This is a place for me to write about what we are doing in our homeschooling. I may add more than just homeschooling stuff, but for the most part ..... this is a glimpse into our homeschooling life.
• An Old-Fashioned Education
• Oakes Academy of Excellence
• Ignite The Fire
• Homeschooling With Notebooks
• eThemes
• Planning a Unit Study
• Portfolios, Goals & Evaluation Forms
• Enchanted Learning
• DonnaYoung.org Printables and Resources
Fun Art Project
An Unexpected Fieldtrip
Real life science?
Today
A little bit about our day
 
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OMGoodness, what a day - it started off with all of us being very tired today, we helped our friends with packing their house up and moving some of it over to their new place. Josh and Charlotte worked very hard yesterday and I was very impressed that they actually dragged themselves out of bed and started school - not quite on time, but they got up and got at it. 
Josh finished his math early today so I suggested that he put in a math CD into the laptop and play it during his remaining time. He put in I Love Math and it wouldn't play!!!!! I looked around for our Math Blaster CD's but could not find them (it is still baffling me as to their location), last resort was to put in their Spy Masters CD .... it wouldn't play at all, kept showing this error message, grrrrrrrrrr. So, the laptop got shut down so that I didn't physically harm it, lol.
When it was time for the kids to work on their typing program, guess what happened .... yep, couldn't find that disc either!!! So, we swapped Friday's computer time with today and the kids worked on their blogs (Josh now has a bat on his blog). Charlotte was half way through her computer time when I found the typing disc - maybe there is hope for the Math Blaster disc's.
For art today, Josh continued working on his crocheting today - his afghan is really coming along. I'll try and remember to post some pictures of it. Charlotte finished the scarf that she was making for her Maplelea Doll and she started knitting a dishcloth today, she had bought herself some variegated pink cotton yarn a few months ago and is finally getting her chance to use it - she got her stitches cast on for the dishcloth and then on Thursday she will start knitting on it, I think she is planning on just doing garter stitch for it but I could be totally wrong on that, lol.
The Mad Writing Minutes that we have been doing for over a week now is proving to be a wonderful thing - I have been having the kids only focus on handwriting their first and last names (on alternating days), they do great on their first names but slow down quite a bit when they are writing their last name. Josh has increased his speed on his first name from 6 times (when we started) to 10 times (which is what he did today), Charlotte was consistent with writing her first name 6 times and the past couple of times we have done our MWM she has gotten up to 8 times.
Math is going well - I do want to add Mad Math Minutes to their math lessons. I had ordered a Mad Math Minutes book, it is reproducible so I can photocopy the pages that I want them to do for that day. I think it will be a wonderful thing for them to work on, Charlotte isn't so convinced, lol.
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School Starts
~August 5 - 08~
-- a work in progress section --
*****DISCLAIMER*****
~Not all of the curriculum listed will be used completely~
Joshua 2008/2009
≈ Bible - reading through
≈ Saxon 8/7
≈ Math Games ...
... To the Top (board game)
... Math Blaster (on PC)
... Quarter Mile Math (on PC)
≈ English Smart 7 (workbook)
≈ Blogging
≈ Sequential Spelling
≈ Language Games ...
... Jarnac (board game)
... Upwords (board game)
... Scrabble (board game & on PC)
... Reading Blaster (on PC)
≈ Around The World in 180 Days
≈ Exploring Creation - General Science
≈ Drawing Textbook
≈ Read & Report
≈ Swimming Lessons
≈ Home Ec for Homeschoolers
≈ Typing program on PC
≈ Second Language - ASL
Joshua's Independent Reading List 2008/2009
≈ My Story series ...
... Battle of Britain: Harry Woods, England 1939-1941
... The Trenches: Billy Stevens, The Western Front 1914-1918
... Desert Danger: Tim Jackson, North Africa WWII
... Flying Ace: Jack Fairfax, Royal Flying Corps 1915-1918
... Spy Smuggler: Paul Lelaud, France 1942-1944(finished Sept. 2-08)
... U-Boat Hunter: Peter Rogers, HMS Arum 1939-1945
... D-Day: Lieutenant Andy Pope, Normandy 1944
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Charlotte 2008/2009
≈ Bible - reading through
≈ Saxon 6/5
≈ Math Games ...
... To the Top (board game)
... Math Blaster (on PC)
... Quarter Mile Math (on PC)
≈ English Smart 5 (workbook)
≈ Blogging
≈ Sequential Spelling
≈ Language Games ...
... Jarnac (board game)
... Upwords (board game)
... Scrabble (board game & on PC)
... Reading Blaster (on PC)
≈ Around The World in 180 Days
≈ Questions and Answers about the Natural World
≈ Drawing Textbook
≈ Read & Report
≈ Swimming Lessons
≈ Home Ec for Homeschoolers
≈ Typing program on PC
≈ Second Language - ASL
Charlotte's Independent Reading List 2008/2009
≈ Dear Canada series ...
... A Ribbon of Shining Steel - Yale, British Columbia, 1882(finished Aug. 23-08)
... Orphan at My Door - Guelph, Ontario, 1897(finished Aug. 30-08)
... Winter of Peril - Mairie's Cove, Newfoundland, 1721(finished Sept. 16-08)
... The Death of My Country - Quebec, New France, 1759(finished Oct. 10-08)
... Whispers of War - Niagara, Upper Canada, 1812
... Brothers Far From Home - Uxbridge, Ontario, 1916
... Turned Away - Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1941(finished Nov. 14-08)
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Extras the Kids Have Participated In 2008/2009
≈ VBS ≈ July 28 - August 1, 2008
≈ Skills Camp ≈ August 10 - 14, 2008
Our Schedule:
Monday to Friday:
≈ Core Subjects ...
... Bible
... Saxon Math
... Language Arts
... Science
Monday:
≈ Second Language - ASL
≈ Art
≈ Physical Education
≈ Computers
≈ Home Economics
≈ Silent Reading
Tuesday:
≈ Second Language - ASL
≈ Art
≈ Physical Education
≈ Computers
≈ Tea Time
≈ Silent Reading
Wednesday:
≈ Read & Report
Thursday:
≈ Second Language - ASL
≈ Art
≈ Physical Education
≈ Computers
≈ Social Studies
≈ Silent Reading
Friday:
≈ Second Language - ASL
≈ Art
≈ Physical Education
≈ Computers
≈ Social Studies
≈ Silent Reading
Saturday:
≈ Math
≈ Day with Dad ≈
Sunday:
≈ Church & Fellowship ≈
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