Saturday. May 11, 2013

Schoolwork Accomplished

Leanna:
*Copied down lyrics to Go!(Jump in!Mix!)by Jupiter Rising
*Silent reading:Nancy Drew :The Clue Of The Missing Stagecoach
*Wrote a letter to Noelle
*A U.S History-The First Americans
*A U.S History-From Colonies To Country
*A U.S History-Making 13 Colonies
*Who Wants Pizza?The Kids Guide To The History,Science &Culture Of Food book By Jan Thornhill
*Life of Fred-One chapter(Fractions)

Friday, May 10, 2013

Schoolwork Accomplished:
(Field trip day for Mommy only-Pop Pop and later Daddy watched the kids)http://thestir.cafemom.com/baby/155208/every_drop_of_your_breast

Leanna:
*Silent Reading: Finished The Westing Game(A book)
* Life Of Fred-one chapter
*Made Oatismeal Cookies
*Made Chocolate Chip Cookies
*Supervised Lorelei all afternoon and evening (Lifeskills) (with Daddy and Pop-Pop's help)
*Egypt Lapbook
*Physical Science Book
*A U.S History-The First Americans
*A U.S History-From Colonies To Country
*A U.S History-Making 13 Colonies
*Who Wants Pizza? book
*Khan Acadamy


Justin, Timothy, Jacob:
*Sight words review with Pop-Pop
*Played Chutes and Ladders (they've never played before, this was new)
*Outdoor Play

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Schoolwork Accomplished:

Leanna:
Look Up: a picture of Isis and  Sekhmet and Osiris and Hathore, and Anubis
Wants this printed:
http://www.ancientegyptonline.co.uk/Sekhmet.html
*Life of Fred-3chapters and The Bridge


Justin:
*We read Sugar Cookies: sweet Lessons on Love, One Smart Cookie: Bite Size Lessons for the School Years and Beyond, and Cookies: Bite-Size Life Lessons all by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
*We practiced time with a large clock(he keeps wanting to say 12: 70 instead of 12:35)
*We watched a schoolhouse rocks video on counting by fives to refresh his memory
*We watched a schoolhouse rocks video on zero and electricity too. 
*We watched a schoolhouse rocks video on Where the Money Goes and talked about it a bit.
* A page of salamander handwriting copywork.

Timothy:
*We read Sugar Cookies: sweet Lessons on Love, One Smart Cookie: Bite Size Lessons for the School Years and Beyond, and Cookies: Bite-Size Life Lessons all by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Jacob:
*We read Sugar Cookies: sweet Lessons on Love, One Smart Cookie: Bite Size Lessons for the School Years and Beyond, and Cookies: Bite-Size Life Lessons all by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Schoolwork Accomplished:

Leanna:
*A lot of work on my Egyptian Lapbook- sorting info, organizing and beginning to put it together
*Silent reading:Nancy Drew and Bunnicula
*Journaling 
*Music
*Life of Fred-one chapter in Jelly Bean, Two chapters in  Fractions


Justin:
*Amphibian study-more videos, pet reports. Caecillian report.
*Went over stack of sight words.
*Dinosaur videos online
*Computer Play

Timothy:
*Computer play

Jacob:
*We read Tarzan, The  Dump Truck, and the Napping House

Sekhmet

Sekhmet  is one of the oldest known Egyptian deities. Her name is derived from the Egyptian word "Sekhem" (which means "power" or "might") and is often translated as the "Powerful One". She is depicted as a lion-headed woman, sometimes with the addition of a sun disc on her head. Her seated statues show her holding the ankh of life, but when she is shown striding or standing she usually holds a sceptre formed from papyrus (the symbol of northern or Lower Egypt) suggesting that she was associated primarily with the north. However, some scholars argue that the deity was introduced from Sudan (south of Egypt) where lions are more plentiful.

She was often closely associated with Hathor (the goddess of joy, music, dance, sexual love, pregnancy and birth). In this partnership, she was seen as the harsh aspect of the friendly Hathor. A temple was constructed by Amenemhet II to Sekhmet-Hathor at Kom el Hisn (Imau in the western Delta) in which she and Hathor are referred to as the "Mistress of Imau". Imau was situated near a branch of the Nile that has since shifted eastwards, but in ancient times the town was right on the edge of the desert on the route to the Libyan frontier. Clearly it was hoped that Sekhmet would protect the border.
Sekhmet's main cult centre was in Memphis (Men Nefer) where she was worshipped as "the destroyer" alongside her consort Ptah (the creator) and Nefertum (the healer).
Sekhmet was represented by the searing heat of the mid-day sun (in this aspect she was sometimes called "Nesert", the flame) and was a terrifying goddess. However, for her friends she could avert plague and cure disease. She was the patron of Physicians, and Healers and her priests became known as skilled doctors. As a result, the fearsome deity sometimes called the "lady of terror" was also known as "lady of life". Sekhmet was mentioned a number of times in the spells of The Book of the Dead as both a creative and destructive force, but above all, she is the protector of Ma'at (balance or justice) named "The One Who Loves Ma'at and Who Detests Evil".
She was also known as the "Lady of Pestilence" and the "Red Lady" (indicating her alignment with the desert) and it was thought that she could send plagues against those who angered her. When the centre of power shifted from Memphis to Thebes during the New Kingdom the Theban Triad (Amun, Mut, and Khonsu), Sekhmet's attributes were absorbed into that of Mut (who sometimes took the form of a lion).

She was associated with the goddesses given the title "Eye of Ra". According to myth, Ra became angry because mankind was not following his laws and preserving Ma'at (justice or balance). He decided to punish mankind by sending an aspect of his daughter, the "Eye of Ra". He plucked Hathor from Ureas on his brow, and sent her to earth in the form of a lion. She became Sekhmet, the "Eye of Ra" and began her rampage. The fields ran with human blood. However, Ra was not a cruel deity, and the sight of the carnage caused him to repent. He ordered her to stop, but she was in a blood lust and would not listen. So Ra poured 7,000 jugs of beer and pomegranate juice (which stained the beer blood red) in her path. She gorged on the "blood" and became so drunk she slept for three days. When she awoke, her blood lust had dissipated, and humanity was saved. In one version of the myth, Ptah is the first thing she sees on awaking and she instantly fell in love with him. Their union (creation and destruction) created Nefertum (healing) and so re-established Ma'at.

The saving of mankind was commemorated every year on the feast day of Hathor/Sekhmet. Everyone drank beer stained with pomegranate juice and worshipped "the Mistress and lady of the tomb, gracious one, destroyer of rebellion, mighty one of enchantments". A statue of Sekhmet was dressed in red facing west, while Bast was dressed in green and faced east. Bast was sometimes considered to be Sekhmet´s counterpart (or twin depending on the legend), and in the festival of Hathor they embodied the duality central to Egyptian mythology. Sekhmet represented Upper Egypt while Bast represented Lower Egypt.
Sekhmet was closely associated with Kingship. She was often described as the mother of Maahes, the lion god who was a patron of the pharaoh and the pyramid texts (from dynasty five) suggest that the Pharaoh was conceived by Sekhmet. For example, one relief depicts the Pharaoh Niuserre being suckled by Sekhmet. This ancient myth is echoed in the New Kingdom reliefs in the temple of Seti I which depict the Pharaoh being suckled by Hathor whose title is "mistress of the mansion of Sekhmet". Ramesses II (Seti's son) adopted her as a symbol of his power in battle. In friezes depicting the Battle of Kadesh, Sekhmet appears on his horse, her flames scorching the bodies of enemy soldiers. But, one Pharaoh in particular seems to have had an obsession with Sekhmet. Amenhotep III (father of Akhenaten, Dynasty Eighteen) built hundreds of statues of Sekhmet in the precinct of Mut's temple (known as "Isheru") south of the Great Temple of Amun in Karnak. It is thought that there was one for every day of the year and that offerings were made every day.
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Predynastic period

Early Dynastic

Old Kingdom

First Intermediate

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Schoolwork Accomplished:

Leanna:

Justin:
Online game-Arctic vs. Antarctica
*Habitats cut/paste correct habitats with the name and color correct colors.
*He colored a picture of Wilbur for the Charlotte's web folder
*Sorting activity -to give an idea how scientists decide how to group animals
*Went over 5 types of animal classification

Timothy:
*We talked about setting, characters, conflict, conclusion
*He colored a picture of Wilbur for the Charlotte's web folder
*Habitats cut/paste correct habitats with the name and color correct colors.
*Sorting activity -to give an idea how scientists decide how to group animals
 *Went over 5 types of animal classification

Monday, May 6, 2013

Schoolwork Accomplished:

Leanna:
*Silent Reading-Finished reading The Throne of Fire again
*Geography
*Art-Sketchbook
*Journal entry
*Wrote some FanFiction
*Read The Greatest Potatoes by Penelope Stowell (true story too!)
* hk,kl
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Justin:
*We watched a few more Caecillian videos (for our amphibian study)
*We watched a 40 plus minute Discovery Channel video on the Spinosaurus.  Very interesting, and we paused it multiple times either for me to better explain something or for him to add thoughts or ask a question.  It involved explaining how scientists figure things out, great lesson, and unplanned!
*Outdoor Play
*We read Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves by Walter McVitty
*We read The Greatest Potatoes by Penelope Stowell (true story too!)
*He watched more dinosaur videos on his own.

Timothy:

*Outdoor Play
*We read Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves by Walter McVitty
*We read The Greatest Potatoes by Penelope Stowell (true story too!)