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Come on in & make yourself at home as you catch up with the happenings of our little family. I'm Karla, the "scribe" for our family, and am better known as "Momma" to our two blessings, "Honey" to my hubby, and "the maid who provides for our every need" to our 2 kittens. I hope you will call me "friend."
We are a homeschooling family that has our mix of funnies and failures, along with triumphs & successes. I am a recovering perfectionist, who is ever so grateful that I serve a perfect Savior. He teaches me that I have a lot to learn, but also that He has brought me a long way.
I have been the bride to the most gracious, sweetest man in the world for the last 11 years. What I love most about him is that he is always striving to be a better husband, father, and child of God.
I am also the blessed mama to
OUR TWO GIFTS:
a creative 9-yo Darling Daughter who loves pink, being a little lady, having tea, reading, being creative, and riding horses
and a 5-yo tremendously adventurous Little Man-in-training who loves helicopters, bugs, dirt, running, and the sport of eating.
(If you are wondering about the curlers, go down to the Sweet Monday section of the sidebar. It's a women's ministry that was started in Richmond, Va, and when we moved from there, I decided to start one down here. While Im not doing it this year, please feel free to glean away from my entries of all the past programs & devotions.
Please let me know any of them have blessed you, and if you would like permission to use anything I've written. Thank you!)
COS & Learning Websites for our 2009-10 School Year
Our Favorite Books of the Quarter
HELPFUL HOMESCHOOL LINKS: GEOGRAPHY
Little Man on the Race for President
S&T Fri -- Little Man's Birthday Extravaganza
Week in Review -- August 10-16
We Found Our Fill, On Blueberry Hill.... (with recipes!)
"This is the Best Bread" -- "Just Like a Restaurant's!"
S&T Fri -- First Week of School
Personal Quiet Time Goal Outline for 2008-09 School Year -- Paul's Epistles
Padems Visit, Part 2
Padems Visit-- One of Our Favorite Moments of the Summer
S&T Fri -- "Farm Families Have Always Gone Green"
2008-2009 School Plans
Creation Camp
Show&Tell Fridays
Family Funnies
From My Recipe Box
Homeschooling Helps & Ideas
Homeschooling
Wondering about the curlers?
CLICK HERE to get the scoop!
It's just one of the silly things I did at my monthly "Sweet Monday" meetings!
Past Meetings & Devotionals
Information On Sweet Monday
Sweet Monday's Main Website
"The bringing up, as of a child, instruction; formation of manners. Education comprehends all that series of instruction and discipline which is intended to enlighten the understanding, correct the temper, and form the manners and habits of youth, and fit them for usefulness in their future stations. To give children a good education in manners, arts and science, is important; to give them a religious education is indispensable; and an immense responsibility rests on parents and guardians who neglect these duties." ~Noah Webster~
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"Gradually we have become aware that family life is God's classroom for shaping us into the kind of people He wants us to be."
Catherine Marshall, A Closer Walk
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2008 Habits:
1. Gentle voice, gentle heart
2. "Peruse&Purge" magazines
3. Have hot tea every day
4. Wake up between 5-6 am
2008 Goals/To Do's:
1. Complete top of DS's quilt.
2. Tackle reading list.
3. Organize fabric.
4. Make blocks for charity quilts
Jul. 31, 2008
2008-2009 School Plans
Darling Daughter's Fourth Grade Plan, 1st Semester
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Math
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· Saxon 54
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Math Supplements
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· Calculadder
· Janice VanCleave's MATH for Every Kid
· www.aaamath.com, www.mathplayground.com
· Games we have around the house
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Grammar*
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· Shirley English, Level 3*
· Mad Libs for President (As this is an election year and we are learning Am. History.)
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Writing*
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· Writing Trails in American History* from Logos School (Integrates history, vocabulary, thesaurus, cursive practice, and key word outlining -- based on IEW process)
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Copywork
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· Selected pgs from “Zaner-Bloser Creative Growth w/ Handwriting” (handwriting review, 1776 quotes, proofreading exercise) and a free copywork ebook by Lilliput Station
· Classical Conversations Memory Work (selected pieces)
· George Washington’s Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior #1-31 (from www.donnayoung.com)
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Spanish
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· "Before You Know It" www.byki.com (free)
· First 500 Words in Spanish
· The Complete Book of Spanish workbook
· Library Books in Spanish
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Enrichment Lessons
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· Piano Lessons
· Beginning Guitar (? – wait until first of next year?)
· Horseback Riding Lessons
· Swimming with Mom & Dad
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Home Economics
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· Learn to cook. Make some of the recipes in the following books and will print the poems out for copywork &/or to make a little booklet for her hope chest.
-When Mother Lets Us Cook http://books.google.com/books?id=l58EAAAAYAAJ
-The Fun Of Cooking http://books.google.com/books?id=MlwEAAAAYAAJ
· Weekly Chores: Clean bathroom, Trash, Set/Clear Table, Dishwasher Duty
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Classical Conversations
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· See chart below
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*Taking a weekly class on these 2 subjects that I’ll be teaching in afternoons at our classical co-op.
Little Man's Kindergarten Plan, 1st Semester(Turning 5 in August)
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General
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· School Zone Reading Readiness workbook
· Fisher Price Toddler & Preschool Learning Pads
· Learning Horizons Kindergarten Ultimate Skill Builder workbook
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Math
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· Early Bird Preschool (Books 1B & 2B)
· www.aaamath.com
· Games we have around the house
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Phonics
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· How To Teach Your Child To Read in 100 Easy Lessons
· Primary Phonics Games (Hands-On Activities from a library book I copied & made into a lapbook.)
· www.starfall.com for fun
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Handwriting
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· 100 EZ Lessons
· Crayola’s Beginning Alphabet & Numbers Trace & Learn
· Ready-Writer (papers in sheet protectors to use w/ dry erase markers)
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Spanish
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· "Before You Know It" www.byki.com (free)
· The Complete Book of Spanish workbook
· First 500 Words in Spanish
· Library Books in Spanish
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Enrichment Lessons
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· Beginning Piano Lessons
· Swimming with Mom & Dad
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Classical Conversations
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· See chart below
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We enjoy using Classical Conversations as our main curriculum; it is 24 weeks long and we meet for 12 weeks from Sept-Dec, and then another 12 weeks from Jan to April. It looks like a lot, but it is very do-able, as you meet one day a week as a group to learn & review memory work and do science & art projects together. Then during the rest of the week, we will review our facts in the car, at breakfast &/or lunchtime, etc. We use the audio CD and Memory Resource Computer CD by CC to help with review also, and those are some of our favorite resources.
We also do the children's reading assignments and our family read-alouds based on a few interesting facts/people that we are learning about that week. We use our memory work for copywork, notebooking, timelines, etc. to learn more about certain things that interest us, etc. Because both Darling Daughter and Little Man are covering the same things, it makes it very easy on me, and we learn so much together. This is our 3rd year doing Classical Conversations (2nd with a group) and I'm always amazed at how much we learn and how wonderful the program is. It allows us the structure we need to make sure we are staying on track and the flexibility we need to tailor it to our family. To me, it is a perfect combination of the Classical and Charlotte Mason philosophies.
To supplement our history, we will be listening to Story of the World (Volumes 3 & 4) this year, along with Living Principles of America audio series and old-time radio shows.
A friend introduced us to www.brainpop.com this spring, so we are going to use that website this year for many of the different events, places, facts, etc we will be learning about this year.
For the "origins" section of our CC program, we will be watching Creation Science Evangelism's 7-DVD Creation Seminar Series as a family and discussing them in the evenings and weekends, and will be reading "It Couldn't Just Happen" aloud.
Our Bible time will consist of memorizing John 1:1-7 in English & Latin and we will continue family devotions in the evening with the book, "How to Get Into the Bible" that we just started on this week. After that is completed, we may do a hymn or Christmas study. We will begin our school day with First Lessons in Gentleness & Truth for our devotions to open our school day, along with Catechism Q&A.
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CLASSICAL CONVERSATIONS, Cycle 3 (Foundations Program)
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Timeline* & Presidents*
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Veritas Press Cards for 160 Major events & people of World History (Creation through Modern America)
All US Presidents
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History Facts*
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America: Columbus to Current Events
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Geography*
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US Maps -- 1st 12 weeks: 50 States & Capitals; 2nd 12 weeks: US Mtns, Trails, Bays, Rivers, Lakes, Canals, Native Americans, Deserts, Prominent Features
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Science Facts*
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Anatomy (12 weeks), Chemistry (6 weeks), Origins (6 weeks)
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Math*
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Skip Counting, Multiplication Tables, Geometric Formulas, Alegebraic Laws, Conversations
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Eng. Grammar*
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Participles, Irregular Verb Tenses, and Clauses
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Latin*
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Translate John Chapter 1
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Bible*
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John 1:1-7
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Science (experiments & projects)
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Build a body (My Body Book), Lyrical Life Science Vol. 3, Probability and Data Labs
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Fine Arts
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American Masters (Gma Moses, Rockwell, O'Keefe, Wyeth, Lichenstein, Davis -- using Discovering Great Artists); Drawing, Composers; and Basic Music Theory/Tin Whistle (each is 6 weeks long)
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Presentations
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Each week practice oral presentation skills by presenting on a topic.
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**Optional Memory Master track, where a student strives to m
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Hello, my name is Amy. I have been struggling with the decision to homeschool for about a year now. My ds is in the public kindergarten, which is only half a day. He is doing well, and the school is pretty good. I, however, cannot seem to get the idea of homeschooling out of my head. I am feeling a serious tug in this direction. After reading blogs like yours I feel the "tug" even more so.
I guess I am just wanting to say thank you for sharing your experiences. I look forward to reading more of your posts. I feel very inspired by your writings.
Amy
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The only way God plants His saints is through the whirlwind of His storms.
Will you be proven to be an empty pod with no seed inside?
That will depend on whether or not you are actually living in the light of the vision you have seen.
Let God send you out through His storm, and dont go until He does.
If you select your own spot to be planted, you will prove yourself to be an unproductive, empty pod.
However, if you allow God to plant you, you will "bear much fruit" (John 15:8)." ------------ My Utmost for His Highest, March 11th
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