Life Training (fka Homeschooling) Log
Aug. 2008 – The training continues…
Videos Watched (most are via Netflix):
- Math-U-See Primer
- Math-U-See Alpha
- Wonder’s of God’s Creation series
- Creatures That Defy Evolution series
- The Case for a Creator
- The Case for Christ
- The Search for the Real Mt. Sinai
- Deep Sea: IMAX
- The Endurance
- Jeremiah: The Bible
- The Privileged Planet
- Coral Reef Adventure: IMAX
- Sniper School
- How to Draw Comics from Script to Print
- Mysterious Origins of Man
- Unlocking the Mystery of Life
- Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
- Islam: What the West Needs to Know
- The Crossing
- Last Stand of the 300
- One Night with the King
- Step by Step Drawing
- How to Draw the Marvel Comics Way
- Basic Math: Addition & Subtraction
- The Creation Series
Curriculum
- Horizons Math 4th grade Bk 1 – G(b-9/10)
- Horizons Math 3rd grade Bk 1 – I(b-8/9)
- Horizons Math K Bk 1 – Q(g-5/6)
- Get Ready for the Code Bk A – Q(g-5/6)
- No specific workbooks for M(g-4/5), she participates in daily learning with siblings
Bible, History, Geography
- Ancient History, Adam to Messiah (Robin Sampson, Heart of Wisdom)
- Holman Bible Atlas
- Who’s Who and Where’s Where in the Bible
- Adam and His Kin (Dr. Ruth Beechick)
- Genesis: Finding Our Roots (Dr. Ruth Beechick)
- World History Made Simple )Dr. Ruth Beechick)
- Chronological Study Bible NJKV
- Annals of the World (James Ussher)
Other Subjects
- Creation Science (Gerwitz and Whitlock)
- Prima Latina (Leigh Lowe)
- Boys also work on writing stories, drawing comics, Cub Scouts, building with Legos, watching educational & historical videos, & pursuing individual interests. I(b-8/9) has been making still movies with digital camera. G(b-9/10) loves to find and relocate bugs after he has used his Big Scope to view them.
- Girls also work on drawing, building with Legos, playing educational video games, writing ABC’s & 123’s, playing “school”, watching educational videos, & pursuing individual interests.
- Physical education is had through a variety of outdoor backyard activities as well as running with Daddy.
- Other daily Life Training:
- Manners
- Housekeeping
