* Ki's CLASS * MayTerm Myths

May is Over. Ki was a bit sad on Friday when he realized there are no more school days in May. He said he wished it was May Longer so he could do more MayTerm.
His Lap book is finished. "art" is not his thing. I try to get him to expand a bit, use some color, add some detail, make things at least almost coordinate. He did better. He used some colored paper here and there and used color pencils instead of just mechanical pencils.

(You Can Click On the Pictures to see them Larger)

THE OUTSIDE SAYS: "GRAECO-ROMAN MYTHOLOGY"



The book OPEN. The white pocket in the middle holds 4 CARDS on a chain. it's a VENN DIAGRAM- but in circle attached to a chain.

Title Circle says: Creation Story.

YELLOW are facts of the bible Account on Creation.

RED are from the Mythological Creation Story

ORANGE are things the 2 have in common.

LEFT- you can see some of the BiFold Cards. a picture on the outside- Bible Verses that go with how GOD is like each specific Myythological god on the inside,

MIDDLE- the Blue Star says GEMINI. Ki's chosen Mythological Constellation Story from the ones he read about


WHEN opened,the Star has a Picture on the Constellation on the bottom Piece and a short Synopsis on the backside of the top Star.

During the time in History when Rome Ruled the World, the Romans adopted a lot of other cultures, beliefs, gods, etc from many other Countries. The Romans especially liked the Greek gods and the stories that went with them. They named some of their gods to line up with the Greek gods. A lot of Greek and Roman Culture was intermingled. This can be seen in the parts of the New Testament. That's why we decided to study Graeco-Roman Mythology first (before Norse or Egyptian, etc); so we could read in the Bible about some of these things. So that's the list of the 'similar gods' in Greek and in Roman.

To keep in God's Word while studying Mythology, Ki made bi-fold cards that on the outside have the symbol of one of the mythological gods and on the inside it has that god's name and then a Bible Verse about The One True God. He did this with 5 different mythological gods, showing how the one God of the Bible encompasses all that the Many Graeco-Romans tried to have their many gods be.

We read in Acts 17 about when Paul was in Anthens and say all the temples to all the gods. The Greeks even had a temple to the UnKnown God. We read these verses when studying about the PANTHEON. the temple in Rome to "ALL GODS" ('pan'=all; 'theo'=god)

ALSO in his LapBook- Ki has a Memory Match game. It's Astro-Myth-Match. He cut yellow Circles and on them he wrote the names of planets and moons (their names are taken from Roman MMythology) and their matching Card is what they are the Roman god of.... Like Mars if the Roman god of war.


- - in this picture is 'god of speed' and then further down is "Mercury" - - -

~~~~ Ki read a lot of the myths, about Roman Culture, about greek and roman word roots we see in mythology and in words we use today, and he made Graeco-Roman recipes.

Ki wants to show his lapbook to the pastor and to James, his youth group pastor.
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goddess of love & beauty

Ki is working on a Game for his Mythology LapBook. It's a Astronomy/Mythology Matching Game.

It's like Memory Match, but one card will have the name of a planet or moon and the MATCH will be what Roman god it is.

For Example he has a card that says DEIMOS (moon) and the matching card is "SON of the god of war (Mars)" and another that says VENUS (planet)--and he made this in fancy letters, too... the MATCH is, of course, goddess of love & beauty. He has 9 matches done and 6 more to make.

These are cut in circles out of card stock, round like a moon or planet.

He will highlight a constellation in his lapbook, cut out of a star shape, of course. He is using my Creative Memories Cutting things. It's good for his manual dexterity and fine motor skills. I think I will call it Occupational Therapy for Dyspraxia.

The Pantheon Lego Model isn't going well. We may have to find a different medium for this project.

I noticed today that though I have made sure Ki is doing scripture work with his MayTerm Study, I have not had the older 2 doing it with their Astronomy. So tomorrow they will get to use my Strong's Concordance to look up some Bible Passages.

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KNITTING SCENE :

My gloves are done. I have already thought of a better design I want to try...

Yes, I know, I could just LOOK UP patterns online or at RAVELRY, but what's the fun in that? I am figuring out on my own what works for fingerless gloves and what doesn't. I like reinventing the wheel, I guess.

In June I will be working on my DNA scarf. For this I will be following a pattern, to the letter!

And I will be teaching Ki to knit a hat "In the Round" in June.

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SCHOOL THOUGHTS:

Tuesdays are Independent Work days. I go to Bible Study in the morning and The Boys do their morning chores and morning school all on their very own.

G&C have been doing their Morning MayTerm class all on their own the whole month. (Astronomy). I wrote out things for them to research and projects/reports for them to work on for the month, but they are doing everything on their own.

K really needs one on one, constant supervision to get anything of reasonable substance accomplished. On Tuesdays I try to give him a list of things he can do himself, based on what we have been doing together. Usually it is working on his lapbook and reading online links I have found for him. I give him a decent amount to do, expect 1/4 of it to get done, so when he actually gets half of his work done, I'm good with it.

Today when I came home they were all researching how to draw Anime Style and practicing that. Ki had finished his reading book, too. (Number 3 in the Series of Unfortunate Events).

MYTHS and DEITIES (MayTerm day 8)

(Welcome to my Litany of May Term Mythology Class.)

I had Ki look up those 2 words in the title and write down the definition. He could talk around the words and get to a long-winded explanation, but I wanted him to have concise definitions for those words. I let him write down the shortest definitions, but we read and discussed the longer, more detailed, definitions.

We read about the story of Eros and Psyche. Part of the mythology study is to see how some words & nomenclature of today are based in Graeco-Roman Mythology. So we talked about the character Psyche and the term psyche, psychology, etc

Also, in this study I like to point out parallels. In the story of Eros and Psyche, Venus basically locks up Psyche giving her the impossible task of sorting grain overnight. An ant feels sorry for her and does it for her, similar to the story of Rumplestilskin. A “monarch/deity” (Venus and the king in the Rumplestilskin story) gives an impossible overnight task (sorting all the different types of grain from a large container/spinning straw into gold) and a being feels sorry for them and helps (the ant/ Rumplestilskin)

I try to break up Ki’s Mythology into the ‘seat work’ (reading/writing/notes) and an activity (Making a craft, lapbook, Legos, etc). Ki had finished his mythological gods VS The True God of the Bible booklets and a Creation Myth/Biblical Account Venn Circles, so today he attached them to his lapbook. His booklets are index cards folded in half (like a book). On the outside is picture of the symbol for which Graeco-Roman god is he doing. When opened, you see on the left hand the name of the G.R. god and a short description. On the right he writes God and puts Bible verses that tell how our God has all those attributes of all the GR gods combined, etc.

Like for Jupiter (Zeus). He has a picture of lighting bolt on the outside. On the inside left is says:

Jupiter

The god of all the gods.

On the right hand side it says:

God

Deuteronomy 10:17

For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God

He did this for 5 of the Graeco-Roman gods and might add a few more later.

His VENN CIRCLES are 3 circles cut of cardstock: One for the Biblical Account of Creation, one for the Roman myth about creation, and one for similarities in the 2.

The Bible on is on Yellow cardstock, the Myth on Red and the Similarities on orange. (he has a smaller white circle on the colored ones to write on.)

He has a 4^th circle that is the cover circle. He put holes in each and put them on a loop. He made a pocked for his lapbook to hold his Venn Circles.

Also today for Graeco-Roman Mythology, Ki made rosewater for one of the recipes he is making for us tomorrow. He founds some ancient Roman recipes online to use.

I have taken up enough of your time, so I won’t go into details about Astronomy, Sketchers 101, or other activities of the day. Thanks you for sticking with me till the end of this litany.

May term Day 5

May Term Day 5.

We did “afternoon school” today because I needed a few hours to get mentally prepared and I wanted to get my picture sorting finished. While I was doing that the boys were outside ‘amtgarding’ and making new boffer weapons. Connor made a flail and is working on sewing the fabric covers for it.

After lunch we did school. G&C worked on their Astronomy Independent Study while I did Mythology with Ki.

Mythology Class was fun and full of variety, like always. We started by researching Ancient Roman and Ancient Greek Recipes. We read about methods and ingredients, Ki took some notes, then he read through the different recipes and found a few he wanted to make.

http://www.greek-recipe.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article149

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art46291.asp

After that we read about the Capitoline Triad (The 3 main gods of Ancient Rome) and had some discussion. (how it compares/contrasts to what we know from the Bible, different ways we see the influence of the Capitoline Triad today ( like June being a popular month for weddings, the Owl being a symbol of wisdom, etc)). After that we learned some word roots that we can find in Graeco-Roman Mythology.

PANTHEON- the temple of ‘all gods’. PAN meaning all and THEO meaning god.

From that we understand some words we use today: pandemic, panorama, theology, atheist.

PANOPTES- a graeco-rooman god with 100 eyes. PANOPTES means “all seeing”. /OP/ or /OPT/ has to do with seeing, sight, eyes.

Where we see this in words today: Optics, “panoptes’ is a term/type of Video Sensor.

CYCLOPS- a mythological creature with one big, round eye. Cyclops means “round eye”. Cycl meaning ROUND or WHEEL and where we get Bicycle, and cycle as iin Life cycle, rinse cycle, to cycle through ….

We also talked about Jupiter being called Jupiter Optimus Maximus. I asked Ki were he had heard OPTIMUS before. Optimus Prime- Transformers. Optimus means THE BEST.

SKETCHERS 101- We learned Ebossing & Texture Rubbing. Then we did a little exercise in CUBISM. After that they spend their time sketching and drawing on their own, incorporating some of today’s techniques.

OTHER STUFF: Most of my plants look happy. My carrots in the potato bin are looking nice and I have lots of tomato blossoms turning into fruit.

May Term Day 4 (cudgel)

I took some pictures in my backyard this morning; mainly so I'd have a picture for today's blog. My thoughts today are on on EASY FAST recipes. They always seem to have Cream of Mushroom soup, or canned peas, or sour cream. Which makes them sound yucky. How about a peanut butter & jam sandwich with an apple. That is fast, easy, has protein, fruit, fiber, etc... throw in a glass of milk and a carrot and you're good to go and quickly (and with pretty much all the food groups).)PLUS no need for lots of dishes and it's a portable meal!

My pictures today don't really go with my thoughts, I guess. The new Other Posts You May Like thing at the end of each of my blog posts uses pictures to show other blog entry suggestions. So I decided it's be a good thing to have pictures for my blogs.

Besides Fast, Fattening, Full of Creamed-ness meals, my other thoughts of the day are on School. Or the shortness thereof. It's another Short School Day as we are leaving for camp after lunch.

Ki is working on his gods of Mythology VS God (in our Bible) cards. He needed a symbol for Hercules so we wiki-ed Hercules. Those Romans sure do like their nude statues! At least he wore a teeny grape leaf in one of them. Anyway, most statues and paintings include his "cudgel", or club. So that is what Ki went with for the symbol.

G&C researched more astronomical facts and figures. They turned in their 2 Constellation Reports today.

After their morning class, I'll hand out Sketch Journals. Their assignment during Amtgard Camp will be to sketch daily, with a written description. Amtgard Camp is called DARKSHORE this time and it's the annual Battle Games Camping. They are doing Monster Battles. Ki will be on the MONSTER team as either an ORC or an OGRE. Ki is also a Pixie Guard to the PRINCE. Pictures should be entertaining.

We lost one of our tents. When I say 'we', I do not include myself. I packed it properly. The menfolk got it out to air it after the last camping trip and some how the poles and stakes didn't make it back into the bag with the tent.

There will be no more blog entries until Sunday or Monday- when we get back from camping.

I like how the morning sun (low angle) was on this flower (succulent plant) but the grass in the background was still in the darkness from the long shadows of the back wall. Making the flower in LIGHT and the background in SHADE

On Ki's sunflower was a little red beetle with block spots.

I have a lot of roses in bloom right now.

May Term Day 3 (Misty Mountains)

Meltdown adverted; Ki's Mythology Class went well today. We are studying Graeco-Roman Mythology. We did some Myth Story Reading, Some Lapbook work, Some writing, Some Bible Research, and some discussion time.

Ki is looking forward to showing his finished Lapbook to his Sunday School Teacher at church.

Gavin loves independent research of science topics. He is just eating up the Astronomy Class as it is pretty much all "research astronomical stuff and write down what you learn". He goes on and on, telling anyone who will listen about his latest tidbits of knowledge. He and Connor have their 1st 2 Constellation Reports finished.

We met Brian for lunch on Base, then we went to Petra's house for Art Class. Today was Misty Mountains: water painting techniques. When they take classes from someone else, I like to sit back and just observe how they do under someone else's instruction. It's good for them to be taught by someone not me and good for me to get a break from being the one teaching and to observe how they are for someone else.

They had fun and did well.

<<-- Ki's

<<-- Gavin's

<<-- Connor's

May Term Day 2 (The Carrot)

Today is Tuesday. It is a day of lower expectations in the area of schoolwork. Tuesday is the day I ride my bike to Morning Bible Study. The boys are on their own from 8:30-noon. Ki just doesn't get much done on his own. I try to leave him things that involve simple fill ins or watching informative videos. Today, I left him some reading and note taking for Mythology & working on his Lapbook (FAIL). But he did read in his "reading time" book. He did try to the mythology, but got confused and couldn't get the one Power Point to work. He did read some of it and look at some of the pages online I had for him.

When I got home I helped him with getting the Power Point presentation to work, so he watched that. I have learned what I can reasonable expect from his "Solo Days" and to assign work accordingly. I didn't assign very 'accordingly' today. That's Life. Tomorrow we have 2 hours for Mythology Class and we'll work hard.

Due to the plethora of rain we've experienced, I was a bit out of Bike Riding Practice. The ride to church and back felt extra, extra long. I will be extra, extra tired during Ninja Class tonight.

After Lunch we had Sketchers 101 Class. We read about/took notes on Picasso and Cubism, looked at some of the more famous Cubist Pictures, and then I taught them a few more techniques from their drawing kit booklet. After they practiced the new techniques as instructed, in a similar manner as the example, they then had an assignment to draw a picture using 3-4 techniques of their choice (from all they have learned).

I picked a carrot today. It was a 'baby carrot' so I had planted it in a somewhat shallow container. It was the mutant of the baby carrots and grew bigger than the soil depth.

I'm Ready. YAY for MAY(term)

YAY for unschooling!

YAY for Microsoft Word Processor!

YAY for researching!

Tomorrow is the very FIRST DAY of our very FIRST MAY TERM! May Term is like J-Term. May Term will be slightly different. The boys choose 2 classes and I assign a class. But I am doing 2 different classes for my assigned classes. one on MWF and a different one on T/Th. I have all the class lesson plans researched, written, and printed (syllabi) Astronomy is Independent. Mythology is just with Ki. and all 3 are doing Sketching.

I also have the Daily Schedule written. What classes for whom, at what time.

(This post full of links to other posts..... so you can go check out all the schedules and lists for yourself!)

The ASSIGNED class for Mon/Wed/Fri is Creative Writing- for all 3 boys. On Tues/Thurs they have different assigned classes. Ki's is Reading Time, Connor's is Science (to keep up with it a bit during May), and Gavin's is Extra Math. Gavin will have a short math time daily, with a little extra on T/Th. Gavin needs to get moving in his Algebra 2 in his ALEKS program.

I had to type up a TUESDAY schedule for Ki as I forgot to account for my absence on that day for MayTerm Class purposes.

AND I'll finish with the list of links I used to print worksheets for Ki's Mythology Class:

http://www.nga.gov/education/classroom/origin_myths/symbols.pdf

http://www.sites4teachers.com/links/redirect.php?url=http://its.guilford.k12.nc.us/webquests/greekmyths/puzzle.htm

CLUES for the above- http://www.sites4teachers.com/links/redirect.php?url=http://its.guilford.k12.nc.us/webquests/greekmyths/puzzle.htm

http://www.teachersnetwork.org/ntol/lessons/mythology/worksheet2.htm

http://www.sites4teachers.com/links/redirect.php?url=http://www.tlsbooks.com/mythologymystery.htm

http://www.nga.gov/education/classroom/origin_myths/writing.pdf

http://www.nga.gov/education/classroom/origin_myths/words.pdf

http://www.nga.gov/education/classroom/origin_myths/flowers.pdf

http://fayette.k12.in.us/~cbeard/calliope/worksheeta.pdf

http://fayette.k12.in.us/~cbeard/calliope/WorksheetB.pdf

http://fayette.k12.in.us/~cbeard/calliope/WorksheetC.pdf

http://fayette.k12.in.us/~cbeard/calliope/WorksheetD.pdf

http://fayette.k12.in.us/~cbeard/calliope/WorksheetE.pdf

http://www.sites4teachers.com/links/redirect.php?url=http://www.teachersnetwork.org/ntol/lessons/mythology/worksheet4.htm

http://www.sites4teachers.com/links/redirect.php?url=http://www.teachersnetwork.org/ntol/lessons/mythology/worksheet4.htm

http://www.sites4teachers.com/links/redirect.php?url=http://www.teachersnetwork.org/ntol/lessons/mythology/worksheet4.htm

DAILY TIME SLOTS for May Term

here is what I have worked out for daily time slots:

8-9: Breakfast, SOTW, Bible Reading

9-10:30 [K] Mythology- taught by me

[G&C] Astronomy – Independent

10:45-11:45 [MWF] Creative Writing

[T,Th] Reading(k),Science(c), Sewing (gavin)

LUNCH

1-2:30 [K,C,G] Sketchers 101

TUESDAY’s Schedule is: Mom’s at Bible Study for morning classes. GAVIN will do Math on Tuesdays and will do his Sewing after Art Class.

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Week 1:

Monday as planned

Wed- Lunch with Brian/Petra’s Art Class.

Thursday-Morning Classes Only- Leave for Darkshore. Bring Sketch Pads to practice while there.

Fri-Darkshore

Week 2 & 3:

Entire Week as Scheduled

TUESDAY are mom’s Bible Study-

WEEK 4- TBA (to be announced)

ASTROMONY CLASS

I COULDN'T SLEEP LAST NIGHT because my mind kept whirling about Astronomy Class and I just had to get the lesson plans done. So around 1AM I got up & stayed up till about 2:30 doing them. This class is for G&C and they will do most of it on their own. They will have notebooks that they will turn in weekly so I can check their progress. Brian said he'd teach some things to them. They'll look up some library books, I'll see what I can get from Netflix, and Brian will play a game with them, called Hard Vacuum.

ASTROMONY CLASS is 9-10:30AM

DAILY- go to APOD http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ Read about the picture. Click on links to learn more. Record new facts in your notebook.

THAT is an APOD picture from their website.

CONSTELLATIONS:

Learn the March, April, May, June Constellations. Choose 8 to learn. (DO & Turn In 2 a week.)

• Draw(just the stars involved) your chosen Constellation.
  
• Find out if there is a story about it- write short description.
  
• List a couple of the stars (names) in your constellations.
  
• Try Wikipedia for the constellations info.
  
• http://www.allthesky.com/constellations/const.html (North
  
• http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/constellationmonth_list.html
  
  • (Remember your list of what is in the NORTH - this site doesn't list North and South
    
• http://www.physics.unlv.edu/~jeffery/astro/skymap/
  
• Scroll Down a bit: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/
  
• CURRENT Night Sky(click on LA): http://www.astroviewer.com/
  
• There will be a Telescope/ Star Gazing Nights- maybe even with the Star Gazing Group in S.L.O.

LESSONS:

1. Wobbles:
   
   1. http://btc.montana.edu/ceres/html/Wobble/Wobbles.htm
      
   2. source: http://btc.montana.edu/ceres/html/EdActivities.html
      
2. Learn the Different Types of Galaxies (take notes and draw pictures) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy
   
3. Learn the stages of a star's life cycle (notes and pictures) http://aspire.cosmic-ray.org/labs/star_life/starlife_main.html http://www.ir.isas.jaxa.jp/ASTRO-F/Outreach/starlife_E.gif
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star
   
4. if you still have time during your MayTerm Astronomy Study then:
   
   1. Spend Time doing research of any Astronomy Topics you choose
      
   2. research it. Take notes, draw pictures, save URLs of websites used, etc
      

SKETCH/DRAWING CLASS

Sketchers 101 ***

There will be more "lessons" in the beginning and more "practice" later on. we MIGHT be taking a trip to Yosemite the last of the month- which will provide MANY Sketching Opportunities!

Class to be divided into 2 parts some days. We'll just let it all flow and see where it leads. We'll have to have a BEACH SKETCH trip... or 2... or 3...

Part 1: Lesson, Notes, looking at specific artwork, terms, techniques

We are using a KIT. Faber-Castell Drawing Sketching Kit. instruction book, sketch pad, different pencils, pen, eraser, grid, etc.

Part 2: DRAWING!

DAY 1

[1] Introduction:

• Read Page.
  
• Read Strokes & Textures – Do exercise holding pencils at tips and mid-shaft to drawshapes- circles, squares, etc
  
• Look at Picasso, Klee, Miro
  
• http://www.artchive.com/artchive/P/picasso.html
  
• http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/uk-schoolboy-hailed-a-young-picasso-sells-paintings-for-1069/story-e6frf7jx-1225859790967
  
• http://www.mrpicassohead.com/create.html Mr Picasso Head
  
• http://www.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&tbs=isch:1&sa=1&q=pablo+picasso+paintings&aq=0&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=pablo+picasso&gs_rfai=&start=0&social=false Paintings
  
• http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/04/28/california.fake.picasso/?hpt=T2
  
• KLEE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Klee
  
• KLEE http://www.globalgallery.com/search.php?af=paul+klee
  
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Miró
  

[2] Scribble/Doodle/Smudge Techniques. Then drawing whatever using any combo of these techniques

DAY 2

[1] Review Previous. Jobs in Art:

• Police & Forensics Sketch Artist http://drawsketch.about.com/od/developyourcareer/p/forensicartist.htm
  
• Scientific Ilustrators http://drawsketch.about.com/od/developyourcareer/p/scienceillus.htm
  
• Courtroom http://www.schary-studio.com/fr.htm#pr/press/takes_on_crime.htm & http://www.schary-studio.com/fr.htm#courtroom/room404/index.htm
  
• Architect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architect & http://www.residentialarchitects.us/residential-architect-742.jpg
  
• Draw Like an Architect Video: http://www.videojug.com/webvideo/how-to-draw-freehand-like-an-architect
  
• READ PAGE #3
  

[2] DRAW- Practice Hatch & Cross Hatch, Shade, Stipple, Erase. Assign simple for each. Then Free Drawing- practice today's techniques.

DAY 3

*Visit Art Gallery/Museum

[1] Review. Watch Some Videos. Read Page 4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWReAQEC27M&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovlUO-SY2o0&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6sd9WA7iaQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tBqtI4HAbk

[2] Practice Pg 4 techniques with assignment. Free Style practice. Start a Sketch Diary.

DAY 4

[1] Lessons – start with short review

• Page 5 Exercise 1 (Walk the Line)
  
• Research Abstract Art http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&q=abstract+art&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=fQXZS7_gLo2GswP-zvGdBg&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBkQsAQwAA
  
• CUBE IT. Read. DO.
  
• Reminder about Sketch Diary
  
• Practice many Techiniques.
  

DAY 5

• Practice lines and circles.
  
• Read & Do Page 6. Assigned Object- Then 'FreeStyle'
  
• Sketch Diary Reminder
  
• Choose an object. Do is 4 techniques (and label which). Stipple, Emboss, Erase, Cube, Line Contour. Do all the same size- make into a "A.Warhol Style" http://www.allaboutweybridge.co.uk/aaw/websites/not-just-silver/site/weybridge/andy-warhol-black1.jpg
  https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEdO7McBCEhCTZWseuewbPaT9k7JkkN7IgLo-xSia3mLzTPDVTkmV0wpksuNQS5FOdq5auBAGrNFON8Eors9uRC6QvQqmgSiIWHseEM7H5KL9glrKFRMgETWSYlhEGoeGVKOnQg8j4zbvz/s400/Andy-Warhol-Mickey-Mouse-8380.jpg
  http://www.55max.com/images/prod/10293892A_LG.jpg
  
• "Free Sketch"
  

DAY 6

• Page 7. Read. Do.
  
• Optical Illusion Sketches http://www.planetperplex.com/img/scary_optical_illusion.gif
  
• http://owlminerva.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/face-black-and-white-optical-illusion1.jpg
  
• http://www.boloji.com/rt3/rt203.jpg
  
• http://www.dailycognition.com/content/image/14/582px-impossible-cube-illusion-angle.png
  
• http://www.dailycognition.com/content/image/14/pic-blivet.jpg
  
• http://www.mi.sanu.ac.rs/vismath/jadrbookhtml/part48.html
  
• http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&q=m.c.+escher&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=DwzZS6TrN46KswP2sMGdBg&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBEQsAQwAA
  
• DO your Own Negative Space/Illusion type drawing
  
• Sketch Diary reminder
  

DAY 7

• Read & Do Page 8&9 . Try with circles/ellipses . Add page 10
  
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=felys-u4nfk&feature=related
  
• Sketch Diary reminder. If time permits- FreeStyle Time
  

DAY 8

• Review. Practice Techniques.
  
• Choose Subject (maybe at the park) and then choose a technique. Draw 'full size', well detailed. Label.
  
• Sketch Diary Reminder.
  

DAY 9

• Page 11. Read. Find objects and determine representative shapes.
  
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZu9K4xSIw0&feature=related
  
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A102LA9E6vc&feature=related
  
• http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=still%20life%20drawing&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi
  
• Do page 11 exercise.
  

DAY 10

• MATH ART- http://www.mathacademy.com/pr/minitext/escher/
  
• http://math-art.net/2007/12/03/eternal-scream-a-droste-effect/
  
• http://www.bugman123.com/Math/Math.html
  
• http://www.bugman123.com/Fractals/Fractals.html
  
• http://www.scribd.com/doc/6990304/Leonardo-Da-Vinci-Sketch-Book-05
  
• Vitruvian Man http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitruvian_Man
  
• What Do You want to Sketch Today?
  

DAY 11

• Using a Grid. Practice, practice, practice. Not just faces.
  
• Choose a Picture Grid to print: http://www.billybear4kids.com/Learn2Draw/grid-art.html
  
• JUST PAGE 2 http://ex.susd.org/dburau/pdf/sixth/WS%20-%20Grid%20Drawing.pdf
  

DAY 12

• Go to an Art Exhibit
  
• Choose a Past Technique to Practice today.
  
• Sketch Diary
  

DAY 13

• Practice Gesture/Quick Draws. Go back LATER to fill in. So- do these at the park, take home and fill in details
  
• Sketch Diary
  

DAY 14

• REVIEW
  
• VIEW FINDER TECHNIQUE
  

REST OF DAYS- assignments that utilize/practice techniques learned.

MYTHOLOGY lesson plans

MYTHOLOGY : ROMAN : these are ideas/notes for me. Ki will be getting a basic Syllabus for the class- more simplified and concise than this. along with this, we will get books from the Library and probably watch something via Netflix that goes with the Class.

(Ki's May-term Schedule, probably: HomeRoom 8:30-9. Mythology 9-9:40 (session A) & 10-10:40 (session B). Creative Writing 10:50-11:30 ~~ LUNCH ~~ Sketching/Drawing 12:45-1:15 (A) 1:25-2:15 Science or Math or Reading 2:15-2:45.—ALL times are very approximate and not written in stone- a guide to keep us on track)

WEEK ONE: Roman gods. Their names and stories. Roman Worship Practices.

During week 1- Session A will be reading Myth/Stories (to Ki- he loves listening to stories). Session 2 will be activites: Lapbook, Note Taking, LEGOs, Making a Video/Puppet Show, etc.

http://rome.mrdonn.org/gods.html Watch the Power Point Story of CHOAS- compare to God's story of creation in Genesis 1.( Read Gen. Creation Account), asic skeleton outline of ideas and links so far collected.nd Uranus- who were like God- they created everything in the beginn

• http://rome.mrdonn.org/romulusandremus.html
  
• http://oldweb.uwp.edu/academic/english/canary/romans.html
  
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturnalia
  
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_(mythology)
  
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_(mythology)
  
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_temple
  
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantheon,_Rome
  
• Start lapbook (section ideas/prompts)
  
  • SECTION: compare myths with the Bible
    
  • SECTION: Roman gods in Astronomy
    
  • SECTION: Etymology: Roman/Greek word we see in Mythology and today
    
  • SECTION: a game? Think back to the Cinco de Mayo Lapbook Games
    
• http://rome.mrdonn.org/theatre.html Choose a story to retell, make puppets, rehearse, video
  
• LEGO: choose one of the temples to build (and build it)
  
• START A WORD LIST- Common Greek Word roots in Mythology. (like PANTHEON- we know PAN and THEO…..)
  

WEEK TWO: More Romans gods and their stories. Early Church, New Testament.

• Acts 16:16ff ; the temple to the unknown god, god Dionysus- a person named after that god at the end?
  
• http://books.google.com/books?id=YGmKaXiUDiYC&pg=PA105&lpg=PA105&dq=roman+gods+in+the+new+testament&source=bl&ots=9Xwh_DdA3r&sig=ajm1LxSOwFP8Kq54ZmKyouwy7jE&hl=en&ei=2lDXS-6kEpKkswPjvIyFAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CCUQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=roman%20gods%20in%20the%20new%20testament&f=false
  
• ----- >> esp chapter 5 of the above
• http://www.gotquestions.org/origin-Catholic-church.html MITHRAS (god/religion in rome)
  
• thought-12 Titans (12 disciples) the titans were descendants of Gaia and Uranus- who were like God- they created everything in the beginning.
  
• Bible Verse Memory
• Have Ki use the Strong's Bible Concordance to look up things. (*need to get some ideas/words for this part: "idols"-in N.T. "Diana" "Jupiter" "Mercurius" ........)
• reading more myths, learning more names, etc.

WEEK THREE:

Session A: Roman gods in Space (includes Lapbook/Notes Work)

• Planets, moons, etc
  
• Constellations (Taurus- the bull killed by Mithras)
  
• Make a constellation for a roman god or creature
  
• TITAN is a moon (Saturn) and a rocket
  
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centaur_(minor_planet)
  
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2060_Chiron
  
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galilean_moons
  

Session B: Roman Creatures/Monsters (includes Lapbook/Notes Work)

http://www.gods-heros-myth.com/godpages/giants.html

http://onespiritx.tripod.com/gods24.htm

• Google pictures, descriptions & stories for creatures
  
• Faun (male) fauna (female)- fauna a word being 'all creatures, as in 'the flora and fauna'
  
• Panoptes. The all-seeing creature.. camera lenses, pan=optic: also cyclOPS
  
• TAURUS-bull-Mithras(god)- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tauroctony
  
• Hippocampus- a fish/horse (like a seahorse).AND an area of the brain. Look at pics of both to compare.
  
  • Creature
    
    • http://www.hp-lexicon.org/images/cs/hcamp-cs.gif
      
    • http://www.elfwood.com/art/d/a/danaesmith/hippocampus.jpg
      
    • http://www.waterworxbali.com/Images/Photos/Large/hippocampus-histrix.jpg
      
  • Brain
    
    • http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Hippocampus_(brain).jpg
      
    • http://www.macalester.edu/psychology/whathap/UBNRP/ltp04/hippocampus.jpg
      
    • http://faculty.washington.edu/rhevner/hippocampus.jpg
      
    • http://scienceblogs.com/purepedantry/upload/2007/04/hippocampus-2.gif
      
• Make a couple out of clay or by drawing
  
• Make up your own creature. Write a little story for him, draw a picture. Maybe make a movie of your Creature and his Story- like in Week 1.
  

  
  

  
  

WEEK FOUR: UNPLANNED this will be for making up/catching up, review, display of Lapbook, maybe a Quiz, etc. I'll have things to add to WEEK FOUR as we progress ans I see where this takes us.

Spoiled Kids

I learned about El Niño today, the weather pattern. I was feeling fed up with the spoiled brat Spanish kid wreaking havoc out in the ocean, so I decided to arm myself with information. Why is it called El Niño? What exactly is El Niño and what does it mean for my headaches? What can I expect in the future from El Niño?

As all highly intellectual people do when they need to know something, I went to Wikipedia to find my answers. Some people selfishly drink from the Fountain of Knowledge, keeping all that information for them self. Some others of us more selfless people Rinse and Spit, so you, too, can have this information soaking the front of your shirt and pooling beneath your shoes. You can thank me later.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Niño-Southern_Oscillation
http://www.elnino.noaa.gov/ http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tao/elnino/el-nino-story.html for those that like to have alternative sources of information


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It is another rainy day. Ki slept in til around 8:30. On rainy, sleepy days we throw the time table out the window; if we have one, which we did today, but don’t anymore, because it is a rainy day.
With May-Term coming up in a couple weeks I want to get buckled down, a bit, so we are on a bit of a schedule. We will still get everything done today, just not on ay time table.

Speaking of MAY-TERM, my students have Made Their Choices.
Gavin chose Drafting/Sketching and Astronomy.
Connor chose Drafting/Sketching and Astronomy.
Ki chose Drafting/Sketching and Mythology.

Connor was confused and dismayed at the lack of choices. I am bit surprised he chose drafting/sketching, but at the same very glad, because he is good at it.

I am a bit surprised Ki chose drafting/sketching, but at the same very glad, because he needs practice and help in that area. I think honing those skills will be good for his dyspraxia.

Having all 3 boys take the same class will make it easy on me.

Now I need to plan their ‘required classes’


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Back to El Niño. I now have to tie some plants that were blown. .. when the rain finally stops!

I lost a couple plants, too. But I didn’t have to water anything for 2 days.

~ May I Skip April ~

MAY... as in the month after April... during which we are kind of oscillating between strict scheduled and relaxed nothing.

This little bog entry is about May-Term.

May-Term is like J-Term, but in May instead of January.

The last two J Terms, G&C have chosen pretty much the same thing. Gavin actually did chose the exact same 2 classes both years, physics & computer/robotics, which I did offer. For May-Term, which is new this year, they do not have the choice of what they took in J Term.

(J-Term- during the month of January they boys take 2 classes a day- about 2 hours each class- classes of their choice, from a broad list of things I know they will enjoy)

They LOVE J-Term (as i did when I wen to High School and we had J-Term). Ki asks to do it every other month. This year I told him we could do MAY-term, because May rhymes with "J". (and is the only month that rhymes with "J" and they don't want to think they are doing school on other 2 "J" months. Ki is very good when presented with 'a reason I can convince him is logical. The more insane a person is the better they are of convincing others of their logic)

Here is my line up for May Term. I actually considered having all "M" classes.

Mythology.... this is what is sounds it is.

Forensics A&P.... this is Forensics with some Anatomy & Physiology thrown in for good measure. A&P is useful in forensic sciences

Astronomy.....

Reading (the classics).... I'll have a long list of classical literature. They can choose in which order to read them and that'll be their 2 hours a day for that class. (actually I am thinking I'll go with 1.5 hour slots)

Art (with choices)... choices like "Drafting & Sketching" (G will like this best), Ki got a painting set for Christmas, so that'll be a good choice

Church History.....

The World Wars ...WW1 and WW2. I'll have to take the 'weapons and planes' approach to make it appealing. Like Warfare & Weapons of the World Wars ....or something.

May-Term will be 3 classes a day; hence the 1.5 hour class slots. There will be 2 OPTION slots and 1 REQUIRED slot daily.

There are 2 required classes though. They will alternate on which days they take place, M-W-F and T-Th.

Required classes are [1] ALL-creative writing [2] science for C&K, Sewing for G

Yes. Gavin will be required to learn sewing 2 days a week for the month of May. He will thank me later... or not.

AHHHHHH! I love when a plan comes together!

and even more; I love making plans. THESE are the some of the GREATest times of homeschooling.

My Papyrus Strip

scida is Greek for Papyrus Strip and is a base for the modern word 'schedule. The Middle English word is sedule, meaning a slip of parchment or paper, note.

Not many people actually use paper to write out their schedula (late Latin) these days. So many schedules are done on a Blackberry or in Microsoft Word or Excel in today's world. I like to do mine in Word, or Excel, or on my Google Calendar, then have it emailed to my Gmail account. (but there is something that feel good and final about writing it by hand, in pen. which I do from time to time)

I like schedules. I like writing them, and I like following them. I like the feeling of comfort and safety I get just knowing there IS a schedule to which we can adhere our lives.

I also like FONTS.

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My boys are an odd mix of needing freedom, relaxedness, independence AND needing schedules and plans. (which, now that I think about it, probably isn't odd at all)

Lately they have too much freedom of time and motion and not enough schedule. Me, I never have enough schedule, but I go without as much as I'd like sometimes to allow the boys freedom to spread the wings of their neurons

This had led to scholastic entropy. So this weekend I have devised a schedule for the next few weeks. In May, we will have "May Term"; which is like J-Term. but in May and with one class of MY choosing added to their 2 chosen areas of independent study.

We never made it to getting into a somewhat scheduled groove after J-Term. I decided it was time to buckle down and get a few things done before May Term. The sciences they choose for this school year were being neglected. They can choose what to study and how to learn it, but not IF they study/learn. So, I told them that only those students that meet science and math goal by the end of April will earn the privilege of participating in May Term.

Personally,I have been in dire need of a good, solid SCHEDULE and since, as much as I enjoy our quasi-unschooling, I know it is good for my offspring to be able to work and function on someone else's schedule, we will have a detailed time schedule to for this week.

My children excel with a schedule for a short time, but then having and being on a schedule seems to turn off their brains. So we go back and forth as the needs wax and wane.

After I got the 'hourly schedule' done, I went back and filled in specifics for each student/topic. I have emailed each student with their school assignments and what the consequence of failure to complete it will be. I also emailed the attached file of the 'hourly schedule' for the week. It will be written on the dry erase board.

Here is Monday's Schedule: (because you really don't want to read the whole week's at once)

MONDAY

8:00 B&B (Breakfast & Books) ~During Breakfast I will read Story of the World (or assign the boys to take turns reading it after breakfast and I read from the Bible during breakfast- it will alternate) Any time left over after breakfast and before the next class will be for Ki's independent reading time.

9:00 You Decide ~ we will read lesson 3 from the you Decide book. They will have tailored homework, due Tuesday, from the activities for lesson 3.

10:00 MATH HOUR (50 minutes) ~ 50 minutes will give them a 10 minute break between classes to switch gears (and get a snack or drink for the next class). Gavin and Connor have been assigned 50 minutes daily AND the completion of 8 topics on ALEKS. If they reach 8 topics before the week is over, they are to do Review (in Aleks) for their Math Time. Friday they print out a worksheet (in Aleks) that will be due the following Monday. Ki is doing 2 chapters in Life of Fred Daily (or his 'bridges'-review every 10 chapters)

11:30-1 Panera & Science ~ Yes, that is correct. Science Class will be held at Panera. C&G will have tests while Ki & read in his current chapter (and take some notes). If you're going to take a test, you might as well get Hot Chocolate and a Cinnamon Roll while taking it!

1:30-2 Ninja Training ~ I'll teach the boys some of the 'ninja training exercises' from my Ninja Class. We'll also use their weight bench and hand weights.

2:45 DDC Check ~ Dresser Drawer & Closet. I don't insist they keep these things organized, cleaned-out, etc..UNLESS they start having problems 'finding' clean clothes in time for church, etc. In Which case they have to clean 'em out and organize them and pass my inspection.

~interim time is FREE TIME unless they did not pass DDC Inspection, then they will be working on that~

4:30 Clean Up House/Dinner Prep ~ Taco Buffet! It's a favorite. Everyone eats well. But it is a lot of work.

***After Dinner- Homework. ("You Decide" activity) & BRIAN= Grade G’s test. I will grade C's Test.