We started our new homeschool year this week. It is going very well. Of course there were a couple of times we had some issues, but nothing major. I think we are going to have a really great year. Here is what we're doing this year:
All of us: Bible (using
The Weaver Curriculum Volume 2)
Bible Study (using
The Case For ______ For Kids books by Lee Strobel)
Painting (watercolors)
Artist, composer, and nature studies (using the schedule from
Ambleside Online.)
Doodles:
Oak Meadow Sixth Grade (Ancient Civilizations, English, Spelling, and Life Science)
Saxon Math 8/7
Spanish (
Berlitz Essential Spanish, Barron's Painless Spanish, and
Galore Park Spanish Book 1.)
Homeschool co-op: P.E. and theater
Bug:
Weaver Curriculum Volume 2 (Bible, Social Studies/History, Science, Lang. Arts, Health, Safety, Field Trip ideas, vocabulary, art, and memory verses.)
Saxon Math 6/5
Latin
Spelling
Homeschool co-op: Literature and Science
Baby Girl:
Oak Meadow Preschool
Wynstone's Kindergarten Series
A Child's Seasonal Treasury
Seven Times the Sun
Here are some snapshots from our first week:
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| Our summer nature table |
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| Baby Girl's writing on her dry erase board |
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| Baby Girl's painting |
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| Baby Girl runs to her seesaw during nature study time |
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| Baby Girl explores the grass |
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| Doodles helps Baby Girl look at books on the CCTV |
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| Bug's painting |
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| One of Bugs books from this week (studying royalty) |
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| Bug has fun with a mask from his Ancient Egypt Fun Kit |
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| King Tut |
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| Queen Nefertiti |
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| Poster from the fun kit |
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| Bug drew and labeled three types of bacteria (science study as we discussed proper food handling and storage.) |
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| Bug takes notes during nature study |
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| We saw this spider outside on our windowsill |
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| We found this mushroom |
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| Bug's nature journal entry |
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| This book is one that Bug and I are using as we study ancient Egypt. |
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| The above book is an internet-linked book from Usborne. You go to the Usborne Quicklinks site and type in the page numbers for related internet sites. It is awesome! |
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| A grasshopper that visited our dining room windows |
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| Here Bug is building a pyramid on one of the Usborne internet-linked sites |
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| Bug practices writing his Latin words for this week |
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| Doodles' painting |
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| Doodles' summary of the Greek myth Theseus |
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| Doodles prepares a carrot, a potato, a green onion, and a piece of bread for science experiments |
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| Doodles wrote about the gestation of three different animals for science studies |
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| Doodles' sketch of Deadalus and Icharus from her Greek myths studies |
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| Poem Doodles wrote to go with the above sketch |
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| Doodles' nature journal entry |
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| Bug helps me make cookies |
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| Doodles does her part in making the cookies |
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| First day of school letters that I wrote to each of the children |
