Bible: Genesis 41. Joseph interprets Pharaoh's dreams. In the KJV bible it says that Pharaoh's dream was of kine and corn. Or cows and corn. But I had always heard it as cows and wheat. Not that this makes a difference in the outcome or significance of the dream, it is just something that the kids and I noticed. So, Joseph's interpretation from God was that the dreams stood for seven years of plenty and seven years of famine. The reason that Pharaoh had two dreams that mean the same thing is to show that it will surely take place. That is something that I noticed as important at the time but forgot to point out to the kids ...and they didn't notice...I didn't notice that they didn't notice..til now. Joseph's name is changed to Zeph'nath'pa'aneah (the accent points may be wrong) and he is given Ase'neth for a wife; Zephnathpaaneah has two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. The famine consumed the entire world. I wonder if this means the world that was known at the time or literally 'all' the world. No matter, it made it necessary for people from all over come to Egypt to find food because Joseph (Zephnathpaaneah) had heeded God's warning and collected food when there was plenty for when there would be devastation due to the famine.
Math: Both worked on their LIFEPAC workbooks. Fox is really trying to get the LIFEPACs done so that he won't have to 'suffer' with them anymore. I find that to be amusing :) Lee is working with data and graphs; Fox with ratios and reviewing previous objectives. Fox did the final Self-Test in Unit 8; Lee final Self-Test in Unit 9. They both really want to work more on LoF.
LA: Fox is determined to finish his LIFEPAC Unit 9, no matter what! He worked on it last night, worked on it before we started school today, and in between subjects. This entire unit is about recalling what is read and different ways to read. He was reading about Esther but has moved on to making an outline for a paper on a topic of his choosing (he chose the history of Legos). 
Lee is researching for her writing assignment; cat shows.
Art: I think so far today's favorite subject was Art. We talked about values and made a simple values scale. It consisted of only 5 squares but the ability to represent each value was demonstrated by both of them. I thought it was a bit funny that when I made my scale, two of mine were so close in value that I had to fix it. They got theirs on the first try. Arduini says not to be discouraged if you don't get it on the first try...just work on it. I'm proud of them :)I want to post a picture of the castles that they drew for Sketch Tuesday but they are not quite done with them and I don't want to without their permission. They love seeing their drawings "in lights"- on the slideshow at Harmony Art Mom's blog. Guess I will just post a link when they submit them.Update later...
and the update is: we are taking the rest of the day off :) They say I am the best mom ever. :) They still have to do chores, heehee ;)
It sounds like you guys had a good day!
ReplyDeleteI think that wheat and corn are interchangeable. Corn means wheat, barley, rye or maize. In Palestine at the time the Bible was written, maize was not available, so it would have to mean one of the other three. I would also imagine that wheat was the prominent grain used at the time, although I didn't look that up.
Ah, thanks for that. I thought it was strange to read 'corn'...
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