"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart." ~Jeremiah 29:11-13 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/LaMereAcademy/ en-us Homeschool Blogger Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:06:00 -0600 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:06:00 -0600 School has been going pretty good this year.  Right now I'm behind on grading papers, but tonight or tomorrow night I'll get caught up with that.  I'm almost done making assignments until Thanksgiving break.  I'm going to have the kids do school on Monday and somewhat on Tuesday.  It will be more of "holiday school".  We'll be shopping for food items, reading Thanksgiving books and watching holiday movies, but it will also be a catch-up day for my high schoolers if they need it, and they probably will. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/LaMereAcademy/745381/ Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:06:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/LaMereAcademy/745381/ I have two in high school this year.  There are the courses they are taking. Zarek 10th Grade English II - A Beka Spanish II – with FLVS online Psychology – with FLVS online Life Management – with FLVS online World History II - A Beka and Sonlight World Literature - A Beka and Sonlight Bible - A Beka and Experiencing God Bible Study Health - A Beka Chemistry - Apologia Geometry - Teaching Textbooks Alexis 9th Grade English I - A Beka Pre Algebra - Teaching Textbooks Bible - A Daughter's Worth, Experiencing God and Precept Isaiah Hebrew History (Old Testament) - A Beka Physical Science - A Beka World History II - A Beka and Sonlight World Geography - A Beka http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/LaMereAcademy/720938/ Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:43:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/LaMereAcademy/720938/ We've been having a very nice summer.  Lots of swimming, beach days and the kids are doing tennis Tues.-Fri. mornings. We'll be starting school up again in the beginning of August, so our summer will soon be over.  Here's Caitlyn and Brett looking for mole crabs Monday at the beach.  Those little guys were everywhere. Last Saturday Zarek, Lexi and Josh played in a tennis tournament.  Zarek won 3 matches, Josh came in first for the boys and Lexi came in first for the girls, they both got their picture in the paper.  We're very proud of them.     http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/LaMereAcademy/708981/ Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:25:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/LaMereAcademy/708981/ On April 22nd our homeschool group got together to clean up a section of the local beach.  There actually wasn't a whole lot of trash but we picked up all we saw and had a fun time.  OK, I hate picking up trash but I hate a dirty beach even more.  Here's a picture of Lexi, Josh and Zarek after we were done.  Afterwards we went out to lunch with Josh's family and then the teens did some volunteer work and Cait, Brett and I came back to the beach and enjoyed the rest of the afternoon.  We saw dolphins and a clear nose skate!  http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/LaMereAcademy/683931/ Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:39:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/LaMereAcademy/683931/ This poor, neglected blog!  I've just not been in the blogging mood, but am making myself post.  So, this is probably not going to be interesting.  Not that my other posts were...well, whatever.  We're studying Ancient Civilizations this year and we've been in Rome the past few weeks.  I'm  reading aloud to Cait and Brett from Story of the World.  This week we learned about Julius Caesar.  Alexis listens in most of the time because it is a good review.  Cait and Brett really enjoy the Usborne Time Traverler series and we just finished this book.   They also enjoyed this book about Pompeii With Zarek and Alexis I'm reading aloud from Augustus Caesar's World, which is a great book.  Zarek and Alexis are also reading The Ides of April and will follow up with the next book, Beyond the Desert Gate.   Sometime this week I'm going to Michael's to get Caitlyn and Brett mosaic kits, they're looking forward to doing those.  So that's about it, we're just trying to move right along, we're on week 13 on Sonlight.  Very behind.  I can only keep moving forward and try  not to worry about it.  Spring Break is coming up soon and the kids will have two weeks off, as the next week is Jody's vacation time.  I plan on having them keep up with their literature reading though. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/LaMereAcademy/661189/ Sun, 22 Feb 2009 16:20:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/LaMereAcademy/661189/ has been getting done, if a bit sporadically.  Wednesday life just took over and nothing much got done other than picking up the house.  I'm trying to at least keep Zarek on track since he's in high school now.  Alexis is doing a decent job of getting most of her work done each day and sometimes has to catch up on the weekends.  We have moved on from the Egyptians and are now learning about the Greeks.  Caitlyn and Brett are still enjoying learning about these ancient civilizations.  For Brett, the more fighting/warrior type stuff, the better.  They're both doing a great job at remembering what they've learned and love answering the questions for each chapter for Story of the World.    Yesterday Zarek went to a friend's house to work on his biology experiements since we don't have a microscope.  Today he needs to take a biology test and an algebra test.  He started taking a Spanish course online and I don't think it's going to well.  I'm going to let him work at it for another week and if he wants to drop it I'll let him.  I think it's just too hard trying to learn a foreign language online.   This weekend I really need to catch up with Zarek's assingment and get them into HST and make up the next few weeks assignments, at least through Christmas would be nice.  Next week we're only having school on Monday and the rest of the week off for Thanksgiving break, the kids can't wait and neither can I.   http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/LaMereAcademy/622227/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:49:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/LaMereAcademy/622227/ 1. What are your initials? RLOL  2. How old will you be in 30 years? Are you trying to depress me?? 64 3. Where would you most like to vacation? Florida Keys 4. Rainy or Sunny? Sunny if I can be at the beach, Rainy if I can stay in bed and read 5. Do you make anything for Thanksgiving dinner? Yes, everything! 6. If so, what? Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, corn, and desserts like carrot cake and pumpkin pie 7. What do you want to be when you grow up?  I don't wanna grow up  :) 8. What is your favorite day of the year?  Christmas 9. What is your favorite subject in school?  History 10. Look left, what do you see?  Windows 11. Look right, what do you see? My bed 12. Do you have a favorite stuffed animal? No 13. If so, what and who is it? 14. Have you written any books, or short stories? No 15. Do you ever wish for a different hair color?  Just that the gray would stop popping through 16. Superman, Spiderman, or Batman?  Um, none? 17. Do you have a pen pal, or e-pal?  My friend Wyndie is kind of an e-pal 18. What is your lucky number? Seven 19. What is your favorite Holiday?  Christmas or Thanksgiving 20. Who will you tag? Emmavj, Caitie, Brett http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/LaMereAcademy/619537/ Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:39:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/LaMereAcademy/619537/ This morning we went on a walk for diabetes with several other homeschooling families.  The children have two friends who have Type 1 Diabetes and we went on the walk to support them.  We had such a great time.  There were Star Wars characters dressed up and walking throughout the zoo, we got a lot of pictures and the kids had fun playing together on the playground at the zoo.  http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/LaMereAcademy/616473/ Sat, 8 Nov 2008 14:05:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/LaMereAcademy/616473/ Last Saturday we met with two other families to do a walk for a Florida state senator.  We went to a few neighborhoods putting flyers on doors.  I think it was a great opportunity for the children and we got our exercise as well! http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/LaMereAcademy/605810/ Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:44:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/LaMereAcademy/605810/ I was reading the Usborne Time Traveler book Pharaohs and Pyramids to the children today and I had to get up to help my oldest son in another room.  They just couldn't wait for me so I walked back in to see this and had to get a photo.   They are both really enjoying learning about Ancient Egypt. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/LaMereAcademy/598656/ Wed, 1 Oct 2008 22:20:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/LaMereAcademy/598656/