Well, here we are;  nearing the end of January, and school begins next week!       

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I 'think' I'm ready for this juggling act - 8 children, all of school age this year!  But, my older ones are quite independent, so it does make things easier.

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Some of the resources we'll be using are:

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Signpost Maths (Gr K-6), or Teaching Textbooks (gr 7+)

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Voyages in Phonics

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Phonics is Fun Workbooks

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Voyages in Language and Literature, and then 'English for Australian Schools' (gr 8+)

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10 year old to also do 'Student Writing Intensive, Level A'

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The Phonetic Zoo or Essential Spelling List (some of my children enjoy the first, others prefer the latter)

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Catholic Mosaic combined with St. Joseph's Catechism

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The ABCs of Christian Culture (with the 4 oldest children), combined with

Teaching Writing, Structure & Style (IEW), and also

Ancient History Based Writing Lessons.

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Galloping the Globe (with the 4 younger ones)

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Language is going to be interesting!  We're finishing up Latina Christiana 2, and then moving onto Henle Latin.

But....  my oldest daughter wants to learn French, so she plans to begin 'First Start French' as well,

AND...  my youngest 4 want to learn Spanish.  I have this Spanish prgramme called 'Puertas Abiertas (Open Doors) Spanish Kit', which we've had for a while, so we'll begin with that.  I'd rather have begun 'Prima Latina' with them, but well, they have an interest in Spanish (thanks to Dora the Explorer!), so we'll see how it goes.  We may go through this one programme (about 20 weeks worth, maybe), and then move onto Prima Latina.

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Science will be Dinah Zikes 'The World of Insects and Arachnids', and the older ones will be doing Apologia, Physical Science.  My son, who is around grade 7, will be using 'Science For Young Catholics', from Seton.

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I'll also set them each a reading list for literature;  maybe four books a term, and I'll be reading to them in the evenings, also.  Hopefully we'll finish up the Narnia series, and "John of Sydney Cove" & "John and Nambaree".

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Art and Music will be a combination of things;  How Great Thou Art Workbooks, Meet the Great Composers, Colour the Classics, and so forth.

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And no doubt there's a host of other things I forgot to mention;  I keep trying to cut back, but there's just so many good resources out there!

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God bless,

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