school books 2012-13, part two

 

For credit, the Cowgirl, the Computer Geek, and Miss Artist will study Bible from A Beka with our beloved Mr. McBride {dvd}, but I’m hopeful {determined} that we will all watch it together each morning  : )  First semester is based on Genesis, the second in Revelation.

                

 

Miss Artist and the Computer Geek will also have Mr. McBride for A Beka’s dvd course in American Government.

For world history, they will continue their review using the last two guides from TruthQuest History.

     

 

They will study English Literature from A Beka Book, but without the classroom instruction.  {video samples were just too dry…}

   

 

For their English grammar review, we will use Easy Grammar ~

And Jensen’s Format Writing for composition instruction ~

 

Miss Artist will continue with Advanced Biology {Human Anatomy} from Apologia ~

The Computer Geek might also study anatomy {methinks} – He’s still hoping to find an online course in Advanced Physics instead.

 

They will both use Math U See ~ Miss Artist in Stewardship and the Computer Geek in Calculus ~

         

 

And last but not least, they will both continue in Elementary Greek  : )

   

 

I think that’s everything we have planned ~ The Lord will provide much more through daily life’s opportunities to learn!

school books for 2012-13, part one

 

The Popper & the Cattleman will be doing a couple things together ~

Learning Greek and Latin roots with English from the Roots Up

 

And enjoying a nice intro to World Geography from Geography Matters

 

The Cowgirl is also with them for history ~ We will be in the 1400-1600s studying the Renaissance, the Reformation, and Explorers.

 

 

They will each use a different book from Apologia Science ~ Astronomy, Botany, and Physical Science

             

 

I chose a simpler plan for the Popper’s English language study this year {Charlotte Mason approach from Sandi Queen} – She’s excited!  : )

And Sequential Spelling ~

 

Both the Popper and the Cattleman will continue with math from A Beka Book --with classroom instruction via video.  We will try the steaming option for the Popper this year, which provides the same video as the dvds.

                          

 

The Cowgirl has been using Teaching Textbooks for math, so she will continue this year with Algebra 2 {first edition}.

 

The Cattleman and the Cowgirl will both have Mrs. Schmuck from A Beka Academy for their English classes {via A Beka DVDs}.  Mrs. Schmuck became Abby’s favorite English teacher this past year.  It’s a special blessing to be able to watch her teach still since we learned that she has passed away from cancer.

Grammar & Composition and Literature ~

   

  

 

More about our older students in the next post  : )

And Abby is also working on her China posts!  Stay tuned…

hello from Beijing

 

Y was kind enough to send a few pictures of Tim & Abby ~  In a couple hours they will be checking in at the airport!

 

 

We are SO looking forward to SEEing them HERE…in less than 24 hours, Lord willing!

We support Chick fil A

 

…or more importantly, the biblical definition of marriage. 

May God be glorified!

 

 

We’ll be there Tuesday ~ on our way to the airport!  : )

a few more words from Tim {China}

I guess I skipped this news on my last post ~

Monday 23 July

We went to a Chinese supermarket - it had some great big frogs and a purple skinned chicken.

Yesterday we ate at a place called Hot Pot. Each person gets a pot that sits on the table and when you turn it on the water in it starts to boil, Then you take meat, vegetables, potatoes, shrimp and noodles  and cook them in your boiling pot. When it is cooked, top the stuff with a variety of sauces and eat. This chop stick thing could certainly keep a person from overeating-- at least it slows down the eating process. 

And this is probably all we'll hear until they reach Seattle on Tuesday ~

Friday 27 July

Tomorrow is our last full day {with the A family}. Will probably do some shopping around town in the am, then maybe do some games at the apartment. Y will try to get a copy of the TV episode but don't know how that will turn out. Sunday morning we plan to do morning at the house then head to Beijing. We will do some looking around there on Monday maybe the Great Wall and Forbidden City. Tuesday some looking around in the morning and to the airport by 1:30. 



We are looking forward to having them both HOME again  : )

what's up in China?

For those who have had no clue what's going on here or why I posted the Beijing clock, this is Abby's senior trip with her dad.  They are staying with friends {abbreviated as Y & R} in China for two weeks.  They are just halfway through their visit. 

I've been reluctant to try to share here what's going on in China via the emails from Tim & Abby.  For one thing, Conny thinks Abby should write her own posts  ;-)  And for another, there are the bzillion pictures they have been accumulating on their cameras.  Sooo, my posting before they return will be a bit boring without any pictures...

Today, I came up with an idea {well, just now...} Maybe I should post Tim's emails but not Abby's?  That would give you all a tiny taste of what they're doing, but save all the elaborate and colorful descriptions and narrations for Abby to relate, complete with pictures.  : )  We don't call her Miss Artist for nothing, ya know.  And if you can imagine a paragraph for every sentence from Tim, you'll have a good idea of what you have to look forward to!

Now, without further ado - and before I think of something else I should be doing instead - here are a few comments from Tim.

Thursday 19 July

Well, China is an interesting place when you get outside the image zone and get to realville. We rode a high speed train to a town about 2 hours drive from Y and R’s, he called someone he knows to drive us the rest of the way. Y thought he had a small van, but the guy shows up in a compact car. Y says, “What’s this? this will never work,” the guy jumps out starts shoving bags in the trunk, gets out a piece of bed sheet, ties the bags down and away we go, couldn’t close the trunk. Needless to say he drove like you would expect. We made it without incident. Proof that miracles are real. 

Abby got motion sickness just as we were taxiing to the airport in Beijing, she fought it for a long way.

R had some good chicken noodle soup for lunch, that was the right thing for us.

Tonight we went out to a street restaurant I think Abby got some good pictures, you will love it. Had some lamb kabobs, they were pretty good.



Saturday 21 July

I think my system got a little overwhelmed with new things, feeling a little better today. Maybe you remember their presentation with the fried flour tortilla kind of thing. That was breakfast this morning. For lunch we had blueberry pancakes and some bacon that Y picked up in Beijing. 

I can sleep till about 1am then tend to lay in bed for a couple hours. 

Y's boss showed us the correct way to make tea, you only steep it for about 20 seconds then pour it into a different pot for serving. 

Did some minor house repairs and got to see the China version of Lowes.

I think Abby is really tired, she has been a blessing.

I will let her tell the police and propaganda story, ended up with a TV camera at the house. Nothing serious, we were supposed to register with the local police station. Y called them and they told us to come over this morning. This morning they called up and said they would just come over we did not need to come to the station. We look out the window and see a half dozen police, a TV person and somebody else with a still camera. Everybody was very friendly, I guess that is why R keeps her house so clean. You never know when someone is going to show up.

Tuesday 24 July

We went about 2 miles south today to do an English class with the elementary superintendent at Y's school. Crossed the Yellow River and a dairy farm and saw a lot of China that most would not see.

We went to a Brazilian style buffet for lunch. They would come around to each table with skewers of different things duck, chicken, shrimp, chicken heart, I will tell more later.

What time is it in Beijing?