(Back to) School!

           

 

        

School started, and restarted, and restarted again...

We've had a lot of interruptions to our school, but that is life, right?!  We have the philosophy that every day is a day of learning, no matter if we get books out or complete a page of math.  We recognize that if we have a goal of learning from everyone and everything, knowledge will grow!

Here are some fun pictures of our school year so far...

    


Organizing on our "first day"








Prepping the day





Awesome field trip to Thanksgiving Point, matched our studies of early American history this year!

Jonas has joined the National Guard!!!!!!!  And Bob had the honor of swearing him in. 


And a few pictures of Troy's homecoming dance/date.

Lego School Projects

Last month we studied Australia and some of its landmarks:  Great writing and great building!

SkyTower:

Ularu:

Great Barrier Reef:

Art History!

We studied art history in the month of January.  Along with that, we created our own art trying to imitate the various -isms.

 

Homeschool = fun times

A civil war raft and lunch.....  on a woolen tiger blanket.....

and making utensil puppets for the letter U...

Whoa time is flying!

We took Leslie to BYU-Idaho this past weekend.  We had such a wonderful and silly time with her. She is one of our best friends, as well as a superb example to us!  Pictures are worth a thousand words... (we took too many selfies to count!)

Book Reports

After much pleading, the kids have been doing book reports for school.  Here is one of Micah's.

Wonder

Wonder is a book of a normal life and a boy of 11 who says he is normal.  But he really isn't.  August's face deformity happened at birth.  August had been homeschooled all his life but when he finally went to public school, everyone got hit.  Some were hit with disgust, others with hate, and some with wonder.  This book is about miracles and threats, friends and enemies, notes and punches, and hate and love.  This book is about wonder.

Fun with Reading

Shakespeare

I had the kids adapt a few of Shakespeare's plays into 5 minute plays.  Owen did a whiteboard play, Troy used my pigs for Hamlet, Micah used stuffed animals for Macbeth (very well done, but several video clips!), and Evelyn used apples and bananas for Romeo and Juliet.

They turned out awesome.

Poetry Month 2016

Earth

By Owen

Before

I was here, I

Often

Saw

People

Having fun and

Enjoying their

Real life on

Earth

Humans happen to

Inhabit a happy home

That is just called Earth.

There once was a planet named Earth.

We inhabited here from our Birth.

It’s made up of water,

It’s getting quite hotter.

It’s constantly growing in worth.

Disc Golf

By Owen

Golfing with a disc,

Is really quite a risk.

For when it flies aloft,

It isn’t very soft.

You have to throw it hard,

To get across the yard,

And get it in the chains,

Sometimes it really pains!

Car Cares

By Owen

There once was a gal from Uganda,

Her name was Rebecca LaFonda.

She hated to walk,

Wanted people to gawk,

So she drove in a purple-pink Honda.

Cinq”pain”

By Owen

Painful

Throbbing, bleeding

Agony, stinging still

It hurts me to the very core

Severe

Paper Pathway

By Owen

The paper was my pathway clearing my

perplexed and puzzled mind. The pencil, like

 my dreams led me to sketch out my future

and hopes.  Eraser, as forgiveness blanking and

clearing my troubled journey, allowing me to

start all over on the scroll of life.

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Acrostic

By Troy

Beef and bread

           JUicy

          CRunchy

         BiG

    Eager to eat

 AnotheR one?

Echo Poem

By Troy

Why would you take a pill?

Ill.

How does it feel to be sick?

Ick.

Do you have a cold?

Old.

How does it feel to die?

I…

Are you going?  Goodbye!

Bye…

Rainbow

By Troy

beautiful and bright,

colors drifting through the sky,

full of joy and light.

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War and Peace

By Micah

WAR

gloomy dark

planning killing slaughtering

blood dead joy life

resting laughing smiling

bright happy

PEACE

A midnight walk

By Micah

the moon was my flashlight and

it lit up the way as I took another

step.

the trees were like the wind as their

leaves rustle right next to me on

my midnight walk

I am

By micah

I am dying

I wonder if I will ever walk again

I hear the doctors rustling

I see a light

I want to die peacefully

I am dying

I pretend I am sleeping

I feel cold

I touch my other bony hand

I worry no one will remember me

I cry out

I am almost gone

I understand I might not go to heaven

I say goodbye world

I dream that I am young

I try to fall asleep

I hope I made a difference in Life

I am dead

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Adventure

By Evelyn

Adventure,

Hiking, packing, seeing,

New, fun, great, lazy,

Sleepy, blah,

Nothing, resting, sleeping,

Boredom

Rainbows

By Evelyn

Rainbows are awesome,

They have lots of colors,

I love the colors.

Boring store

By Evelyn

Brainquest says, “Its fun to be smart!”

But I won’t add that to my kart.

I look at apples that’ll bump and bruise,

But to a busy person, that’s not news.

I look at books called “Expert cooks!”

I don’t have time for those cook books.

This mart is really quite a bore,

I think it’s time to leave the store!

Paper

By Evelyn

Paper

Thin, lined, flat, white,

Written, crumpled, used up,

Turning pages while reading books,

Writing

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Piggies

By Mom

Pink, perfect, plump

Impressive indulgence

Grazing, gulping, growing, gorging

Stuffed sow

Heart

By Mom

broken

cracked, shattered

suffering, hiding, scarring

soothing, loving, saving

renewed, perfected

healed  

Snail

By Mom

Slimy and sliding

Seeking shelter from salt

Shells offer safety

Scripture Acrostic

By Mom

Searching, seeking

Counsel and comfort

Reading, reasoning

I listen to God.

Praying, pleading

Trying, turning

Understanding

Repenting, renewing
Every day, every day, every day


An Echo of Heavenly Father's Love
By Mom

Blue, orange, pink coloring the sky
I
Sparkling starts, sun, moon above
Love
Rain splashing, grass growing dew
You
Mountains, shores covering the floor
For
Animals, man glorifying My endeavor
Ever





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Family Acrostic

By Reuben

Fun

All together

Mom and Dad

In a home

Love

You

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Ode to Smurf

By Leslie

I am blue and small

I wonder if I will ever grow

I hear the lazy snoring

I see the tall trees

I want to fit in among all the smurfs

I am blue and small

I pretend I am big and strong

I feel pretty smurfy

I touch my mushroom house

I worry about Gargamel and his cat

I cry when I get lost

I am blue and small

I understand my place in Smurfville

I say “Papa Smurf”

I dream about Smurfette

I try to be smurfy all day

I hope I can make the smurfiest poem

I am blue and small

(Untitled)

By Leslie

Silent is the absence of the musician

Tender is the language of memory

Luxuriant is the soft sunshine

All will cry

But none will run

What is glory

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