Sharing my homeschooling experiences and other home happenings. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/TBJI/ en-us Homeschool Blogger Sun, 10 May 2009 21:21:00 -0500 Sun, 10 May 2009 21:21:00 -0500 I know, been gone a while.  I have been busy else where.  School has been very sporatic lately.  We do it a couple times a week.  We have about 5 weeks left in our Little Heart for His Glory book.  We have started subtraction in Math U See and we have started on the Intro to Long Vowels book in Progressive Phonics.  Jonathan likes the Progressive Phonics since he doesn't have to read the whole book.  He only reads the red words.  It is nice to read together.  We have been having bi weekly visits to the Library.  We have been reading the "The Adventures of..." series by Thornton W. Burgess.  We all enjoy these as bed time stories.  At the barn we had our babies and they are almost all weaned.  We  have a set of triplets that are still on the "bottle" for about another week and then we will be "bottle" free.  Yeah, all the milk for us.  LOL.  We are milking 4 goats and with it all mixed together, it is yummy.  We have two that do 1 gallon a day and the other two do about 1/2 gallon each.  Although we have started those last two only once a day so their production will go down but that is fine, we don't need that much milk.  Have you ever had a milk bath?  WOW.  It is so skin softening.  You should try it sometime.  Of course real and raw milk is best.  It has all that fat in it to soften the skin.  I know, sounds kinda wierd but it sure is nice.  http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/TBJI/687664/ Sun, 10 May 2009 21:21:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/TBJI/687664/ Life is good on the homeschool home front.  We had a cold weather day today.  It is freezy frosty out there.  It will be tomorrow morning also.  The PS schools closed at 12 and will start late tomorrow.  Thank goodness we don't have to worry about that.  LOL.  School is moving along great.  I am pleased with all we are doing.  We are expecting baby goats soon, like in 2-3 weeks.  Here are a couple of our milk goats. I have been knitting on my Knifty Knitters.  Here is what I am working on now:   Well, J started it and I am finishing it.  It is a hat for him. I had bought these things a long time ago and just now learned how to use them.  It is a fun craft.  http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/TBJI/651144/ Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:23:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/TBJI/651144/ It is a new year and things are going great.  It feels good to be "on Track".  We have been doing school 5 days a week for a while now and not taking days off or subjects off except for over the Christmas and New Year holiday. Then, we took two weeks off and it was nice.  Here is a page from our math workbook.  He is learning to write better.  Math is one of his best subjects.  He seems to fly thru with ease. We are reading more in our Progressive Phonics books.  He likes them better since he don't have to read the whole thing by himself.  We have read the short vowel books and have just started the starting blends book.  It is a big one and will take a while to go thru it.  We read each one about 3 or 4 times so he can "get" the words. Right now though, his favorite thing is...... The Wii.  We got one for Christmas and he loves racing the Mario cart. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/TBJI/644987/ Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:30:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/TBJI/644987/ It is coming so close to Christmas.  Yes, I said CHRISTmas.  We are taking next week off from schooling.  We will be cleaning around the house and getting it ready.  My family is coming here for Christmas day.  We will all have our Christmas gifting at home and then meet for lunch and then play some games with the kids.  We decided not to do family gifts this year.   I hope everyone has a wonderful time and doesn't eat too much desserts.  LOL.  I know I will (eat to much).    http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/TBJI/634375/ Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:19:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/TBJI/634375/ I found this at A Day in the Life  .... blog.  Thought I would try it out and share. You can try it too by clicking the link below.  It is only 12 questions so won't take much time.  Your Personality is Somewhat Rare (ISFP) Your personality type is caring, peaceful, artistic, and calm. Only about 7% of all people have your personality, including 8% of all women and 6% of all men You are Introverted, Sensing, Feeling, and Perceiving. How Rare Is Your Personality? http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/TBJI/621493/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:42:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/TBJI/621493/ School is going well.  Here is what we are doing... This week in Little Hearts for His Glory so far we have read about God Sent His Son Jesus John Baptizes Jesus Jesus turns water to wine We played a thinking game, did a Dramatic play, and did some art today.  We painted on a white piece of paper with water and then dropped food color on it.  Since we are on the 12th week, we are reviewing the memory verses from the previous 6 weeks.  We do a rhyme with motions each week.  This week we are doing "Sent from God Above."  We do a writing activity each day and then read from a story book.  We are reading about Danny Medow Mouse.  After this we do math using Math U See curriculum.  We are in the Alpha book on Lesson 9, learning adding by 9.  Nine always wants to be a ten.  He is not only suppose to learn how to do it with the blocks but also learn the 9 facts.  This is where he is having trouble so I picked 9 + 2 for today and tomorrow we will do a different one.  So far he knows his: 0 Facts 1 Facts 2 Facts He can solve for the unknown using the blocks.  We are also doing the clock on Fridays.  For reading we are using the Progressive Phonics.  We are on the short vowel sound "o".  We have already read the short vowel books "i", "a" and "e".  We are also reading some of the Headsprout books so he don't forget what he learned there.  He still has some trouble sounding out but he is getting better.  When we do some of the puzzles like the word search with the Progressive Phonics it helps him. For extra we are learning Piano using KinderBach.  Yes, WE are learning.  I have wanted to learn piano for so long and so I will just learn right along with J.    This program so so cool.  I like the way it is teaching.  Right now we are just learning mostly to keep beats.  We are also using some of the math fact printouts from Homeschooling with Index Cards. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/TBJI/618430/ Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:10:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/TBJI/618430/ Sunday evening when J and I were coming home from church, he said when we got home he wanted to ask Jesus into his heart.  When we got home he told his daddy that he, daddy, needed to ask Jesus into his heart.  Daddy said, "I already did", but to sufice J he went ahead and prayed.  Then we told J it was his turn and so he prayed his own prayer, "Jesus come into my heart, you HAVE to come into my heart..."  there was more but I don't remember what it was.  Then it was my turn.    http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/TBJI/617720/ Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:09:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/TBJI/617720/ The other day J and I were eating lunch and he started talking about God in his heart.  I don't remember the exact words but he was talking about a song they sing in Sunday school about "God down in my heart".  I told him that all he had to do was ask God to come into his heart and he said he had, that he had hid once and prayed.  I asked, "So you asked God to come in your heart?" and he said "yes".  I told him that he just needs to believe that Jesus is the Son of God and Jesus died for us for our sins and rose again.  He said "Yeah, I know, I do."  I believe that my son at 5 years old is saved.  God is good!! You know we are raising "Davids" that will fight "Goliaths" in our day.  God help me to be faithful to do my part in the great battle.    http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/TBJI/616830/ Sun, 9 Nov 2008 16:11:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/TBJI/616830/ I went to a Health and Wellness Workshop a few weeks ago and then just went again the other day.  WOW.  What an awakening.  They showed a documentry on cleaners we use in our home.  It is amazing the toxins that are in the most common cleaners.  Did you know that makers of cleaning products don't have to list the dangerous ingredients they use.  And they tell us to spray them all around the house around our kids right where they will put their mouths and hands.  Yeah, right.  Did you know that the Cancer Coalition names the top 12 cancer causing products to include Ajax Cleanser, Lysol, VO5 Conditoning Shampoo, Dove Soap,Crest Tarter Control Toothpaste, Johnson and Johnson baby powder w/ talc. That sure isn't mentioned on the packaging.  If it did would you buy it?  Here is a site that shows what chemicals in our home are toxic. And here you can watch a video about toxic cleaners in the home and in public. If you want to make a switch to safer cleaning products go here and request more information.  It is what I now use. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/TBJI/606752/ Sat, 18 Oct 2008 16:21:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/TBJI/606752/ We lost one of our dogs Sunday.  It was a sad day to me.  This dog came up to our house maybe a year ago.  She was sick then but pulled thru.  We think she was an older dog and may had been hit by a car.  My son named her Old Trixie.  We have another dog named Trixie but he started calling her New Trixie and the other Old Trixie.  I thought it was cute.  Anywho, she had been feeling sick for a few days and then we found her down by the goats and she was gone.  I really liked her.  She was sweet and a good watchdog.    http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/TBJI/604787/ Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:30:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/TBJI/604787/