• Oct. 3, 2008 - New Year
As this Tuesday was Rosh Hashana I feel it is time to begin in earnest. Our first official homeschool year is in full-swing. Monday we have homeschool co-op number one. Tuesday we are home. Wednesday is gymnastics, Thursday is Co-op number 2 and Friday is horseback riding lessons and we could join a third co-op or stay home. Work is getting done in bits and pieces and almost enthusiastically.
Family is worried about socialization but that is the least of our problems.
We are doing- Story of the World for history
A reading textbook from the library for "reading"
Workbooks and beestar first grade for math
Science- we need a curriculum and welcome suggestions but in the meantime most of our official curriculum comes from the Audobon society and an old science textbook.
Writing and spelling- workbooks purchased at BJs
This week we went to the Museum of Fine Arts and saw the Assyrian exhibit on loan from the British Museum.We did the scavenger hunt via cell-phone text messages! It was AMAZING!!!! DS actually really loved it and we both learned a lot and it was a wonderful tie in with SOW.
We did two stories in the reading book and he did one of the crafts to go along with it. Yesterday he worked some simple addition problems in the "princess" workbook. The pictures are of course a bit girly but the math is sound and the problems are simple yet challenging. He gets practice writing his numbers and it is Disney based. Plus it was a gift which makes it special.
We struggle with handwriting, he wants to trace certain lines on his letters over and over when writing. I am trying to figure out how to fix this.
We are having a wonderful time, making lots of friends, and struggling to keep the house clean.
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The Well-Trained Mind by Jessie Wise and Susan Wise Bauer
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