2009...A Look Back

I can't believe 2009 is almost over. It just seems like yesterday that we were taking down last year's decorations and welcoming a new year, yet here it is again. Probably the biggest change in 2009 was that we resigned our CE positions at our church, searched for a new church, and have now found one. It was not an easy decision, but one we felt led to do, so we were trying to be obedient. How God has blessed us in this change, for whatever time we are to be there! The teaching is phenomenal...very deep and challenging to live beyond what we so normally view as Christianity here in America.


Darin finished up last school year and began his 4th year at our public high school. He is teaching World History and Government/World Geography. The school has been in trouble academically for a very long time, and the administration has really put a load on the teachers. It has been a very demanding year, but he is so thankful to have a job.

I am still homeschooling the kids. I miss being CE director at church, but have a new endeavor. I started a homeschool co-op in our area, meeting one day a week for classes. We have 10 families and 26 kids. Our first semester was fun and enriching. The second semester classes will be even more so, I do believe.


Hannah finished up 6th grade and began 7th. She is now taller than me, and still growing. She got braces in September for her bite problem. She took sewing classes all last year, but did not continue this year. This year she is in a novel club that meets monthly to discuss the book, and watch the movie of the book. She has also had the opportunity to take a writing class from a retired English teacher. That has been a wonderful experience for her. She already loved to write, at least on her own terms. She has notebooks and notebooks of stories, histories and maps of imaginary countries, and the like. Our homeschool group also has social events for the middle school/high school kids. She has enjoyed those this year. Changing churches at this age has not been easy, but she does really enjoy her classes at the church.


David finished up Kindergarten and began 1st grade. He is tall and skinny, probably because he is constantly moving and talking. He played basketball last year and is playing Upward this year. He is in Cub Scouts and really enjoys it. I've been much more impressed with the Boy Scout program than I was Girl Scouts. He is moving forward in his academics, and probably enjoys history and science the most. He has a fascination with non-fiction reading, especially the DK Eyewitness books. He thinks he wants to read mysteries so we have a couple of easy chapter books to give it a try over the break.

We are so thankful that God has blessed our family with another wonderful year to be together. He is faithful and gracious to us in so many ways. We cannot begin to thank Him enough or praise Him in all the ways that He is due.

Coupon Savings

I'm so excited to be couponing now! My best friend, Jenny, got me into it. Wow!! Here's what I did this past week.

Shopped at:
Publix
Rite Aid
CVS
Walgreens

Total Before Sales and Coupons:
219.32

Out Of Pocket:
88.48

ECB and Rebates:
14.98

Net:
73.50 66.5% Savings

Week of Dec 14th

This has been a full week. We started our week with a Christmas Cookie Bake and Exchange party with our homeschool group. We enjoyed baking and decorating cookies, as well as games, holiday music, and movies. David had basketball practice and Hannah had her final writing class of the semester, including a final on poetry. She'll have a few more weeks of classes next semester. We attended our church Christmas banquet, which was delicious and fun. We ended the week on a little bit of a sour note, a trip to the doctor. David has strep throat, but is better and will just need to finish his medicine.

A highlight of our week has been our read-aloud, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. None of us had ever read it, or seen it performed. We read at night so Darin could join in. We were rolling with laughter so many times, but it also brought us to a discussion of the true meaning of Christmas. We will probably get other books in the series so we can see what happens to those crazy Herdman kids.

We continued our Advent calendar activities, which included reading scriptures in Luke 1, putting out nativity pieces, making holiday gifts for special people, and reading a personality book, The Treasure Tree. As far as the rest of our academics, Hannah read more in the book on Christian history, did math skills reviews, studied clauses in grammar, studied light in physics, and is finishing up a unit in her CLE literature. She also read Black Stallion this week, as well as Swiss Family Robinson. David read about people groups and communities in social studies, reviewed some map and chart skills, reviewed spelling rules from this semester, practiced math facts, studied gravity and magnets in science, and did some work in his BJU reading program.

Week of December 7th

My sister was still here the first part of the week. She was not feeling well on Sunday, but a little better Monday. Her son was sick by Monday afternoon and she went home on Tuesday. She had never seen Lord of the Rings, so we watched most of those on Monday. We did our Advent calendar for Bible. One of the activities we did this week was to buy for the person behind us in line at a drive through. We really had fun doing this. We wish we could have seen the person's face.

Hannah had literature (Christian Light 7th), prepositional phrases in grammar, timed tests in math, lab in science, and work in logic. David had several stories in reading, grammar, spelling words that are the long i sound with silent e, physics studies in science, Mind Benders for critical thinking, and did a Christian Light diagnostic test in math.

We spent the end of the week at my other sister's house. I went to a Scholastic book sale while the kids visited with her. We spent the night and enjoyed getting to be with her for a couple of days.

I am considering switching to CLE in a few areas. He did fine with the 1st grade placement test, so I'll begin him at 2nd grade level. I looked over the Language arts test, and I feel that he could do a lot of the 1st grade, but would be unfamiliar with some of their methods, so we may start at the beginning of 1st, and skip through areas he's strong in.

Week of Nov 30th

In Bible we did our Advent calendar. Some of our activities involved buying items for shoebox gifts for needy children, reading The Pine Tree Parable, and going through our toys for donations to a Salvation Army store. In history, Hannah read from a book on Christian history. David studied America (symbols, freedoms, etc.). Both had work in grammar and math. David's spelling words were long e sound with "ea". I had him make complete sentences with his words, as a vocabulary practice. Hannah is almost finished with her semester of Physics. I have found some materials to do a simple study of Physics with David for this month and January. David read How Do You Lift a Lion? as a starter. Both are going to be doing extra math facts practice before the end of the year, just to review and see how quick they are.

Hannah and Darin were involved in a production at our church. My sister came in town for it and another presentation she enjoys in our area. It was a busy, but fun week

Advent

We took a turn in some of our studies for the rest of December and this semester. For Bible, we are doing an Advent calendar. We have never done this before, and it has always intrigued me. Each day we are reading scripture, prophecies leading up to Christ's birth and then scriptures surrounding the announcement and birth. On each of the first 18 days, we will be placing a piece of the nativity set under our tree. We are also including other activities some are for others, some are for learning, and some are for fun.

Some of these include:

FOR OTHERS:
Reading Great Joy by Kate DiCamillo and making a list of things to do for others
Buying gifts for needy children
Going through our things looking for donations
Buying for the person behind us in the drive through line
Visiting an elderly person (as a family)
Making gifts for friends

BOOKS:
Pine Tree Parable (another good one about giving to others)
Mary's Treasure Box
Miracle on 34th Street
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Arthur's Perfect Christmas
How The Grinch Stole Christmas
Santa Who

FOR FUN:
Watch Holiday movies together
Go for a drive to look at lights, drinking hot cocoa on the way
Make cookies and decorate them
Christmas themed games online
Christmas printable games
Christmas crafts

Thanksgiving Week

We went to Myrtle Beach for Thanksgiving. We stayed 3 nights. The weather was cold, overcast, and foggy at times. I LOVED it! I've never been to the beach under those conditions and I think it was my favorite time to visit the beach. We walked at night with jackets and the cool breeze. We really did not do much, just relaxed, enjoyed the beach, ate out some, and let the kids go to a fun video game/scavenger hunt place. We ate Thanksgiving dinner at a Cracker Barrel. It was very good, except I didn't like the pumpkin pie. David didn't even want that meal, he wanted breakfast.

Oh, BTW, be careful when you go somewhere new! You never know what will be trying to get you!

Week of Nov 16th

I am really behind on updating, so here goes. The week of Nov 16th was our last week of co-op for this semester. The kids have really enjoyed their classes. Plans are underway for the next 10 week semester, and the classes are looking interesting. We studied Thankfulness and read about the Pilgrims and the first Thanksgiving. We listened to more Mozart together. Both had work in Grammar, Math, and writing. Hannah attended her writing class, which is studying poetry until Christmas. She worked on several ideas for her poem that is due the week after Thanksgiving.

Candy School

We had my best friend's family come for "Candy School". I got the idea from here. We used several of her printables. I'll try to post some pictures later. My friend took many and is going to get them to me.

http://www.walkingbytheway.com/blog/

We did many of the same activities, but I did tweak a few for our kids that were older.
Here's what we did:

Scripture Copywork (Psalm 34:8)
Poetry (read some and wrote our own)
M&M color count (predicting, number patterns, etc.)
Acid Test http://www.candyexperiments.com/
Graphing with survey results (we used this for pie charts: http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createAgraph/ )
History of Chocolate http://www.librarything.com/work/855015
Fractions with Hershey bars http://www.amazon.com/Hersheys-Milk-Chocolate-Fractions-Book/dp/0439135192
Chromotography (experiment site above)
Floating M's & S's (experiment site above)
Candy math including word problems and weight measurement activities
(addition, subtraction, equation word problems for older; balance scale to arrange several candies in order of weight, figuring average weight of 1 nerd)

Week of November 9th

I'm a little behind on updates, but here goes. We began our week with co-op, then moved on in to our academics. In Bible we studied honesty. We memorized the five "I Wills of Truthfulness". In history we did more timeline work on explorers. Since we studied the Aztecs and Mayans last week, we studied the Spanish conquistadors such as Hernando Cortes. We listened to selections from Mozart and did notebook pages.

Hannah began "Tuck Everlasting" for her novel club. Glencoe has free literature guides on their site. She wrote her persuasive essay on the state of American education. She covered adverbs in grammar and statistics in math.

David studied more about verbs in his grammar. He also continued his chapter on measurement. He has enjoyed it very much. His spelling words list was long e sounds with ee words. He studied more about weather using books from our own resources.

We ended the week with "Candy School" on Friday. I got the idea from this site.
http://www.walkingbytheway.com/blog/

Week of November 2nd

We began our school week attending co-op. We only have 2 more weeks before we are off for all the holidays. In Bible, we studied about not arguing, complaining, or gossiping. We memorized the five "I Wills of Discretion".

In history, we studied more explorers including John Cabot, Vasco de Gama, and Amerigo Vespucci. We had not really studied the natives living in the Americas, so we spent a few days studying the Aztecs, Mayans, and Incas. We also had a brief introduction to native Americans of North America. We studied Mozart this week, beginning with watching a video on his life. They both had library books to read and did notebook pages about him.

Hannah attended writing class and has been assigned a pursuasive essay. She is still struggling with her topic, but hopes to have it nailed down this weekend. She studied statistics in math, and finished up a grammar chapter about adjectives. She didn't have science lab this week, but continued in her study. She read several fiction books this week, including two whole books in one day. She is enjoying the series, The Lightning Thief. She also started the series, The 39 Clues.
David learned about verbs in grammar, include past tense and subject/verb agreement. He worked with measures in math and practiced math facts. He is close to finishing up a weather lapbook on the book Weather Words and What They Mean. He especially enjoyed several books from the library by Mo Willems. We were laughing so hard while we read these two. He actually asked me to read one again, which he never does.

Star Wars in Concert

My sister, Angela, came and took me and Hannah to see Star Wars in concert. It was a wonderful experience. Hannah had never attended an orchestra performance before. She is a HUGE Star Wars fan, so it was a great introduction. Anthony Daniels, the actor who was C3PO, was there in person narrating the whole thing.

Week of October 26th

We began our week at co-op. We have really enjoyed it. We only have 3 more weeks, but if all the families want to do it again, we'll meet sometime after the new year and have new classes. David has "Around the World in 8 Weeks", "Group Games", a snack time, and "Adventures in Art". Hannah has "Around the World in 8 Weeks", "A Work of Art", and "Georgia on My Mind", a GA history class.

We studied overcoming temptation in Bible. In history, we continued our exploration studies learning more about Christopher Columbus. In science, we did experiments with static electricity and magnetic fields. Hannah had writing class on Wednesday. The both had grammar and math this week. We ended the week with a field trip to Stone Mountain with my Dad. We had a good time with him. He is retired from working on the railroad, so we rode the train first thing. The skylift was closed for maintenance, and it rained all day, but we still had a good time.

Week of October 19th

Getting back to school after a week off was really challenging. We had co-op on Monday, then got back to the books on Tuesday. In Bible, we learned about self-control and humility. In history, we began a study of exploration. We reviewed the Vikings exploration of North America, learned about Marco Polo, and studied some about Christopher Columbus. We are making a timeline of exploration as we go. We studied the orchestra using the book, Those Amazing Instruments. We had such fun as we listened to excerpts of many pieces using the cd that came in the book.

Hannah attended her writing class. She is enjoying it tremendously and has even started talking about studying journalism in college. She had grammar, math, and the usual. David finished his seasons lapbook and had the usual grammar, spelling and phonics. In math, he learned addition with renaming. He understood it very well, as he usually does with math.

Sister Weekend

While Daddy was home to keep the kids, I got to go spend the end of fall break with my sisters, who are my best friends. We have had at least one sister weekend every year since 1985. We had a great time together. I love them both so much and feel so blessed to have them. I'm the one in the red. These pictures were made outside of Chops in Buckhead. The food was absolutely WONDERFUL!!!

Fall Break

This week was my husband's fall break, so we took off from school as well. We did go on a field trip to a farm. We went with one of our homeschool groups. It had rained the day before, so things were very soggy, but we had fun. We had another treat this week as well. My husband's parents came and spent several days with us. They live in Ohio, so we don't get to see them as much as we would like.
David had the most fun in the corn box, especially acting like he was the huge monster taking on the tractor.

Workboxes Work!

Here's how we do our workboxes. The kids each have an open top hanging file folder. In the hanging files, are regular file folders for each subject. The subjects to be completed vary day to day. Each folder has a paper clip attached to hold their card for that subject. When a subject is completed, the card gets put back on the grid. When the grid is full, the school day is over. Our family loves Star Wars, so I went on google images and found Clone Wars clip art that I used to make their assignment cards.

In the boxes, I put library books, worksheets, games to play, textbooks (when they fit), dvd's to watch, etc. I have shoe boxes on my shelf they get to choose from when they get an index card saying to do so. I have "Math Madness" math games, "Game Galore" other games (vocabulary, generic boards), and PE Power with cards for different PE options.

I think they have really helped me the most. They help me be ready for the next day. They help me think to add in something fun. I'm so glad I found out about them. I hope to someday have room to actually do the boxes. That would be awesome!

Camping with the Boy Scouts

David is in cub scouts this year. The whole family got to go camping this weekend with his pack. We are not usually outdoors people, so we thought this might be a good introduction to the whole camping experience without the full commitment of buying equipment. We did have a good time. It's something I think we could learn to enjoy doing.

We got to stay in a "permanent" tent with mattresses. Hannah was determined to make it feel like home, bringing along a Jonas poster and her Star Wars Calendar to put beside her bed.

Week of Oct 5th

Well...the flu wasn't over last week. David quit running fever on Friday, but it was back by Saturday night and was much worse. He spent first part of the week very sick. Both had coughs that have still lingered, but they seem on the mend. We didn't get to do our co-op. We did manage to get school work done this week, though. Poor homeschooled kids, they never get a true sick day, huh? In bible, we studied more about friendships.

Hannah had writing class and novel club this week. The writing class is learning about descriptive writing this week. The novel club read "A Raisin in the Sun" and watched the movie. She is really enjoying these classes with other teens. She's still working with integers in math. She's learning all about energy transfer in science. She also began working on her typing skills using an online free program.

David finished up his book, "The Barbarians". He really enjoys studying about fighting. In math he worked on time and calendars. In science he studied about seasons and why we have them.

Week of Sept 28th

This was not a typical week for us at all. We started off fine. We went to our co-op and had a great time. Hubby was home sick which is very unusual for him. My sister and nephew were visiting at a location near our home, so me and the kids planned to go spend 3 nights with her. Right before we left, I realized Hannah had fever. We had to stay home. The next day David had fever, too. It was hard having my sister so close and not be able to go see her. We couldn't risk taking flu into them, though.

The kids weren't as sick as their Daddy, so we did manage to get school work done. Hannah is finishing hers this weekend. We studied friendship in Bible. Hannah is reading about the Mongols, so I found a book for David called "Barbarians". It covers the Goths, Huns, Vikings, and the Mongols. Hannah had to write a character analysis for her writing class. She also is studying integers in math. David finished up safety in health. He began a math unit on time. They both reviewed all the scripture and poems we've memorized this year.

Week of Sept 21st

We started our school week with a bang! We had the first day of our new co-op that I started. We have 10 families and 26 kids. David had a Geography class, Game/Snack time, and an Art class. Hannah had an Art class, Geography Class, and GA History class. We stayed and ate lunch with our new friends. We had science lab right after with our Lab Partners.

We took my sister (and Roxie!) home. The kids were sad to see them go. The rest of the week was filled with regular school work. We studied Friendship in "The Book of Virtues". We learned the five "I Wills of Wisdom". We began "The Wind in the Willows" as a read-aloud. I'm not sure the kids are liking it very well. We also learned about Gutenburg and the influence he had on our society. We had our normal week of math, grammar, and such. The kids really enjoyed receiving their God's World News magazines. Hannah is working on a news show to present the information to her Daddy and me.

Hannah also started a writing class that will be 4 weeks. It is being offered free by a retired English teacher. It is to specifically teach the essay style needed for SAT's.

New Experiences

My sister came to visit with us a few days and brought her new dog, Roxie, with her. The kids don't have any pets, much less one in the house, so this was a brand new experience for them. They had a great time. David has been afraid of dogs for a long time, and this really helped him deal with that fear. By the 2nd day of her being here, he was saying, "I think I'm in love with a dog!". We were sad she had to leave. She's a great dog, and fun to be around. The kids are going to be asking to visit their aunt even more now.

Week of Sept 14th

We had an unusual week. We had a meeting about our new co-op, then left town to go to see my grandmother. She had been in the hospital for a week, and was moved to a rehab nursing home. It's hard to see her like that, but I pray she is going to benefit from the rehab. We stayed at her house and did school work while we were there. In bible we began a study of relationship, beginning with honoring your parents. In history, we read about Joan of Arc and more of the reformation. Hannah researched knights for a paper she's writing. David did a study of fire safety for boy scouts. They both read library books of their choosing, in addition to some of mine. We had a short week of school. Besides the trip, my sister came home with us for a visit.

6th Week

Another week of school is behind us. We had a great week. Monday was Labor Day and Daddy was off, so we only did a little school and spent some time with him. That night I went to a Mom's meeting with my homeschool group. It was about scheduling and record keeping. A night out with other Mom's is very refreshing.

We hit the books the rest of the week. We finished up our study of wisdom in Proverbs. The kids are both studying the Reformation and Martin Luther this week, so we got the movie "Luther" to watch. Hannah is reading a biography, too. We acted out vocabulary words, and did "trick" sentences (the kids have to fill in the right vocabulary word). Hannah is moving along in Physics and will have lab every week with some friends. She went to her new novel club where they discussed "The Outsiders" and watched the movie. David has been studying nutrition, so we went on a grocery store treasure hunt I found at www. mypyramid.gov. He's also enjoyed playing their online game, too.

Grammar, math, and critical thinking workbooks are used almost everyday around here. We also watched a Nest DVD about Leonardo Da Vinci and an HBO composer series DVD called "Bach's Fight for Freedom". Hannah finished up reading the book "Mummies in the Morning" with David. We finished up the day with talking about 9/11 and watching some tributes on the internet.

Where to go?

We have been in the process of possibly finding a new church. We really want to be in the place that God wants us to be. We visited somewhere yesterday that we really liked, but we only want to be there if it's where He wants us to be. I pray that God will give us direction. We need Him to show us the way!

Grandpa!

We went to South Carolina to see Darin's grandfather. His birthday is next week and he'll be 96! It was great seeing him and spending time with him. He is doing well for his age and hopes to make it to 100.

5th Week

We continued our study of wisdom this week in our Bible time. We are using a book called "Searching for Treasure". David is reading more and more. He is recalling math facts very well and has been doing a study of health and nutrition. He read a book about about the life of William Shakespeare. Hannah began her science curriculum and enjoyed having "Lab Day" with some friends. She read some summaries of William Shakespeare's work. We watched a movie version of MacBeth. It was the actual wording from the play. We decided to not have her read the actual play at this time. We do not have the time or energy into trying to decode all of that language right now. She read "The Outsiders" for her novel club. Next week they meet to discuss the book and watch the movie.


We went bowling with our friends, the Klemms. Here's David having a pretend "tantrum" in the floor when he didn't hit any pins.






Jenny and her family have become very dear to me. It's great having a friend like her.

Our own Jedi Academy

Our kids LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Star Wars. The new season for The Clone Wars is only about a month away. They can't wait!

4th Week

We spent our 4th week seeing family and helping take care of some of them. We did do some school work, mostly reading for history, playing math games, studying wisdom in our bible study, and some writing. We stayed with my nephew for 4 nights while my sister and b-i-l went away for their anniversary. We then stayed with my grandmother for 2 nights while my mother had a doctor appointment out of town. It's always great to get to spend time with our families. We have a close bond that I don't see in some other family groups.

3rd Week

We finished our third week of school with a fun event. Daddy took a day off work. We were leaving the next day to go out of town for a whole week, so we wanted to spend some fun time together.

We decided to go bowling, our new found activity over the summer. We hadn't been bowling for years, and forgot how fun it is. Hannah wanted a picture in action...she's such the set-up the scene girl.

Here's David after he made is first strike. He's playing air guitar to celebrate, what a ham!








As you can see, Daddy got a big strike, too! They come by it naturally.











Other than that the week was quite peaceful. We did get the Magic Treehouse first four books. Hannah wants to read them to David. I think it will be a good bonding time for them. She read them years ago, and loved them. I think he will, too. He isn't the "fiction" reader that Hannah is, but he loves non-fiction books. They are opposite in so many things, I guess they will be in that, too.

2nd Week

Our second week of school is complete, and we're starting our third. Last week we began studying "A Life God Rewards" by Bruce Wilkinson. I really pray that the kids will grasp the idea that what we do here on Earth really does matter. I'm reading the teen version with our daughter and the kid version with our son. As a review of what we read this summer about the Dark Ages, we watched a documentary by the History Channel. We're continuing our study in the middle ages, and read "Robin Hood". Since we were studying knights and castles, we found scenes from "The Lord of the Rings" to view trebuchets, catapults, and armor. The kids do math and grammar daily, as well as reading. We listened to Bach and learned some about his life. We add in our vocabulary program this week, and science the next.

Great First Week!

Our first week is finished. In Bible, we learned about the greatest commandment, love. We went to the Salvation Army, learned about some of what they do there, and worked in the food bank. In history, we're moving along in the middle ages. We read a lot about the Dark Ages this summer. We're learning about castle life, how towns were developed, knights in shining armor, and more. The kids did some math, grammar, reading, and critical thinking/logic activities this week as well. I never start a full load the first week. I like to ease back into things since summer is so short here.

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!!!!

We started our first day of school with a trip out for breakfast. McDonald's is always a good choice, especially since they have Mocha Mondays right now, free sample sizes of their new mocha drinks.
When we got back home, I had schultuetes waiting for them. It is an old German tradition to give children a school cone on their first day of school. Ours contained candy, small toys, lip gloss, and special, multi-colored pens.


We decorated our notebooks for the year. We have notebooks for Bible, History, Science, and Language Arts.
I gave them their new hanging file folder "workboxes". We're working this week on making our schedule cards and strip. These will be Clone Wars themed. Each will have their own rotating caddy to hold school supplies.

We started our lessons with a study of 1 Cor. 13. We will be studying love this week, and different character traits throughout the year. We moved right on to exploring new books, doing a little math, grammar, and critical thinking/logic activities. We ended up our school time with reading aloud "The Kitchen Knight", a retelling of King Arthur by Margaret Hodges. We'll do PE this afternoon. They have new PE activity cards allowing them to choose different activities throughout the week. It was a great first day! I'm really excited about this year!

We have a climber!!!

Our son LOVES that he can climb all the way to the top of our doorways. (Liability Clause: Do Not Attempt This At Home!)

New Year

Dear Hubby starts pre-planning at his school today. I pray he has a wonderful year, and has a big impact on the kids in his classes. Some of them really need it.

God Is So Good!

I am so thankful for how God has blessed my life! He is amazing, and His love is so precious to me.

Our School Area

We do school primarily at our table and in the living room. Here's the new bookcases I just set up for this year. We also have bookcases in our garage with shelves for resource books, future curricula, and literature.

2009-2010 School Plans and Curricula

I'm a traditional school-loving momma, who's being reformed by The Well Trained Mind and adding elements of classical education, Charlotte Mason methods, as well as some notebooking. We will be looking for service opportunities in order to have an impact on those around us. We will also be attending a new enrichment co-op this fall.

Both Children:

BIBLE:
will include a study of A Life God Rewards,
biblical character traits, scripture memorization, and prayer

VOCABULARY:
Roots and Fruits
a Greek and Latin root/prefix study course

FINE ARTS:
Art Picture Studies
Composer Studies

HISTORY:
Late Middle Ages through Modern

(except American History)
using Kingfisher and Usborne as spines and
reading lots of good books
(We're doing history in 3 years.)


Daughter:
Glencoe Math, Pre-Algebra
Rainbow Science, Year 1
BJU Grammar & CLE Diagramming and Practice Sheets
Jump In Writing and local writing class
CLE Reading
Mind Benders/Orbiting with Logic/Red Herring Mysteries
Will begin dictation/outlining/summaries/narrations/poetry memorization

Son:
CLE Language Arts 1

CLE Math 2

CLE I Wonder Reading

A Beka Health/ RS4K Chemistry Pre-Level 1/ Funtastik Frogs Phsyics
Mind Benders/Dr. Dooriddles/Stepping Stones
Beginning copywork/narrations/poetry memorization

Finally Doing It!

I've been wanting to start blogging for so long...now I'm finally going for it! I want a place for family and friends to get a glimpse at our day-to-day life. So...here we go.