Milkmamma's Homeschooling Adventures.. - Homeschool Blogger

The skit..

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:18:00 -0600

Morgan-Britney, Josiah & Zechariah did a skit for our unit on Greece & Rome. They chose to do it on a bit of the story of Odysseus by Homer. They did a great job!!

The audience.....

The actors and actress

Blessings!!

Greece & Rome

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:23:00 -0600

We are really enjoying our unit study! I really like History so units like this are just my thing. :)

Today the children are coloring some Greek Architecture and creating their own newspaper about the first Olympics.
We have done our vocabulary words for the day, math, bible, etc..

Next week we are going to add some Thanksgiving lessons to our school plans. And of course some decorating.. :)

Greece & Rome Unit Study

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 08:59:00 -0600

Today begins our Greece & Rome Unit Study. This will be a 20 day unit focused on the ancient history of these two places.

With day one we will be labeling an outline of ancient greece, filling in a Greece timeline, and doing a fun worksheet on Greek handwriting. My children will also be doing some reading to go along with their unit.

Josiah: The Boy's Ben Hur by Lew Wallace

Zeke: Aristotle; Philosopher, Teacher, Scientist by Sharon Katz Cooper

Gabriellia: Megan in Ancient Greece by Susan Korman

Morgan: Ben Hur by Lew Wallace

Quentin: The Twelve Labors of Hercules by James Riordan & Christine Balit

Along with our unit we will be reading about Paul and his journey in Acts. 1 Peter and Luke..

I think we'll be learning alot! I am always excited about starting a new unit and this one looks to be a fun one! :)

Some pics of yesterday's Responsibility Unit...

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 09:40:00 -0600

Here are some pictures from yesterday's study on responsibility.

The oldest 3 playing a matching game with the vocab flashcards..

Mama's lesson plan for the day..

We evaluated our level of responsibility..

The children wrote sentences using the vocab word..

A crossword puzzle...

We had a productive day! Today we're learning more about responsibility. Off we go!!:)

Responsibility..our focus for the week...

Sun, 1 Nov 2009 17:59:00 -0600

We finished our 10 day Astronomy Unit Friday and this week is our off week. (We school 3 weeks on 1 week off)
But instead of having nothing but wasted time on our hands I decided to spend this next week doing a character study. A friend of mine is using the Book of Virtues by William Bennett and so I looked online and found a free complete lesson plan with worksheets, vocab, etc..
I chose responsibility as our character trait to focus on this week. This is always something that the children can work on.
I am looking forward to the exciting changes this small study will bring!

It's a challenge..

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:25:00 -0500

Yes it's a challenge for me. Learning to teach my dd who has some special needs. Learning the best way to help her learn the best way she can!
We follow a unit study method of learning and while my other children do well with it Gabriellia does not. So yesterday I pulled her out of the unit study and begin to use textbooks. I was pleasantly surprised to see how well she did! She read and answered the questions getting them all right. I think she just needs something more concrete in front of her. I am excited to see her blossom! :)

Our astronomy unit is going well. The children are learning alot. We're on day 4 and we have gleaned much information already,

We have learned about the moon and did some moon mapping. The sun was next. We drew the stages of a solar eclipse. Yesterday my children did solar system worksheets on each planet filling in each planets information. Things like color and appearance, distance from the earth, composition, etc.. We will be doing some neat experiments with this unit and learning many new things we didn't know before!

Well, it's time for learning! :):)

Middle Eastern Meal

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:49:00 -0500

Here are pics from the children's very well done middle eastern meal last night. Our temple to Tabernacle Unit is now wrapped up...

5 of my children planned and made this meal by themselves. They each had a dish or two to complete.
Morgan-Britney 17, Josiah 13, Zeke 12, Gabby 11, Quentin 9.

I think they did an awesome job and they told me they had fun too!! That's the glory of homeschooling isn't it!!?? They learn and it's fun!

Update & Middle Eastern Meal

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:51:00 -0500

Mama is pregnant and so she has been letting this blog go for a bit now. But she is feeling better and heading into her 2nd trimester so this blog should now be kept up to date!

We just finished our Temple to Tabernacle Unit. I believe the children enjoyed it. As a close to the unit the children have planned and will be making a middle eastern meal. This will happen tomorrow evening.

Tomorrow we are also starting a new unit: The Heavens Declare His Glory, which is a unit on Astronomy. I am looking forward to it!
Mama made it to the library this afternoon to get some good books and biographies on astronomers and astronomy.

The children's menu for their middle eastern meal is as follows:

Appetizers..
pita bread with hummus
chickpea and olive

for the first entree'
cucumber soup
tabboule'

the 2nd entree'
spincah salad yogurt

the main dish
stuffed pastry squares

and for dessert
halva

It sure sounds good to me! I am looking ahead to tomorrow's supper with much anticipation!!

Blessings!! :)

Finished the unit and on to the next one!

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:08:00 -0500

The last thing we did in our Roots and Relations Unit was a Family Crest. All the children worked on it together.

I think it turned out well!

Monday we started a new unit. Oceanography. We're already learning alot together!! The munchkins have done a few days of labeling a map with geography terms like canals, isthmus, ocean currents, etc..

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:49:00 -0500

Yesterday my devotion was talking about not comparing ourselves to other families and how they homeschool. We need to do what's right for our family. This was so timely for me as I sometimes find it too easy to compare our way of homeschooling to what other's do. Some want their children to attend college, others plan for their children to attend a trade school and some don't plan at all. Some use unit studies, some textbooks, some follow the trivium or classical method and other unschool. We are all so varied and it's in this diversity that we are strong!!

Today the children are working on making a family crest along with math, bible and our daily subjects...

I can't wait to see the finished project!

We got started late today as we headed to the library this morning. The children did well and I was pleased.