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

• 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

Even though the grade level is 4th-8th they also have supplements for Little Adventures for grades k-3. So we should all be covered.

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!