Robin of Heart of Wisdom asked me to blog about a sample day in our homeschool. Here I will give it a try.
We start our day with Bible reading. Right now we are reading together using a guide put out by First Fruits of Zion called Weekly Torah Readings for 2007-2008. We just read from the Bible and discuss what it says.
We usually follow this with mathematics. 1dd10 just finished her workbook from Singapore Math and will be starting the next one this week. 2dd8 is using Shiller Math, which is a Montessori type math program which uses a lot of hands-on activities to do. She also just finished the second book, and will move on to the third book this week.
Next we do reading, handwriting, and language arts. The reading and language arts come from Sonlight. They do copywork or dictation on Mondays, and grammar activities and writing activities other times during the week. 1dd10 is learning to type with a program we downloaded called Keyboarding for Christian Schools. 2dd8 just finished her Handwriting Without Tears for cursive writing, and she wants to learn to type next. She will begin doing her copywork in cursive to continue with that skill at the same time. Both girls are using book 3 of Sequential Spelling and we do a lesson out of there each day. The girls are both reading good living books on American History. 1dd10 is reading "Mr. Revere and I" and 2dd8 is reading "Pocahantas and the Strangers".
For science we do nature walks, read good science books and magazines and so forth. We did not get a science curriculum this year.
For history, we are finishing up a curriculum on Early Explorers by Time Travelers, put out by Homeschooling in the Woods. It has had lots of fun activities. When we complete it, we will move on to Colonial Life by the same company. We spend a little time every afternoon doing a little bit of the program. Today, for example, we made cardboard "pieces of eight' and travel brochures for those who might want to travel the the new world during those days.
PE isn't a formal class for us, but I try to get the girls outside playing most days. They spend their afternoons sledding, hiking, taking walks, or some such active thing. I can't keep up with them physically, that is for sure!
Each evening before bedtime we do whatever reading we didn't get done during the day - right now our read alouds include "American Indian Prayer Guide", "Prudence and the Millers", "The American Story", and "On the Banks of Plum Creek". Usually the first three are read in the morning if we can fit it in.
1. Pick up the nearest book (of at least 123 pages).
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people
HAVE FUN!
Let me know when your done!
Because of Jesus, Bobbie
Looks like a full day!! I bet those girls keep you busy.
Got a question: Are you anywhere near Parachute, Colorado?
Do you know if there are any YWAM bases near there?
One thing have I desired of the Lord that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life. To behold the beauty, the beauty of the Lord. To inquire in His temple, the temple of the Lord.
This is my everyday thoughts about being a mother to three little ladies (12, 10 and 5) and a two year old son. We serve God full-time, and I am a physician assistant. I have the most awesome husband in the world. I am trying to seek and serve God with all my heart, all my soul, all my mind and all my strength.
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