May. 3, 2007 - Vacation and Curriculum
We had a great time on our vacation to Disneyland. We have been back for a couple of weeks and I have been putting together Micah's Kindergarten Curriculum from Old Fashioned Education. And it is finally done:) We both are very excited to get started. Officially he will be in Kindergarten July 1st but he has already started on some of the curriculum. He loves it and I love having a plan and a layout! We are going to take June off from any formal school work, to have fun and get inspiration and then get started.
He is doing Word Mastery, McGuffy Readers, CIMT Math and Arithmatic and Handwriting. For Bible we are going to switch back and forth between his Sabbath School Lesson and Adventurer Curriculum. The rest will be stories and unit studies (science, history, home ec...etc) We have started on Sam Cambells Living Forest stories for science and we have started our garden and are going to work on lableing our plant and bug pictures from last spring in our nature notebook.
I sure love homeschooling! We have also been consistent for 3 weeks now on our chore chart system. The two older boys (4, & 10) draw 5 chores each week. They like it cause they get some changes every week and I like it cause I know and they know exactly what chores they have to do for the week..my house is staying much cleaner:)
Now if I could get them to get along. I am amazed at how much arguing, teasing, fighting, screaming and whining can go on just between our oldest and the younger two. It get's very frustrating! I'm praying about it though. Our situation is not perfect and requires extra patience, guidence, and reliance on God. Hopefully we will get into a good routine this summer and things will go smoother.
I plan on working on math, reading and Pathfinder Curriculum with my oldest over the summer and hopefully that will get him caught up and more prepared for next year.
So that's what's up with us:) Just busy, busy, busy!
Comments
May. 4, 2007 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Pam in Colorado
Hi! I just found your blog. We are homeschoolers too.
My oldest graduated last year. My next oldest is graduating in January. My 15 yo has two years and my two little girls (6 and 7) will be here for many years yet!!
I'm glad you are enjoying your journey. I look forward to following your adventure.
May. 7, 2007 - Tag...
Posted by MasonMoments
Tag, you're it! If you want to play stop by my blog for the rules.
Glad you had a nice vacation!
