<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5525737509859318718</id><updated>2011-06-03T11:42:59.740-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Michelle's Homeschool and Nature</title><subtitle type='html'>Information on homeschooling. Nature Pictures, videos and books. Childrens book list.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michelleshomeschoolandnature.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5525737509859318718/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michelleshomeschoolandnature.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Michelle Cook</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05505090510779019733</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_06A-jQYV0Uo/SMnAhKwlQxI/AAAAAAAAABA/W1jqabotz0k/S220/100_2783.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5525737509859318718.post-6977496756488377716</id><published>2009-04-10T15:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-10T16:42:48.689-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_06A-jQYV0Uo/Sd_YwzlJxRI/AAAAAAAAAD8/zCpchUUHI6A/s1600-h/100_2675.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_06A-jQYV0Uo/Sd_RsxiPj2I/AAAAAAAAAD0/qftPbwS_ndA/s1600-h/family+pic.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323203851716628322" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 259px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 173px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_06A-jQYV0Uo/Sd_RsxiPj2I/AAAAAAAAAD0/qftPbwS_ndA/s320/family+pic.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_06A-jQYV0Uo/Sd_P7A4dUiI/AAAAAAAAADs/oII63SD0cU8/s1600-h/100_3973.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323201897331249698" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 215px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 155px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_06A-jQYV0Uo/Sd_P7A4dUiI/AAAAAAAAADs/oII63SD0cU8/s320/100_3973.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; The Cook Family:&lt;br /&gt;James, Michelle, Adriana, &amp;amp; Kaylee&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_06A-jQYV0Uo/Sd_PHOT3aUI/AAAAAAAAADk/1KMi4fOooNY/s1600-h/100_3313.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323201007582669122" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 209px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 173px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_06A-jQYV0Uo/Sd_PHOT3aUI/AAAAAAAAADk/1KMi4fOooNY/s320/100_3313.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5525737509859318718-6977496756488377716?l=michelleshomeschoolandnature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michelleshomeschoolandnature.blogspot.com/feeds/6977496756488377716/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5525737509859318718&amp;postID=6977496756488377716' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5525737509859318718/posts/default/6977496756488377716'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5525737509859318718/posts/default/6977496756488377716'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michelleshomeschoolandnature.blogspot.com/2009/04/cook-family.html' title=''/><author><name>Michelle Cook</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05505090510779019733</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_06A-jQYV0Uo/SMnAhKwlQxI/AAAAAAAAABA/W1jqabotz0k/S220/100_2783.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_06A-jQYV0Uo/Sd_RsxiPj2I/AAAAAAAAAD0/qftPbwS_ndA/s72-c/family+pic.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5525737509859318718.post-312245362335115267</id><published>2008-09-11T10:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-09T18:18:12.614-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#663333;"&gt;Cook Homeschool:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_06A-jQYV0Uo/SMlY8c6LBWI/AAAAAAAAAAk/uX-6XASzXZE/s1600-h/100_3121.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244821036625233250" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 251px; HEIGHT: 423px" height="183" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_06A-jQYV0Uo/SMlY8c6LBWI/AAAAAAAAAAk/uX-6XASzXZE/s320/100_3121.jpg" width="181" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333300;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(153,51,153)"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663333;"&gt;I&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663333;"&gt; teach the Abeka curriculum to my two daughters, Adriana, age 8 and Kaylee, age 5. This year we are in the Second grade and Kindergarten. This is our our 4th year of homeschooling. Homeschooling is a wonderful part of our lives. We are able to spend a lot of time together as a family. My husband and I are able to know what our children are learning and make decisions about what they learn. We can decide on curriculum that is not given in public school, such as bible class. We can also watch the influences that our children are exposed to. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#663333;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#663333;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Adriana's Second Grade Curriculum:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#663333;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;(1) Bible (Taught together, with our children's Bible and a Bible Coloring Book)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#663333;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;(2) Language 2&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#663333;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;(3) Handbook for Reading&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#663333;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;(4) Arithmatic 2&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#663333;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;(5) Test and Speed Drills&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#663333;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;(6) History (Taught together)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#663333;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#663333;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Kaylee's Kindergarten Curriculum:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#663333;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;(1) Bible (Taught together)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#663333;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;(2) Phonics&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#663333;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;(3) Numbers&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#663333;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;(4) Poetry (Taught together)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#663333;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;(5) Readiness Skills&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#663333;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#663333;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333300;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663333;"&gt;(6) Writing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333300;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#663333;"&gt;*Science is taught daily by studying God's World* &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333300;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663333;"&gt;*Bible class is taught with the King James Versin Bible*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#330033;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="center"&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#330033;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#330033;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;color:#330033;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5525737509859318718-312245362335115267?l=michelleshomeschoolandnature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michelleshomeschoolandnature.blogspot.com/feeds/312245362335115267/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5525737509859318718&amp;postID=312245362335115267' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5525737509859318718/posts/default/312245362335115267'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5525737509859318718/posts/default/312245362335115267'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michelleshomeschoolandnature.blogspot.com/2008/09/homeschool-information.html' title=''/><author><name>Michelle Cook</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05505090510779019733</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_06A-jQYV0Uo/SMnAhKwlQxI/AAAAAAAAABA/W1jqabotz0k/S220/100_2783.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_06A-jQYV0Uo/SMlY8c6LBWI/AAAAAAAAAAk/uX-6XASzXZE/s72-c/100_3121.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5525737509859318718.post-4531053970637993368</id><published>2008-09-11T09:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-09T18:53:16.787-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#003300;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Michigan Nature 2008 DVD's Now Available!!!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_06A-jQYV0Uo/SMlKKMvg0ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kYEKklPy9JM/s1600-h/100_2287.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244804780129309074" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 383px; HEIGHT: 279px" height="281" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_06A-jQYV0Uo/SMlKKMvg0ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kYEKklPy9JM/s320/100_2287.jpg" width="321" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#003300;"&gt;When was the last time you took time to look at all the amazing creatures and sights that God has put into our world. Take the time now. Michigan nature DVDs are about 1/2 hour long and filled with beautiul pictures of God's creatures and places. There are animals, insects, flowers, and different places on the DVD. You never know what picture or short video you will see next. DVDs are priced at &amp;amp;10.00 each and shipping is $5.95 for priority mail in the United States.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#003300;"&gt;DVDs available now are: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#003300;"&gt;*Michigan Nature 2008&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#003300;"&gt;* Michigan&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#003300;"&gt;Nature 2008 Part 2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#003300;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#003300;"&gt;More&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#003300;"&gt;DVDs to come!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#003300;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#003300;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#003300;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#003300;"&gt;For &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#003300;"&gt;questions please email:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:mrscook.family@yahoo.com"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;mrscook.family@yahoo.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5525737509859318718-4531053970637993368?l=michelleshomeschoolandnature.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michelleshomeschoolandnature.blogspot.com/feeds/4531053970637993368/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5525737509859318718&amp;postID=4531053970637993368' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5525737509859318718/posts/default/4531053970637993368'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5525737509859318718/posts/default/4531053970637993368'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michelleshomeschoolandnature.blogspot.com/2008/09/michelles-homeschool-nature.html' title=''/><author><name>Michelle Cook</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05505090510779019733</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_06A-jQYV0Uo/SMnAhKwlQxI/AAAAAAAAABA/W1jqabotz0k/S220/100_2783.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_06A-jQYV0Uo/SMlKKMvg0ZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kYEKklPy9JM/s72-c/100_2287.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
