Aug. 6, 2007 - Our Home School
For those of you who are visiting me for the first time,
here at Organized Chaos... Welcome!
My name is Christine (aka YoungMommy) and I am a second generation homeschooler. My husband, Ray, and I have built our family on the solid foundation of Christ and take our responsibility as parents, and teachers, of our children very seriously. I am excited to say that I plan to homeschool each of my children from birth all the way through high school, as I was taught.
Ray and I will be celebrating our 8th anniversary at the end of this month and are expecting our 6th little blessing any day. Our oldest boys are twins and are 6 1/2 years old, our only daughter is 5 years old, and the youngest two (so far) are 3 years old and 17 months.
This school year the three older children will be finishing up their 1st grade work and then will move on to 2nd grade. So far, we have used Sonlight's core curriculum, with Saxon Math, Total Reading's phonics program, and Bible lessons prepared by Daddy, with various other carefully selected "random" books, and such. This hodge-podge has worked incredibly well for us and my kids are intrigued by the history lessons and read-alouds (with just a few exceptions) that Sonlight has given us.
Our school days, at this point, are pretty flexible. I imagine they will continue to be so with lots of little ones demanding my attention! We do have a set amount of work to accomplish each week, but some days are filled with hands-on activities, while others are filled with more structured work. We do most of our structured work at the kitchen table, while some "work" is done outside, sitting on the floor, couch, or even on my bed! That is one of the many reasons why I so love homeschooling -- The flexibility!
Here are some links to past posts, I thought may be of interest, as they relate to our family life and homeschooling experience... Please feel free to read these past entries, comment and look around a bit!
It has been a pleasure sharing with you during my Homeschool Open House!
Please come back and see me again soon!
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