Week 7 - October 16 - 22

Here is a quote from our local paper in regards to the recent BC Throne Speech:

The speech promises "additional flexibility and choice" in educating students, noting "these changes will be bold and represent a significant improvement in how, when, and where education takes place."

So...hopefully this will mean "more" for learning at home!

Language Arts:

Nathan has discovered Hardy Boys! He did narration for the first book and enjoyed telling me how the mystery was solved. I asked him if he figured out the solution before the book ended and he did! He finished writing the Books of the Old Testament and made a “sign” and displayed them. He can now sing all the Books of the Old Testament! He watched some DVDs including Heartland, The Rescuers Down Under, and the old Disney Sleeping Beauty.

Math:

Nathan watched the DVD for Math U See Lesson 6. He did the six lessons and learned to cross multiply to make the fractions have the same denominator so he can add or subtract. He consistently gets 100% on his lessons.

Science:

Nate faithfully looks after his animals. He makes sure they have food, water, and shelter especially now that colder weather is here!

Nathan worked on his Considering God's Creation book.  He learned about The Plant Kingdom.  He learned about photosynthesis and parts of a flower. 

                                           

He sorted plants by what part of the we eat:  seeds, leaves, stems, flowers, fruit, or roots.  He did an experiment with a celery stalk and coloured water.  He could "see" how the plant "sucked" up the water!

Social Studies:

Nathan and I checked out some Coast Salish artists and we enjoyed looking at Susan Point's work. Check it out at: http://susanpoint.com/   We looked at some library books about Natives of the Coast and their totem poles, carvings, etc. He continues to work on his Log Cabin. A friend of ours made an Ulu (Eskimo knife) for us to use. It is amazing how it works! It is very sharp!

Other Stuff:

Nathan helped his dad fix fence so the horses can’t get out!

Nathan wasn't feeling very well for part of the week.

We had a flat tire in town and Nathan helped to change it with a guy that helped us change it!

PE:

Nathan completed Red Cross Level 6 in swimming lessons Tuesday night! Congratulations, Nathan, on a job well done! Now…on to Level 7 in the beginning of November!

And it snowed on Thursday!

It was very wet and didn't last very long but Nathan did manage to make a snowman.

Nathan also split and stacked some firewood. He played some running games with Sarah. He rides his mountain bike.  He is really enjoying his bows and arrows, slingshot, and bull whip. Nathan and I took the truck to town for an alignment and we walked around town and enjoyed going to fascination street and other stores that have toys! I think Christmas time is just around the corner and my son is dreaming!

Building:

Nathan is doing lots of building this week.  Not only is his "building" his cabin, he is also enjoying building things with K'Nex. 

He is using the solar panels and motors and batteries to make his creations move!

Sign Language:

Nathan enjoyed doing Sign Language this week.  He used a book called "Sign ABC with Linda Bove. 

 He learned to spell his name and the alphabet letters and some simple "sentences".  He also check out the online ASL program http://www.lifeprint.com

Nate saying "Hi" in sign language.

100 Mile Home Learners Stuff:

Nathan went to Public Skating on Friday and met with some fellow home learners to skate.  He enjoyed playing "tag" with his swimming teacher and her son, Zack.  He went to the library and learned about American and Canadian Thanksgiving.  He did some Thanksgiving Crafts and Thanksgiving worksheets.

Nate made a pick-up, trailer, and boat with K'Nex.