THINGS IVE BEEN LEARNING ABOUT

So we have been doing a lot of fun and interesting things this last year for home school.

Here's a list of some of them:

READING

I read the following books this year and I think my favorite was A Girl from Limberlost because of how much she loved nature and butterflies.


The Incorrigible Children Series
Laura-Ingalls Wilder
              (Plum Creek, Little House in the Big Woods, Little House on the Prairie, Farmer Boy)
The Secret Garden
A Girl from Limberlost
Goose Girl
The Borrowers
The Lost World
The Princess Academy
Magic Marks the Spot
My Family and Other Animals
The Twenty One Balloons
Mister Max

HISTORY

A Child's History of the World V.M Hillye
The Matchlock Gun
The Who Was Series (I think I read about 50 of these books - they are a really great way to get      to know people and places  in history
I survived Series (These are more action packed but I think I like the Who Was books better)

LANGUAGE
I started learning Spanish this year using Duolingo

ART
I am still drawing a lot. I especially like doing drawings for my friends to make them feel better.

I sold a sculpture this year which was a Driftwood and Shell Christmas tree at the Art                  show at the Newburyport Art Association.

I also got a lead role and played Jane Banks in a community production of Marry Poppins in        Byfield. We had 6 shows and I had to learn a lot of lines and sometimes help others or jump in            for them if they forgot their lines. It was a lot of fun

SCIENCE
I did some experiments this year and learned how to make soap.

        My favorite thing I learned about this year though was sheep.
        I bought a pregnant ewe who I named Hope and I helped lamb two beautiful girls named Faith and Charity.
I had to read a lot of books about care of sheep and veterinary science
I also added ducks to my flock of nearly 60 birds (chickens, ducks and quail) and continue learning how to care for them.

MATH
I did a lot of Arithmetic on Arcademics mostly multplication
I worked on The Da Vinci Puzzle Book
We did fractions with experiments and cooking and also ways to divide up a dozen eggs
I read a fun Math adventure called Jayden's Rescue
For my animals I had to do a lot of Business Math -
        I Calculated area of pasture for my animals and helped get fencing and figure out the best place          to put it
I also built up my pasture raised egg business and learned how to track the money I make and &  spend
 

Altogether it's been an exciting year and I'm enjoying the summer taking care of all my animals, reading fun books and exploring!

Anna

Anna Liz Mary and Rose lived a simple life in their apartment with 7 brothers. I know 7! how could anyone live a simple life with seven brothers? the truth was it was not a simple life. "Mom! Henry stole James's toy! Anna called out to her mother in the mist of crying and giggling from her brothers. "Just tell Henry to give it back Anna I am busy with the twins right now! Roger and Jack giggled from the room where their mother stood trying to put bow ties on them. "Look I am a girl like Mary!" Roger said as he held one of the bow ties to his head like a bow "Hey that's my bow tie! Jack said hitting roger till roger let go of the bow tie in pain to rub his arm. "Anna Anna come quick!" Liz cried form the other room "Ben just got knocked out by Collin!" Anna cried and said "I can't right now I am trying to get James toy back!" from the other room roses shouts rose higher than even her brothers giggling and crying. "You nasty little thing! give me my shoes back!!" Alexander just giggled harder and said "Try to catch me!" just then Mary came rushing into the room "Mom peter clogged the toilet with his cookies!"  Anna almost died if it wasn't for roses high soprano shout that silenced the rooms "EVERYONE QUIET!!!!!" everyone fell quiet in surprise Henry dropped the toy and Alexander dropped the shoes and the twins dropped their bow ties quick as a wink after Rose Anna and their mom all ran to pick up the things and Anna gave her toy back to James and brought him up the stairs into his room so Henry could not steal the toy again rose grabbed her shoes and put them on quicker than ever. And their mom successfully grabbed the boy ties and put them on the twins with many words to make sure they stayed in place before she headed up to the bathroom to de clog the toilet then quickly helped Ben become conscious again then the family settled down and watched tv  

The Hidden Forest

                                                        

Chapter one 

            July, 12 1965,                                                          

Faith sighed deeply as she walked into the small grocery store In her small town It was only a few blocks from her house. She saw Mrs Rogers as she walked in and waved to her as she passed by her but stopped walking immediately after Mrs Rogers began to speak.                     

 

"Hello Faith I hear you mothers gotten the old cold let her know that I miss her visits and that I can not wait till she feels better"  

"Will do Mrs Rogers" Faith replied hastily  

  "Oh Just call me Jane" Mrs Rogers said kindly. 

 Faith nodded and went into the fruit department of the small store A very young lady was standing their who looked about 18 or 19 she had short black hair and glasses she also had a name tag on and a apron she soon noticed Faith and kindly said

"Hello Welcome to Natalie's Goodies can I help you? 

"No Thank you Mam I think I can manage I just came for some apples and oranges". Faith replied simply 

"Alright let me know if you need any help" and then she walked away.

As soon as she got home she ran upstairs and plopped onto her bed but soon her little sister Clara walked into her room "Mom needs you to care for the twins 

The open meadow

I am going to tell you the story of quadruplicates sisters. All identical but one. And this story will tell you all about their lives. 

Chapter One Time Time Time.............!         

"Are we there yet?" Snowdrop asked  "Not yet Snowdrop I already told you not for another hour!" Snowdrops father said strictly for he was a very strict man. Daisy laughed in the far back with her sister Delilah and Daffodil  Snowdrops dad exploded "Girls you will all have time out when we get home you are all so nasty right now!" "George dear don't be so cross to the girls I mean Daisy Delilah and Daffodil not Snowdrop of course" 

Hope and her Halter!!

Mary Potter book 1 How?

I am going to tell you a story about a girl called Yrrah rettop and there is more to her name than you would think. 

                                         Chapter one                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  THE GIRL WHO LIVED 

It was a cold morning An Mrs And Mrs Dursley kissed their little baby boy Dudley good morning "Rise and shine Twinkle Tum Tum!' Mrs Dursley said to her chubby baby boy Dudley. Dudley whined and screamed kicking Mr Dursley with his chubby foot "The little tyke he loves daddy so much" He smiled and said "Petunia we have ourselves a little sweetheart" "We do" They looked at their little sweetheart while meanwhile in a house miles away something quite different was happening. Lilly and James Pottor where sitting on their front step reading to there little baby boy Harry when  suddenly a dark shadow loomed over them and their baby Harry The shadow spoke with a deep rasping voice it growled "Goodbye Pottors" and with that it dived at James with green sparks and many screams James was gone the shadow dived at Lily. Lily guarded her infant with all her heart green sparks flew everywhere and Lilly was gone only little  Harry was left there all alone with the great creature leaning over him but suddenly Harry's big sister Mary came running outside and said it a loud scream "Go away Voldemort I am not scared of you! leave my brother alone!"  The creature payed no attention to her and was about to strike harry with his wand when marry pulled out her wand and cried "ANTIOLAPSCROPAGAES" The creature dived away in pain green sparks flew everywhere Harry began to cry he was bleeding at his forehead. Mary grabbed her baby brother and ran back in the house she pulled out dust from her pocket went into the fire place and said. "Number 4, Privet Drive, Little Whinging in Surrey, England."! Green fire flew all around them and in no time at all they where at the Dursleys front porch with much hesitation she left little Harry there alone and ran away. She ran for miles until she reached a large old house it was falling apart and there was barely any paint left. the windows where shattered and their was no front door. Marry ran inside it and wend into  a large room where only one closet stood she ran into the closet and into another world  she climbed a large oak tree and sat in it then without a word she disappeared and reappeared  in a dark valley  

Anna Beckett

Anna Beckett lived in the city all of her life until one horrible day her dad announced "We are moving to Skye" 

Chapter one The Trip 

"Where is Skye?" Anna's little sister Elora asked.

 "Its in Scotland and the full name is The isle of Skye and you should already know that stupid!" Anna's know it all older brother Aaron answered. Anna's mother shot him a look and he shut his mouth. "I don't want to leave New York" Elora said "I want to stay here all  my life" Anna felt the same way New York city was their home they couldn't just leave it all behind and go to the grassy hilltops of Scotland beside's Anna thought she hated the country with all her heart. "What are we going to do their?" Anna asked sharply "We are going to start a farm on the hillsides we have already bought the land and the farm house it is going to be a adventure" Anna's dad replied calmly. "Hmmph" Anna sat back in her seat and pretend she was so interested in her long curl of golden hair that she did not care. "What does the house look like?" Aaron asked, dad hesitated and then replied "It needs a bit of work but we can do it" "What kind of farm animals will we have?" Anna's older sister Aura asked as she put her book down. she had stayed out of the conversation until now since she was not the talkative type. "Probably sheep maybe cows" mom answered. "I was hoping for horses" Aura sighed and then dived back into her book about Wild mustangs. "Any other questions?" Dad asked. Just then Tommy, Anna's three year old brother walked in he was supposed to be asleep but he had come down. and he asked "Will Fuzzy wuzzy come too?" "Yes fuzzy will come too" Mom replied kindly with a smile on her face. fuzzy wuzzy was Tommy's stuffed animal bear. "Alright then in a week we are heading to Skye" Anna's father said happily.   

Chapter two 

"Are we there yet?" Aaron asked they had been flying for almost 7 hours! "Almost just 35 more minutes" Mom replied