Our first day of school went great!  There was only one problem and that got dealt with quickly.  :)

Not all subjects were done today but the core ones were done:

Samantha:

- Read Card 1, did the worksheet, and put the story disc on the map for Veritas Press' Old Testament/Ancient Egypt

- Rod & Staff English 1, Lesson 1

- Saxon Math, Lesson 1

- Exploring Creation with Astronomy, Read Lesson 1

With Saxon Math, there is what is called "meeting time" at the beginning of the lesson.  For different ages it covers different things...with Sam (Saxon 3) there is number patterns, temperature, a word problem, etc.  For Matthew (Saxon 1) there is the date, shape patterns, number line.

So I got this idea to put their meeting time stuff on the chalkboard. I did it last night and it was waiting for them.  They loved starting school time off like that.  They did everything on the chalkboard!  Fun!

Matthew:

- Lesson 18 of Phonics Museum, Veritas Press (the letter P!!)

- Lesson 30 of Saxon Math 1

- Handwriting page - A Reason for Handwriting

We're also going to work our way through the 50 states.  We've done capitals and mapping in general but have not done each state specifically.  This week we're doing Virginia.  They have notebooks with tabs for each state.  For each state there is a map of the state, a map of the US, crossword puzzles, state facts fill in sheet, biography fill in sheet, tree detective, flower detective, bird paper.

Yesterday, for fun,  :)   we started with the map.  We marked on the Virginia map where the Blue Ridge Mts are, the capital, Chesapeake Bay, Williamsburg, etc.  Then on the state map they colored in the state of Virginia and identified all the states around it.

Today we used the tourist book we got in the mail (I've been requesting stuff from each state) and they made collages for their notebooks. 

Then for Matthew's "science" we identified the state tree, American Dogwood. Found it in our tree book and then used a worksheet called "tree detective" to learn more about the leaves, bark, etc. about the tree.

Then we read a book called "George Did It" as a biography read about George Washington!  It was a good book!!