Geography:
grew up in germany.
Bible/Character:
would borrow $ from people and be angry that folks would expect a "genius" to pay it back.
Drama/Music:
he composed Ride of the Valkyries. the opera with the 9 sisters with the horned hats who rode on horses that rescued fallen heros. get kids to act this out while music is playing.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Friday, August 1, 2008
Chapter 1
Map it out
The family left Switzerland to establish a colony on a island near New Guinea...ended up somewhere in south pacific...
History
Establishing a colony in the 1800s.
Nautical - identify an 1800s ship - define masts, driven off course, deck, change of tide, rafts, planks, current
Scripture Memory/Bible/Character
"You mustn't be afraid," I said to my four sons....who clung to me trembling. "God will save us for nothing is impossible to Him."
He is the God who does the impossible. Study the story of Him calming the storm. Tell story of "It is Well." Learn and study the song, and history.
"My wife, Elizabeth, wiped away her tears and reassured our sons that we would survive this crisis. I admired her courage, but my heart was heavy as I led my family in prayer."
Waiting, evaluating the circumstance in a crisis. Sailors and crew panicked and abandoned the family.
"Elizabeth and I, fearing that each strange sound might spell disaster, kept a prayerful watch throughout the long night."
"Elizabeth and I gathered our family around us and thanked God for a peaceful landing. Our hearts were full of joy."
***even though the crew had abandoned them...they still continued to try to find them..**
Definitions
Courage, crisis, terrified, disaster, consolation, solemn, accomplishment, cautiously, salvaged, provisions, construct
Zoology
dogs (good for hunting), cow, mule, goats, sheep, pig, hens, roosters, pigeons, geese, ducks, penguins, flamingos, lobster, oyster bed
Science
Bouyancy -
Surviving/being practical - making life jackets with wooden butter tubs... making boats out of 8 tubs.
(make a boat out of playdoh and see how many pennies it will hold. Father had to use enough tubs to carry people..if he didn't use enough it wouldn't carry everyone/anyone...do sink/float....science experiment about boyancy....give the kids some aluminum foil and a tub of water...if you crumple it in a ball it sinks, but if you form it into a boat shape, it floats because of bouyancy. )
*****kudos to my friend emily who gave the idea for bouyancy********
Map it out
The family left Switzerland to establish a colony on a island near New Guinea...ended up somewhere in south pacific...
History
Establishing a colony in the 1800s.
Nautical - identify an 1800s ship - define masts, driven off course, deck, change of tide, rafts, planks, current
Scripture Memory/Bible/Character
"You mustn't be afraid," I said to my four sons....who clung to me trembling. "God will save us for nothing is impossible to Him."
He is the God who does the impossible. Study the story of Him calming the storm. Tell story of "It is Well." Learn and study the song, and history.
"My wife, Elizabeth, wiped away her tears and reassured our sons that we would survive this crisis. I admired her courage, but my heart was heavy as I led my family in prayer."
Waiting, evaluating the circumstance in a crisis. Sailors and crew panicked and abandoned the family.
"Elizabeth and I, fearing that each strange sound might spell disaster, kept a prayerful watch throughout the long night."
"Elizabeth and I gathered our family around us and thanked God for a peaceful landing. Our hearts were full of joy."
***even though the crew had abandoned them...they still continued to try to find them..**
Definitions
Courage, crisis, terrified, disaster, consolation, solemn, accomplishment, cautiously, salvaged, provisions, construct
Zoology
dogs (good for hunting), cow, mule, goats, sheep, pig, hens, roosters, pigeons, geese, ducks, penguins, flamingos, lobster, oyster bed
Science
Bouyancy -
Surviving/being practical - making life jackets with wooden butter tubs... making boats out of 8 tubs.
(make a boat out of playdoh and see how many pennies it will hold. Father had to use enough tubs to carry people..if he didn't use enough it wouldn't carry everyone/anyone...do sink/float....science experiment about boyancy....give the kids some aluminum foil and a tub of water...if you crumple it in a ball it sinks, but if you form it into a boat shape, it floats because of bouyancy. )
*****kudos to my friend emily who gave the idea for bouyancy********
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
SFR copy words and definitions
Chapter 1
Masts (ship)
Disaster
Consolation
Provisions
Courage
Construct
Chapter 2
Dawn
Investigate
Azure-blue
Shallow
Infuriated
Tussle
Orphaned
Gleefully
Turnspit
Rudder
Voyage
Chapter 3
Wounded
Gently
Protested
Treacherous
Harnassed
Deliberation
Permanently
Monstrous
Extraordinary
Intrigued
Chapter 4
Pursuit
Strenuously
Sinister
Scheme
Nimblest
Pulley
Horizontal
Devoured
Remarkable
Chapter 5
Discovered
Magnifiscent
Accommodate
Harpoon
Telescope
Mercifully
Muzzle
Provisions
Deck
Masts
Sails
Cannon
Chapter 6
Astonishment
Cautiously
Undulated
Delicacy
Abandon
Expedition
Interior
Ammunition
Gallop
Stampede
Chapter 7
Observe
Acquiring
Accomplishment
Magnifiscent
Submissive
Motionless
Retorted
Menacingly
Scheme
Prosperity
Leisurely
Noose
Chapter 8
Species
Tedious
Consent
Exhausted
Incredible
Swiftness
Ravages
Monotonous
Grotto
Livestock
Chapter 9
Trudged
Thoroughbred
Bridle
Support
Chapter 10
Bewildered
Buoyed
Marsh
Expedition
Scheme
Botany
Voyages
Barricaded
Fodder
Horror
Chapter 11
Enormous
Trench
Halt
Refuge
Bedouins
Spyglass
Cavaliers
Mirage
Chapter 12
Courage
Teamwork
Tedious
Muzzled
Lassoed
Chapter 13
Transport
Merit
Construction
Protection
Chapter 14
Frantically
Gritty
Valuable
Mysterious
Rescue
Chapter 15
Disappear
Destination
Devour
Opportunity
Solemnly
Epitaph
Inflicted
Luxurious
Savage
Plucky
Anxious
Chapter 16
Farewell
Tenderness
Kindness
Acquainted
Mumured
Lingered
Mischievously
Masthead
Sentinels
Cargo
Masts (ship)
Disaster
Consolation
Provisions
Courage
Construct
Chapter 2
Dawn
Investigate
Azure-blue
Shallow
Infuriated
Tussle
Orphaned
Gleefully
Turnspit
Rudder
Voyage
Chapter 3
Wounded
Gently
Protested
Treacherous
Harnassed
Deliberation
Permanently
Monstrous
Extraordinary
Intrigued
Chapter 4
Pursuit
Strenuously
Sinister
Scheme
Nimblest
Pulley
Horizontal
Devoured
Remarkable
Chapter 5
Discovered
Magnifiscent
Accommodate
Harpoon
Telescope
Mercifully
Muzzle
Provisions
Deck
Masts
Sails
Cannon
Chapter 6
Astonishment
Cautiously
Undulated
Delicacy
Abandon
Expedition
Interior
Ammunition
Gallop
Stampede
Chapter 7
Observe
Acquiring
Accomplishment
Magnifiscent
Submissive
Motionless
Retorted
Menacingly
Scheme
Prosperity
Leisurely
Noose
Chapter 8
Species
Tedious
Consent
Exhausted
Incredible
Swiftness
Ravages
Monotonous
Grotto
Livestock
Chapter 9
Trudged
Thoroughbred
Bridle
Support
Chapter 10
Bewildered
Buoyed
Marsh
Expedition
Scheme
Botany
Voyages
Barricaded
Fodder
Horror
Chapter 11
Enormous
Trench
Halt
Refuge
Bedouins
Spyglass
Cavaliers
Mirage
Chapter 12
Courage
Teamwork
Tedious
Muzzled
Lassoed
Chapter 13
Transport
Merit
Construction
Protection
Chapter 14
Frantically
Gritty
Valuable
Mysterious
Rescue
Chapter 15
Disappear
Destination
Devour
Opportunity
Solemnly
Epitaph
Inflicted
Luxurious
Savage
Plucky
Anxious
Chapter 16
Farewell
Tenderness
Kindness
Acquainted
Mumured
Lingered
Mischievously
Masthead
Sentinels
Cargo
Thursday, July 17, 2008
swiss family robinson
Chapter 1
Geography - Switzerland, Pacific Ocean, new Guinea
Spiritual - father leading them in prayer during storm
Survival - small wooden butter tubs for life jackets, raft made out of 8 tubs
Animals - penguins, flamingos, agouti (native pig), lobster
Chapter 2
Botany - sugar cane
Survival - making plates, bowls and spoons from gourds; pole with sail and gunfire for emergency
Animals - monkey, shark
Ship - sail and rudder definitions
Chapter 3
Courage - Fritz with shark
Survival - turtle eggs, tree house, bridge building, fruit, ladder building
Chapter 4
Animals - flamingos, kangroo
Math - ladder construction
Family - working together, giving names for home and parts of island (maybe a geography lesson too? give names to parts of our yard?)
Spiritual - Providence Bay "in gratitude to God for delivering us safely)
Chapter 5
History - kangaroos, Captain Cook first discovered them (geography - austrailia)
Botany - European Fruit (pear, plum, peach, apple, apricot, chestnut)
Survival - fishing net, ship compass, two harpoons, telescope, hatchet
Animals - tortoise
Ship - mass, billowing sails, cannons, naming ship
Chapter 6
Survival - gardening, irrigation system, coops for birds made from gourds to tie in trees, making hives for bees
Animals - Iguana, father not wanting to be cruel to iguana, mule, buffaloe
Botany - guava tree, candleberry tree ("whose heavy berries form candle wax when boiled), Indian Rubber tree (milky sap to make boots and shoes), cocoa beans
Chapter 7
Survival - double barreled gun, mother weaving cloth from flax plants
Animal - buffulo (string in nose), malabar eagle, animal training (Carib Indian trick - smoke), baby animals (hens - 40 chicks, pigs - 7 piglets, goats-2 kids, sheep - 5 lambs, dog - 6 puppies), Onagra - wild donkey from Asia (geography!)
Chapter 8
Weather - winter rain
Tools - pick axes, chisels, hammers, iron levers, wheelbarrow
The Winter home - Grotto, salt mine, cavern
Chapter 9
Cotton!!
Spiritual - "Holiday to celebrate all the adventures we have had and how good God has been to us."
Character - competition - all were good at something, father noticing and giving special awards, special love and tenderness towars mother/wife
Quick Sand!!
Chapter 10,11
Jack's promis to mother - mother's love for son
Survival - babmboo for light in grotto
Geography - Malaysia
Animal - boa constrictor, eel, ostrich, bears
Survival - made a trench too roast pig
Grizzle - didn't listen, ran into marsh, snake attacked
Geography - desert, mirage
Chapter 12
Courage - Fritz shooting bear
Animals - Angora rabbit, antelope, lassoed the ostrich
Chapter 13
Cajack - canoe boat (Greenlanders made them from walrus)
Airtight swimsuit
Chapter 14
Animals - sea gulls, sea lions, elephants, walruses
Pearls!!!
Chapter 15
Spiritual - message to sailor "have faith in God. Help is near."
Animal - lion
Courage - Fritz killing lion
Death - of Flora
Chapter 16
Animals - geese, cormorant
Survival - Emily made a hut
Saying goodbye
Animals - porcupine
Geography - Switzerland, Pacific Ocean, new Guinea
Spiritual - father leading them in prayer during storm
Survival - small wooden butter tubs for life jackets, raft made out of 8 tubs
Animals - penguins, flamingos, agouti (native pig), lobster
Chapter 2
Botany - sugar cane
Survival - making plates, bowls and spoons from gourds; pole with sail and gunfire for emergency
Animals - monkey, shark
Ship - sail and rudder definitions
Chapter 3
Courage - Fritz with shark
Survival - turtle eggs, tree house, bridge building, fruit, ladder building
Chapter 4
Animals - flamingos, kangroo
Math - ladder construction
Family - working together, giving names for home and parts of island (maybe a geography lesson too? give names to parts of our yard?)
Spiritual - Providence Bay "in gratitude to God for delivering us safely)
Chapter 5
History - kangaroos, Captain Cook first discovered them (geography - austrailia)
Botany - European Fruit (pear, plum, peach, apple, apricot, chestnut)
Survival - fishing net, ship compass, two harpoons, telescope, hatchet
Animals - tortoise
Ship - mass, billowing sails, cannons, naming ship
Chapter 6
Survival - gardening, irrigation system, coops for birds made from gourds to tie in trees, making hives for bees
Animals - Iguana, father not wanting to be cruel to iguana, mule, buffaloe
Botany - guava tree, candleberry tree ("whose heavy berries form candle wax when boiled), Indian Rubber tree (milky sap to make boots and shoes), cocoa beans
Chapter 7
Survival - double barreled gun, mother weaving cloth from flax plants
Animal - buffulo (string in nose), malabar eagle, animal training (Carib Indian trick - smoke), baby animals (hens - 40 chicks, pigs - 7 piglets, goats-2 kids, sheep - 5 lambs, dog - 6 puppies), Onagra - wild donkey from Asia (geography!)
Chapter 8
Weather - winter rain
Tools - pick axes, chisels, hammers, iron levers, wheelbarrow
The Winter home - Grotto, salt mine, cavern
Chapter 9
Cotton!!
Spiritual - "Holiday to celebrate all the adventures we have had and how good God has been to us."
Character - competition - all were good at something, father noticing and giving special awards, special love and tenderness towars mother/wife
Quick Sand!!
Chapter 10,11
Jack's promis to mother - mother's love for son
Survival - babmboo for light in grotto
Geography - Malaysia
Animal - boa constrictor, eel, ostrich, bears
Survival - made a trench too roast pig
Grizzle - didn't listen, ran into marsh, snake attacked
Geography - desert, mirage
Chapter 12
Courage - Fritz shooting bear
Animals - Angora rabbit, antelope, lassoed the ostrich
Chapter 13
Cajack - canoe boat (Greenlanders made them from walrus)
Airtight swimsuit
Chapter 14
Animals - sea gulls, sea lions, elephants, walruses
Pearls!!!
Chapter 15
Spiritual - message to sailor "have faith in God. Help is near."
Animal - lion
Courage - Fritz killing lion
Death - of Flora
Chapter 16
Animals - geese, cormorant
Survival - Emily made a hut
Saying goodbye
Animals - porcupine
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