Fortunately we have a homeschool co op just 10 min from our house called The Learning Tree. We will meet every Thursday and take enrichment classes from 9am-12pm. One session runs in the fall, the other in the spring. Today was the day for sign up!
Zane will be taking a Civil War class(North Vs South), gym & a cooking class.
Zoe will be taking choir, nature enrichment & participate in the Chronicles of Narnia Book Club.
Carson will be learning to play the recorder in music class, taking nature enrichment & a picture book class.
Vania will be taking Geography & Culture, Music & Movement & Seasonal Fun Activities.
Zane, Vania & I were a part of this co op last year. It was really fun & we met a lot of really great families. Besides classes they plan lots of field trips & organize social events for the kids . A great way to get to know other homeschool families in the community!
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Sunday, August 7, 2011
School
I've been working on selling my books from last year & buying curriculum for this upcoming school year . Our budget has been super tight and it was time to get creative. So, I have learned how to buy & sell on E Bay & really reaped the benefits. We have been able to purchase the majority of our curriculum so far, including money saved for co op classes, just from our E Bay sales. Being able to home school our children is a blessing that comes with a price tag of hard work & sacrifice but we truly believe that this is what is best for our family & well worth the challenge! I believe that God is pruning us to live below our means which is something we have never been good at. Now that there is not a choice it's time to get busy fast .
So this is what we are doing for school. With so many options and ideas of what to do I will limit the list to our core curriculum. These are things we have bought and will do everyday.Other classes , subjects & field trips may be added later but have not been committed to.
Learning Adventures, Volume I, Ancient History
For math we will be using Teaching Textbooks at their individual grade levels. Zane used this program last year and it was a great program. It is computer based using DVDs & workbooks with animated lessons & solutions.
Miss Vania will use free printable preschool packs from various home school websites. 2 of my favorites are Confessions of a Homeschooler & Homeschool Creations. There is an amazing amount of free & fun stuff for preschoolers !
We will also be participating in our local home school co op. We register for those classes next week. So , for now they are TO BE DETERMINED based on availability.
Anyway, I am super excited to start the year ! I have so many ideas swirling in my head I can't wait to actually start using them :) I am praying for an super fun school year with my kiddos!
So this is what we are doing for school. With so many options and ideas of what to do I will limit the list to our core curriculum. These are things we have bought and will do everyday.Other classes , subjects & field trips may be added later but have not been committed to.
Learning Adventures, Volume I, Ancient History
- Unit One - Ancient Egypt
- Unit Two - Ancient Greece
- Unit Three - Ancient Rome
- Unit Four - Middle Ages
- Unit Five - Renaissance and Reformation
- Unit Six - Age of Exploration
- 180 days of daily lesson plans in each volume
- A chronological history-based study for grades 4 through 8
- All subjects (Bible, language arts/literacy, social studies, science and fine arts) but math
- A real, living books approach to learning
- Experiments, recipes, hands-on activities, and projects that make learning fun and meaningful
For math we will be using Teaching Textbooks at their individual grade levels. Zane used this program last year and it was a great program. It is computer based using DVDs & workbooks with animated lessons & solutions.
Miss Vania will use free printable preschool packs from various home school websites. 2 of my favorites are Confessions of a Homeschooler & Homeschool Creations. There is an amazing amount of free & fun stuff for preschoolers !
We will also be participating in our local home school co op. We register for those classes next week. So , for now they are TO BE DETERMINED based on availability.
Anyway, I am super excited to start the year ! I have so many ideas swirling in my head I can't wait to actually start using them :) I am praying for an super fun school year with my kiddos!
We packed up the cooler with drinks & snacks and headed for the beach last Friday afternoon.This is not quite the sandy white beach with clear blue water we have been longing for but it did the job. A cool oasis just a couple hours from home. With all the craziness of the weather, reading the afternoon forecast fooled us again. Rain predicted at 4-5pm showed up around 2:30pm, just 30min. after the kids plunged into the water. It ended up being an adventure though. We waited out the storm in the mini-van. In between downpours the kids ran back & forth between the van and beach playing in the puddles along the way. 45 minutes later the sun was out & HOT ! Back to the beach they went & met some friends to play with . Before we knew it it was 5:45pm & time to call it a day. They were not happy to leave but with a promise to return before the summer ends they slowly piled into the van for the 2 hour ride home. I think they enjoyed it as much as the sandy white beach with clear water :) It amazes me sometimes how the littlest adventures can have the biggest payoffs! What a great day.
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