I have been homeschooling my 8 year old son this year, after taking a year off and putting him in Public School (Big mistake!!). Its been a year of challenges, but we got through them . http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/blessedhome/ en-us Homeschool Blogger Wed, 6 May 2009 12:31:00 -0500 Wed, 6 May 2009 12:31:00 -0500 I haven't been writing on here faithfully like I planned, but time just gets away from me. I plan on doing better next year!! My son will be going into the 5th grade and I think I have decided on a curriculum. I have looked at a lot and I keep leaning towards Alpha and Omega's lifepac. Do any of you use this and if so, how do you like it? http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/blessedhome/686261/ Wed, 6 May 2009 12:31:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/blessedhome/686261/ I know its been forever since I posted a blog on here! I have just been really busy with homeschooling and basically with life! Christmas just ended, so now we are back on schedule and I hope to be on here more regularly. We did a lot of learning things over Christmas.....and I can't wait to do more, but for now, I just want to take it easy, and not do too much. Hope all is well with you. Leave me a comment and let me know how your holiday went. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/blessedhome/638805/ Thu, 1 Jan 2009 13:42:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/blessedhome/638805/ Our Home School group went on a field trip last Tuesday, and we had so much fun! We went to The University of Florida in Gainesville to the Butterfly Rainforest,, and also Grossology. The kids loved it and I would have taken a lot of great pictures if I hadn't forgotten my camera!!!! We walked around in an outside enclosed "Garden" where they butterflies were flying all around us...it was so cool. Butterfly Rainforest Then we walked around what was called "Grossolgy"....where they learned all about the "Gross" things the human body does..it had learning games and was fun. Grossology The next field trip is next month to a play of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". That should be fun. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/blessedhome/602335/ Thu, 9 Oct 2008 15:04:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/blessedhome/602335/ This is Chas' 2nd year playing Flag Football and he just loves it! http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/blessedhome/599041/ Thu, 2 Oct 2008 16:29:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/blessedhome/599041/ The other day I decided to have home school outside because the weather was so gorgeous. My son really enjoyed it and so did I! It seemed to make such a difference in his attitude too. I will do this more often as the cooler Fall weather is here. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/blessedhome/599040/ Thu, 2 Oct 2008 16:14:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/blessedhome/599040/ He is soo excited to be turning 9. He could hardly wait for the day to get here! I plan on going to get some cupcakes and ice cream later.  He just started Flag Football and has a practice game tonight, so we have a busy day ahead! http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/blessedhome/593477/ Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:30:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/blessedhome/593477/ We did a Unit Study on China this week and my  son even helped serve and prepare a Chinese meal . My husband, and daughter loved it and he really enjoyed telling facts about China. We even sat on the floor! One thing I wanted to add is, we even used REAL chopsticks! We had so much fun learning to use them......but we caught on fast and it was fun. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/blessedhome/587646/ Tue, 9 Sep 2008 18:11:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/blessedhome/587646/ This is a Skink Lizard that was caught in our dish we set outside to observe insects!! And of course, the lizard ate all the bugs inside the dish! My son thought this was pretty cool. This is the first time we saw one of these in our yard. They have a cobalt blue tail and orange stripes! Very cool looking. Using a magnifying glass to see the Insects inside--dog, Sandy looking on Lets get a closer look... He really enjoyed this experiment! http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/blessedhome/586183/ Sat, 6 Sep 2008 18:18:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/blessedhome/586183/ This is where we homeschool each day....at our Dining Room Table. Some of the books we use Another View http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/blessedhome/586180/ Sat, 6 Sep 2008 18:14:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/blessedhome/586180/ Well, the waiting is over! My curriculum finally arrived! Now we can start on schedule....Monday , Sept. 1. I will have all week-end to plan. I have had fun reading through all the books. My son is really excited now..more so than before now that he "sees" all the books.  I love the curriculum I chose...its from Christian Liberty Press, and Abeka. I have already planned out all next week in my planner. I wanted to wait until Tuesday, since Monday is Labor Day, but he is so anxious, so I will go ahead and start Monday. I know a lot of you have already started, and I feel like I am really late...but I had no choice since my books took so long to get here. But, God's timing is perfect timing! http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/blessedhome/582379/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:05:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/blessedhome/582379/