BlueBelle

This is my Dad's Pontiac. It's really cool. Erik decided he wanted to fix it up so Dad and he pushed it out of the garage. They have made progress but it'll take a while to finish.

Mapwork

This is my map I did on the Seven Years War. The clipboard that has all those marks is the clipboard Isaac uses. He calls it "the besmirched clipboard."

Seth is Rocking the Blog!

Seth is taking a Digital Photography course this year.  One of his on-going projects is to chronicle our school year/life this year.  He is off to a great start!  I hope everyone will enjoy reading more installments as his Freshman year in highschool progresses.  Thanks for logging in and taking time to show interest in what we are doing here in Lindsey Land!

SUCCESS!!! A Science Experiment that Worked!!!

Oxygen and Fire:

We were SOOOO excited!  So often experiments turn out less than stellar or don't even work.  We had to try this one 2ce, but it worked the 2nd time!  Hooray!!!

Tea

Studying the Chronicles of Narnia this time around has an added benefit.  Uncle Ryan and Aunt Terra Lindsey live in England with Cora and Titus.  They are our on-site source for learning all sorts of things that our unit study asks questions about.

They told us about the Tower of London.  THEN, they went out of their way for us and sent us postcards depicting the history of the Tower of London!  We were thrilled and touched.






We skyped with them on Labor Day and asked them about the meal called Tea.

We found out there is a tea like what we Americans picture, but that is High Tea and is served in the afternoon to people of position and wealth.

One Month Left in Fall Semester

Our Narnia unit study has really been fun.  We LOVE reading the books.  Of course, there is always groaning when we have to stop reading after only 1 chapter each day!  We've studied a lot of interesting vocabulary words and done crossword puzzles with them.

We done book reports on each of the 3 books we've completed so far, in a different format each time.  The first 2 books, we did creative reports and all pitched in to do part of them.

This last one we just did a traditional format.  This is the 1st time Isaac and Seth have had to complete a whole book report on their own.  They did well.  Next time, I will require more detail.  But it was a great 1st go.

We have gotten some of our Bible lessons from the study.  We have had a lot of good critical thinking questions to ponder and discuss.  We have had some extra science, history, and grammar lessons from it.  With this unit study, our spelling/vocab stuff, and grammar, English as a whole can take around 2 hours/day.


The boys are also really enjoying their independent study that they masterminded, an animal encyclopedia of their own making.  They started with reptiles.  They did all manner of alligator/crocodile/caiman/gharial types.  Now they are on to turtles.  On Fridays, they share what they learned with 'the Principal' and 'the Teacher'.

They are both doing awesome in Algebra II, Physical Science, and the Mystery of History III.  I personally really enjoyed this past couple of weeks of lessons in history.  Bloody Mary, Good Queen Bess, Mary, Queen of Scots, and Jeanne d'Albret.  Good stuff.

I can hardly believe we only have 4 1/2 more years of homeschooling to go.

Surprise Visitors

Grandma Kay and Aunt Beth came to visit yesterday. We had no idea that Aunt Beth was coming because she lives in Montana. So my parents had fun talking to them.