We have been working on memorizing all the books of the bible since last year and we finally have learned them all. I am so proud of Juliet and Evan. They have worked really hard and they are so proud of themselves. I have memorized them too! Praise the Lord.
Monday, January 12, 2009
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Choosing Curriculum
I must admit I am struggling a bit right now with choosing our curriculum for next year. I am a little torn about what to use for history. I am still going back and forth between using "My Father's World" again or changing over to "TOG." I am leaning more toward My Father's World because I have been using it and I really like it. Also, I think it is a lot cheaper than TOG( if you buy all of the books for reading).
Also, we will be finishing up My Father's World first grade in two months. We have been using this for our bible studies. I have been searching for a replacement bible study to use once we finish up in March. Well, I found what we will start using. It looks really awesome and I think it will provide Juliet with a chance to do some independent study. I really like that fact. She is getting older now and we still do everything except spelling together. I want her to have something she does kind of on her own and I think this will be perfect. We will start using Explorer's bible study: Discovery Genesis and Keepers of the faith character traits study (still deciding on which character trait to study). We will of course review everything together, but she will do the reading and the questions on her own.
I think Evan will start using the Explorers bible study for first grade too.
So much to think about. I feel like this year is going by so fast and I want to be prepared for next year... early.
I am still undecided about grammar too. I really don't like the fact that Shirley Grammar takes so much time to do. It seems to be a really good curriculum but it just takes so much of our time. If I do change it I will probably switch to something like easy grammar.
I will stick with math on the level, we really like it. Science is pretty much unit studies for us right now. I ordered Considering God's Creation and am excited about looking it over. We have also used Noeo science and apologia, but we haven't stuck with a single curriculum through the entire year. We just skip around and use what we like from each of them. We will probably keep to this same system
Writing is definitely staying the same! We use Institute for excellence in writing and I wouldn't change it for the world. I am excited about starting it with Evan next year.
I still have a lot to think about. Thank goodness I still have time to decide.
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Also, we will be finishing up My Father's World first grade in two months. We have been using this for our bible studies. I have been searching for a replacement bible study to use once we finish up in March. Well, I found what we will start using. It looks really awesome and I think it will provide Juliet with a chance to do some independent study. I really like that fact. She is getting older now and we still do everything except spelling together. I want her to have something she does kind of on her own and I think this will be perfect. We will start using Explorer's bible study: Discovery Genesis and Keepers of the faith character traits study (still deciding on which character trait to study). We will of course review everything together, but she will do the reading and the questions on her own.
I think Evan will start using the Explorers bible study for first grade too.
So much to think about. I feel like this year is going by so fast and I want to be prepared for next year... early.
I am still undecided about grammar too. I really don't like the fact that Shirley Grammar takes so much time to do. It seems to be a really good curriculum but it just takes so much of our time. If I do change it I will probably switch to something like easy grammar.
I will stick with math on the level, we really like it. Science is pretty much unit studies for us right now. I ordered Considering God's Creation and am excited about looking it over. We have also used Noeo science and apologia, but we haven't stuck with a single curriculum through the entire year. We just skip around and use what we like from each of them. We will probably keep to this same system
Writing is definitely staying the same! We use Institute for excellence in writing and I wouldn't change it for the world. I am excited about starting it with Evan next year.
I still have a lot to think about. Thank goodness I still have time to decide.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
School This Week: January 5-9
Bible
This week we started the New Testament in "My Father's World" curriculum. We read:
An angel speaks to Mary
Jesus is born
When Jesus grows up
we read the story and then completed a notebooking page for what we read about.
Math
Juliet is reviewing her times tables 2-7. We just started with 3 digit multiplication (327 x 763) and she picked up on that right away.
Evan is still working on subtraction with regrouping. He tends to get a little sloppy with it so we will probably be working on this for a while to come.
Science
We started our Rocks and Minerals unit study. We read about the layers of the earth, igneous rocks, and volcanoes. We completed a notebooking page after we read and also did a couple of flip books and a worksheet to go into our notebook.
history
Continueing on with our state studies, we completed a notebooking page for Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina. We are working on remembering the capitols. I recorded the names of the states and capitols that we have learned so far into our voice recorder. We have only learned 6 so far. Every day both kids listen to recording for 2 minutes 2-3 times a day. I got this idea from this website. I plan on doing this with poetry and other things that we will be memorizing. Our spelling curriculum(phonetic Zoo) is setup on cd's and follows the same system...it has worked really well for us.
Handwriting, cursive,spelling,and personal bible reading are also done every day of the week except Friday.
This week we started the New Testament in "My Father's World" curriculum. We read:
An angel speaks to Mary
Jesus is born
When Jesus grows up
we read the story and then completed a notebooking page for what we read about.
Math
Juliet is reviewing her times tables 2-7. We just started with 3 digit multiplication (327 x 763) and she picked up on that right away.
Evan is still working on subtraction with regrouping. He tends to get a little sloppy with it so we will probably be working on this for a while to come.
Science
We started our Rocks and Minerals unit study. We read about the layers of the earth, igneous rocks, and volcanoes. We completed a notebooking page after we read and also did a couple of flip books and a worksheet to go into our notebook.
history
Continueing on with our state studies, we completed a notebooking page for Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina. We are working on remembering the capitols. I recorded the names of the states and capitols that we have learned so far into our voice recorder. We have only learned 6 so far. Every day both kids listen to recording for 2 minutes 2-3 times a day. I got this idea from this website. I plan on doing this with poetry and other things that we will be memorizing. Our spelling curriculum(phonetic Zoo) is setup on cd's and follows the same system...it has worked really well for us.
Handwriting, cursive,spelling,and personal bible reading are also done every day of the week except Friday.
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Thoughtful Thursdays January 1, 2009
Today's date is...January 1, 2009
This week my greatest challenges have been...tackling a large amount of things on my to do list that I have putting off until after Christmas
Things I wanted to do this week but didn't get around to doing...so far I can't think of anything
Our favorite thing we did in school this week was.. well, since there was no school this week I have to say that the "no school" part was the best, although I must admit I am ready to start back
Our least favorite thing we did in school this week was...since there was no school I can't say
My biggest accomplishments this week were...staying strong and on top of things while entertaining business partners of my husbands this week, and still tackling my heavy to do list
The biggest thing I need to work on doing better is...getting up earlier...haven't I said this one before .)
I feel I need the Lord to help me...stay committed to my new year's resolutions and see them through. I really want to do them, I just need the Lord to provide me with the strength to maintain once the new has worn off.
I am most thankful this week for... the copy and paste application on my computer
One word to sum up my week...busy!
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Thursday, November 13, 2008
Thoughtful Thursdays November 13, 2008
Today's date is...October 13, 2008
This week my greatest challenges have been...taking care of a sick family
Things I wanted to do this week but didn't get around to doing...schoolwork and working on our homemade Christmas gifts
Our favorite thing we did in school this week was...no school this week, we rested instead
Our least favorite thing we did in school this week was...being sick was bad, but Evan's poison ivy was the worst
My biggest accomplishments this week were...staying on top of house work even though I was not feeling well; getting my thanksgiving shopping list ready to go
The biggest thing I need to work on doing better is...resting when I need to while not worrying about all the things that aren't getting done
I feel I need the Lord to help me...recoup from a no school week and get back on track for the upcoming week
I am most thankful this week for...my children and husband and our wonderful beds, hot homemade chicken soup, tea tree oil, hot showers
One word to sum up my week...restful
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Monday, November 10, 2008
Horse Riding Lessons
Here are some videos of Juliet's horse riding lessons. She has been taking lessons for a couple of months now. This is the highlight of her week.
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Thursday, November 6, 2008
Thoughtful Thursdays November 6, 2008
Today's date is...November 6, 2008
This week my greatest challenges have been...Again getting school started a littler earlier
Things I wanted to do this week but didn't get around to doing... this week I seemed to get most everything done that I had planned
Our favorite thing we did in school this week was...Arts and crafts for American history
Our least favorite thing we did in school this week was...Grammar
My biggest accomplishments this week were...getting my Christmas list started
The biggest thing I need to work on doing better is...following through with our book reading before bedtime...lately I have been too tired and I keep putting it off until "tomorrow" and now we are really behind with our reading schedule
I feel I need the Lord to help me...Accept some things that I cannot change
I am most thankful this week for...hope in the Lord who is my Rock and my refuge
One word to sum up my week...great
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