* Dad helped August replace the battery in his truck
* Physical Therapy for dad (from the wreck)
* Ben was sick :(
* Nathan went to his friend, Damiens, to play in the snow
* Mom, Nathan and the girls went to Kaden and Colby Nugents baptism (Mom teaches them in Primary and they are in the girls' class)
* We started back to school this week with a bang!
* Last week was spent setting up the basement to be our new schooling area and I think we all enjoyed the new scenery
* Enrichements: scriptures, singing, Moroni and Joseph Smith, The Apostasy
* Math: games, sudoku, circles (circumferences and radius), multiplication, word problems, reviewing addition, subtraction, even and odd, patterns
* English/Reading: parts of speech, cursive practice, independent reading, All About Reading (Nathan), Super Speed 100,
* History: Why history is important, history of our family, introduction to our new History program: Story of the World, and worked on some Timelines
* Science: Bill Nye the Science Guy: Gravity, Planets, Weather, Electricity
* Character Building: Honesty and Courage (using the Standin' Tall tapes! We love those!)
* Art: hours of crafting!!!
* PE: going to the gym (Ben) and Irish Dancing (girls)
Seth Spotlight...
* Went on Divisions a few times
* Had a District Activity
* Went to bed with a migraine one night, but woke up feeling better
* Killed a Scorpion that had made its way into his apartment
* Feels good about how hard he worked this week
Spiritually Speaking...
* I love how we can gain personal revelation for questions that we have! I love the knowledge of a loving Heavenly Father who knows each of us personally and is there to help us in life. I love that the Temple is a place where we can go to feel the peace and comfort of the Spirit. I love that the Temple is so accessible to us here in Billings! I'm thankful for a worthy Priesthood holder in dad that can take me there. I'm glad that we have taken time each of the last 2 Saturdays to spend time there!
* Mom is now teaching the Valiant 8 Class (the kids that are 8/9 years old) for Sunday School. Happy Part = Aubrie and Lexi are in the class! Not so happy part = LOTS of disrespect and rowdiness from several of the boys. The last 2 weeks, I have come home from church feeling defeated and a bit sad. So I've been praying about what I could do to help the reverence and behavior in the class. I even called their teacher from last year and asked what she found worked (she wasn't too helpful and said that she would bribe them each week with snacks! haha)... While I think a little bribery can be effective, I didn't want to be in the situation where I had to bring/make/bake/buy snacks for the class each week and plus I feel like they are old enough to be able to behave without a weekly treat. Soooo... as I've been praying a few things came to mind:
1. We needed to establish some class rules and consequences
2. Incorporate Kinesthetic learning and more games/movement during class
3. Separate the boys and girls by sitting Boy/Girl/Boy/Girl
4. Do a sticker reward chart. They can earn up to 3 stickers a week and once they fill up their whole chart (30 stickers) then I will make them their favorite treat and deliver it to their house. They receive 1 sticker just for coming (as I wanted them to be excited to come), 1 for being good/following the rules they made during class time and then another 1 for being reverent during Sharing Time.
Today, we created our class rules, played a game to review what we learned in class and I introduced them to the Sticker charts and.... today went so wonderfully! I felt very grateful for how well things went! Here's a picture of the charts I created...
* Had a District Activity
* Went to bed with a migraine one night, but woke up feeling better
* Killed a Scorpion that had made its way into his apartment
* Feels good about how hard he worked this week
Spiritually Speaking...
* I love how we can gain personal revelation for questions that we have! I love the knowledge of a loving Heavenly Father who knows each of us personally and is there to help us in life. I love that the Temple is a place where we can go to feel the peace and comfort of the Spirit. I love that the Temple is so accessible to us here in Billings! I'm thankful for a worthy Priesthood holder in dad that can take me there. I'm glad that we have taken time each of the last 2 Saturdays to spend time there!
* Mom is now teaching the Valiant 8 Class (the kids that are 8/9 years old) for Sunday School. Happy Part = Aubrie and Lexi are in the class! Not so happy part = LOTS of disrespect and rowdiness from several of the boys. The last 2 weeks, I have come home from church feeling defeated and a bit sad. So I've been praying about what I could do to help the reverence and behavior in the class. I even called their teacher from last year and asked what she found worked (she wasn't too helpful and said that she would bribe them each week with snacks! haha)... While I think a little bribery can be effective, I didn't want to be in the situation where I had to bring/make/bake/buy snacks for the class each week and plus I feel like they are old enough to be able to behave without a weekly treat. Soooo... as I've been praying a few things came to mind:
1. We needed to establish some class rules and consequences
2. Incorporate Kinesthetic learning and more games/movement during class
3. Separate the boys and girls by sitting Boy/Girl/Boy/Girl
4. Do a sticker reward chart. They can earn up to 3 stickers a week and once they fill up their whole chart (30 stickers) then I will make them their favorite treat and deliver it to their house. They receive 1 sticker just for coming (as I wanted them to be excited to come), 1 for being good/following the rules they made during class time and then another 1 for being reverent during Sharing Time.
Today, we created our class rules, played a game to review what we learned in class and I introduced them to the Sticker charts and.... today went so wonderfully! I felt very grateful for how well things went! Here's a picture of the charts I created...
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