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For Today: January 4, 2010 Outside my window....darkness, as I'm doing this late at night. From the learning rooms... we are picking up in Europe this week, Norway. Also will be learning about Forest, starting multiplication, and hopefully getting back into our dvd art. From the kitchen...I'm working on using what we have in our pantry and freezers for the next month or so. Need to get ready for when we order our next side of beef and pork. Also want to get the baking supplies used up so I can restock with some fresh stuff soon. Figure what I save will be ue to restock. So now I need to work on a menu...... I am creating... lesson plans for co-op classes that will start the end of the month. We're going to follow along with a DVD series on Cartooning for the 3rd -5th graders. I am going...no where. In the yard...blanket of snow with ice underneath! One of my favorite things...being able to sleep more than 5 or 6 hours at a time. A few plans for the rest of the week: mostly just staying home and doing school. We may try and go to a homeschool support group this Friday depending on how Violet is feeling. And we also have Bible study on Wednesday night and one on Thursday afternoon. If you would like to be part of Simple Woman's Daybook, please go to http://thesimplewomansdaybook.blogspot.com/ |
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I've been wanting to post what has been going on in school, life, cooking......unfortunately I have been having a month of migraines. In the last month I've had 20 days of migraines, 11 in the last 12 days. So even thought my intentions for this school year was to keep up on my blog, I guess it won't be happening like I planned. I will be going to a specialist the beginning of November......however, I'm sure it will be a loooong process. So what have I been doing the last few weeks?
I've been doing alot of canning, mostly salsa lately, but that will hopfully be another post with recipes to share. |
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For Today: September 21 Outside my window....the leaves are changing to their fall colors, I love this time of year. From the learning rooms... today is Co-op day. Violet is taking More Electronics, Christmas Make & Take, and Ocean Life. From the kitchen...this weeks menu:
I am creating... memories. I am going...to Co-op, Library, bank, grocery store....... In the yard...husband is making progress now that he is getting to have weekends off. Over the weekend he cleaned out the storage building thats been in need of cleaning for a very long time. Last weekend he got on the roof and swept it, also cleaned the gutters. Good Job Hunny! One of my favorite things...being able to sleep more than 5 or 6 hours at a time. A few plans for the rest of the week: mostly just staying home and doing school. I do need to get bread made this week and granola. If you would like to be part of Simple Woman's Daybook, please go to http://thesimplewomansdaybook.blogspot.com/
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My older daughter and her husband are pregnant......I'M GOING TO BE A GRANDMA!! She was thinking it would come the middle of May, but they were doing an external exam, they thought she was further along....more like April. She will have a more complete exam in November. So now I need to figure out what I want to be called. Granny and NaNa are already taken. Someone suggested MeeMaw......any others?? I am so excited....have known for a few weeks, but had been sworn to keep it a secret. |
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If you interested in finding others who are using MFW like I am, then click on the button above and add your blog to the list. This is open for ALL of MFW curriculum, which is great because I will be able to see what we will be doing next year and remember what we have done in the past...... |
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This is our second week of school, alot of outside activities and freezing corn this week. But still, we did get Bible: We finished some color sheets on Jn. 3:16, worked some on personal Bible study Language Arts: practice handwriting f-j; finished the Explode the Code from last year; finished spelling book from last year. Math: finished Singapore Math 1B from last year. We will begin a new workbook next week. Geography: read some more of "Maps and Globes", worked on latitude-longitude; tried to find places on the map using lat/long coordinates; equator/ prime meridan. Played "Geography Songs" during down times; "Wee Sing" Hello to the Children of the world. Science: In our "Living World Encylopedia" we looked at Long-term Changes. After she is done reading a section outload, she writes a sentence of what she read. Right now I am helping her with these sentences, but she is coming up with some of her own. Book Basket: Some books she liked reading this week were:
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I'm planning on a full week of uninterupted school next week. So we should get lots done. However the week after will be more half days, then we should be back to a normal schedule again. It feels so good to be back to homeschooling again. How was your week? |
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Last week was our first week of school. I figured we would start right away, even though I just worked my last day that Sunday morning. We are doing My Father's World: Exploring Countries and Cultures. We are using the 1st Eddition, they came out with the 2nd this year. This is our 4th year with MFW, I'm so glad that we found it. When I first started homeschooling Violet, I needed something planned and that had a great phonics base. I never had to teach my older two to read as they started out in PS. Also, this week and next will be mostly 1/2 days at home, we have alot of stuff going on outside of home these two weeks. Bible: We are memorizing Jn. 3:16; Window on the World- read p. 8-9; colored some pages with Jn.3:16 in their language: Greek, Korean, and Spanish. Also, since Violet was recently baptized, we are going over again what baptism is for , why we are baptized and example in the Bible of others and their conversions, and briefly what our responsibilities are as a Christian. We go into more detail later on. Language Arts: practice printing letters A-E (we will start on cursive after we go over printing in another week or two); writing strands lesson #1 day one and two; 4 pages of explode the code (has about 10 pages left from last year); a lesson of spelling (again, 2 lessons left from last year) Math: we are reviewing addition and subtraction, 4 pages of singapore math Geography: this week we read through "Maps and Globes", put world map on wall, filled out world map with a compass, labled continents, equator, hemispheres, poles; made a map of her room; distance and scales. Geography vocabulary: continent, continental shelf. We also found pictures of people from different countries that we cut out of national geographic magazines and pasted onto 8x11 sheet piece of paper. The instructions were to put onto a poster board, but this way when were done, it can go into her notebook and I don't have to figure out what to do with it. She really enjoyed this. Science: we are using as our main text this year "Living World Encyclopedia". For each two page spread she will write out 3 sentences of what she learned. This week we read about "Environments". We also went on a field trip to the State Fish Hatchery only 5 miles from us, this is only the 2nd time in almost 9 years going. They just built an educational building and did major expanding, so we were actually checking it out for a field trip for our homeschool group. But anyways, she drew a picture and wrote down 3 sentences of what she learned. Art: Last year we started using "I Can Do All Things", we only got through the first part, I think it was called ABC's of drawing (I know I'm wrong with this name, but too lazy to look). Then we went to a class that Barry Stebbings was holding here locally and I went ahead and bought the DVD's for this book. The plan was to finish thru the summer, but I'm sure you all know how plans go. So we started with painting this week using the dvd's, lesson 101. I know we have more subjects to add and we really didn't get everything done for "week 1", but like I said before, these were mostly half days. Hope that whenever your starting that it is a good week........Happy Schooling!! |
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Well, I gave my work 2 week notice when I left Sunday morning. Hubby got offered a QA position at his work, working the same hours I do. Bummer, ha ha. We are only at 80% of our saving goal, but I'm sure we will be fine. I'm so excited to just be a mom, wife and homeschooling. Violet says that maybe I won't be so grumpy now. That would be funny if it wasn't so true. By the time I get done with cooking, cleaning and other chores, I don't have the energy or desire to be mom. Thank You God for making this happen..... |
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Been kind of busy the last two days after work filling my freezer. I'm trying to save money on our food budget, which seems to get forgotten when I'm tired. So far I have:
I still need to:
Next week I'm planning on doing some stuff with ground beef. |
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For Today: July 28 Outside my window....is sunny, its been raining alot lately, so this is good. From the learning rooms... Violet begged for school to start again, so we did yesterday. I don't have the history or science yet, they are being mailed by a friend and should be the end of the week. I think for now we will just do 1/2 days. From the kitchen...this weeks menu:
In the yard...still just watching the grass grow taller and taller. One of my favorite things...ice cream, I bought some last night and if I could I would have just sat with the carton and a fork (sometimes easier when it's frozen) and pigged out. But Violet would know because she was with me when I bought it.....bummer. A few plans for the rest of the week: this is our last week for swimming lesson :)) , pick up our produce and eggs, library, Bible study, might see if older daughter wants to meet for coffee...... If you would like to be part of Simple Woman's Daybook, please go to http://thesimplewomansdaybook.blogspot.com/ |
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Thought some of you might be looking for ideas for classes to teach at a co-op, so I thoght I would post what is being made available at ours. Sign-ups are in another week or so for the fall session, were pretty excited. Violet is in the 3rd-5th grade group. I'll let you figure out which classes she wants to take, you may be surprised.... 1st Hour: PreK-K: Animal Life Cycles 1st-2nd: Fun with Physics 3rd-5th: Celebrate America through Crafts & Activities ......or.....Electronics 6th-8th: Mid-Lit 6th-12th: Cooking 9th-12th: Foundations in Personal Finance 2nd Hour PreK-K: Animal Life Cycle Cont. 1st-2nd: Fall & Winter Crafts 3rd-5th: Christmas Make & Take......or........C.S.I. 6th-8th: Founding of America 6th-12th: More Basic Electronics 9th-12th: Foundations in Personal Finance Cont. 3rd Hour PreK-K: Music & Movement 1st-2nd: Book & Project 3rd-5th: Cookies & Bars.....or......Ocean Life 6th-12th: English From the Roots Up.....or Explore the Stock Market.......or Wisconsin Prairie Wildflowers So, which one's do Violet want to take? Electronics, C.S.I., and Ocean Life. Makes me wonder if I'm not giving her enough science. Won't she be surprised when she finds out that in the electronics that she will be putting together a metal detector. She asked for one for this next Christmas!! |
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I've been really bad at posting our weekly produce. It's more for my benifit than anyone elses I guess. But here are the last 3 weeks worth. I'm really at this point not sure if I'm going to go with this farm next year. I'm actually thinking of finding a friend who will let me have a 100sq.ft. to grow a garden on or see if there are some friends who would grow for me and I can just give them the money. Still thnking on that.... WEEK 7
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You may have noticed no eggs lately....I sure have. She took a week off so her husband could have one for breakfast. We should start getting a dozen every other week. I found a farmer down the road who has eggs for sale, so I'm stopping by there after picking up our produce for some. I can tell that their chickens are not free ranged, yokes aren't as thick and yellow, but still better than store bought.
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For Today: July 14 From the kitchen...this weeks menu:
In the yard...just watching the grass grow taller and taller. We actually picked a cherry tomatoe this morning. Hoping to have enough sun reach our tomatoe and pumpkin plants. Fingers crossed... If you would like to be part of Simple Woman's Daybook, please go to http://thesimplewomansdaybook.blogspot.com/ |
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Has anyone used this book at home, or have used it in a co-op? I'm suppose to teach it this next year and was just wondering how you went about it, especially in a group setting. Thanks. |
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Violet has a sore throat, swollen glands, running a temp and just getting worse in the last hour or so. She woke me up twice in the night, just didn't think about taking her in this morning. She had strepp about 2 months ago, hope this isn't going to be a norm for the year. This just came to my head, she has acid reflux, I wonder if that would bring on strepp with having the acid coming up into her throat all the time? I'll have to ask the doctor.
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This weeks produce is sooo much bigger and should stay about the same or bigger each week. Also because egg production is lower than she really wanted for our shares, she will continue giving us eggs through December. The new chickens should be producing really well come September. The eggs were the main reason I picked their farm, but I do understand that we have a share and what we get depends on how well the crops/hens are producing.
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Well, I got alittle behind on what we have been getting on our CSA share, if your interested in finding one in your area go here. I'm almost embarrassed to post these two weeks because they are so skimpy, but I already know that our next one is going to be MUCH bigger. WEEK 4
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I realized its been awhile since I posted, so thought I would do that.
Hope your all having a wonderful day. The sun is shinning (last week was all rain), it's a great day....Just enjoying life....that God has blessed us with. |
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This week was a little dissappointing, I was hoping for a little more. Maybe next week.
From a friend, I did get enough rhubarb to freeze for the year. I think I cut up about 30 cups. I'm planning on using some of it to make strawberry/rhubarb jam, the rest will use in pies and muffins. |