Our Little Corner - School, A Couple Days In

Our Little Corner

Sep. 4, 2008

School, A Couple Days In

Well, I'm lame this year. I didn't take pictures on our first day or anything. But we are off to a good start! I'm happy with what I chose and feel only minimally ready to tear my hair out. lol It's always a little difficult right at first, when things aren't quite comfortable and flowing, but I think we're doing great.

Highlights:

I love the literature program Zach's doing this year! It's called Learning to Love Literature and it's put out by Weaver. It can be used with a student anywhere from 7th grade to 12th, with modification. The program starts by having the student do some reading and thinking about...well...reading. Especially how reading compares to watching TV, and how as a nation of television watchers we're in trouble intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually. It's even giving me some good food for thought!

I also love Teaching Textbook math. It's very conversational and easy to understand for a non-mathie.

The ACE curriculum that Drew and Baylee are using has been wonderful as usual. Both kids are accomplishing a lot, but in manageable chunks. Drew has an interesting science project due already. He has to make a display of several elements using everyday household items. For example, he might have the word "sodium" underneath a little vial of salt. Or "mercury" underneath one of those new style lightbulbs. (Because they contain trace amounts of mercury.) I'll try to remember to get a picture of it all when he finishes.

Baylee is studying "communication" in this chapter of her social studies and it includes a section on Helen Keller, so I checked out a kid's book about Helen Keller for her from the library. I think she'll enjoy that. Later on in the year she'll be learning about butterflies in science, and I was thinking that while she's studying that it would be a ton of fun for her to have a butterfly house. That's one of the things I love about ACE. You can add extras if you want, but it's a complete program without it.

So...so far so good!

Sue

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I'm Sue and I'm happily married to my best friend in the world, Mike. We have three children: Zach (13), Drew (10), and Baylee (7). This blog will be about our homeschooling experiences and just life in general.