Moses, Body Book, and New System

Well, I feel like we have been making progress.. and thats good. Our day was great.. but was a bit frustrating as the house phone seemed to ring offffffff the wall today :) I dont answer the phone when we are working on our education but I think after today I will try and figure out how to use the answering machines "silent" mode :) (if you happened to call me today at home please dont be offended :).. its not you.. its all the telemarketers etc :)

Heres what we enjoyed today:
Bible:
Yesterday we read about how God gave instructions to Moses for the Tabernacle etc. After reading those "instructions" and while the kids were coloring I searched the internet for images of the Tabernacle. I was surprised to find a 3-D animation of what it looked liked. After we walked around in the virtual Tabernacle we decided to check out the 3-D virtual tour of Noahs Ark. These were both really fun.
Well.. Moses and God were both pretty mad about the golden calf today. The kids really listened closely to this section of reading!
After the kids and I finished reading I searched the internet for images of asher poles, golden calves, and Mount Sinai. I was thrilled to find a view from the top of the mountain. If you click on the picture it should make it fit the whole screen. The kids were impressed with the view. I didnt find any good images of an asher pole, but did find these of a calf.
Something new that was learned: Moses made the Isrealites melt the calf and then make it into dust, put it in water and drink it!
"20 And he took the calf they had made and burned it in the fire; then he ground it to powder, scattered it on the water and made the Israelites drink it." Ex. 32:20

Math- (bookwork) The kids are enjoying their new math books but I am going to have Catherine test on a few of her first chapters to get her up to the level work she has been doing. She will do that tomorrow. Nathan LOVES his new book and Joseph is working as fast as he can to finish his current book so he can start his new one too. (Nothing like a new book sitting on your desk to make you want to complete the one you have :)

In Science today we started making a model of the human body using The Body Book. The kids are very excited about doing this. I am hoping to complete this study and at the end go see the Body Worlds exhibit.



We began new words in our Latin. Thats always fun to get new words!

For reading time I started a new book:
"Door in the Wall" by Marguerite De Angeli
I also continued my reading to the kids "Ivanhoe" by Sir Walter Scott. I told my friend M yesterday that I was having a hard time "getting into" this book.. but today after another jousting session, and a planned kidnapping of Lady Rowena.. who could not be "into it"!

I am also thankful to my sweet friend M who had the idea of using file boxes for paperwork. I am thrilled with how easy this is. Each child has a box, each subject has a folder. Hurrah for no more hold punching! I also told the kids "Another thing that is great about this system is that it is so portable.. if we go on vacation we can just take all our work with us.. in one box! " .. They weren't overly excited about that prospect :) But they love their new boxes!