Feb. 24, 2009 - OUR HOMESCHOOL
OUR DAY SCHEDULE
Wake Up, Eat, Dress
Chores and Quiet Time
School Circle Time Review
Independent work for Girls/”School Time” for boys
Lunch
Read Aloud Time
Finish up School Work/Mom’s computer time
Handy Work
Free time/Mom works
Dinner and Family Devotions
Evening Chores and Bed Time
SEASIDE CURRICULUM CHOICE
Anri (age 11)
Teaching Textbooks 5
Home Economics for Homeschoolers 1&2
Writing Tales 1
Copywork
Sonlight Core 4 readers, History and Read Alouds (most of them)
HOAC Lapbooks (Horses, WW1, WW2, US Economics, the Great Depression)
Unit Studies (20th Century from www.ajourneythroughlearning.com)
God’s Design for Life –Animal Kingdom and Plant Kingdom
Hey Andrew Teach Me Some Greek – Level 2
Latin Is Not So Tough – Level 1
Sequential Spelling 1
I Can Do All Things Art Program
Mavis Beacon Typing (last half of the year)
Celina (age10)
Math Mammoth Blue Series
Home Economics for Homeschoolers 1&2
Explode the Code 5, 6, 6 ½
Beyond the Code 1-4
Copywork
Sonlight Core 3 readers, History and Read Alouds (most of them)
HOAC Lapbooks (Horses, WW1, WW2, US Economics, the Great Depression)
Unit Studies (20th Century from www.ajourneythroughlearning.com)
God’s Design for Life –Animal Kingdom and Plant Kingdom
Hey Andrew Teach Me Some Greek – Level 2
Latin Is Not So Tough – Level 1
Sequential Spelling 1
I Can Do All Things Art Program
Mavis Beacon Typing (last half of the year)
Samuel (age 5)
Sonlight PK (the old one where it is all combined)
Sonlight LAK
Fun Tales Readers
Number Review 1-20
Handwriting without Tears – Letters and Numbers for Me
Get Ready, Set and Go for the Code workbooks
Elijah (age 4)
Sonlight PK
Letter and Number Review
SEASIDE ACADEMY LIFESTYLE
Chores and Quiet Time
Circle Time Review
This is the time we use to pray together and go over what needs to be done for the day. It keeps the kids on track for the day and they can ask any questions that have come up. I find that going over problems that have occurred the day before the morning after, when they are refreshed works better then when they are so frustrated, so we save all the big problems for this time. I find though that since we do morning review we have less problems occurring during the school day.
Guided/Independent
Because my boys are 4 and 5 I do most of their school with them. This includes History, Science, Literature, Phonics, Grammar and Math. I do Spelling first thing with the girls then the girls have their schedules and move through Math, Language, Handwriting, Phonics, Home Ec., Art and Greek by themselves unless a problem comes up. I have worked hard with my girls (ages 10 and 11) on becoming very independent with their school work. This year I can really see the benefits of this. They are now self motivated and very diligent in completing work.
Lunch
I try to have the boys done with their “school” before lunch. The girls are done most of their busy workbook subjects and now have the afternoon for reading and such.
Reading
The girls have their assigned reading. This includes History, Literature and Readers. They also take turns reading to the boys their assigned school books
History/Science
At this time I review with the girls through narration and comprehension questions. I love narration and comprehension to keep up with what they are doing and checking that they are understanding it all. We work on Science together 2 days a week.
Literature (Read Aloud)
Mom Reads From Assigned Read Aloud (usually from the boys list). To be honest I don’t get to this everyday. Sometimes Daddy will read or the older kids will pick up the book and read.
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