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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Aug. 19, 2009
New addition to our school schedule
Well, I knew that it was going to happen .... it does every year, we tweak our schedule about 2 weeks after we start school. This year did not leave me disappointed, lol.
Both the kids came up to me yesterday telling me that they felt that they were getting homework way to often - now, my first thought was "Well, if you cut down on the amount of time you spend looking off into space, you wouldn't have so much homework" ..... instead of saying that, I looked at them and replied "Well, let's take a look at the schedule and see what we can do about it" 
After much discussion, it came out that they usually have homework with their Read & Report (they research a topic and then write a one page report on it) - sooooo, we decided to remove P.E. from the schedule (both my kids are active outside pretty much every day, so I felt we could safely remove it from the schedule) and added a new "subject" - the name of this new subject "Ketch-Up Class" (and yes, the spelling is quite intentional on it, lol). For a half an hour, the kids can use this "class" to work on anything that didn't get completed during the rest of the school day - however, if they don't get it finished during Ketch-Up Class, then it is considered homework and it must be finished before the next day.
So far, they are quite excited about this new addition to our school schedule - we haven't tried it out, yet ... mainly because Wednesday's are only a half day for us so that we can head over to the Library or get together with other homeschoolers.
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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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