Anyway, there was a lot happening around here and I had more photos to load but my old laptop gave up the ghost and I decided to just leave the post like it is.
There are lots of good links with things on missionaries, martyrs and Church history. If you are looking for a healhier way to eat you want to check out the end of the post for wheat free recipes that are better than the wheat ones!!
Also, how would you like to win a few items that you could gift for Christmas?? Keep posted for Give away Fridays!
Books Read Out Loud to All
* Still doing The Dig and reading the Gospel of Luke.
* A Girl Named Helen Keller by Margo Lundell - see my post here on a photo tour of Helen Keller's birthplace.
* A Picture Book of Helen Keller by David A. Adler
* Art Dog by Thacher Hurd
* Bob and Otto by Robert O. Bruel - talks about the differences of individuals but how we all need each other.
* The Story of Me - Book 1 by Stan and Brenna Jones - ages 3 to 5
* and Before I was Born - Book 2 - for ages 5 to 8 - Looking for a Biblical way to introduce s*xuality to your children? I recommend these books. The kids were more interested in finding out what it was like for me to carry each one of them in my belly. WE had a great time talking about their different personalities and the funny things they did while in my belly.
* Follow the Dream - The Story of Christopher Columbus by Peter Sis
* The Light and the Glory for Children (Discovering God's Plan for America from Christopher Columbus to George Washington) by Peter Marshall and David Manuel - I don't usually celebrate holidays, but this year for Columbus Day we read a few books about him. I really like the Light and the Glory series because they narrate history from a Christian point of view. Assuming that God's hand was upon all those historical figures, the authors imply emotions, doubts, fears and real life questions that could have really taken place into the narrative. It doesn't read like a textbook.
* Milo and the Mysterious Island by Marcus Pfister
* Milo and the Magical Stones by Marcus Pfister
* Arthur's Reading Race by Marc Brown
* I Can Read with My Eyes Shut! by Dr Seuss
* Amelia Bedelia's First Field Trip by Herman Parish
* Amelia Bedelia's First Apple Pie by Herman Parish
* Sam, Bangs and Moonshine by Evaline Ness - interesting book about lying and consequences. Or an interesting book about have a very big imagination and its consequences. :)
* Blackout by John Rocco
* We finished S is for Show me - A Missouri Alphabet by Judy Young
* Thidwick The Big-Hearted Moose by Dr Seuss
* The Santa Fe Trail by Ryan P. Randolph - The Library of the Westward Expansion
* The Little Little Girl with the Big Big Voice by Kristen Balouch
* God is Always There with Booker Bear by Dan Foote
* Hootenanny - A Festive Counting Book by Kimberly Ainsworth
* Back of the Bus by Aaron Reynolds
* Abigail Takes the Wheel - story by Avi
* Can I Bring Wooly to the Library, Ms. Reeder? by Lois G. Grambling
* Same, same bu different by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw
* Back of the Bus by Aaron Reynolds
* The Pumpkin Runner by Marsha Diane Arnold
Audio Books
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| DD9 studying Spanish with Rosetta Stone software. |
* The Chronicles of Narnia - For FREE, you can find the mp3 files at Ancient Faith website of the Chronicles of Narnia books read by a lady with a cute British accent. DD9 listened to the first book of the series (The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe) and is now listening to the second one: Prince Caspian.
DS7 independent reading list:
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| It's a Whole Wheat Cracker Monster! No, Mom, it's a robot! |
* Waiting for Magic by Patricia MacLachlan- he began reading this with big sister, but my mid book it caught his interest so he finished by himself.
* The Science of Soldiers by Luica Raatma
DS7 browses a lot. He will read pieces and parts of books. Read paragraphs or excerpts of chapter books and reference books. However. he is not yet picking up chapter books and reading it from cover to cover by his own accord. I usually have to find something that will trigger his interest and then keep at it for him to finish it. I think I just need to relax and he will read a whole chapter book on his own when he is ready or the book is good enough to be read.
DD9 independent reading list:
* Dilly's Summer Camp diary by Cyntia C. Lewis - funny and very artsy. The diary of a frog-loving girl's first summer camp experience, from the rocky beginnings to the final, fun-filled days.
* Waiting for the Magic by Patricia MacLachlan - my daughter really enjoyed this book. She read it twice and then I decided that it need a read aloud so the other kids could enjoy it too..
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| DD9 using her favorite cooking skill: cracking eggs! |
* Cam Jansen and The Mystery of Flight 54
* The Spyglass by Richard Paul Evans
* Dr Seuss's Sleep Book
* A Hive of Busy Bees by Effie M. Williams - Rod and Staff Publishers
* Hurricane by Faith McNulty
* The Good Dog by Avi
* Windcatcher by Avi
* Timelines - Transport on Land, Road and Rail by Eril Davies
* Thidwick The Big-Hearted Moose by Dr Seuss
* Poppy by Avi
* Ragweed by Avi - this is actually the first book of the Poppy's books series.
* Milo and the Mysterious Island by Marcus Pfister
* Milo and the Magical Stones by Marcus Pfister
* Hidden Under the Sea by Peter Kent - The World Beneath the Waves
* A Book of Coupons by Susie Morgenstern
* The Arrow Over the Door by Joseph Bruchac
* Pterosaurs - rulers of the Skies in the Dinosaur Age - DD9 used this book as help/ inspiration for some of her newest drawings.
* Pirates created by Bobbie Kalman - Crabtree Publishing Company
* United Tweets of America - 50 State Birds (their stories and their glories) by Hudson Talbott - This is such a clever book. If your kids are into birds or nature study, this book is perfect. There is so much in here, states' history, animal facts, fun and jokes, really cute book to introduce states and talk about some history with the kids.
* Drylongso by Virginia Hamilton
* The Magician's Nephew - The Chronicles of Narnia #1 (after getting DD9 interested in the audio books, I found the books at our library and of course, she had to read them too!)
* The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - The Chronicles of Narnia #2 by C.S. Lewis
* The Horse and his boy - Book #3 - DD9 thought the book very confusing. She couldn't understand Narnia's form of government and who was who. She lost interest in the story.
* Prince Caspia - Book #4 - DD9 began the book but didn't finish. She told me the book wasn't about animals anymore but about people. Stories about people are more complicated according to her. Hmmmm...
* A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead
* The Science of Soldiers by Luica Raatma
* Marching with Aunt Susan by Claire Rudolf Murphy
* The Story of the White House by Natalie Miller
* Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Gold Coins by David A. Adler
Activities at Home
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| Who doesn't like marshmallows??!! |
* DD5 had a serious case of Mommy-itis this month, so we did a lot of playing cards like Uno and memory games. We played tea party; we cuddled a lot and read good books. She was fighting a little cold but it was enough for her to use it as an excuse to spend more time with Mommy. I think she has been watching too many Doc McStuffins episodes.
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| Is that a new board game? |
* We had a Brazilian friend come over and make as some homemade Cheese bread. The kids enjoyed her very much and even "helped" out some. We harvested green beans and eggplants and my friend was happy to take some home.
* Lots of cooking and making things from scratch like almond flour, almond butter, bite size brownies, almond milk, coconut milk, green smoothies, pineapple juice and so much more. We have gone wheat free and our kids have joined in. So much fun. The kids are learning to cook and a lot about nutritional value of foods and why we eat what we eat and avoid processed food.
* Outside fall activities like painting acorns, drawing leaves and animals, riding bicycles, playing hunter, baseball, on the trampoline... lots of informal art and nature activities.Raking leaves and jumping in them; making messes, drawing with sidewalk chalk; soaking pine cones in pine needle scented water; making mud pies;
* Still using our Singapore Math books: DD9 is on the way to memorizing the multiplication tables of 6, 7, 8 and 9; DS7 is working with measurements in the metric and US system; lots of word problems; adding, subtracting, multiplication, division and just plain practicing writing numbers (DD5 is doing that, although DS7 could use some of that since he writes some numbers on reverse!). We also did TANGRAMs. Instead of buying a toy or a book, I found information on them on the net and used this SITE to print out the puzzles on colored papers and let the kids have fun!
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| Wheat FREE brownie bites!! Yumm-O! |
* Outside fall activities like painting acorns, drawing leaves and animals, riding bicycles, playing hunter, baseball, on the trampoline... lots of informal art and nature activities.Raking leaves and jumping in them; making messes, drawing with sidewalk chalk; soaking pine cones in pine needle scented water; making mud pies;
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| Playing with Tangrams. |
* Still using our Singapore Math books: DD9 is on the way to memorizing the multiplication tables of 6, 7, 8 and 9; DS7 is working with measurements in the metric and US system; lots of word problems; adding, subtracting, multiplication, division and just plain practicing writing numbers (DD5 is doing that, although DS7 could use some of that since he writes some numbers on reverse!). We also did TANGRAMs. Instead of buying a toy or a book, I found information on them on the net and used this SITE to print out the puzzles on colored papers and let the kids have fun!
* DD9 is still working on Spanish, cursive, sewing, drawing and lots of writing and reading.
*DS7 has been doing lots of more writing recently: there are signs everywhere around the house; letters and notes to friends; even journal entries.
*DS7 has been doing lots of more writing recently: there are signs everywhere around the house; letters and notes to friends; even journal entries.
Field Trips/ Activities Outside Home
* Soccer games; Karate classes
* We were invited to a costume party furnished with blow up slides and trampolines. There was also games, pinatas and candy, of course, lots of candy!!
* Fall festival held at our church: inflatable slide, hay rides; bonfire; lots of candy, junk food and a pie contest. It was such a fun time!
Websites/ Links we found and used
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| Our own Puppet Show |
- William Tyndale - see more about it on the videos section of this post.
* Church History Timeline - I am using this to teach the kids about timeline. Although all the people listed here are linked to Church History the concept of timeline still applies and the kids are remembering other Historical figures as well. We are locating the persons we already have studied or heard of on the timeline and discussing them. Great resource.
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| Leaves impressions made using crayons. |
* Sheppard Softward US Government Game: I played this one with the kids to introduce them to US government. Important to talk about our current President is doing and how his actions will lead into bad consequences for the whole country. The game covers all 3 branches of government, jobs of the President and his cabinet and teaches balance of powers.
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| Painting acorns, pine cones and anything else we could think of! |
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| Play money from Donna Young dot org website! |
* The HEV Project - DD9 is using this website to learn cursive and spelling. There are so many resources here. You have to become a member and pay a monthly subscription fee, but you get to decide what that amount is. We are still discovering all the resources. I was surprised to find some videos from Brazil and the city my parents live in.
* ASFMS World History -I have watched a few of the videos and read some of the information. This is a fantastic website to use as additional resource for History afficionados. I hope that one day my children will want to peruse it. Right now, I think they are too young for some of the content.
* Shiver Academy - This is another interesting site I found that covers character study using the Book of Virtues. It's amazing the work this woman has put together and it's available for FREE.
TV shows/ Videos/ Movies/ YouTube findings
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| Nothing like friends to brighten our days! |
- Roaming Nose - about The Aeneid
Wishbone movies can be found on this YouTube Channel that has a 129 videos all from Wishbone. Lots of movies/ episodes to watch without paying a dime!! Wishbone's episodes mix history, literature and adventure.
* Torchlighters - William Tyndale - this video series on the martyrs are available on Netflix, but I found this one for FREE on this SITE. I highly recommend this series. We have been reading about missionaries and martyrs and this video was a great addition to what we had initially read. Check out the Torchlighters website for more FREE resources on William Tyndale.
* The Indian in the Cupboard - DD9 read the book and was excited when we found the VHS at our library. We are so blessed, we got the best library ever!!!
* The Secret World of Arrietty
* One Hit from Home - Faith changes the game
* Journey to the Center of the Earth
* Jouney 2 - The Mysterious Island
* Rio - I had reservations about letting my kids watch this movie. I had previously watched it with my husband, and being a native from Brazil I know what Carnaval is all about. But after watching, I thought it would be ok for my kids to see since the plot was all about bird mating not people's. It provided some good opportunity for discussions about what Carnaval is and why it's a bad celebration. What we should celebrate instead. Anyway, the kids enjoyed but I would suggest you do your own research before you make a decision. The link provides one of the many reviews out there.
* Disney Jr channel is a constant here at home. The kids love all the shows. PBS is also another constant - Wild Kratts, Cyber Chase, Curious George and more. (Sometimes I wish we didn't have a TV, then again, I don't know what I would do without one!) LOL
Mom's Eclectic List
* The Detoxinista - wonderful recipes for GRAIN FREE baked goods.
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| Easy pizza: corn tortillas + favorite toppings under the broiler for 3 min. |
* Becoming Sister Wives: The Story of an Unconventional Marriage
* Living Deliberately - how to create a ridridiculously awesome life by Greg and Rachel Denning.
* Salt Your Way to Health - having trouble with high blood pressure or you don't eat salt for some other weird medical reason? Or are you looking to be in better health? Got swelling in your legs? you want to watch these videos and maybe buy the book.
As always, all the info here is just what I have used and thought you might be interested as well. All this is for my own record keeping for the kids that are coming behind the older ones. I am not a doctor or an expert in any of this, so please consult your physician, God or your best friend before using or doing anything we do here at our home. :)
Have a great week and please go vote!!!
Blessings,
Tereza
PS I am now an American Citizen and this will be my first Presidential Election!
* Living Deliberately - how to create a ridridiculously awesome life by Greg and Rachel Denning.
* Salt Your Way to Health - having trouble with high blood pressure or you don't eat salt for some other weird medical reason? Or are you looking to be in better health? Got swelling in your legs? you want to watch these videos and maybe buy the book.
As always, all the info here is just what I have used and thought you might be interested as well. All this is for my own record keeping for the kids that are coming behind the older ones. I am not a doctor or an expert in any of this, so please consult your physician, God or your best friend before using or doing anything we do here at our home. :)
Have a great week and please go vote!!!
Blessings,
Tereza
PS I am now an American Citizen and this will be my first Presidential Election!
