Super excited to be able to this year intentionally teach our children from a Creationist point of view. Simply because we can. Our children have lots of points of view barraging them in media and every day life . But as a family it is wonderful to be able to teach what we believe unequivocaly? to our children in our home . As long as we homeschool and as long as we can have access to curriculum that supports our point of view ..we will unapologetically enjoy some good stuff. And we do own Oceans and other items .. gasp.. that herald evolution as its only course. We enjoy these beautifully done DVD's and then discuss points of view. Open to our childrens debate or questions.The AIG books are created by scholars and teachers who Homeschoolerd for homeschoolers. Super easy to use. Versatile for differing ages in a family. Beautfiylly colored and fun. Leading the kids out of their seats to help them see and explore the world around them The Story of the WOrld promises to be a good Historical companion, starting at Ancient times and giving activity sheets and hands on "Roman belt" making and ancient skills in money or trades..:) We have other family friends who are doing the same program so I am sure we will be sharing notes on apologia. On the edge are the most beautiful "Katie" books that I will be using this year in our art program that I have developed. Aidan will put up with them.but secretly think they are cool . as we have already perused them...and Mary will love them!!
We watched Reading Rainbows presentaton of a tropical habitat and the book "The Salamander room" We read our FIAR Lesson. Habitats and mother child relationships, list making, setting of the story,reading for knowledge was discussedtthe use of space in the book and the border around pages, Science and the love of Nature as well. We then went out and did a scavenger hunt and found items to classify. We talked about our knowledge of Salamanders as amphibians. Aidan loves Salamander thats why we pulled this book study out of Volume 3. We are back to Volume 2 now this week.
Mary is 7
Can't forget. Aunty took us out to the dugout out back of their property in AB. SHe let us pick some cat tails. She told the chidlren how the Native Americans used to use the fluff as batting to stem bleeding and wounds.Curious!
Kellen getting involved
ALl those secrets of the WOrld : American flags. WW2
Grande Cache..not even near halfway home:)Windy!!!
big, small ....in the middle of nowhere.. where's the bear? Quick run back to the car.
Mum and Kellen
and AB trees
glaciers of Blue River
Aidan trying to capture the snaking rivers as we sped along.
Beautiful harvested AB prairies
coal right on the HWY .. so cool!
Coal mine Hwy. Coal in our hands:)Brr COLD! Winter had already reached Peace River AB
AB seed saving. Precious wheat and pepper varieties.
helping Auntie make COwboy cookies
AVatar the horse tryin g to steal fresh beets.
AUnty is the GARDENER of the family!!!
Captain Jack the dog.
Still in High Level AB . A unique oppor. to see cousins doing their own individual lessons in different quiet spots in the house Such a great way to learn in harmony.
looking at Uncles river fossils in rock. As creationists we revel in seeing seashells in rock from river rock beds in the NW territories.
DOing Math in AB:)
Mary delicously happy getting to visit with her closest cousins. They HOmeschool with Wisdom in AB and share many of our daily routines.
We think we captured the NOrthern Lights. They were a creamy funnel shaped dancing lights outside our car all around us. :)
watching auntie milk the goat.
baby rabbits just born in High Level on the homestead
Jasper!!See the minerals in the mountain glow!
Mary's art
Aidan's art from art lesson in Mr.Gumpy's motor car.
Once the vounteers knew that the kids were HS'rs they got right into it. Instructing the kids on what to do , where to go, how to use the equipment and asked them to help alot ..treating them like they were a part of it. . It was wonderful.
Mary at Twisters Gym. She loves it. It is something just for her . She sees some of her local community pals from Mission there as well. The more the merrier! This was a pleasant surprise.
Power house TOC. We are doing Lesson 6. It takes waiting, growing and many other delayed moments in the process. We grew the sunflowers harvested some heads and now are drying out the seeds in order to press them. See Report for details.
Aidan and Mary's AIG Lesson 1 worksheets. Scavenger hunt information.
Example of Lesson color coded. We read previous pages of a story and information and then read the red ,blue and yellow then doing the lesson worksheet which in this case was a Scavenger hunt. Living or non-living.
We rolled over our FIAR book "Beatric Potter" The tale of Peter Rabbit"into the next week. As you can see here. We are reading our own choices of the tale from our Beatrix Ptter books in the house and also then we opened our AIG plants book Lesson one on Living and nonliving things and fitted it nicely along with the subjects explored in the FIAR Volume. Nature, gardening and plants mentioned and depicted in the books. We did living and non-living scavenger hunt and wrote our finding on the Lesson 1 forms provided in the AIG Plants curriculum.
Walk, scooter and skate to the park is fun. A dry not to hot day. Kellen wanted in on the helmets.
The rest of our Curriculum came and the kids were excited to open it up and check out the books.
