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Bible Big Bro continued with OTC (Old Testament Challenge) and I with him. We would sometimes discuss interesting learnings at meal times. English/Literature For these two weeks he read Job as part of English. He also did the Epic of Gilgamesh Ancient Literature study. He did well for the quiz. History He read Unwrapping the Pharoahs, Exploring World History, and the Encyclopedia of the Ancient World. Because I had no idea what he was retaining, I asked him to write a few things as a summary or highlights from his reading (except for EWH which he has review questions to do) Maps/Timeline He did some maps and also timeline (he is using digital timeline from here ) Biology He finished Module 2 (Kingdom Monera) and did a test on VHSG with he did well. I needed to sit with him for some lectures so that I could answer some of his questions. We did a bacteria culture experiment that still needed time to "grow nasty". =) He went on to Module 3: Kingdom Protista ...

These two weeks for Bible/History we learnt about... ...the dispersion after the flood ...Ice Age, tower of babel ...Fertile Crescent (Ancient Mesopotamia) ...Unification of Egypt ...Life in Ancient Egypt and the Nile Bible We memorized the books of Old Testament (not all yet) We used this song (from Wee Sing) to help us as well. The Bentley Brothers always added lots of fun and laughter in our study of bible books. I wish they had songs on more books though. This year I took time to read (taking turns) a verse from each book, I think it helped with flipping to the book. My pastor taught us a real cool mnemonic for the minor prophets which I have been teaching the kids. Hosea Just (Joel) Ate(Amos) Orange(Obadiah) Jonah Might(Micah) Not(Nahum) Have(Habakkuk) Zephaniah Has(Haggai) Zero (Zechariah) Money (Malachi) History We made cuneiform cookies. We used this site to get their names. We did a dramatization of the Unification of Egypt. Always fun. ...

This week Big Bro continued studies on Genesis and Job in OT challenge, and also Exploring World History. He also started the Unwrapping the Pharoahs book and learnt a little on Ancient Egypt. We discussed the timeline and he will probably do it online. For Biology, we started on the microscope and it was really fun! We did the cheek cells experiment. This is the microscope we got, and we got these blank slides , coverslips , and stain . Overall, I think we saved on the cost and it works well enough. Big Bro did his first test on VHSG  and he got 100%! It boosted his confidence thoroughly. For week 2, he spent about 4-5 hour average everyday on his work and I think he is getting a good hang of it. I work with him on Biology and sometimes Algebra.

We finished week 2! This week, we learnt about... Bible ...Adam and Eve ...Cain and Abel ...Noah ...the Flood Culture ...the Jewish calendar Science ...light The girls made notebook pages on the computer for their bible and history lessons. This is an example of what Big Sis did. We made animal crackers And Lil Sis played with the Noah toyset We measured the ark downstairs, while it was raining! =) And we watched many good videos about the flood at this website We found where Turkey is and we drew the bible map Science This was one experiment we did on light and reflection White paper reflected most light Black absorbed most of the light Red reflect red light Big Sis did some experiments in General Science as well. She learnt about atoms and density. She learnt that atoms move faster in hotter temperature And she learnt about how solutions give off different substance. This was our favorite experiment....

Why is it Week 0-1? Well, I had some issues with the Notgrass History books, so they did not come in time. I improvised, moved the schedule somewhat, and came up with Week 0. =) The first two weeks were gentle start to 9th grade and I am REALLY grateful for the wisdom of the MFW creators for the wisdom of starting a new highschooler a week ahead. I was able to sit with him without distractions to go through the schedule and work flow. By the 2nd week, he was pretty much on his own. I only worked with him for Math and Biology because he needed more help. We meet on Friday to go through his work. Daddy helped us redo the schedule so that we can add in the things we wanted. We made some changes to the New Answers Book. Instead of reading, he searches articles or videso on the website . This is because the books' chapters were really long and it was hard for him to follow. Since he has ample reading to do, I decided that for him to understand the apologetics of the faith is...

We had a really great week. I planned it EXTRA light to start off easy. We always start off with GOOD breakfast. Panakes for the win and insane plate of fruits. And these are the gifts I gave them this year. We learnt about the creation, made a really cute bookmark , and ate snacks relating to the creation. First day: Oreos (not pictured) Second day: Agar with marshmallow fluff Third Day: Fruits  Fourth Day: Chicken with Stars Soup  Fifth Day: Goldfish  Sixth day: Animal Crackers Seventh Day: Sundae  This year the girls copied the memory verses and decorated them to put on the table for daily reminders. Baby Sis started Rod and Staff Spelling (by structure and sound) and also English. She LOVES them! We did two experiments: reflection experiment and colors of the light experiment. Since I did not take photos from the experiments, I will copy the photos we took from the last time h...