This week-Ivanhoe and PE :)

Our week seems to be flying by! We have had some great days of learning :) Heres a bit of what we have been up to:

Bible:
We now have the tabernacle built, Aaron and his sons as well as the Levites are in service to the Lord, sacrifices were offered, and the presence of the Lord filled the tabernacle. One of our favorite passages over the last few days was this one:

Leviticus Chapter Nine

23 Moses and Aaron then went into the Tent of Meeting. When they came out, they blessed the people; and the glory of the LORD appeared to all the people. 24 Fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. And when all the people saw it, they shouted for joy and fell facedown.

Math:
The kids continue in their book work and we have started a new challenge this week on Math-u-see drill page. I have each child sit with me by the computer and I type in the answer as they watch the screen. I have a tablet that I keep track of each child's time and amount he/she got correct. Today they really enjoyed the challenge of beating 1. their fastest time and 2. their brother or sisters fastest time.

History:
The kids listened to Story of the World and are continuing to learn about the nation of Islam.

Science:
Today the kids colored and cut out the parts of the head on their Body Model. (They are really enjoying it!)

Memory time:
We are still working on our Latin words and added new vocabulary. We also focused on Psalms 23. Each child has it almost completely memorized. In order to help with their memory I drew a memory picture for each part of the scripture, this seemed to really help them.

We are almost finished reading Ivanhoe. Today I read and the kids really didnt want me to stop but I had to because my throat started hurting! I am reading the children's classic and it is very good so I cant imagine how wonderful the "real" version is! The kids were excited when the Latin words pax vobiscum which means "peace go with you" were used by one of the men while he was disguised as Friar Tuck.

Today while the kids were working on handwriting and coloring pages they listened to an audio CD of King Arthur and the Knights of the round table. They LOVED it! I do think the reading is wonderful.. AND the music is great too!

Last Friday was our first day of PE. It is held at a local university and has college PE majors as the main teachers with a Home school Dad who is their professor as the overseeing teacher. I think my kids are really going to like this activity. The college kids were so sweet with all of the kidos and I was very impressed even when my littlest started to cry.. a young college man came over and talked with him etc and eventually he joined back in on the games. Here are two pictures from Fridays PE. This is Jo and Nates class. I will get some shots of Cats class this Friday.



I almost forgot to mention the kids newest musical instruments!
A few weeks ago we were at some friends house and they had some harmonicas. All three of the kids LOVED them so they asked if they could have some. (actually the boys said thats what they wanted for their birthday) .. This past weekend DH and I picked three up at Cracker Barrel and surprised the kids. The really do love them. I found a page on the net on how to play songs. They have taught themselves row row row you boat! Now.. I think it is great.. I mean how many people do you know that can actually play .. really play a harmonica? :) I personally LOVE the sound of it in the house. It just sounds happy, and relaxing at the same time.