We are a a homeschooling family going on our 9th year. This is our third year using Tapestry of Grace and love it. I have 2 boys(12yo and 10yo) with LD that sometimes make things challenging. We also have a daughter who is 13yo and has decided dance is her life. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sparkshomeschoolmom/ en-us Homeschool Blogger Mon, 14 Jan 2008 08:28:00 -0600 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 08:28:00 -0600 -school work -finish up color clothes in the laundry -run dishwasher -scan rentals -pack 2 boxes (1 for each boy) That is it! http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sparkshomeschoolmom/460938/ Mon, 14 Jan 2008 08:28:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sparkshomeschoolmom/460938/ Since I forgot to post my to do list yesterday I will post what I have done and what I have left to do this weekend! Dones packed 3 boxes brought down all but 2 book boxes from upstairs fixed dinner and planned for today printed up 1/2 the schoolwork for the week called about a rental house left message To do for Sunday pack 2 boxes fix dinner hamburgers watch the cowboy game hopefully talk to a couple of people about rentals getting real discouraged http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sparkshomeschoolmom/460459/ Sun, 13 Jan 2008 11:13:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sparkshomeschoolmom/460459/ -finish up school work for the week -post my week in review -pack 2 boxes -oldest son to pack a box and bring down -bring in trash cans That is it I think! http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sparkshomeschoolmom/459314/ Fri, 11 Jan 2008 07:29:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sparkshomeschoolmom/459314/ I am going to start keeping my daily to do list here and my other blog will be for my thoughts :) -do school -pack 2 boxes (education Room, and master closet) did organize a bit more up there condensed -keep looking for rentals -watch video for co-op -finalize plans for co-op this will be a two day thing  still working on it -take out the trash cans for dh   he will be very thankful that is it! also was able to do 2 loads of laundry swept the kitchen and entry way(or as we like to call it the furball runway) http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sparkshomeschoolmom/458722/ Thu, 10 Jan 2008 08:32:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sparkshomeschoolmom/458722/  Well my blog has changed so I can post more pictures for family the address is http://sparkshomeacademy.blogspot.com/ So click here and come visit! http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sparkshomeschoolmom/376830/ Mon, 20 Aug 2007 22:34:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sparkshomeschoolmom/376830/ So I finally figured out how to post picture so I decided to unveil our schoolroom for 2007-2008. This is in the corner by the window, it is our whiteboard(complete with reminders for the kids and things we have discussed. The magazine racks on the cubbies hold my teachers key one for each kid. The black drawers have papers and craft stuff for our hands on activities. And our table where we do our work. This is our bookcase that hold our extra history books and reference section. We use our encyclopedia's a lot. The basket up top holds our history books we will use in the next year, we try not to buy a bunch because we don't have a whole bunch of storage and they tend to get lost in moves. Each years book are put in a big rubbermaid bin for the next go around. This is on the same wall as the black drawer, there is a bookcase in between.     http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sparkshomeschoolmom/376626/ Mon, 20 Aug 2007 17:21:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sparkshomeschoolmom/376626/ Well we are coming to a close with the 18th century, finally, we will be studying some famous scientists this week. We will study the Curies, Pasteur and the guy who discovered X-rays (my planning sheet is upstairs) we will also talk about the Salvation Army and the Spurgeons. Saturday we are registering for our co-op classes, I am so excited we are number 2 out of 114, man I had a lucky day in March. Last fall we were 100 and by the luck of the draw we are 2, the kids are jazzed. We start back the Saturday after Labor day. Please keep dh in your prayers he has an interview on Tuesday with a great company someplace he would love to work. I think we are both real drained with this job search and after 4 months we would love to close this chapter. My goals for this week are: type up my lesson plans for all 3 of my co-op classes so I can turn them in pay bills (how depressing is that) on Monday wash our sheets and towels make grammar cards for CQLA Talk with MUS person about fraction issues with dd I hope you have a wonderful week and those who are starting their first week good luck and I hope you have a great week! http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sparkshomeschoolmom/376176/ Sun, 19 Aug 2007 22:40:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sparkshomeschoolmom/376176/   This is our week in review with pictures, my friend Trivium Academy's idea. It is also great for family to see what we are doing and let's see how wonderfully I can explain This is my ds #1 notebook page on money (he was suppose to draw a reproduction of a dollar) and put on our timeline pictures for the week and talk about counterfeit. This is my dd's booklet's that explain the Progressive, Populists and Muckrackers party. This is also her daily math practice pages, it is from the free pages. She actually did really well by only missing one, math is a struggle for her. This is ds#2 geography page we are doing Trail Guide to US geography and this is his map page on New York. I really like Trail Guide but I don't think the kids love it, they don't loathe it so it works. Alright and these are our statue of liberty's project we have been working on for about a month now! We were to make a replica of the statue out of water bottles, we learned model magic and we were suppose to paint. We had to construct the arms, crown and book out of a combo of wire, tape and pipe cleaners. WE haven't painted them yet and honestly we kind of like them this way. So that was our week in review! Share yours! http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sparkshomeschoolmom/375350/ Fri, 17 Aug 2007 22:47:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sparkshomeschoolmom/375350/ three wonderful kids who know that we do history last each day and they also know if it is not done on Thursday they have to do it on Friday-our day off. They are upstairs right now, before school has even started, finishing it up. I just love it! http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sparkshomeschoolmom/374370/ Thu, 16 Aug 2007 08:34:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sparkshomeschoolmom/374370/ http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sparkshomeschoolmom/372435/ Mon, 13 Aug 2007 08:17:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sparkshomeschoolmom/372435/