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
• New Books
• Successful class
• Novel Studies started today
• New addition to our school schedule
• First Day of the new school year
 
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Jun. 16, 2009
Nature and scheduling
Sunday night we had a friend spend the night, his parents came and picked him up on Monday - while he was here, the kids all went outside and were playing. Pretty soon, Charlotte came running in the house saying over and over "I need my net, I need my net", she grabs her butterfly net and heads back outside - next Josh comes running in saying "Just need to grab something, Mom", as he rushes past me .... and out the door he goes. The next thing I hear is a whole bunch of commotion outside which is quickly becoming louder as the kids make their way into the house.
"Mom, Charlotte caught a frog!!!"
"Really, where did she find it?"
"In the grass"
So, the bucket that the frog is in gets put on the table and the camera's get brought out, lol:
Here's a close up of it - Charlotte set it free after we took some pictures of it. It was really funny, Jake (our dog) was extremely interested in this little guy and he got quite excited when he realized that if he nosed the frog he could make it jump, lol.
This past week the kids and I have been trying to come up with a school schedule for the next school year - granted we are doing year round schooling, but our official starting date (for the new school year) is the day after the August long weekend. There isn't anything magical about having this as our starting date, it was just something that we started a few years ago ... it worked well for us so we have kept doing it.
Anyway, I have been researching different methods (or styles) of homeschooling to see if I can 'tweak' the way we do our schooling .... I have to say, I really like the RC method - the basis is that the kids are independent in their learning and it focuses on the 3 R's (reading, writing, and arithmetic), which is something that we will be doing ... even though we have a full schedule done up. Now, knowing how much my kids thrive when they have a school schedule, we sat down and did a rough sketch of how it will look ... there are still a few things that need to be added (we haven't figured out what Charlotte will be doing for Language Arts). This is what we came up with:
| Time |
Mon. |
Tues. |
Wed. |
Thurs. |
Fri. |
Sat. |
9:00-
9:30 |
Bible |
Bible |
Bible |
Bible |
Bible |
Things to be |
9:30-
10:15 |
Math |
Math |
Math |
Math |
Math |
done before |
10:15-
10:30 |
BREAK |
BREAK |
BREAK |
BREAK |
BREAK |
Mom gets
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10:30-
11:15 |
Math |
Math |
Math |
Math |
Math |
home from
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11:15-
12:00 |
L.A. |
L.A. |
L.A. |
L.A. |
L.A. |
work
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12:00-
12:30 |
LUNCH |
LUNCH |
LUNCH |
LUNCH |
LUNCH |
*one math
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12:30-
1:30 |
Read&
Report |
Read&
Report |
Free
Afternoon |
Read&
Report |
Read&
Report |
lesson |
1:30-
2:00 |
P.E. |
P.E. |
*Library |
P.E. |
P.E. |
marked & corrected |
2:00-
2:30 |
Science |
Science |
*Extra
Curricular
Activities |
Science |
Science |
*science experiments |
2:30-
3:00 |
Social
Studies/
History |
Social
Studies/
History |
-swimming
-bowling
-etc.
-wild days |
Social
Studies/
History |
Social
Studies/
History |
with Dad. |
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Jun. 18, 2009 - <em>Untitled Comment</em>
 Posted by smile94
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Becky, I really had a fun Time. Hope to see you soon.
Smile
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We really enjoyed having you here - the kids are already trying to figure out when it can happen again, lol.
<>< Becky
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Maybe on the 29th then we can watch the movie T2 and then come here, lol
Smile
Edited by smile94 on Jun. 20, 2009 at 4:51 PM
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School Starts
~August 4 - 09~
- a work in progress section -
*****DISCLAIMER*****
~Not all of the curriculum listed will be used completely~
Joshua 2009/2010
≈ Bible - a Handbook for Followers of Jesus
≈ Math - MMS
≈ Math Games ...
... To the Top (board game)
... Math Blaster (on PC)
... Quarter Mile Math (on PC)
... Equate (board game)
≈ Language Arts ...
... Jump In
... Painless Grammar
... Novel Studies (Silverwing by Kenneth Oppel)
≈ Blogging
≈ Spelling Games ...
... Jarnac (board game)
... Upwords (board game)
... Scrabble (board game & on PC)
... Reading Blaster (on PC)
≈ Exploring Creation - General Science
≈ Read & Report
≈ Home Ec for Homeschoolers
≈ Hand Crafts
Joshua's Independent Reading List 2009/2010
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Charlotte 2009/2010
≈ Bible - a Handbook for Followers of Jesus
≈ Math - Jump
≈ Math Games ...
... To the Top (board game)
... Math Blaster (on PC)
... Quarter Mile Math (on PC)
... Equate (board game)
≈ Language Arts ...
... Painless Grammar
... Novel Studies (Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery)
≈ Blogging
≈ Spelling Games ...
... Jarnac (board game)
... Upwords (board game)
... Scrabble (board game & on PC)
... Reading Blaster (on PC)
≈ Considering God's Creation
≈ Read & Report
≈ Home Ec for Homeschoolers
≈ Hand Crafts
Charlotte's Independent Reading List 2009/2010
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Extras the Kids Have Participated In 2009/2010
≈Digital-Photography Course≈
Mondays & 1 Tuesday
June 22, 29 & July 7 - 2009
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≈Summer Reading Program≈
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays & 2 Saturdays
July 4, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 25 - 2009
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