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I'm BarbaraL, and I'm homeschooling my two sons, ages 13 and 9 (8th and 4th grade). This is their fourth and fifth year homeschooling, respectively.

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8th grade Son1, age 13.5

• Math: Kinetic Books Algebra I.
• Latin: Latin Book One (1938).
• Composition: History Odyssey 2 projects and stripped-down Classical Composition.
• Music: Schaum piano books

• History: History Odyssey 2--Early Modern (1750-1850) world history, with related reading and projects.
• Vocabulary: Spell It! National Spelling Bee study booklet.
• German: Exploration and GermanPod101.com
• Literature: The Iliad and The Odyssey selections; The Aeneid; King James Bible selections; a Shakespeare play; Kidnapped, Pride & Prejudice, Oliver Twist, The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Deerslayer; W. Irving, N. Hawthorne.
• Science: Hewitt's Conceptual Physical Science Explorations; Real Science 4 Kids Chemistry I; Boy Scout merit badge work.

4th grade Son2, age 9.5

• Math: Singapore Math 4B & 5A textbooks.
• Latin: Latin Prep I.
• Writing: Writing Tales 1 & 2.
• Spelling: The Primary School Spelling Book (1858, Google Books).
• Handwriting: Getty-Dubay Italic Handwriting Book E.
• Music: Schaum piano books.

• History: History Odyssey 1--Early Modern (1750-1850) world history, with related reading and projects.
• Literature: Retellings of Shakespeare plays; Colum's The Children's Homer and The Children of Odin; The Three Musketeers; W. Irving.
• Science: Various reading and exploration; The Elements chemistry; Cub Scout activities.

Both boys

• Poetry: Music of the Hemispheres.
• Religion: Simple Bible Reading Plan, church history and biographies, catechism and related discussion.
• The arts: Art and other museum visits, live music and other performances, related books, exploration.

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A Bit of Bubbly

September 24, 2006
Maybe we could try THIS

Posted in Planning

During this five-day break from lessons, I've been thinking about reorganizing our day yet AGAIN (haha), aiming for really good mornings and fun/relaxed afternoons. What if we did the very highest priority things first? And mixed the "warmups" throughout the day?

First block
- Recitation -- Latin prayers, useful memory work, and a poem or passage
- Math
- Composition (Son1) and phonics (Son2)
- Prima Latina

Second block and after lunch
- Italic workbook or copywork
- Piano
- Reading, assigned. History or science or math...
- Morning (noontime??) prayers and Gospel reading
- Art warmup exercise (helps with fine motor control and observation)
- Projects and related play. Timeline work, reading discussion, historical projects a la Lego ziggurats or baking unleavened bread, playing math or Latin or music theory games, a new art lesson, Cub Scouts project, etc.

Hmm. Gonna try that!


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September 24, 2006 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Dell


Your school looks fun and...well...bubbly! :)

I like your schedule. I keep toying with doing an afternoon block of schooling too.

We too like Italic for handwriting! And congratulations on the four solid weeks of schooling!


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