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Monday, November 15, 2010
What’s wrong with this picture?
Is it a dog or a cat? It’s Pedro our dog sleeping on my desk!
This is one spoiled dog!
This is one spoiled dog!
Recycled Art
Last month 4H had a recycled art contest. Elijah collected some recyclables and thought about several ideas and finally came up with a tree idea.
Here is Cousin It painting the background on a ceiling tile. We do call him Cousin It when his hair is all in his face like that.
See that big bruise on his arm, it was healing at that point. The first night of gun club he came home with his arm and chest red and bloody.
Elijah painting packaging peanuts.
The tree trunk was cut out from cardboard.
Here is Elijah gluing all the pieces together on his ceiling tile.
The finished recycled art picture. I thought it turned out really cute. He worked hard on his little project.
Elijah was very happy to get second place for his art picture. He did get a second place ribbon, but had already put that in his art book by the time I took a picture of the project.
Here is Cousin It painting the background on a ceiling tile. We do call him Cousin It when his hair is all in his face like that.
See that big bruise on his arm, it was healing at that point. The first night of gun club he came home with his arm and chest red and bloody.
Elijah painting packaging peanuts.
The tree trunk was cut out from cardboard.
Here is Elijah gluing all the pieces together on his ceiling tile.
The finished recycled art picture. I thought it turned out really cute. He worked hard on his little project.
Elijah was very happy to get second place for his art picture. He did get a second place ribbon, but had already put that in his art book by the time I took a picture of the project.
Ice Age
Hands of a Child (HOC) has a nice Ice Age lapbook. I had ordered it sometime ago, but just recently got around to doing the unit with Elijah.
We started the unit by reading this book that we have in our little library.
I printed off all the booklets and folds, cut them out and glued them in the lapbook folders.
This unit has a lot of booklets for a lapbook.
This is two folders put together.
We talked about extinction theories and came up with some of our own. We learned about animals back in the ice age. And how people would have used those animals for food, clothing and to build shelter.
We also learned about tools, shelter and daily life for the people of the ice age time.
To finish up the Ice Age unit I dug out our National Geographic Ice Mummy kit. I covered the mummy with water and stuck him in the freezer overnight.
Elijah enjoyed cutting and chiseling through the ice to find the skeleton of the ice mummy.
Ice man free from the ice.
Ice Age was an interesting unit.
We started the unit by reading this book that we have in our little library.
I printed off all the booklets and folds, cut them out and glued them in the lapbook folders. This unit has a lot of booklets for a lapbook.
This is two folders put together.
We talked about extinction theories and came up with some of our own. We learned about animals back in the ice age. And how people would have used those animals for food, clothing and to build shelter.
We also learned about tools, shelter and daily life for the people of the ice age time.
To finish up the Ice Age unit I dug out our National Geographic Ice Mummy kit. I covered the mummy with water and stuck him in the freezer overnight.
Elijah enjoyed cutting and chiseling through the ice to find the skeleton of the ice mummy.
Ice man free from the ice.
Ice Age was an interesting unit.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
The Mighty Hunter
Back in October when Elijah won all that money at the fair he bought himself a 20 gage shotgun. He is so proud of that gun!
Elijah says his gun is a little different in coloring.
He has had a 410 for a couple of years that he uses to go bird hunting, but once he got that 20 gage he was itching to go squirrel hunting.
I told him he really needed to wait until squirrel season opened before he shot a squirrel. See we follow some laws! HEHE
This past week Jody took some time off work to use up some vacation days before he looses them at the end of December. So he went out with Elijah a few mornings for squirrel hunting.
On day one Elijah killed his first squirrel.
I haven’t looked but I’m told this squirrel is in a zip lock bag in our freezer with plans of getting it mounted.
The next morning Elijah got his second squirrel.
I think they actually skinned this one. I’ve seen the tail on Elijah’s desk at one point and then last night I saw it on his night stand.
Of course Elijah can’t eat squirrel, but Jody will make a gumbo or something and take it to work because I don’t eat squirrel.
That same afternoon Elijah got squirrel #3!
This was a black squirrel and I’m told this one is in the freezer also waiting to be mounted.
Elijah had fun squirrel hunting and can’t wait until Tuesday when Dad is off and can go out with him again.
I’m so glad Jody thought to snap a few pictures because I was sleeping.
Elijah says his gun is a little different in coloring.
He has had a 410 for a couple of years that he uses to go bird hunting, but once he got that 20 gage he was itching to go squirrel hunting.
I told him he really needed to wait until squirrel season opened before he shot a squirrel. See we follow some laws! HEHE
This past week Jody took some time off work to use up some vacation days before he looses them at the end of December. So he went out with Elijah a few mornings for squirrel hunting.
On day one Elijah killed his first squirrel.
I haven’t looked but I’m told this squirrel is in a zip lock bag in our freezer with plans of getting it mounted.
The next morning Elijah got his second squirrel.
I think they actually skinned this one. I’ve seen the tail on Elijah’s desk at one point and then last night I saw it on his night stand.
Of course Elijah can’t eat squirrel, but Jody will make a gumbo or something and take it to work because I don’t eat squirrel.
That same afternoon Elijah got squirrel #3!
This was a black squirrel and I’m told this one is in the freezer also waiting to be mounted.Elijah had fun squirrel hunting and can’t wait until Tuesday when Dad is off and can go out with him again.
I’m so glad Jody thought to snap a few pictures because I was sleeping.
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Expedition Australia
Download N Go has an amazing unit study on Australia called Expedition Australia. This unit is packed with so much information you and your children will love it.
Of course we want to go to Australia now.
I say “you and your children” because I learned so much from this unit. I’m getting a much better education homeschooling my children than I did in public school.
In the Australia unit you and your children will lean about some cool places in Australia. You will also learn about some neat animals. The animal information was a big plus for my animal lover.
Elijah was so excited to see he would be learning about the Uluru Rock. He had a card about it with a small amount of info on his learning center board a few weeks back. That info was not enough, but I do believe he filled his learning tank with enough Uluru Rock info from the Australia unit. His favorite animal was the Tasmanian Devil.
You will not believe what all is packed in this unit and the neat part is you get to pick and choose what you want to print out to make a lapbook or notebook.
Every Download N Go unit is packed with amazing videos and this unit was no different. As you can tell from the reviews I have done on the DNG units, the videos are my favorite part.
Now I’ve got to find Elijah a Boomerang for Christmas!
Are you ready to get started with a Download N Go unit? It is very simple to purchase and down load the unit. You may want to grab the Expedition Australia unit now because it is on sale for only $5.95.
Here is a sample of Elijah’s lapbook.
As you can see there is A LOT of stuff there. With a Download N Go you don’t have to do everything, you can just pick the parts that your child is interested in. We did skip the stuff that was too young for Elijah. These units can be used for children of different ages.
Check out the Download N Go blog for more reviews.
I was given a free copy of Expedition Australia to give my honest review on the unit and honestly we loved it!
Of course we want to go to Australia now.
I say “you and your children” because I learned so much from this unit. I’m getting a much better education homeschooling my children than I did in public school.
In the Australia unit you and your children will lean about some cool places in Australia. You will also learn about some neat animals. The animal information was a big plus for my animal lover.
Elijah was so excited to see he would be learning about the Uluru Rock. He had a card about it with a small amount of info on his learning center board a few weeks back. That info was not enough, but I do believe he filled his learning tank with enough Uluru Rock info from the Australia unit. His favorite animal was the Tasmanian Devil.
You will not believe what all is packed in this unit and the neat part is you get to pick and choose what you want to print out to make a lapbook or notebook.
Every Download N Go unit is packed with amazing videos and this unit was no different. As you can tell from the reviews I have done on the DNG units, the videos are my favorite part.
Now I’ve got to find Elijah a Boomerang for Christmas!
Are you ready to get started with a Download N Go unit? It is very simple to purchase and down load the unit. You may want to grab the Expedition Australia unit now because it is on sale for only $5.95.
Here is a sample of Elijah’s lapbook.
As you can see there is A LOT of stuff there. With a Download N Go you don’t have to do everything, you can just pick the parts that your child is interested in. We did skip the stuff that was too young for Elijah. These units can be used for children of different ages.Check out the Download N Go blog for more reviews.
I was given a free copy of Expedition Australia to give my honest review on the unit and honestly we loved it!
Friday, November 5, 2010
Nasty Drugs!
My health has went down down down. I try my best to push myself and carry on.... at times it is very hard. Sometimes I just have to give in and say I can't do it and take the day off. I feel so guilty on those days.
I'm off Prednisone completly and I can sure tell it. Prednisone was keeping me going, without it I can hardly function. I hate prednisone, but yet my body wants it so bad. This is the longest I've been off of it since March of 2009.
My current meds are 400 MG of Plaquenil and 200 MG of Savella a day and 15 MG of Methotrexate a week.
Methotrexate is a very very nasty drug. Its a chemo drug and I'd rather do almost anything than take it. Matter of fact I skipped it this week. I take it on Fridays and it takes me until Wednesday to get over the sickness. Then I start all over on Friday. It's horrible! I'm going to have to work up the nerve to go take it again.
I've heard people say they will never do chemo again after doing it once.... I now understand those words. It's so hard to take something knowing how sick it is going to make you. It kills your bad cells, but also kills your good cells AND makes you so sick you think you're gonna die.
AND I have a family to tend to and a 10 year old tube fed child to homeschool! I'm usually so picky about my house being clean, but lately I just don't care. Well I care, I just can't do anything about it and I'm too sick to dwell on it.
I look forward to the day I will be healed and off these nasty drugs!
I'm off Prednisone completly and I can sure tell it. Prednisone was keeping me going, without it I can hardly function. I hate prednisone, but yet my body wants it so bad. This is the longest I've been off of it since March of 2009.
My current meds are 400 MG of Plaquenil and 200 MG of Savella a day and 15 MG of Methotrexate a week.
Methotrexate is a very very nasty drug. Its a chemo drug and I'd rather do almost anything than take it. Matter of fact I skipped it this week. I take it on Fridays and it takes me until Wednesday to get over the sickness. Then I start all over on Friday. It's horrible! I'm going to have to work up the nerve to go take it again.
I've heard people say they will never do chemo again after doing it once.... I now understand those words. It's so hard to take something knowing how sick it is going to make you. It kills your bad cells, but also kills your good cells AND makes you so sick you think you're gonna die.
AND I have a family to tend to and a 10 year old tube fed child to homeschool! I'm usually so picky about my house being clean, but lately I just don't care. Well I care, I just can't do anything about it and I'm too sick to dwell on it.
I look forward to the day I will be healed and off these nasty drugs!
Terrific Tigers
Download N Go has a unit called Terrific Tigers that is just TERRIFIC! If you have been thinking about giving a Download N Go unit a try this would be a great unit to start with. You can purchase Terrific Tigers here.
Elijah had a great time learning about different tigers, where they live and interesting facts about them.
My favorite part about the unit and all of Download N Go units is the videos. These units are filled with tons of videos. Elijah LOVES watching all the videos and clicking on the links. He knows he can click and watch without having to call me in the room to ask is it safe for me to click on this. I have peace of mind that he is having fun, learning and NOT getting into yucky stuff.
When my oldest was little I put together all his unit studies and it was a lot of work, but yet nothing I ever put together was this detailed. I would need a month or so to put something like this together and then I still don’t think it would be as nice as what Download N Go has done. These units are full of videos, links, notebook pages, lapbook components. So much stuff Elijah ended up with a FULL lapbook.
Day 1: What Is a Tiger?
Day 2: Getting to Know Tigers
Day 3: Where Are the Tigers?
Day 4: The Science of Tigers
Day 5: Cool Things About Tigers
Now a trip to the zoo to see the tigers will never be the same. Elijah knows all kinds of facts about tigers to tell us as we stand there watching Timmy at our zoo. Here are some pictures Elijah took of Timmy at our zoo visit.
Timmy was enjoying a nice swim while we watched and Elijah took pictures.
It was so interesting how he would swim up to the wall and push himself off just like swimmers do in a pool. very cool to watch!
I hope your family enjoys Terrific Tigers as much as we did.
Elijah had a great time learning about different tigers, where they live and interesting facts about them.
My favorite part about the unit and all of Download N Go units is the videos. These units are filled with tons of videos. Elijah LOVES watching all the videos and clicking on the links. He knows he can click and watch without having to call me in the room to ask is it safe for me to click on this. I have peace of mind that he is having fun, learning and NOT getting into yucky stuff.
When my oldest was little I put together all his unit studies and it was a lot of work, but yet nothing I ever put together was this detailed. I would need a month or so to put something like this together and then I still don’t think it would be as nice as what Download N Go has done. These units are full of videos, links, notebook pages, lapbook components. So much stuff Elijah ended up with a FULL lapbook.
Day 1: What Is a Tiger?
Day 2: Getting to Know Tigers
Day 3: Where Are the Tigers?
Day 4: The Science of Tigers
Day 5: Cool Things About Tigers
Now a trip to the zoo to see the tigers will never be the same. Elijah knows all kinds of facts about tigers to tell us as we stand there watching Timmy at our zoo. Here are some pictures Elijah took of Timmy at our zoo visit.
Timmy was enjoying a nice swim while we watched and Elijah took pictures.
It was so interesting how he would swim up to the wall and push himself off just like swimmers do in a pool. very cool to watch!
I hope your family enjoys Terrific Tigers as much as we did.
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