Feb. 24, 2007 - Our week in homeschooling...
Recently I was blessed with full set of Beyond Five in a Row curriculum.
It has been my desire to settle into a unit study format. Five in a Row really fits our bill. However, getting started had it's own challenges. (Due to my own organization or lack there of)
- Monday was spent combing through every book in our classroom and both the kids rooms looking for our copy of Boxcar Children, while also trying to keep the kids going on their math and bible study. Around 4 o'clock I conceded that the book would not be found. Mind you I don't feel too bad as it was a Public School Holiday here so my children had more school than the general populous.
- Tuesday, after Bible Study and a lunch with my small group the kids and I made it to Barnes and Noble only to find that the shelf had all hundred and something copies of Boxcar Children, except book 1. A nice associate found the last copy in the store....misplaced. So we merrily made our purchase and headed home. It is now about 2pm and after the children again finish their math and some handwriting drills. We move on to other daily activities.
- So finally Wednesday we embark on our new curriculum journey. What fun we had! We studied the food pyramid, learned what a nutrient is, and journaled our eating habits for the day (all from a little blurb the children in the book have about bread being better for you than cookies).
We also began our first page of our Notebook Journals with our Food Pyramid printouts from Enchanted Learning.
The kids are enjoying their grammar lessons from Simply Grammar. They've always liked their math, and both love their Awanas bible memory books. So here I am in my 6th year of 'official' homeshcool and by golly I think I've found my groove!
On a side note: IKEA Portland opens soon and I'll be getting our classroom outfitted with an organizer closet system. Perhaps I'll find our original copy of Boxcar Children.
