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The Plan 2009-2010
I think I've FINALLY got things figured out for the upcoming school year. Here's what we're doing:
History: Mystery of History Vol. I I like this because it parallels Biblical history with Secular history so we'll actually know how the two tie together.
Science: Apologia General Science 1st Edition Why the first edition? Because I got a good deal on it, lol. We'll be using the Lapbook kit from Knowledge Box Central along with this. It not only includes lapbook pages, but journaling pages and lab report pages.
Math: Life of Fred--Beginning Algebra We're also using the Home Companion that goes along with the text. It divides the text into lessons to use throughout the school year and gives extra practice.
Language Arts: Grammar Punk 4-9 This is a hand's-on grammar program that teaches grammar through games using 6 specialized dice. I'm ANXIOUSLY awaiting for this to come in the mail. I've also found another program to use for writing. It's Foundations to Writing which has lessons based on Mystery of History. It is basically the same program by LearningSuccess. I'm interested in using it because the first 18 weeks of lessons use graphic organizers to teach students how to organize their thoughts and be creative. After the first half of the year, actual writing begins building on the usage of the graphic organizers. For literature, we'll just choose lit selections that go along with our history.
I've decided to use the schedule at Ambleside Online to add in some Music/Art appreciation.
Just thinking about it all makes me want to take a nap!! |
Posted: 12:26 PM, Jul. 24, 2009 |
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Both boys
| BTW, this is all for both boys. I'm not quite sure how it happened, but both of them work at the same level. I've heard this is common for homeschool families with kids who are close together age-wise. |
Posted by wrongwaywendy at 1:17 PM, Jul. 24, 2009 |
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| If you are a homeschooler and want to use Grammar Punk, put "/homeschool" at the end of their url to get their homeschool prices. |
Posted by wrongwaywendy at 1:32 PM, Jul. 24, 2009 |
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Did you use Life of Fred Fractions and Decimals and Percents?
Tammy
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Posted by Anonymous at 6:39 AM, Jul. 25, 2009 |
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| Tammy, I did use those. They worked great for Zachary and so-so for Ashton. I've yet to find THE math curriculum for Ashton. He at least enjoys LOF, so we'll go ahead and give it another year. I think having the home companion will help since it spreads it out more and gives more practice problems. We'll see. |
Posted by wrongwaywendy at 1:53 PM, Jul. 25, 2009 |
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| Hey, Wrong Way (smile), it's been a while since I stopped by and I just wanted to see what's going on with you. I've never heard of the Grammar Punk (is this what you said?)--I'll have to check it out. We've become Rod and Staff loyalists around here, but it's always good to be aware of other tools in case the need crops up, for me or for someone else. |
Posted by bbullard at 11:26 PM, Aug. 18, 2009 |
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