School Day- Wednesday
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Wordless Wednesday- (Not So Wordless!)
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English Curriculum
Posted at 4:35 PM on Feb. 22, 2008
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I hate teaching English!!! I always find English curriculum extremely dry and boring. I know it's a necessary evil, but that doesn't mean I have to like it!!! I figured next year I would use the Scott Foreman program with Little One that is on the net for free, but I was stumped as to what to get Prince Caspian as he will be in the 7th grade and the Scott Foreman curriculum only goes up to 6th. I knew I would be using my Story Starters book for writing with him, but I still wanted to cover some basic grammar with him. My idea of a dream curriculum (which I never imagined in my wildest dreams thought I would find) is one that is interesting, the student can do most of the work themselves without a lot of adult intervention, one that does not have a lengthy teacher's manual that I have to follow and of course does not cost a lot of money. Like I said I never expected to find it!!! Well, I may have...
I was looking through my new TOS magazine and there was an ad for a Language Arts curriculum that claimed to be Charlotte Mason style of learning and only cost $19.95. So I went to their website, hoping they would have examples because I almost never buy anything sight unseen and I especially would not by a language arts curriculum that I know next to nothing about without seeing a sample. Well, I was in luck, they did have a pdf sample of every level they offer. I LOVED IT!!!! Now, keep in mind I have not ordered this yet. I have only seen the samples, but this is the first time I have EVER been excited about language arts. Since it's new and many of you probably have never heard of it, I thought I would get the word out. The program is called Language Lessons. Here are some things that it includes:
Picture Study
Diction
Narration
Copywork
Grammar
Poetry Reading
Creative Writing
The lessons are real short and they look interesting. I don't think it will be overwelming at all. I saw an example of the picture studies and they especially looked fun. In fact, I'm so excited over it, I plan to order it for both my children! Here's the website: www.queenhomeschool.com and look for Language Lessons.
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Not A Total Loss...
Posted at 1:20 PM on Feb. 6, 2008
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I am hoping to get Little One signed up for co-op next year. I feel it's time to get back into some of our old activities. I just hope not to over due it this time. 
With that said, at least today has not been a total loss! LO has made a discovery that he is really enjoying at the moment. For Christmas he received 2 DVD's, one was Big Bird goes to China and the other was Big Bird goes to Japan. So he has been spending the morning learning about other countries and knowing LO, he will probably incorporate it into his play somehow. We also had a bit of nature studies this morning that you can read about it at my 
