Thursday, August 28, 2008

Things that got done

School is finished for the day

Dishes are still in the works.

Laundry is folded and needs putting away.

Dinner is on the stove.

I am showered ...even tho it didn't happen till 3pm

Kids are happy !!!! and that is a big plus.

I am wearing makeup .

and my toes are painted pink.

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Third day of school

We have 2 subject to go and then we are done for the day!!!!
It is all going so well.... I am so glad that it is!!!!

Monday, August 25, 2008

The First Day

Today I decided to start school with Bekah and Chris.
It took them and Hour and a half to do hand writing....a lot longer then what I would have liked.
They are now working on cursive... Chris is just learning and Bekah is reviewing.

Next we are going to try our new Science ... I am excited about this one... I did it with Sona and Now I get to do it all over again with these two.....

School is always a fun thing to start... it takes tweaking but all in all it will run well as soon as we get in full gear.

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

School for Three ..... Bekah and Chris part 2

Chris will be doing His History , Science , Bible , Literature, Penmanship and Currant Events with Bekah. However he will be doing other subjects on hi own such as:

Language Arts- Learning Language Arts through Literature by Common Sense Press

Math- Math U See Gamma By, Mr Steve Demme

Music- Drum lessons and Vocal

Art -Various Mediums

I know that maybe some of you are not homeschoolers, But I was feeling motivated to share some of the things that we will do this year. All though there are those ( Maureen ) who know that I might just change my mind..... Lets hope not.

School for Three ..... Bekah and Chris

This is what I am doing with Bekah this year.


Language Arts- Learning Language Arts through Literature by Common Sense Press

Math- Math U See Delta By, Mr Steve Demme

Music- Piano lessons and Vocal

Art -Various Mediums

History/ Geography- Story of the World, MIddle Ages by, Susan Wise Baur/A Book of Discovery by M. B.Synge

Bible- Various readings

Science- Considering God's Creation by by Sue Mortimer and Betty Smith

Literature- Swiss Family Robinson by,Wyss, Johann David ,Treasure Island by, Stevenson, Robert Louis,
Gulliver's Travels by,Swift, Jonathan

Penmanship & Copywork- The Book of Proverbs, 3 to 6 verses per day.

Current events- world magazine




School for Three

Well, We are going to be going into our 8th year of homeschooling ( wow 8 years) We were schooling 4 and now I have 3. Charles my 18yr old has graduated and is not focused on working full time and probably not going to go to collage till he is ready ( all is God's time).

So I have Sona who is going into 11th grade, Bekah going into 5th grade and Chris who is going into 3rd.

I would like to share what they will be doing this year for school.

Sona's school year is inspired by two differant web sites .

One is Ambleside yr 11 and also the Old fashion eduaction 11th grade

Math- Stewardship Consumer math

History- Beacon lighs of History Vol 12 and 14

Literature and poetry- Invisible man, Dracula, Journey to the interior of the earth, and Uncle Tom's cabin / The Best Loved Poems of the American people

Bible- Romans, Colossians, Hebrews, Titus, 1 and 2 Chronicles , Obadiah, 1 and 2 Timothy, Isaiah, Joel, and 1 and 2 Peters

Current Events- World Magazine

Biographies- Up from slavery, Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe

Writing and Grammar- Writing and Grammar 11th BJU

Spanish- Alpha Omega Spanish 1

Science- Apologia Chemistry

Music- Guitar and Vocals

Character Building- Passion and Purity and Quest for Love by Elisabeth Elliot

Vocabulary- BJU 11th grade

Now not all of this is on those 2 websites . Some of this is what I would like for her to do for the year.

I will do Bekah's and Chris's later.

Friday, August 1, 2008

Motivation!!!!

Were is it?

I have a creative mind but no room to splurge.... that is how i feel!

When money is always the issue it is a hard to think creatively .

Now I am usually the queen of frivolously finding ideas ... you know the the one who will make something out of rubber bands and tissue.... but NOTHING is coming to my mind .

Grrrrrr... I just thought I would share.... If I think of some thing I will tell ya...in the mean time I will do the normal stuff that I do every morning.... boy I sound like I am complaining... sorry.

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