Well it is that time of year again... Actually, this time of year is very exciting to me. I mean, when else can you buy boxes of crayons for a quarter, or boxes of markers for a dollar? I love it.

We are going to start school early this year. On Monday, in fact. I have to keep record of the hours that we have school this year for Vanessa so I want to start early. Not because I don't think that I can get the hours in, but because the sooner I start, the sooner I can quit counting. (In MO I need 1000 hours total and as soon as I have that I don't have to count anymore.) Not that the learning ever stops, mind you...

Anyway, I thought that I would update you all on what we are going to be doing this year. For my core curriculum I am going to be using Weaver. It is still published by Alpha Omega Publishing. My mom used Weaver when I was homeschooled, so I am familiar with Weaver and how unit studies work. Even though, it is very different being the teacher instead of the student. Oh yeah, and Mom kept all of her volumes of Weaver so they are free to me.

Also, I had signed up for a $500.00 drawing that AOP had in the spring and won. I used the money to replace all of the stuff that mom had gotten rid of, or used up to supplement the Weaver. Some of that is for high school, but we'll use that sooner than I like to think. :)

The two subjects that have to be supplemented in Weaver are Math and Reading. Everything else is covered (language arts, science, social studies, ect.) I am supplementing Math with Saxon. We will be picking up where we left off last spring in Saxon 1. It may be a bit below Vanessa, but I think that Vanessa and Vallerie will both be able to do the work. Vallerie will be in K, and Vanessa is in 2nd grade, by the way.

I haven't decided on the reading yet. I will probably start Vallerie with "How to Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons" if she shows an interest in reading. For Vanessa, I have no idea. I have some readers, and some phonics programs. We may just play it by ear. My goal with her is to get her to read more and enjoy it.

We also had started some Greek, which I would like to continue. I would also like to add Spanish and maybe a little Latin. But that may be a little too ambitious for this year.

Well that is all that I have for now,

Blessings,

Abby