I love homeschooling! I know you have heard it before, but I just wanted to say it again. Sam was with us the first two days this week and I discussed with her how I wished she had homeschooled. She has ALWAYS insisted that she loves public school, but she finally admitted that it is because of social reasons. HA! I always knew it, but it was nice to hear her say it. She also admitted that she enjoys being with us during our Kid School discussions because she learns "how the world REALLY works".Devotional - Daily reading of "Let Him Ask of God"
Government - Introduction to "The 5,000 Year Leap" by Cleon Skousen - This lead into a 2 hour discussion of current events, how it relates to the past, and the mistakes of the past that are being repeated. We also got into topics of economics, cycles in history, budgeting and how interest works. Very powerful day.
History - Middle Ages - Still working on making chain mail - Reading: Stories of Beowulf Told to Children and Story of the World, Vol. 2. "Beowulf the Hero"
Science - Chemistry - "Concepts and Challenges of Physical Science" Chapter 1 - Scientific method and basic skills.
Read A-Loud - "The Diamond of Darkhold" and "Little House on the Prairie"
Individual Phases and Studies
- Marlayna (Project Scholar) - Projects: Chickens and Rabbits, Chain Mail making - Reading: "Tricksters Choice"
- Christian (Love of Learner) - Projects: Chickens and Rabbits, Chain Mail making - Reading: "Warrior Heir"
- Samantha (Practice Scholar) - Reading: "The Hunger Games" - Studying for SAT and ACT tests and preparing for her first week at school starting next week. Can't believe she is a Senior this year!
- Mom (Ready to be a Mentored Scholar - but, still looking for a Mentor) - Reading: "Anne of Green Gables"
MOM NOTES: We also spent two days gathering firewood, hauling it back to our house, and stacking it up neatly to be split later. It was probably the hardest we have ever worked before! - right up there with moving.
I love reading what you guys are doing! It inspires me! :0)
ReplyDeleteHow many children do you have? I thought you had two home last year and one in public school that is now is college.?? I need some help visualizing because I've got your family all messed up now in my head..... signed Pathetic in Idaho. : )
ReplyDeleteI have three - Sam is a Senior in high school this year. I've decided that she is Practice Scholar...simply because her public education has slowed her down...even though we use TJEd principles with her as well as my other two homeschooled teens. She is getting ready to take the SAT/ACT tests for college starting Fall 2010.
ReplyDeleteSam is living with her father, my ex-husband, in another city about 3 hours away. We see her every other weekend (now that school has started), but she often stays longer when she has days off. She spent the first part of this week with us and participated in homeschool with us. She lived with us most of her life, bounced between the two homes for awhile, and then decided she wanted to live with her dad, especially since we moved away from her boyfriend. *sigh*
Hope that makes sense now...