Graceful Courage
• Mar. 6, 2006 - A little about our homeschool...
I wanted to share a
little bit about what our homeschool looks like. We live in
beautiful PA Dutch Country and my dh and I have three wonderful
children, C (9 yob this week!), J (7 yob), and Ca (5 yog) with one baby
on the way. I am due in June!
We started
homeschooling because we felt the Lord's calling, and that it would fit
our lifestyle! It has now turned into our lifestyle! We
love to do hands on things, play games, go for walks and play outside,
take field trips, and generally have a fun time together! I never
realized how much I would learn on this journey, especially about
reptiles and spiders!
This is our 4th year homeschooling, and
the first year we have to do any reporting and testing in PA. So,
a little more recordkeeping, but not too bad. I am concerned a
little how my oldest will do on his testing, and praying he will do
okay and not have a breakdown!
We use this year for
all FIAR, Story of the World on CD in the car, Sonlight 1 & 2
combined for our "base" of world history, History Pockets Ancient
Civilizations and mostly homemade unit studies for Science. For
devotions/Bible time we are reading through "You Can Change the World"
from Sonlight and 101 Favorite Bible Stories.
My 9 yob
and 3rd grader uses: Saxon 3, Abeka Spelling 2, Hooked on Phonics
for Review, Pentime for Writing, and Climbing to Good English 3,
and Pathway Readers for his reading.
My 7 yob and
1st/2nd grader uses: Horizons 2, Abeka Spelling 2, Pentime for
Writing, Pathway Readers, and a Phonics workbook.
My 5
yog and PreK/K uses: Lots of crayons, lots of paper and lots of
tape! Actually, she is doing various K type workbooks this
year. I have not really done formal stuff yet, as she just turned
5 in December...
Thank you for visiting!
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• Mar. 7, 2006 - How great Nora
Have you tried the other pocket studies too? They really make school more exciting.
Hugs,
Shawnee