going through the program, that's a lot of meal planning, prepping, cooking and cleaning. I didn't want this badge to be like our baking badge, which I'm still working on w/ all of them, I knew I'd need to get to work right away! I had them draw numbers 1 - 3, each number representing a meal. 1. Breakfast, 2. Lunch and 3. Supper. I'm so clever.
With their numbers drawn and meal they are responsible for determined, I sat down with each of them and had them come up with what they wanted to prepare this week for their respective meals. With a little guidance we came up with some good meals. Right now they aren't real daring and creative (we'll be eating a lot of fruit salad
) but they are nutritious and the girls came up with them on their own. The biggest struggle for this will be with R, my 6 year old. She is such a picky eater and really doesn't like to eat anything besides chicken, preferably w/ a nice coating and "sauteed" (we all know it's really fried). Since adding squash puree I don't mind the chicken nuggets so much, but I'm not eating them every night this week!As I think about it I'll post pictures of the meals and my chefs as they are creating their masterpieces.
Here's R last night at dinner:
Our menu included Pork Tenderloin (daddy helped with the grilling), rice, pineapple and carrots. Yum.
This morning E, who is in charge of breakfast this week decided to make Buttermilk Scones. We found a simple recipe on AllRecipes that she followed. We need to work on her mixing the dry ingredients a little better (we were supposed to sift them, but I can't find my sifter) as there were pockets of salt and baking powder. Despite that, they were still yummy. She served them w/ Strawberry Preserves and orange juice.
Mixing the batter.
This morning E, who is in charge of breakfast this week decided to make Buttermilk Scones. We found a simple recipe on AllRecipes that she followed. We need to work on her mixing the dry ingredients a little better (we were supposed to sift them, but I can't find my sifter) as there were pockets of salt and baking powder. Despite that, they were still yummy. She served them w/ Strawberry Preserves and orange juice.
Mixing the batter.I didn't get a picture of the finished product, they went fast!
Adding in lunch for today. A's job is to take care of lunches for the week. On today's menu, PB&J on whole wheat bread, oranges and milk.
Adding in lunch for today. A's job is to take care of lunches for the week. On today's menu, PB&J on whole wheat bread, oranges and milk.
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