tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68952728780998349472024-03-18T21:01:37.998-07:00Our Homeschool JourneyYou're off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, So... get on your way! ~ Theodor GeiselHomeschoolin Mama http://www.blogger.com/profile/08498224321720906377noreply@blogger.comBlogger185125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6895272878099834947.post-89717977428683615592023-09-25T19:59:00.000-07:002023-09-25T19:59:01.003-07:00Back To School - September 2023This new school year marks exciting times for our family. <div>One of our kids started school in August and is going to public school. Our older girls who live at home, will be working at their first job part time and doing homeschool on days they are not working. And our three youngest kids excited about all that is to come in this new homeschool year.</div><div>It is so wonderful to see how learning can take place even when you don't set it up yourself. </div><div>While working around the house I noticed Ellie looking at the clock on the laptop. She was fascinated with the changing of time and decided to practice writing the time. It kept her busy and occupied for over 30 minutes. While it might seem boring or a waste of time, she was actively learning. Not just learning but leading her own learning session. She discovered how long a minute was, she got to see how time continues on even when she stops writing it down. It was a beautiful thing to see. Most of the time, to get her to learn something takes very deliberate planning, but in this moment, it was all her. Something sparked her interest and she ran with it. </div><div><p>This September we have finished the final things to make the schoolhouse usable. We wired it all up so we can have outlets that we will use with solar and generators, added solar lighting, insulated the walls, put up internal walls, painted the walls, and finished the flooring, I would have loved the ease of vinyl flooring, but we had left over laminate flooring from the house so we used what we had on hand. Mark also found plans online for the child size chairs that will work perfectly in the schoolroom with the desks we have for the kids. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2QQoBZhbEAaSPq5I-VgC-yEN-mKSwjga7lKS0hD8AgHoP5R73rOcJCcrzwWI_qwc5OwZDNSJXJm95PM3dwftgQ6hjYC2QHMq1dsSWpHb_AbircyxRE5rZEA5CFO9XN66ALSWaUOGgpA7Z9-8M2DwUEvVH5RMBTziX5i8CXeAoEvgtVpCUO19dqTtgEC4/s4000/20230830_121357.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2QQoBZhbEAaSPq5I-VgC-yEN-mKSwjga7lKS0hD8AgHoP5R73rOcJCcrzwWI_qwc5OwZDNSJXJm95PM3dwftgQ6hjYC2QHMq1dsSWpHb_AbircyxRE5rZEA5CFO9XN66ALSWaUOGgpA7Z9-8M2DwUEvVH5RMBTziX5i8CXeAoEvgtVpCUO19dqTtgEC4/w640-h298/20230830_121357.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Mark drilled the holes for the wires and I put in the wires and the insulation. I painted the room and he worked on the flooring. A couple of the kids even came over to help paint. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUM6MjZkw4BkUv7bViBzJUphQQBPEH_Nbi-b7mOx7JpUTIgFbyXbCiucTE7s1TxkP85abc_qq3a_QCcQXBpMK7vNarg3--xZlJztjO_3MGs72n3TeSjbdVPlaYuCf0lum3UeAZ8GpyP33VZY6K4hVdFhYUBQs0EtUqC7a1r-lT1OvQyscgy0AiS92wlN0/s4000/20230907_142858.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUM6MjZkw4BkUv7bViBzJUphQQBPEH_Nbi-b7mOx7JpUTIgFbyXbCiucTE7s1TxkP85abc_qq3a_QCcQXBpMK7vNarg3--xZlJztjO_3MGs72n3TeSjbdVPlaYuCf0lum3UeAZ8GpyP33VZY6K4hVdFhYUBQs0EtUqC7a1r-lT1OvQyscgy0AiS92wlN0/w298-h640/20230907_142858.jpg" width="298" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJUehS2f_nrznJV55Fqs_sZa1YKycoFuJOrE2AbP28DqdqKGUfPXktvfGJ_ixh7d8IvROZqH1vk3JxaxtEZavtPXIQGWNU4ICfb1JgjBvPgjOD9nWOOnAvLMGTTdGJnLmBxJYVnKSCwZjZ4hQGy7sXCiMtDMmcTjcGXTC9eHIt8FuausKweVq0y24n8Yg/s4000/20230907_142900.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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The youngest three kids are the only ones who are doing school together so it feels a bit different. It is certainly a lot different than when I had a whole class of 20 kids back in the day. The older two girls are working on their own time as and when they want since they are also working part-time. 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Our turkeys and chickens are free range and love to hang out near the classroom. With the weather really good we like to have the door in the classroom open, however, sometimes we get visitors and have to shoo the chickens and turkeys out. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_KZHxiPorTEcjcACC-jmS2rQ3cVHzNGE49F8xdJfC5CLW5Hhxniwj2V3Uox4IivnFHXQRzMsMlsY2KpuXlxNDdOi-zbjhCnluIfsKEdtk85WOcnPDIR1sdFFir-8DcUOkO0jcd2tfKefTCFgFHzp-Fr_TEtl4ZNFZccyoloSTnrqK4YEY1Jsc5CcYKhY/s4032/20230925_155747.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1816" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_KZHxiPorTEcjcACC-jmS2rQ3cVHzNGE49F8xdJfC5CLW5Hhxniwj2V3Uox4IivnFHXQRzMsMlsY2KpuXlxNDdOi-zbjhCnluIfsKEdtk85WOcnPDIR1sdFFir-8DcUOkO0jcd2tfKefTCFgFHzp-Fr_TEtl4ZNFZccyoloSTnrqK4YEY1Jsc5CcYKhY/w288-h640/20230925_155747.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8mhanTS03CvFBMBP0ExnUOPmHygGPjvseObYuExoCuLMBDyDn_SKW-zQAvyZbX3jAoQp52Qb7PB31xeT02ofVqB5vtGdrgrN0VMqqiEU1Qu1_fsg-rgC1oh9yj8YvMDembC37Rolz9ryEcJ3qb4cVUe2PsO8uolMxr_fAi1uEEKfJ0zbMWjuLZlfDxFk/s4032/20230925_155844.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1816" data-original-width="4032" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8mhanTS03CvFBMBP0ExnUOPmHygGPjvseObYuExoCuLMBDyDn_SKW-zQAvyZbX3jAoQp52Qb7PB31xeT02ofVqB5vtGdrgrN0VMqqiEU1Qu1_fsg-rgC1oh9yj8YvMDembC37Rolz9ryEcJ3qb4cVUe2PsO8uolMxr_fAi1uEEKfJ0zbMWjuLZlfDxFk/w640-h288/20230925_155844.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF0gefh_3QNP3nWHOuExNBfFO7lrgAtVVZh7Y4qxm_EtG0MCMrwNjzWNCqbGGTcv1Q4t_UxbiyCQriGAbrlyGN3GdKmeN-qkmN0w78FOCwz_giKq1j_lJi92nHnmgnP1v3kh1yuwJF07HkqOWZtVnRC-_CG_D1OL2PymvGgoxBwjPMvXBnprt6F_C6kZI/s4032/20230925_170603.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1816" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF0gefh_3QNP3nWHOuExNBfFO7lrgAtVVZh7Y4qxm_EtG0MCMrwNjzWNCqbGGTcv1Q4t_UxbiyCQriGAbrlyGN3GdKmeN-qkmN0w78FOCwz_giKq1j_lJi92nHnmgnP1v3kh1yuwJF07HkqOWZtVnRC-_CG_D1OL2PymvGgoxBwjPMvXBnprt6F_C6kZI/w288-h640/20230925_170603.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc1_YeMstla8RdUF0258kMY-aL41V4NNIsWuWA3-P_zScPb-8jNtciLA3n51tU341OZ1JgJk-6snrKhaIrDLDSz8Xkt5nzHEaOaV26O1xoRAYtrloDVSxE-0l5EIjx9pwvJUJyqXXxJ_4sYPFni1oqP7-lx-bW3LmBXMPbZEBDze2GrOw1XeBOZULb8xA/s4032/20230925_170920.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1816" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc1_YeMstla8RdUF0258kMY-aL41V4NNIsWuWA3-P_zScPb-8jNtciLA3n51tU341OZ1JgJk-6snrKhaIrDLDSz8Xkt5nzHEaOaV26O1xoRAYtrloDVSxE-0l5EIjx9pwvJUJyqXXxJ_4sYPFni1oqP7-lx-bW3LmBXMPbZEBDze2GrOw1XeBOZULb8xA/w288-h640/20230925_170920.jpg" width="288" /></a></div>We made bookmarks today to keep track of our reading. The kids drew a picture then colored it on one side, and on the other side I will be using it as a sticker chart to keep track of how many books they have read. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5UMfbCTn_RIADIOiw5gOq3Gk9EeAJRe4KqwKipwh5Q-8vhl0RKZB8p5dOqVtm_ka-fWgmJfKvNi38JeStTMPJoC50txIzqmRJAsaYsX_6y-ADWUCi6vl3c7n2aZzvXPmD6wVNoAInxALD1DrDYZ1xNzTs0Rbu-xnLue5_7fxI5WzhwBdyfpy8-fuPKm4/s4032/20230925_174053.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1816" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5UMfbCTn_RIADIOiw5gOq3Gk9EeAJRe4KqwKipwh5Q-8vhl0RKZB8p5dOqVtm_ka-fWgmJfKvNi38JeStTMPJoC50txIzqmRJAsaYsX_6y-ADWUCi6vl3c7n2aZzvXPmD6wVNoAInxALD1DrDYZ1xNzTs0Rbu-xnLue5_7fxI5WzhwBdyfpy8-fuPKm4/w288-h640/20230925_174053.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih_OtBIBNdfHSCylYBsRGy32ksELKaW3WntHRhp6Owsf66YAEJ7vJmohQwCVRYy2UsEnwj8oTmCkzm68vsGsghIKVNg4K74brWSEnTqKMsROCE6Xa55KvGFQ3XVFBNFY3C2u24h9ha344QpoMU0Hrj3x47FdKS5KUC8ryMxxJW9S_6d0Om6vsUhbHPe_4/s4000/20230925_182753.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih_OtBIBNdfHSCylYBsRGy32ksELKaW3WntHRhp6Owsf66YAEJ7vJmohQwCVRYy2UsEnwj8oTmCkzm68vsGsghIKVNg4K74brWSEnTqKMsROCE6Xa55KvGFQ3XVFBNFY3C2u24h9ha344QpoMU0Hrj3x47FdKS5KUC8ryMxxJW9S_6d0Om6vsUhbHPe_4/w288-h640/20230925_182753.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">She was very excited to find a frog outside and brought him in to the classroom to show me. </div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">We are looking forward to a year full of fun and learning. And can hardly wait to share all our adventures. </div><p><br /></p></div>Homeschoolin Mama http://www.blogger.com/profile/08498224321720906377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6895272878099834947.post-81841475934437159392023-08-12T11:53:00.000-07:002023-08-12T11:53:40.732-07:00Plans for the Future with Homeschooling<p>There are several changes that we have already made to our curriculum for the fall before we have even started. </p><p>I have a love/hate relationship with Simply Classical. There are so many things I like about it. I love the math, and the science books we read. I love introducing kids to artists and composers. When I was teaching years ago, I always played classical music and we spent time each month doing a minor study of artists then would do artwork in that style. It made things fun. We did not do the full classical approach where we were actually doing a study of the person behind the music and art. It was simplified for kids. Some kids in my class really were interested in the artists and composers and asked more questions and learned more about the artists and composers. Other kids just were able to enjoy the paintings of the artists work and listening to the composers music. </p><p>One struggle we had this year was the history books. They were all great books, however, some of the books were way over our kids head. To combat that I ended up spending more money buying books that were easy reader books. It was during this time that I started looking back on our Abeka history books. They were easier to read, they gave more detailed information in bite sizes about different people and events in history (several pages rather than bigger chapter books)</p><p>I looked more into the Simply Classical curriculum and realized that while SC3 had the history chapter books, it was an option for SC5/6, the same history books! Had I known this I would have waited on the history books and I am sure I would have been more successful. </p><p>There are so many things I do love about Simply Classical but I struggle with the the classical method since I did not grow up with that. I wonder about the practicality or even the necessity of it in our children's lives. Will it enrich their lives to see works of art and hear classical music? I am sure it will! Will it enrich their lives to learn when the composer or artist was born and in what country and how many works of arts they made in their lifetime? Probably not. While they are able to tell me the days of the week, months of the year, and tell time, they do not relate to time like we do. If we are talking about going to the Grand Canyon they can not recall things like it being done last year around this time. They might remember going, but the time line would not be something they are able to fully comprehend. </p><p>So what do they need to know? What WOULD be the best ways to enrich their lives? Learning how to do basic math so they can learn how to double or triple a recipe. Learn fractions well enough so if they can't find the right measuring cup they know how to adapt. Learn how to read well enough that they can enjoy the Bible and books. They should learn how to do some basic sewing, learn how to follow a recipe. Learn healthy habits and hygiene. Learn how to use tools properly, learn life skills. Learn how to tend a garden, gather eggs, care for animals. </p><p>We will be doing a good part of what we had already planned but with a few changes. </p><p>The kids are doing very well in Spanish and they enjoy it so we will be sticking to Spanish and ASL as our two languages we are working on. We have decided to drop Latin. </p><p>Another change we are adding is adding in a review of the Abeka Science and Social Studies book since Simply Classical does not cover science and history in level 4, instead it covers mythology and folk tales. </p><p>Another thing we will be doing is adding a craft day once per week. We were doing that with Abeka and the kids have really missed it. I actually do not enjoy art, but some dear friends of ours do and have offered to come over a couple times per month to do art with the kids. </p><p>We will also go back to doing a puzzle every day. We had been doing this before we moved and had see great strides in our kids focus but have gotten out of the habit and those skills need brushing up on again. </p><p>Goals for the future in homeschooling. </p><p>Home Economics - Sewing, grocery shopping, cooking (goals - to learn to sew on buttons, make a meal plan and grocery list, and to be able to cook simple meals with the use of Raddish Kids cooking club)</p><p>P.E. -Special Olympics, hikes</p><p>We also want to make trips to places part of their education. And be more active in our local homeschool group. </p><p>We will be starting school in a couple of weeks and while we homeschool year round, we do take a short break for summer (about 1-2 weeks once the kids are done with all their books from the previous year). </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrvh2vTzIymeEpZGLSSNdU56M-J2WalVPQ2-HVT7xe4vlYR1SG6E-x1d8XQ9VL85J282xs8SA8OfH2Wz2kdiOysP-mAc9UzC4WaK4CcCzGR16ZihN9TpjN58W_bhJon0miOwCeFj5fUzrbXmrI4_sA9izZVg-39x2utjKabqNvyPCl85XSDRze6-Dk-Y0/s4032/20230629_151846.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1816" data-original-width="4032" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrvh2vTzIymeEpZGLSSNdU56M-J2WalVPQ2-HVT7xe4vlYR1SG6E-x1d8XQ9VL85J282xs8SA8OfH2Wz2kdiOysP-mAc9UzC4WaK4CcCzGR16ZihN9TpjN58W_bhJon0miOwCeFj5fUzrbXmrI4_sA9izZVg-39x2utjKabqNvyPCl85XSDRze6-Dk-Y0/w640-h288/20230629_151846.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM-XvLTUpPTBfFz2awYQr4DAM6KtXFAU8dr7Dv05mQ9YQMEbEPazsAPVMvVG3xzuY-tmcMtWIGMG31tTOiKAfJbK_b-nLZ3mt8NxpySgn92kimgvKk0uvrX1vuPpOZ2z3gFxzs3AMNHRGagPlbvpPIcOdUTM9jtNt9ALbna440GxZQw1xLXCVQ6gbW1vk/s4032/20230629_151928.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1816" data-original-width="4032" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM-XvLTUpPTBfFz2awYQr4DAM6KtXFAU8dr7Dv05mQ9YQMEbEPazsAPVMvVG3xzuY-tmcMtWIGMG31tTOiKAfJbK_b-nLZ3mt8NxpySgn92kimgvKk0uvrX1vuPpOZ2z3gFxzs3AMNHRGagPlbvpPIcOdUTM9jtNt9ALbna440GxZQw1xLXCVQ6gbW1vk/w640-h288/20230629_151928.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhThs09E3YynMWV_ru2o9dr5ZYiX0xYdGeTq-d-z4YlHs3R5AR8gh1hnOuO7Jk7DSG5Fri4txv6CigmbJ52XVr6MPJDmDn802xZmPNW7hsUw8WRojawrDgfkH08sM5YRVn0aD1jFfxKqRwAnIErfcl6oxoRCtsiWhIkBlb1Ki23x_xmVllVqVDPGa2Gtk/s4032/20230629_153553%20-%20Copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1816" data-original-width="4032" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhThs09E3YynMWV_ru2o9dr5ZYiX0xYdGeTq-d-z4YlHs3R5AR8gh1hnOuO7Jk7DSG5Fri4txv6CigmbJ52XVr6MPJDmDn802xZmPNW7hsUw8WRojawrDgfkH08sM5YRVn0aD1jFfxKqRwAnIErfcl6oxoRCtsiWhIkBlb1Ki23x_xmVllVqVDPGa2Gtk/w640-h288/20230629_153553%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz9LetaaaxhSesQRJqJAK35ONUHAfs9q_OtFrTKgsqrY8NgNfSK_1O7SzUjBtM7hou75pQxOV5KWXnfwlf25qXaXiYDw9n1IgFS9Zt1Bt6ywraK3KhpOflvuhB4hESPAxVrBq7PMuUtbNFub_eposwS11HnS_3ueh9di7VeaqikAnjaImWQNbgx_AkQSg/s4032/20230629_154638.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1816" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz9LetaaaxhSesQRJqJAK35ONUHAfs9q_OtFrTKgsqrY8NgNfSK_1O7SzUjBtM7hou75pQxOV5KWXnfwlf25qXaXiYDw9n1IgFS9Zt1Bt6ywraK3KhpOflvuhB4hESPAxVrBq7PMuUtbNFub_eposwS11HnS_3ueh9di7VeaqikAnjaImWQNbgx_AkQSg/w288-h640/20230629_154638.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSzVWAAgbftHm1wksJ3JzWMzwkuj0x6BXoYRMw9_-W5WBB7n0TUZW2AmJfyMowXg6lueLSPj5jqxYDNBGY6JPKT-j3AIe_O5lXn3BvwuBZwdAMfMIJugA0gjZHoZGuBS-nOD4aCirux4w4L2vYi_Z0vubBQpPaNARr5r47V3wSXr2lw07HKY6Sgv5LEog/s4032/20230629_164205.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1816" data-original-width="4032" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSzVWAAgbftHm1wksJ3JzWMzwkuj0x6BXoYRMw9_-W5WBB7n0TUZW2AmJfyMowXg6lueLSPj5jqxYDNBGY6JPKT-j3AIe_O5lXn3BvwuBZwdAMfMIJugA0gjZHoZGuBS-nOD4aCirux4w4L2vYi_Z0vubBQpPaNARr5r47V3wSXr2lw07HKY6Sgv5LEog/w640-h288/20230629_164205.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Homeschoolin Mama http://www.blogger.com/profile/08498224321720906377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6895272878099834947.post-10198520060426833302023-05-21T20:17:00.001-07:002023-05-21T20:17:10.786-07:00Homeschool in May<p></p><p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;">This month we have been reading Stone Soup, Wagon Wheels, Johnny Appleseed, How do Apples Grow, There's a Map in my Lap, What is the World Made Of, The Boy Who Drew Birds, How to Draw Birds, How We Crossed the West, and much much more. We are learning States and Capitals in the order that they joined the USA. <br /><span style="line-height: 107%;">Our Composer of the month is: Frédéric François Chopin</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">Our Artist of the month is: Salvador Dali</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;">Our poem of the month is My Shadow by Robert Louis Stevenson </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me,<br /></span><span style="line-height: 107%;">And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.<br /></span><span style="line-height: 107%;">He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head;<br /></span><span style="line-height: 107%;">And I see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed.<br /></span><span style="line-height: 107%;">The funniest thing about him is the way he likes to grow—<br /></span><span style="line-height: 107%;">Not at all like proper children, which is always very slow;<br /></span><span style="line-height: 107%;">For he sometimes shoots up taller like an india-rubber ball,<br /></span><span style="line-height: 107%;">And he sometimes gets so little that there's none of him at
all.<br /></span><span style="line-height: 107%;">He hasn't got a notion of how children ought to play,<br /></span><span style="line-height: 107%;">And can only make a fool of me in every sort of way.<br /></span><span style="line-height: 107%;">He stays so close beside me, he's a coward you can see;<br /></span><span style="line-height: 107%;">I'd think shame to stick to nursie as that shadow sticks to
me!<br /></span><span style="line-height: 107%;">One morning, very early, before the sun was up,<br /></span><span style="line-height: 107%;">I rose and found the shining dew on every buttercup;<br /></span><span style="line-height: 107%;">But my lazy little shadow, like an arrant sleepy-head,<br /></span><span style="line-height: 107%;">Had stayed at home behind me and was fast asleep in bed.</span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: large;">Our Bible verse of the month is,</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;"> <span style="text-align: left;">Proverbs
3:5-7 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own
understanding.</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">In all thy ways
acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.</span><span style="text-align: left;">
</span><span style="text-align: left;">Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="text"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GvrjE37QT28" width="320" youtube-src-id="GvrjE37QT28"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNO1IdPw_f9EH_hHNI5u3SW1JJVTviDWJH57ruCfrXWW1G5v991Eo1krxxTiYLF5Pb9d3gcVZ2YM8Tv4xAd3nVdT6hOo9xrZ_kxuJnMTLM5VPLK2DqSsKs-Y1SeAyD_Bkyv7teaB_AEYCZmtytatIiYLUBvpXvwhQdhmpr8x6LpnKeARpoItbk5pxP/s4032/20230519_153832.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1816" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNO1IdPw_f9EH_hHNI5u3SW1JJVTviDWJH57ruCfrXWW1G5v991Eo1krxxTiYLF5Pb9d3gcVZ2YM8Tv4xAd3nVdT6hOo9xrZ_kxuJnMTLM5VPLK2DqSsKs-Y1SeAyD_Bkyv7teaB_AEYCZmtytatIiYLUBvpXvwhQdhmpr8x6LpnKeARpoItbk5pxP/w288-h640/20230519_153832.jpg" width="288" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb6HlMEYNtYOKLQSpggW5vCIRLOTGGeRloCHXrk36sdqHyuYYpZbJ48K9GhmeubwcXgZHrUb6V4akMK1wE-IFXBlHHuSlDBy8tZ-8RHiT7-nsg3MblxOz2uacgvaFBrWTIpyhbwpyK00MNtcZMcMbp4hEMHtDTRr9NHsqjzdnbtw2xjyVeIWYkkN52/s4032/20230519_151505.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1816" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb6HlMEYNtYOKLQSpggW5vCIRLOTGGeRloCHXrk36sdqHyuYYpZbJ48K9GhmeubwcXgZHrUb6V4akMK1wE-IFXBlHHuSlDBy8tZ-8RHiT7-nsg3MblxOz2uacgvaFBrWTIpyhbwpyK00MNtcZMcMbp4hEMHtDTRr9NHsqjzdnbtw2xjyVeIWYkkN52/w288-h640/20230519_151505.jpg" width="288" /></span></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/t1xTw-TZyH4" width="320" youtube-src-id="t1xTw-TZyH4"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Quicksand; font-size: medium;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-XykiRnauYs" width="320" youtube-src-id="-XykiRnauYs"></iframe></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ-XGcjErdkZ8YzNmjR-bJawsyZ7TTlwwzsEKlacWBIAUjYZ7RzU_9ePXqP84EaGeOxsJwuKSx-UtAAG3W_wR6NbFBAarwu8_YDCpc3riu8VBOOC3MzZNPhhs_oX5LbvMRlNfWCDrdRjZU2ueIWh4mhGo7grHPUhfDnTBqoVs74uvjsEEdyloP7pw4/s4032/20230502_185829.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1816" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ-XGcjErdkZ8YzNmjR-bJawsyZ7TTlwwzsEKlacWBIAUjYZ7RzU_9ePXqP84EaGeOxsJwuKSx-UtAAG3W_wR6NbFBAarwu8_YDCpc3riu8VBOOC3MzZNPhhs_oX5LbvMRlNfWCDrdRjZU2ueIWh4mhGo7grHPUhfDnTBqoVs74uvjsEEdyloP7pw4/w288-h640/20230502_185829.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Alina has been loving taking pictures as part of art for homeschooling. She is given our old cell phone that is now just used as a camera and go exploring through the woods on our property and take pictures. 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We were happy to discover they have BBQ grills as well as bathrooms and picnic tables. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVhpHn1YOm9EnRCIGOrZrYCJ-datneim7Z9LJJJ9-kVmvTmZ4aa04IxCcwp0-vjRXQwaa6-nBX3-kkME1SybpctOf48ye9zKkNbA7nmge_EIf6wU09ubCI_t-cwfBejsTG-0dnOr0_XExRkrWKSU1iPs2ENlaMKyNqNl69gUrOaEOgnKEsoHGxkePZ/s4000/20230514_150410.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1868" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVhpHn1YOm9EnRCIGOrZrYCJ-datneim7Z9LJJJ9-kVmvTmZ4aa04IxCcwp0-vjRXQwaa6-nBX3-kkME1SybpctOf48ye9zKkNbA7nmge_EIf6wU09ubCI_t-cwfBejsTG-0dnOr0_XExRkrWKSU1iPs2ENlaMKyNqNl69gUrOaEOgnKEsoHGxkePZ/w298-h640/20230514_150410.jpg" width="298" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCsdJC5VFr-iEl9eqrhJLIB4p_CcNwtZ4kWz6X_QvIQapAOEVUZ74-cuCzk34p4oFAuJ2u_2Mx9ApHEZtwJ74XBg0wXss0q-PF35W7-S7YSfjguS1SHiEqo2ts2VCSBF4eS8DVap_yEkH3no9JCpUiIR6hrOSRvh9xxsmisb_b8vOhxQj5fUN011HH/s4000/20230514_193355.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1868" data-original-width="4000" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCsdJC5VFr-iEl9eqrhJLIB4p_CcNwtZ4kWz6X_QvIQapAOEVUZ74-cuCzk34p4oFAuJ2u_2Mx9ApHEZtwJ74XBg0wXss0q-PF35W7-S7YSfjguS1SHiEqo2ts2VCSBF4eS8DVap_yEkH3no9JCpUiIR6hrOSRvh9xxsmisb_b8vOhxQj5fUN011HH/w640-h298/20230514_193355.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">There are new chicks and even some turkeys on the homestead! The kids are loving seeing the chicks and turkeys and how fast they are growing. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiDaCAxp3drMNDC9fziojND-GN_q-7dbjvPmThaMPrxXkSpCE32UeNft_Sst8GAAARXj4xlfF9oWLvAfoQ2pLx2YGoNM0PlAin1jQyBIedhpjwrh9OmInNXv2dqxUWDZZTIeNtSzRc6pzLLwyL9fDhT-uFLuLU2lC8vXsJIi9kkzZyyGHZyD6M1AZM/s4000/20230521_170803.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiDaCAxp3drMNDC9fziojND-GN_q-7dbjvPmThaMPrxXkSpCE32UeNft_Sst8GAAARXj4xlfF9oWLvAfoQ2pLx2YGoNM0PlAin1jQyBIedhpjwrh9OmInNXv2dqxUWDZZTIeNtSzRc6pzLLwyL9fDhT-uFLuLU2lC8vXsJIi9kkzZyyGHZyD6M1AZM/w640-h288/20230521_170803.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">We got season passes for Silver Dollar City for Christmas for the kids. One of the things we love about it is how they are not afraid to celebrate God! Inside the theme park is a Wilderness Church! They have a service on Sundays but for the rest of the week they have it where you can go in during certain times and sing along with the hymns and even request your favorite ones are played. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPgebY_K20T9KdmraQNqUvEogvZCZKesXl9k4hNSaLAixgdt4Q1E4h07gyo1dd1CCLdP9cFmjVv74I2qYFPHZ3KFCky0lZp_Wmha7-9Wp9FQMMsgc_IvrsFw5tzUU7Y9ivqcLXSlPGOBl-Xd-yRjOlsO7ZSoWVEY8Dk_SqGpa8Ud1V5i1S3h7g7Ev8/s2048/348355232_1950276098690863_7484118954071228360_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="956" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPgebY_K20T9KdmraQNqUvEogvZCZKesXl9k4hNSaLAixgdt4Q1E4h07gyo1dd1CCLdP9cFmjVv74I2qYFPHZ3KFCky0lZp_Wmha7-9Wp9FQMMsgc_IvrsFw5tzUU7Y9ivqcLXSlPGOBl-Xd-yRjOlsO7ZSoWVEY8Dk_SqGpa8Ud1V5i1S3h7g7Ev8/w298-h640/348355232_1950276098690863_7484118954071228360_n.jpg" width="298" /></a></div><br />Homeschoolin Mama http://www.blogger.com/profile/08498224321720906377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6895272878099834947.post-78327458931483407442023-03-24T17:12:00.003-07:002023-03-25T06:55:32.842-07:002023-2024 School Year <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDEm6F3RzwCBE2RySgKt0t9Gt8yCTbPZEqp1YZxkPz3Ar_dqxj_J03FQzv7qzGVdEXhg_mjjfiyBaDasiXyinw7u9PsXxhEd8Qnu7SoCDTCwSm6M-enQe2ssBOSgACsxANvtTsMlOM4H0S-GFD9MS_ECSAgOlDcgeHoFfQDwFou3nCp1j1PHudkk2g/s1117/boy%20reading%20under%20tree%20for%20blog.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="1117" height="387" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDEm6F3RzwCBE2RySgKt0t9Gt8yCTbPZEqp1YZxkPz3Ar_dqxj_J03FQzv7qzGVdEXhg_mjjfiyBaDasiXyinw7u9PsXxhEd8Qnu7SoCDTCwSm6M-enQe2ssBOSgACsxANvtTsMlOM4H0S-GFD9MS_ECSAgOlDcgeHoFfQDwFou3nCp1j1PHudkk2g/w640-h387/boy%20reading%20under%20tree%20for%20blog.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><p></p><p>I sat down a few days ago to start planning out our 2023-2024 school year. After a few days of working on it, I finally have everything planned, organized, and ready to go for fall. (never mind that it just turned spring, ordering books early usually gives a discount which is always welcome and once they come in we are always excited to look at the books and it just helps get everyone excited to finish their school work so we can start on the new books!) </p><p>It is a bit of a mix because some books work better for some kids than the others. </p><p>Some things will be the same for all the kids like our read alouds for history, science, and enrichment. All the kids will be working on learning more ASL (American Sign Language) as well continuing our Latin studies that we stared last year. </p><p>These are our books for this year with Simply Classical 4 Memoria Press. You might notice a lot of books that look the same, that is for each child who will be using those books. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJGEgz_XyJrpqSSUlSmLsXz4c2UgDxJMcYWiAEMLpZrNlu0nJIgVM7KBBQSdVZgN92uIenIO2FzOBrd5xlBNVCjsIYg3fCFlFiU5cv6NPqZNyc3duNOpFKjqbQ-yqVjzO-ULkWAgonyPUKbK1xrTI46qagDfebhjrFm8xhxO_LSHw6-_wtRl5eSsXc/s4032/20230324_114044%5B1%5D.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1816" data-original-width="4032" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJGEgz_XyJrpqSSUlSmLsXz4c2UgDxJMcYWiAEMLpZrNlu0nJIgVM7KBBQSdVZgN92uIenIO2FzOBrd5xlBNVCjsIYg3fCFlFiU5cv6NPqZNyc3duNOpFKjqbQ-yqVjzO-ULkWAgonyPUKbK1xrTI46qagDfebhjrFm8xhxO_LSHw6-_wtRl5eSsXc/w640-h288/20230324_114044%5B1%5D.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>For kids who are using other materials in addition to Simply Classical, these are their books (a couple of books are missing from the picture but are currently being shipped and should arrive soon). <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHzSDLqFCN2SR4zO6uoqD5qy2xhWea6ynTyzJACOCxfQPL9JHTAfN93ke4E9LK1UJEPaPPNWsXpGKVVWJM0ZojXqehy3MdB86KBwrLympYH_v5-7rc0GRLHVBIG9ssRhEsV4QNrfc04CcQ0U7fJX5v0mRChpQu0-td09E8_AdfdeuRBXPD8du7f2x9/s4032/20230324_114750.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1816" data-original-width="4032" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHzSDLqFCN2SR4zO6uoqD5qy2xhWea6ynTyzJACOCxfQPL9JHTAfN93ke4E9LK1UJEPaPPNWsXpGKVVWJM0ZojXqehy3MdB86KBwrLympYH_v5-7rc0GRLHVBIG9ssRhEsV4QNrfc04CcQ0U7fJX5v0mRChpQu0-td09E8_AdfdeuRBXPD8du7f2x9/w640-h288/20230324_114750.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>One way I help keep the kids' books organized is by putting color coded stickers on the books. Each child has their own color so they can easily spot which books are theirs. This way the kids can make sure when they put their books away they are not putting them in the wrong spot. Books with a spiral on the side have their stickers on top of the cover page. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_uq0w6rFj4Mkoe0XsDIF70U6AIxQJM8hnE0h5eHK99TchqlNwzmYVTGF9SeitG79Cm5fObWfvJlUdgucUmHG9O1FT_NpM8B2MdH7XQcYsJXYVOAKBH_bIQm28sLNAt11hY87KGkmJ1WNZExY6N4qecXOq7hhxZhr0mcDhCL61BRBIN7ZkS5QfiVr7/s4032/20230324_115147.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1816" data-original-width="4032" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_uq0w6rFj4Mkoe0XsDIF70U6AIxQJM8hnE0h5eHK99TchqlNwzmYVTGF9SeitG79Cm5fObWfvJlUdgucUmHG9O1FT_NpM8B2MdH7XQcYsJXYVOAKBH_bIQm28sLNAt11hY87KGkmJ1WNZExY6N4qecXOq7hhxZhr0mcDhCL61BRBIN7ZkS5QfiVr7/w640-h288/20230324_115147.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Last school year we started working on learning states and capitals. This year we will learn more about the states and review all their capitals. We are also going to be learning about Mythology, reading animal Folk Tales, continuing our studies of famous composers and artists, as well as learning more poetry and Bible verses. </div><div><p>When we started learning bible verses, poems, and hymns back in October 2022, I wondered it if would be too much. We have discovered that they are more than able to and have actually shown improvement in other areas of their school work because of it. This year we are stepping it up a little bit because part of our homeschool curriculum with Simply Classical 4 has the kids learning two longer poems, Paul Revere's Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and The Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. </p><p>I had already preselected all the poems that we were going to be doing prior to us getting the curriculum guide and was happy to discover that one of the poems I had selected, Who had Seen the Wind? by Christina Rossetti, was the third poem that the kids would be learning in Simply Classical 4. I had not originally planned on doing Paul Revere's Ride or The Charge of the Light Brigade, so I ended up having to take down some poems we were going to do in the place of those, but we can always learn that in the 2024-2025 school year. I already have a large list of poems, bible verses, and hymns for future years. </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis73iw62SLlw4KlcvSZqjd3N56l8Jm2yTfbHb8VSzBchcNmaeN5ICkDWj4awwH1o9ooh-MmisJ2-VzNz1vple97Hnqu1x7A-f7to5GzuctjN2IbvosdbHl1jGWm_okGza50hAeHsWPkzTQlU71QewiQz1A5LQbuXA9kWhbDj_xiidCOWd8f1rYNqoi/s966/Bible%20verses%20%20poems%20%20and%20hymns%20for%20the%202023-2024%20school%20year.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="966" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis73iw62SLlw4KlcvSZqjd3N56l8Jm2yTfbHb8VSzBchcNmaeN5ICkDWj4awwH1o9ooh-MmisJ2-VzNz1vple97Hnqu1x7A-f7to5GzuctjN2IbvosdbHl1jGWm_okGza50hAeHsWPkzTQlU71QewiQz1A5LQbuXA9kWhbDj_xiidCOWd8f1rYNqoi/w640-h382/Bible%20verses%20%20poems%20%20and%20hymns%20for%20the%202023-2024%20school%20year.jpg" width="640" /></a></p>If a poem is somewhat short such as the Rain by Robert Louis Stevenson or Singing by Robert Louis Stevenson, I have it so we will be learning both poems for that month. Most poems that we have learned the kids have been able to learn in one month, however this year we will be learning a couple of longer poems and while we will still add a poem each month, if a poem is really long we will continue to work on that one as well. The poem we are learning in January and April are very long poems. We will work on the one in January all the way until April and the one in April all the way till the end of school or until they are both learned as those two are part of our homeschool curriculum with Simply Classical 4. <div> </div><div>One thing I have started doing for some poems is making a slide show with some picture clues to help our kids visualize the poems. </div><div>This is the one I made for The Months poem by Sara Coleridge. The picture below shows January and that part of the poem goes, January brings the snow, makes our feet and fingers glow. </div><div>By having the pictures while the kids are learning the poem, they are later able to visualize the pictures when they are reciting it without seeing it. At the end of the month, they are asked to say it without any help from the slideshow or with me helping to remind them. They have been doing so well! </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggiOpvNOCSjWWKYjgwumoJyRDxLtvvwrxBKdM4tYyYhgPv1ocFzebJw1OQhO3q2eTTZyOtX4nmC_WT0gmwXx71ufPze732ZlfJ3gPYDbws1xyMkAxeRL6yIWwPvb4vFSnQhBi40kx_VpA_lzRznZhXRi2PIfjc7MypAJFhrfE9IXgym7z0GsjC1QNN/s1565/slideshow%20pic%20for%20months%20poem.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="674" data-original-width="1565" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggiOpvNOCSjWWKYjgwumoJyRDxLtvvwrxBKdM4tYyYhgPv1ocFzebJw1OQhO3q2eTTZyOtX4nmC_WT0gmwXx71ufPze732ZlfJ3gPYDbws1xyMkAxeRL6yIWwPvb4vFSnQhBi40kx_VpA_lzRznZhXRi2PIfjc7MypAJFhrfE9IXgym7z0GsjC1QNN/w640-h276/slideshow%20pic%20for%20months%20poem.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> These are the books that our kids will be using this school year. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjITNeYwc5sngFSYh98XYHT1vmy2uDLtj3iBfdX0n4KUeu2uAySaFAte3JIx0K3SHAXgZOf6td-DFv8oAUYtZUQqjff-6fUfUy1w2LdLL85Gl6I3DP4L6Z2x07hoAbawTeMw7agXxzbUZXN3MB_OjDkVRxxtZlgVebpOn3aHXKMtXyg2HRtF1keCdEv/s963/kids%20lesson%20book%20list.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="496" data-original-width="963" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjITNeYwc5sngFSYh98XYHT1vmy2uDLtj3iBfdX0n4KUeu2uAySaFAte3JIx0K3SHAXgZOf6td-DFv8oAUYtZUQqjff-6fUfUy1w2LdLL85Gl6I3DP4L6Z2x07hoAbawTeMw7agXxzbUZXN3MB_OjDkVRxxtZlgVebpOn3aHXKMtXyg2HRtF1keCdEv/w640-h330/kids%20lesson%20book%20list.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The majority of our work is from the Simply Classical program by Memoria Press. It is a wonderful program and works very well for many of our kids. However, for some of our kids who are able to work at a faster pace then their program but not fast enough for their typical program we have a few other things we use. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">With spelling, some of our kids are able to move at a pretty fast pace if they do not have too many words to memorize. This is the struggle with typical programs because there are so many spelling words to remember per week. With Simply Classical there are fewer words per week to memorize, this works very well for some of our kids, however, for one of our kids that can move a lot faster we will be using Abeka while another one of our kids need to move a lot slower and need more activities to help them learn so in that case we have turned to Super Teacher Worksheets for Spelling. We do let the kids go at their own pace for spelling. Each of our kids are at various skill levels. Some kids are able to memorize their spelling words in one week, while others can memorize them in a few days, and others still will take a few weeks to learn them. <a href="https://www.superteacherworksheets.com" target="_blank">Super Teacher Worksheets</a> has been an amazing discovery. They have a large collection of worksheets that is perfect for preschool- 5th grade with everything from math, reading comprehension, spelling, phonics, phonies, and much more. Their spelling includes things from the spelling words plus activities like cutting and gluing to make sentences with the spelling words, word searches using the spelling words, and much more, which is perfect for our child who need that extra practice.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In addition to our learning Bible verses, poems, and hymns, the kids will continue learning about famous composers, listening to music they wrote, and learning about famous artists and seeing pictures of their artwork. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3M7JETrmTL974LkClFh0ZIVq9TAlBopUpz90kf6ScR6jgOzuxGXTCVRNBBUVPX-7-Y6vuUQGJL1f-x8gUckHuk7bdb1_5RaQfeCQcyJHlzLX-39MyUIE2Bq0GnDcKL6icdmKkG4hP87EJGSCT-WYnVjiyz1rSD9o5_tKbtMc3Md0iJmeu8lGCgd0Z/s973/famous%20artists%20and%20composers%20for%202023-2024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="344" data-original-width="973" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3M7JETrmTL974LkClFh0ZIVq9TAlBopUpz90kf6ScR6jgOzuxGXTCVRNBBUVPX-7-Y6vuUQGJL1f-x8gUckHuk7bdb1_5RaQfeCQcyJHlzLX-39MyUIE2Bq0GnDcKL6icdmKkG4hP87EJGSCT-WYnVjiyz1rSD9o5_tKbtMc3Md0iJmeu8lGCgd0Z/w640-h226/famous%20artists%20and%20composers%20for%202023-2024.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another part of our homeschooling this year will be to take advantage of all the recipes we have collected over the last couple years from a subscription to Radish Kids. Radish Kids is a kids cooking subscription where kids receive a recipe each month, as well as a grocery list, some table talk cards, and easy to follow directions to make each recipe. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Homesteading brings science to life. We have an orchard that was planted in the spring and the kids have been watching it come to life. We also set up our garden in the spring and the kids have been getting their hands dirty and learning about gardening. The kids received a baby bunny in the spring from one of our dear friends from church along with a rabbit hutch. They love their little bunny! We also have chickens. We got our first baby chicks in April, some more in May, and then even more in July. They have gotten to see how they grow and develop and we are excited over the coming year to be able to watch our chickens hatch some of their own eggs. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Something new this school year will be that our older girls will be working two days per week for a place that employees people with disabilities. We took a tour and the girls loved it there and are looking forward to being able to spread their wings a bit and be able to earn some spare cash. This will give me extra time to work with the youngest three kids and allow the older girls to learn new skills on the job. </div><div><br /></div>Another fun thing we will be doing now that we are more settled in from our move in 2022 is we will be exploring our state with field trips! We will be exploring places such as the <span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Laura Ingles Wilder Home and
Museum, caves, seasonal events and festivals, zoos, as well as tours of places like a fire station. </span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Our church hosts a Talent Show night in September and the kids are so excited! We will start working on learning something they can do to preform for the talent show around June. We are blessed to live in a state with so many things to do!<div>In Feb 2024 our older girls will once again be able to attend Night to Shine and are so looking forward to it. Our younger kids are looking forward to when they will be able to attend but you need to be at least 16 so they have a few more years to go. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7bzDfscK7WXFfzSJODcJWke0OYtLEisDNahfB00X2QuFPP9o2VLvha79n7gyo63nEIQAZm2D3zYiHSBcpSaqMrCxs6mZD88_-lKC555w2MWvC0oqJ_yf9478otJTBiRfJO2sAYxXKr7qS1Uew9bUetU1Hqnm08s6YoAxmr4vzs6f-_AVENRrga3oW/s3943/sunset.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1357" data-original-width="3943" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7bzDfscK7WXFfzSJODcJWke0OYtLEisDNahfB00X2QuFPP9o2VLvha79n7gyo63nEIQAZm2D3zYiHSBcpSaqMrCxs6mZD88_-lKC555w2MWvC0oqJ_yf9478otJTBiRfJO2sAYxXKr7qS1Uew9bUetU1Hqnm08s6YoAxmr4vzs6f-_AVENRrga3oW/w640-h220/sunset.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Life is Good!</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This little one and I took a educational fieldtrip to help a friend from my Bible study and her family with dispatching some of their chickens.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pictures of chickens being dispatched below if you are comfortable looking.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> .</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRXshennTCtH3AB1Ax52fWT30jMBXmQ3a15AL-kDg-l0P4D_TTPFYs7D3PCOD9WxfRqubC_-A2LEB9GoYLG9CdZ1FYtfJW_BqJ8NNA5V7glAlMOyhM8W6Vn6strXy06jv-jbSaEgusGIXxMGjKcmeLxVvfDWICEK0KFCVfJpaG-dOLWtxPxeohCFvu/s4032/20230224_095005.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Everything we can think of to help improve eye coordination, memory, thinking skills, and such is a winner in our book.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sometimes I am just amazed at how good some of our kids are at puzzles...</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXrvGign5PpBMitaZeLavIO-OSY0oGx2JJidJ7v_VZEyRDdaOS_syPNADoFKujuMW_o0nLrobMUJtL-_2tMw5jvtwfABYduZhlAT0Ky7wI1_kvyzx-7CycwHHpUbBmwDbIHD4vpg8DgtruRJFZ5JCeqkwqa4mmSzewfDU8yKrUyRXiloys0qPhp2Kl/s4032/20230119_145621.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXrvGign5PpBMitaZeLavIO-OSY0oGx2JJidJ7v_VZEyRDdaOS_syPNADoFKujuMW_o0nLrobMUJtL-_2tMw5jvtwfABYduZhlAT0Ky7wI1_kvyzx-7CycwHHpUbBmwDbIHD4vpg8DgtruRJFZ5JCeqkwqa4mmSzewfDU8yKrUyRXiloys0qPhp2Kl/w640-h480/20230119_145621.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi-aE1YE5PXNGWaHKSt3OrYXmKkea81JdRRQquBaR8sTqkVoUORvUY4qwcPrjjsvaSjkrQVFLEbMpUfYx7fkZbEpsWyDEvqP6MwhzCHjNv-kDXpQYYpkmQE631prSQKKF9AfHQ5QP6XIgRk_Ba4um13_Qrhm9Lm6rjQBwZDJmzi-C4u-1DA-1MD_5E/w640-h480/20230130_182819.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Our Lessons for February: </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is basically what our school days look like.</span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 107%;">Our morning starts with breakfast and me reading from their Story Bible. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 107%;">After that we start school work with an Opening Prayer - The Lord is My Shephard </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Next we start Memory Work and Recitation:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a name="_Hlk125968151"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 107%;">How many letters in the alphabet?
Name them</span></a></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 107%;">What are
the two sizes of letters? What are the two types of letters? </span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 107%;">What are the
short vowel sounds? What are the long vowel sounds?</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 107%;">What is
the mark we use at the end of a sentence? At the end of a question?</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 107%;">What
punctuation mark shows ownership?</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 107%;">What are
two types of numbers? Even and Odd (Count by even numbers from 2-20)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 107%;">What word
do we say when we want to ask someone to do something for us? (please)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 107%;">What
words do we say when someone does something for us? (thank you)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 107%;">What do
we say when we have wronged someone? (I am sorry, will you please forgive me?)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 107%;">What do
we say when someone has wronged us? (I forgive you)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 107%;">What is
your phone number? What is your address?</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 107%;">How many
days in a week/months in a year? Name them</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 107%;">What line
goes side to side? Horizontal What line goes up and down? Vertical</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 107%;">How many
senses do we have? Name them Sight, Hearing, Touch, Taste, Smell</span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 107%;"><u>Bible verse:</u><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">John 14:1-6 (KJV)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Let not your heart be troubled:ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know. Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest, and how can we know the way? Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-family: verdana;">Poem:</span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 107%;">Little Things by Julia Abagail Fletcher Carney<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 107%;">Little drops of water,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 107%;">Little grains of sand,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 107%;">Make the mighty ocean<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 107%;">And the pleasant land.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 107%;">So the little moments,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 107%;">Humble though they be,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 107%;">Make the mighty ages<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 107%;">Of Eternity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 107%;">So the little errors<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 107%;">Lead the soul away<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 107%;">From the paths of virtue<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 107%;">Far in sin to stray.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 107%;">Little deeds of kindness,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 107%;">Little words of love,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 107%;">Help to make earth happy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Like the Heaven above.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">From there we dive into our Phonics and Spelling. We will review any new flashcards for words, blends, or diagraphs. We do the flashcards together with all the kids during phonics time. The kids are allowed to go at their own pace for spelling. If someone learns their spelling words quickly they are allowed to move right into the next lesson. Because of this, everyone is on a different spelling lesson. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Once we are finished with Phonics and Spelling, the kids have a snack and a break time for about 30 minutes - 1 hour so they can run around and play.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Once they come back inside from playing, we start our history reading. This month we are learning about George Washington and Betty Ross. We will also read our science books during this time. We are learning about teeth and hygiene. We will be doing a science experiment with eggs to see how they react to different things to simulate how teeth react to the same things. (tooth paste, vinegar, soda, and then one that has nothing done to it - we will leave it in a solution for several days to see the results). We will also learn about seeds and sprouts and start some seeds in the window which we will later plant in the garden once they are big enough.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Each month we focus on one composer and one artist. This month we are listening to works by Mozart and learning about him. During math class we will listen to the music by the composer of the month.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">After we come back inside we work on math while listening to our composer of the month then move into writing. The music helps create a calm relaxing mood while the kids are working hard. </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkMhnwS2DFv2DKFHQsCwFIZ1nKpIe5E3ZF3xIEF1J2CO4V5QXvlHOBuQjQkPeJu5-lg3880uI9A1irN2FxHj4g1WMEs98w4sSxQFsXKiIXKzSuh_uknCrWuL5j5uzepDPdb2MGqSDwMS6wr7OtSn3_2gKGrNq2A5MNdS1ZB3ZalBpAd-qI-aNyNpCy/s4032/20230123_105721.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkMhnwS2DFv2DKFHQsCwFIZ1nKpIe5E3ZF3xIEF1J2CO4V5QXvlHOBuQjQkPeJu5-lg3880uI9A1irN2FxHj4g1WMEs98w4sSxQFsXKiIXKzSuh_uknCrWuL5j5uzepDPdb2MGqSDwMS6wr7OtSn3_2gKGrNq2A5MNdS1ZB3ZalBpAd-qI-aNyNpCy/w480-h640/20230123_105721.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">After math we start on cursive writing or copywork depending on the day of the week. M, W, F the kids work on their cursive, and T, Thur, they work on copywork. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">As the kids finish up, they play learning games (pictured above at the top of the blog) until everyone is finished. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">When everyone finishes their work, we do math drill with flash cards. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">After our math drills we have lunch and play outside. Each child takes a turn reading their book to me after lunch then runs off to play again while the other kids take their turn reading to me. Once everyone has had a turn reading to me, we head back inside to have an afternoon circle time. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><b>(We use a folding black board that contains our circle time learning. While some of the things on the board are made by myself, the idea and some of the content of the boards comes from <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@JadyA" target="_blank">Jady A.</a> You can find her on Youtube. I did one of her training courses which went over 18 weeks of learning using a board like this with sheets to download in pdf. While we do not stick to what she showed in her training course to a T, we do use several of her ideas and printables and want to make sure she gets credit for that. She has a great channel and we have bought many of her workbooks from Amazon. She is a homeschooling mom and is very inspiring in many areas from homeschooling to parenting.)</b></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipSQrAlXCncq27-AgFxt9xyhq2KmcPaJFHjCRxhTRM4VBHYIq4kkim4CrI5cYVrowqKlva5SovPeLOG2dXOlestz6loBkqgP3RZX2KeVQjrBQR_ZlUq7LE-Hao9hUx3zhSn23PbFDE5eVlMz72PDEMe5kVfkEojY11f4yLMQMDBlVOCOZV3Uo4rV9e/s4032/20230131_222311.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipSQrAlXCncq27-AgFxt9xyhq2KmcPaJFHjCRxhTRM4VBHYIq4kkim4CrI5cYVrowqKlva5SovPeLOG2dXOlestz6loBkqgP3RZX2KeVQjrBQR_ZlUq7LE-Hao9hUx3zhSn23PbFDE5eVlMz72PDEMe5kVfkEojY11f4yLMQMDBlVOCOZV3Uo4rV9e/w640-h480/20230131_222311.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is the time where we look at pictures by artists, practice skip counting, practice our poem, learn a hymn, work on civics, geography, our Bible verse, and do our language lesson (we are currently learning Spanish but later this year we will start learning Latin). This month we are learning our colors in Spanish. So far the kids have learned to count 1-20 in Spanish. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">For geography we are learning the cardinal directions. We are learning skip counting by 4s this month, we have worked on counting by 2s and 3s already. For science we are learning about vertebrates and invertebrates. In civics this month we will be reviewing our US leaders as well as practicing the pledge and how to stand properly and which hand to use during the pledge. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Our artist of the month is Jan Vermeer. We will learn about Vermeer and look at artwork done by Vermeer. One of Vermeer's most famous works of art is the Girl with the Pearl Earring. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">We also learn a new Hymn each month. This month's Hymn is Trust and Obey. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KB4KcleYiWM" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Once we have finished our morning circle, I will put on what the kids call School Songs. Basically, it is a youtube playlist of what they have learned that day and in most cases everything is put to music and the kids love it, such as skip counting, our poem and hymn of the month, and things like that. We have a laptop that we play it on and the kids love it. It pretty much their only time they get "tv time" during the day as we do not have a tv in the house . It also has things like little mini videos for the kids about the people we are learning about - George Washington, Betty Ross, Vermeer, Mozart, etc. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">At the end of the youtube playlist, we typically have an art lesson with Art Hub for Kids. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">After "school songs" the kids will play outside if it is a nice day or play inside if the weather is not good. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">If anyone had trouble with any of their work earlier I will stay and help that child. Often it is not a matter of not being able to do their work, it is more a matter of having trouble focusing. Somehow having mama stand there while they are working seems to help them stay on track or just to remind them to subtract when they want to add. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span> </span><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tF8s2ldVRQU" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></span></div>Homeschoolin Mama http://www.blogger.com/profile/08498224321720906377noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6895272878099834947.post-79930576279151603582023-01-15T10:00:00.011-08:002023-01-30T17:39:29.688-08:00Homeschooling in our Tiny House<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Homeschooling in a tiny house looks a lot different than in a bigger house. All our books have to fit on two bookshelves. My amazing husband built a large drawer for under the sofa for all my flashcards, school supplies, and anything we do not need on a daily basis. <br />School takes places at the table, on the sofa, outside, on trips, out in nature and everywhere we go. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 17.12px; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Going from </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228;">a whole room dedic</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228;">ated to being just </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228;">a </span><span style="line-height: 17.12px;">school room to two book shelves in the living room is not without its ch</span><span style="background: white; color: #1d2228; line-height: 17.12px;">allenges. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228;">Our curriculum is a mix. We use Memoria Press for some things. They have a curriculum for kids with special needs called Simply Classical. One of our kids uses a different math and English. She uses Schoolaid Math and Climbing to Good English. For reading the kids are doing Pathway Reading. They really enjoy the stories and they have workbooks to go along with it for comprehension.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228;">After this school year we will be switching two of our kids to Teaching Textbooks for math. For now however one is using Rod and Staff for math and he other is using Schoolaid for math. We really like Rod and Staff for our kids who are struggling with math because it helps build a good foundation and works on helping them remember their math facts. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228;">For History we do a lot of read alounds. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228;">In October we read and learned about Christopher Columbus. In </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228;">November we read and learned about Pocahontas, and The Thanksgiving story. In December, Sarah Morton’s Day- a Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Girl. For January, we will read and learn about Benjamin Franklin. In February we will learn about </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228;">George Washington </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228;">and</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228;">Betty Ross,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228;">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: #1d2228; line-height: 17.12px; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Every month we work on learning a new poem, bible verse, and hymn. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">So far the kids have learned the poems Something Told the Wild Geese by Rachel Field, Snowball by Shel Silverstein, and are currently learning The Wise Old Owl. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">In Spanish they have learned how to count from 1-20 now in Spanish. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">In Bible they have learned Ephesians 4:31-32, Luke 2: 7-14, and this month they are working on learning Isaiah 40: 28-31. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">We also work on learning about a composer and artist every month. This month we are learning about The Stary Night by Van Gogh and George Fredrick Handel and the Messiah. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">This is our circle time board. We work on this throughout the month. At the end of the month I update it with new poems, bible verses, and things to learn. 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They are working in the Simply Classical Level 3 by Memoria Press. This workbook works on everything from learning how to write sentences to letting the child learn how to make sentences more interesting by choosing adverbs and adjectives to make their sentences. Each story has about 4 different days work in the workbook. The start of the work starts with figuring out the main ideas, and what are supporting details. It also works on understanding common nouns, proper nouns, which words are capitalized because it is the first word of a sentence and which is capitalized because it is a proper noun. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Part of the curriculum is reading the stories that teach kids History and then this workbook goes along with the biographies we read to help build understanding and comprehension in what they have heard and learned about. At the end of each story, the kids get to make up their own sentences based on what they have understood in the story and then draw a picture to go with their sentence.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There is so much I love about this workbook! <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPu5o0nQ2mIBVl0LwVtBXZOEttyNQapMOryfF_2H1dFPOf-mVBhR3AQDUpoCMy-QypMl825erMmtHkRiMLtVHRDqw1ptXrU4yo2wXaUey-KL7ihuZlcfbC7nTiF5wdYgd-3o0qtWxwYbe5lG_9nMjCPkIKlWgRyrWagMpZkJEFHjlwKJ0PS9xerl1m/s4032/20230113_172336.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPu5o0nQ2mIBVl0LwVtBXZOEttyNQapMOryfF_2H1dFPOf-mVBhR3AQDUpoCMy-QypMl825erMmtHkRiMLtVHRDqw1ptXrU4yo2wXaUey-KL7ihuZlcfbC7nTiF5wdYgd-3o0qtWxwYbe5lG_9nMjCPkIKlWgRyrWagMpZkJEFHjlwKJ0PS9xerl1m/w640-h480/20230113_172336.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZh_pFkAvEbLSGh840h8W2YK-frnrbuO6IzvmiXDVmIC4EOPUPqTbg_pEtFj3vLm5T6GxpPwyF-jMtY-Y272o0YtqjxVKuFhO8P6db92pPOcDo6grY7gMpv-cquUmKcMG7suM83Wk1qXqiEv6LjJF49dRxXEF-3uxXXuIugjbYjbKcb0q2P-BvAI1U/s4032/20221128_124202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZh_pFkAvEbLSGh840h8W2YK-frnrbuO6IzvmiXDVmIC4EOPUPqTbg_pEtFj3vLm5T6GxpPwyF-jMtY-Y272o0YtqjxVKuFhO8P6db92pPOcDo6grY7gMpv-cquUmKcMG7suM83Wk1qXqiEv6LjJF49dRxXEF-3uxXXuIugjbYjbKcb0q2P-BvAI1U/w480-h640/20221128_124202.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Working on their math</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1-Bv9DDgROikYIQURT5HF21xE-iqUL4oepODQh475Mrw34jIfK6_QzK7Yj6yeAs6WvINyp-7EJQq4c7oMZWQIWFXd7OC5XZzvFmhgNxS8pva5cxER3FQabjlLW58YUP_INy2lzOfMr39_EPxKLcz_e8gl2ZLN3YFDgm4nspGSlnv5MMFJWKdOn76c/s4032/20221128_124834.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1-Bv9DDgROikYIQURT5HF21xE-iqUL4oepODQh475Mrw34jIfK6_QzK7Yj6yeAs6WvINyp-7EJQq4c7oMZWQIWFXd7OC5XZzvFmhgNxS8pva5cxER3FQabjlLW58YUP_INy2lzOfMr39_EPxKLcz_e8gl2ZLN3YFDgm4nspGSlnv5MMFJWKdOn76c/w480-h640/20221128_124834.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Reading The Story Bible together</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS21QhBTQvzdf6W15oK_Z0BAmnIQdM_TrqyG4pt2v_4K1kj9Ibgy8yArvTMhjb3IndaOBVQrmFpvh26_IFYfHKKoHn9UJmPQRlWida3nKFKDqzNzSIe7sW0sLQ7UWei4lab1VaIQ2dbnsFI8w07NtaPYeQhtcwIZ8xEM8vIPGs6m-yUfX6atEtlyVH/s4032/20221128_233352.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS21QhBTQvzdf6W15oK_Z0BAmnIQdM_TrqyG4pt2v_4K1kj9Ibgy8yArvTMhjb3IndaOBVQrmFpvh26_IFYfHKKoHn9UJmPQRlWida3nKFKDqzNzSIe7sW0sLQ7UWei4lab1VaIQ2dbnsFI8w07NtaPYeQhtcwIZ8xEM8vIPGs6m-yUfX6atEtlyVH/w480-h640/20221128_233352.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Homeschoolin Mama http://www.blogger.com/profile/08498224321720906377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6895272878099834947.post-20970369372110529902022-04-24T16:47:00.000-07:002022-04-24T16:47:01.380-07:00Memories and Current Events<p> I have been looking back at old pictures and videos. I have been looking back to a time when my day revolved around teaching our 1-3 year olds how to count, learn phonics, read words, and spending days out at parks and having fun. Life was busy but it was fun. I loved every minute of it.</p><p>I had forgotten how much we did as we got busy with life and preschools and therapies and activities. I am looking forward to moving, when life can feel simple again and we can get back to working like we use to. I sure do miss those days and can not wait until we can get back to that style of learning/teaching. (we would start now but due to us moving soon all my things are in storage except what we need for right now)</p><p>We are still doing school work, but as I said, life has been busy and most my school learning tools are in storage so I do not have as many things to post. One new thing we are doing is making an art collection. The kids are drawing at least once per week and at the end of the month they are picking their favorite picture and we are putting it into a clear sleeve inside a portfolio so we can look back on it later. I can hardly wait to see how their art skill grows over the years. </p><p>For Earth Day we did a little craft/writing project that we found on Teachers Pay Teachers. I loved everything about it. They had to work on their cutting skills, coloring skills, and writing skills. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3BBXRJqRINBT5YRR8UPxQgt9KmVrp_SmxVFmQ6dxkqNPAyKomCsVieuPaWnOAVSQ9_nMwhcQz-vUeP1UCO7BmHUzbYzlTrW4vG6qvOzPFz2faJirLk6VPgJwuEaqmOWuStinLCk5G63kzTJohnj3edw0Q3rCzr2jtfEd5dbGNYa1xVCOlPmQsbs8n/s2792/20220422_183224.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2792" data-original-width="1800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3BBXRJqRINBT5YRR8UPxQgt9KmVrp_SmxVFmQ6dxkqNPAyKomCsVieuPaWnOAVSQ9_nMwhcQz-vUeP1UCO7BmHUzbYzlTrW4vG6qvOzPFz2faJirLk6VPgJwuEaqmOWuStinLCk5G63kzTJohnj3edw0Q3rCzr2jtfEd5dbGNYa1xVCOlPmQsbs8n/w412-h640/20220422_183224.jpg" width="412" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I will help the Earth by recycling.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmVV8EluHxFXUleESAjJIqPoYRKceJvGZ9YCYkHgeopIFuoiVsAfdPt6UJNkCFBNNQvDhoJwooQbqkZocThwi1tObp-MvEEG-UDeNbRoia-z673Vp6gTP-HEvui0Ooks6iQPEwsNB85dkd5Rz-ARFxAzHCddkAkli4ubdeErOhZHQyYdJCY0KQmZND/s2693/20220424_131353-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2693" data-original-width="1800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmVV8EluHxFXUleESAjJIqPoYRKceJvGZ9YCYkHgeopIFuoiVsAfdPt6UJNkCFBNNQvDhoJwooQbqkZocThwi1tObp-MvEEG-UDeNbRoia-z673Vp6gTP-HEvui0Ooks6iQPEwsNB85dkd5Rz-ARFxAzHCddkAkli4ubdeErOhZHQyYdJCY0KQmZND/w428-h640/20220424_131353-2.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I will help the Earth by picking up garbage and recycling. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLghD_A1W5NylNWLQLYbRHaHP0_4M5_FxTlWPa3CH-3iIsOSVKYb-JNFdh76fZMtpMY_iJf3lDqqFxNNG7B6oprJnuP2b2ocMNNjVRUvYiRWla1FXNsGRiUM2y0txOASbWwpg8tdq_RG29lGHGCRxJ_ofDY_bwUnvWaUii6-Pu1bR68fjbSEmOR-NS/s2641/Veronika's%20Earth%20Day%20Art.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2641" data-original-width="1777" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLghD_A1W5NylNWLQLYbRHaHP0_4M5_FxTlWPa3CH-3iIsOSVKYb-JNFdh76fZMtpMY_iJf3lDqqFxNNG7B6oprJnuP2b2ocMNNjVRUvYiRWla1FXNsGRiUM2y0txOASbWwpg8tdq_RG29lGHGCRxJ_ofDY_bwUnvWaUii6-Pu1bR68fjbSEmOR-NS/w430-h640/Veronika's%20Earth%20Day%20Art.jpg" width="430" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I will help the Earth by planting trees.</div><p><br /></p>Homeschoolin Mama http://www.blogger.com/profile/08498224321720906377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6895272878099834947.post-25370742684029587052022-04-21T22:07:00.005-07:002022-04-21T22:10:41.766-07:00Changes all Around<p> If I had to choose which curriculum was my favorite, I would say Abeka hands down. I love the teachers, I love the spiral approach to the curriculum, I love everything about it. Last year, our kids really loved it. The start of this year, they really loved it. Sadly, at this point they are not loving it. The material is going too fast for them to keep up. They need more hands on work. They need more one on one. Because of that, we have been watching the Abeka videos for classes like Bible, Phonics, Combination Practice, and Activity Time (which includes things like History, Science, Health/Safety/Manners, Music, and Art). When it comes to the workbooks that go with the classes, only one of our children is still doing them. For our other kids they are all doing different work until we start our new curriculum in August. </p><p>One of our kids is using the ACE PACE curriculum, another is doing Schoolaid Math and English , and Pathway Reading. one is finishing up the Abeka books, and our other two are working on various worksheets based on their level that covers everything from science, history, math, reading comprehension, and phonics. </p><p>I am looking forward to when we start our new curriculum and everyone doing the same curriculum rather than all different. </p><p>Part of our school days starting in the fall will incorporate a lot of class learning mixed with learning how to play games with one another (things like Connect Four, Guess Who, and other simple games they can learn to play so they will be able to eventually play on their own with each other), life skills - learning how to set a table, sew on their own buttons, cooking, and other things like that. </p><p>Life is going to be changing in a big way for our family soon. We are working to finish fixing up our house so we can sell and leave the urban life. We will be buying land and starting our own homestead. Our dream is to have enough land that our kids who can not live fully independently will be able to have their own little tiny house on our property, if they want to, when they grow up. They will still come to the main house for meals (for safety) but they will have their own fridge, sink, bathroom, bedroom, and small living room where they can enjoy time on their own when they want and can learn how to take care of their own place. </p><p>Two of our girls just turned 21 and while they are not ready at this point to live in their own tiny house, one day they might be, and we want to make sure we can do that for them. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAhA3oiUfrTOrXbpnj4icJ4RfJwsNq7QokFsDzHIyWhyxzsmww78UVa_Cbjyb8xBv7RdyMtCgJCTCAwNeOnqQpuAmz8fvoN707DH4hhwZTRkdKLxDzDQ4SzmvZ4xo6QOXdiYwd2wBKub91zrFJnwwFrOYSQrAnZGUOmlisBbxtHHaaqCk8OIgAULtI/s4000/20220421_121335.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAhA3oiUfrTOrXbpnj4icJ4RfJwsNq7QokFsDzHIyWhyxzsmww78UVa_Cbjyb8xBv7RdyMtCgJCTCAwNeOnqQpuAmz8fvoN707DH4hhwZTRkdKLxDzDQ4SzmvZ4xo6QOXdiYwd2wBKub91zrFJnwwFrOYSQrAnZGUOmlisBbxtHHaaqCk8OIgAULtI/w288-h640/20220421_121335.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">learning how to clean a sink using a non toxic cleaner and put into an easy to squeeze spray bottle</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuBbsutVlv8NJSeG85YQs3BJcADUXGP8GmEW0eHOOwimjLtEAHrn6WiZ4V5ONUDGf4ttcgmcWQ7v31gD0p1Fjf0yQefdAUltY0xll01p2Y_VkSke33EBDtFk_F9VV1ONGU2u4FWPPYfVhud5UCQAD1arwkuXZ9VKI44xqgGxX3281QQE31Akn_n_VK/w640-h288/20220411_084554.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">We were surprised by some spring snow! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCAmyexREzN6f7hvLtvyQ-BUWl_A9EexXuSVP6-JE2G46JYV0qyqtPsMgORD0YVSJUH-EfxH0cSdWKKo3LTjkVaQrs5fmkkjwXdFOk113MGD-h66z1pyv3f3656uCyS-ds8sOUwd54e9I0b_14j5nULWEFMLGYRb2cySfkMiDXZAUin5ApkWMLX2DI/s4000/20220411_084505.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCAmyexREzN6f7hvLtvyQ-BUWl_A9EexXuSVP6-JE2G46JYV0qyqtPsMgORD0YVSJUH-EfxH0cSdWKKo3LTjkVaQrs5fmkkjwXdFOk113MGD-h66z1pyv3f3656uCyS-ds8sOUwd54e9I0b_14j5nULWEFMLGYRb2cySfkMiDXZAUin5ApkWMLX2DI/w288-h640/20220411_084505.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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However, with us having five kids with special needs that we are still schooling, what works one year might not work the next. Sometimes it can be a challenge to know what to do so they continue to learn and grow. We are currently in our second year using Abeka and it is by far my favorite to teach. I love everything about it. We do the dvds as well as all the work that comes with it. </p><p>However, they are more advanced than some and while it is great to be able to learn so much, it also means that some of our kids struggle sooner than they would have if it was easier. With that in mind a couple years ago we tried an "easier" curriculum and we were very disappointed and went back to Abeka. As I watch our kids doing their work and watching the videos, I notice that for some, this will be their last time using Abeka. As much as I love it, for some of our kids, they are starting to get lost, the work has gone beyond what they are able to do. A few years ago I would have argued that there is nothing that we can not do without a lot of work, and while I do still think that hard work makes progress, I also understand that instead of continuing on trying to teach someone something for years and years and year we should find the things that they are good at and focus on helping those get better instead trying to get them to continue in work that is too challenging. </p><p>I think as years go on, we will have to just do a reevaluation to see where we are, where we are going, and what we need to do to get there. 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There are 170 lessons total. We took off time for Christmas and in January we took off time when we all came down with covid. Then one of our kids had surgery, so we took a break for that. However, since we did not take off time for Thanksgiving or New Years, or other holidays, we are still on schedule. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCK83X7hpJz76MGelwE8rzp8CE1DHobs7dOrjP6SiQnWVwPZHVSfrONuLazwdlzOi6O19MXEBdK4V0AppPtbKYR1ffHy7_hCEphqtQ3PWTsZlvLTrpZk7v_C-TxcXvm1QEwwzzot8v17lihhtlKcuOH3Qaew8yaIg5AlG3Uf5LwecweiJzBPOiHizL=s4000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCK83X7hpJz76MGelwE8rzp8CE1DHobs7dOrjP6SiQnWVwPZHVSfrONuLazwdlzOi6O19MXEBdK4V0AppPtbKYR1ffHy7_hCEphqtQ3PWTsZlvLTrpZk7v_C-TxcXvm1QEwwzzot8v17lihhtlKcuOH3Qaew8yaIg5AlG3Uf5LwecweiJzBPOiHizL=w640-h288" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZLW3hp7CBWVt3kiddYl_xYmBxeDGVi-gUiPyZXsrCKDhuM0epS1WVcT8YUaj70Uzvbwy6UBWcGPfeo1jMxWFcLwTAcEwPwP4euWnKVxqCmhHB6wwsZE7jkm85Ct8diaKRbuzR56WTEYisniqQTtZ3kBmz2D40X_rYMoMUkboVcaItEvYGZwvFp5Cb=s4000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZLW3hp7CBWVt3kiddYl_xYmBxeDGVi-gUiPyZXsrCKDhuM0epS1WVcT8YUaj70Uzvbwy6UBWcGPfeo1jMxWFcLwTAcEwPwP4euWnKVxqCmhHB6wwsZE7jkm85Ct8diaKRbuzR56WTEYisniqQTtZ3kBmz2D40X_rYMoMUkboVcaItEvYGZwvFp5Cb=w640-h288" width="640" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>While we all love the Abeka curriculum and videos and having the teacher and students to learn with we have decided to change curriculum. If all of our kids were keeping up then we would have happily stayed with Abeka, however, as the year progresses our kids are having trouble keeping up. We will finish this school year with Abeka, but this is our last year. We have learned SO much and I will be forever thankful and grateful for the videos and the Abeka program. I will miss having the help of the teacher in the Abeka videos but the best part about homeschooling is that when you see a need you can always change things when you need to. </div><div>We have ordered our new curriculum for the upcoming 2022-2023 school year and are excited with all that this coming year will bring. I can hardly wait to share all that they are learning. </div><div>Most of our books have already come in, but we have several more on the way. 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The kids had a great time playing on the playground and then rolling down the hill and running back up. 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text-align: center;">We wish you all a very Happy Thanksgiving!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A few pictures of our Thanksgiving Day!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqsAAOr7rTPVMl4yF092tHCQtTzfYSe3UJ5GXuDLi-bHZUNnBgwP4Tf9l0v5klIYzTdflqOMquE-hH6ZG0_ikRog8vw4H5OrrvYzGA2ysJKJYVJU9-93r64bv3HvJaOOJfx8ODXtBUFMU/s2643/20211124_204229.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1189" data-original-width="2643" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqsAAOr7rTPVMl4yF092tHCQtTzfYSe3UJ5GXuDLi-bHZUNnBgwP4Tf9l0v5klIYzTdflqOMquE-hH6ZG0_ikRog8vw4H5OrrvYzGA2ysJKJYVJU9-93r64bv3HvJaOOJfx8ODXtBUFMU/w640-h288/20211124_204229.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Trying to get everyone smiling at the same time isn't easy, lol. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXabtnm67Km3t-OQ7LIdlxWiF-Ac6_djobW_weIUq_QLH7dU7vpW_r1C2bQPIOKAQ-e9s1-I5VhTXhqE4mBzk1mrYYlDna132GdLns5kUP38SmKgIHVh6EFM3TM3Hy3My5RmZYI13aykM/s2643/20211120_122212.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2643" data-original-width="1189" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXabtnm67Km3t-OQ7LIdlxWiF-Ac6_djobW_weIUq_QLH7dU7vpW_r1C2bQPIOKAQ-e9s1-I5VhTXhqE4mBzk1mrYYlDna132GdLns5kUP38SmKgIHVh6EFM3TM3Hy3My5RmZYI13aykM/s320/20211120_122212.jpg" width="144" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">For the last 31 years I have made Thanksgiving by myself. I had a system, a routine. Making everything on my own required having perfect timing so everything was warm when it was time to eat. When I was younger, I felt like I needed to prove to myself that I could do it. A few years after that and a routine had been established, a method and process that had everything smoothly flowing. But as years passed, it became harder, more of a chore. I missed the big family Thanksgivings when I was growing up, where everyone came and everyone brought a side dish. Part of me hated to have anyone else help out because then I felt like it was saying that I could not do it anymore or that I was letting others down. Finally, this year, and considering we are moving, we made changes to our Thanksgiving. Thirty-one years of doing something a certain way, and a person who hates change. I was worried. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I should not have been. I was needing a change, even if I did not even know it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The normal routine was to do the pies the night before, and then the oven would be free for the turkey first thing in the morning. However, we decided do wait until the day of Thanksgiving to make the pies. By doing this however, it meant *I* could not make the pies as I was working on all the other side dishes. So as part of our new Thanksgiving tradition, Mark and all the kids made the Thanksgiving pies! And what an amazing job they did!! Having help allowed me to relax and just enjoy being around my family and the kids felt so proud of the pies they made. After the turkey came out the pies went into the oven and cooked while we enjoyed our Thanksgiving feast. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Afterwards, we all watched National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation - and Mark napped, sang and danced to Christmas music, read a story, ate pie, took down our fall decorations and started putting up some Christmas decorations. It was a wonderful day. Everyone agreed that they love the new traditions and are looking forward to next year when we can do it again! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">May you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlmx86w5UriEDsdO6lMw7CGcR11jrDpoAXLKX9lW0vbJAnr8316gaazSM4GAyybf2oBWpekm2FjPH9Te_KZ4tSpOepcNkI1oJaZ1t6X_8irsi_A6j2t7aLqT2rwao4L1YXoJ7lMWbHGx0/s2643/20211124_140304.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2643" data-original-width="1189" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlmx86w5UriEDsdO6lMw7CGcR11jrDpoAXLKX9lW0vbJAnr8316gaazSM4GAyybf2oBWpekm2FjPH9Te_KZ4tSpOepcNkI1oJaZ1t6X_8irsi_A6j2t7aLqT2rwao4L1YXoJ7lMWbHGx0/w288-h640/20211124_140304.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Making pies</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We did not get a picture before we started on our meal but we did get one before we cut into the pies. They did SO good and the pies were delicious!! They even had enough apple filling to make an apple turnover!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYELsizdXNyxf5XbZkkSQcAFy4qqxhpc84m_9kqCFX5PtQ2SmzhrROVN6gKxtOq9T5M2KENrSCXsJ4EjJxVC39N8MbIYuFMxyTTzoqb7MO09lFX6F5PnyHOzrJSwoNBcv5BdkWh9AguaY/s2643/20211124_165040.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1189" data-original-width="2643" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYELsizdXNyxf5XbZkkSQcAFy4qqxhpc84m_9kqCFX5PtQ2SmzhrROVN6gKxtOq9T5M2KENrSCXsJ4EjJxVC39N8MbIYuFMxyTTzoqb7MO09lFX6F5PnyHOzrJSwoNBcv5BdkWh9AguaY/w640-h288/20211124_165040.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I made a few changes to how I do the turkey as well and everyone said it turned out better than it ever has! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTzjgW2hVwtD-f4fpXtTfnVeQEzrcnErOZzrn-jP34BM15nhBU0lNLOISnB67VBgLxWBX8OtX8n0hqHnVRzF8TvkmQW-N_C0VrZbHE16E9Rbur_d2JwAwPZ8tPAunxtupR1-s6Ezdj0P0/s2643/20211124_172621.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1189" data-original-width="2643" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTzjgW2hVwtD-f4fpXtTfnVeQEzrcnErOZzrn-jP34BM15nhBU0lNLOISnB67VBgLxWBX8OtX8n0hqHnVRzF8TvkmQW-N_C0VrZbHE16E9Rbur_d2JwAwPZ8tPAunxtupR1-s6Ezdj0P0/w400-h180/20211124_172621.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mark fell asleep even with children climbing all over him</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdA3fjDhzoExb_VIxBHcPZ0l6dcc0F9ErFEdFuAi15XRfI1G6GcmkHMBG893o-yM0shP9EnJIh4kontIQRbgX41oH9qBKnNl68equz6p4wIL5OPGZs2HWbxHhx0leVLv4C3hCtgsKENoE/s2643/20211124_172650.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2643" data-original-width="1189" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdA3fjDhzoExb_VIxBHcPZ0l6dcc0F9ErFEdFuAi15XRfI1G6GcmkHMBG893o-yM0shP9EnJIh4kontIQRbgX41oH9qBKnNl68equz6p4wIL5OPGZs2HWbxHhx0leVLv4C3hCtgsKENoE/w288-h640/20211124_172650.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">One of Gavyn's favorite Christmas things is the Santa that his Auntie Helen made. This poor Santa has been so loved, that his tunic has come off he certainly has been well loved. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6P_9quCrfMM7Pd6sVniXONr-7oGjs21nqgSnVk_6Al5afxZ3NsXpK6u6pFU-CuFhgd4PP7afSymbVZo5Ve6LTi9eIZGgj8HIm8_MrJZT7sjWaLv4FeaPMGPYDt9B345bkiJcdjQ61DAw/s2643/20211124_173937.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1189" data-original-width="2643" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6P_9quCrfMM7Pd6sVniXONr-7oGjs21nqgSnVk_6Al5afxZ3NsXpK6u6pFU-CuFhgd4PP7afSymbVZo5Ve6LTi9eIZGgj8HIm8_MrJZT7sjWaLv4FeaPMGPYDt9B345bkiJcdjQ61DAw/w640-h288/20211124_173937.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And a few other pictures from the last few weeks</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinY3UiPStCYUc8RvJ8Ph1HZP-VVudSewlwcDVyg60QFcSgXh6KfrlcZQkKy5ex9Qe38GC9RBBt8ZrSxwhoqHwJ0P_PSD7-nCDqJeACDAbQAJsAFlIlLydvIXxYsBZSuJiAl7hCBjKBLPo/s2643/20211023_162932.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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It is just chilly enough to have the fireplace going and it makes for a lovely cozy morning. <div>Two of the children are working on cleaning their room after the pillow fight they had left bits of pillow fluff all over the room. (it ended up taking about 3 washes plus two lint rollers to get the pillow fluff off all the clothing)</div><div>It is feeling like fall.</div><div><br /></div><div>We have been busy with working on a bathroom remodel, appointments for the kids, and a surgery for one as well. </div><div>We have taken a week long break from school due to everything going on. It has been a welcome break, to just slow down, with so much going on. </div><div>Here are just a few pictures from our days...</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl0WhEifd9ehmby78yw6ntgd_mxK6uXF_1bhkIn_TbI8639E37wL_Ax7TuCJkwZuPsCgS4yfSY8SPsDa0PByUrUGUgoBXWQrj6gISk2iHuau_oTOCEf06SvFFRhVDOvZckmsMy1PvtDS0/s2643/20211010_115906.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1189" data-original-width="2643" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl0WhEifd9ehmby78yw6ntgd_mxK6uXF_1bhkIn_TbI8639E37wL_Ax7TuCJkwZuPsCgS4yfSY8SPsDa0PByUrUGUgoBXWQrj6gISk2iHuau_oTOCEf06SvFFRhVDOvZckmsMy1PvtDS0/w640-h288/20211010_115906.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRR4Impe2feN1mH3VNNXc3Kd8sq5RBdjSVP5o999UdRshKAgJIMOiJqsLcJychq8Msus66mailGqWXFaEjmMhKol1oXgs_eyk7YJ8fqe4Z9G2h7ihzCXD5R4DLHpc5iw0QUkFfl3ba3Pc/s2643/20211010_120037.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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She has not laid down in the dentist chair in over five years!! She was finally brave enough to try again!! We discovered it was when they moved it while she was on it that is what made her not feel safe in the chair, so they moved it where they wanted it before she sat down and then she was able to lay down!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQHXodcoD5dxYbShWSayf9e1sMKulBNQRsGk6KIQps5AOEeG6jMarJ3f4GOFspEukCibgN5yxWwZxy9y3gik4hGVg9GHdGXNOIWhYkZeTN2HF_PPkmm-d3LcPQLinkzYkAqma9OP1xZFY/s2643/20211021_172805.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2643" data-original-width="1189" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQHXodcoD5dxYbShWSayf9e1sMKulBNQRsGk6KIQps5AOEeG6jMarJ3f4GOFspEukCibgN5yxWwZxy9y3gik4hGVg9GHdGXNOIWhYkZeTN2HF_PPkmm-d3LcPQLinkzYkAqma9OP1xZFY/w288-h640/20211021_172805.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilCZKuvgQfsCLHazbfyUsDD7juHk3MANN4Wi0wq-AH-w8y3llmae12GwGfEW9TUPWPA-eE8nXRN6YYGSOEtOGDg0JVophMJOwtk8Zj2rKK78LzStmV1ucc7-vOS_kFUO5Dbhv4TaGXovY/s2643/20211021_175323.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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The leg she has up is the side that she had surgery on to take bone marrow from her hip to pack into her palate/gums to fix her cleft. 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School is back in full swing and we are seeing so much growth and progress. I am so thankful for the chance to watch as they learn more and more each day.</p></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEietgKJ7BfWpfxny4ffk63AuOpQ-T6AmTdpPsjZFTJy6bIU_AuSkAwUY7kXZmgM-0_tyy-YaoYjg8oil4S1B0EY4mCOIL2IEiBA78rU32wsCnZBoqsKoGBQqbljPjSiYfR15DwD8ghqJpI/s2643/20210924_073151.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1189" data-original-width="2643" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEietgKJ7BfWpfxny4ffk63AuOpQ-T6AmTdpPsjZFTJy6bIU_AuSkAwUY7kXZmgM-0_tyy-YaoYjg8oil4S1B0EY4mCOIL2IEiBA78rU32wsCnZBoqsKoGBQqbljPjSiYfR15DwD8ghqJpI/w640-h288/20210924_073151.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8BJwPo6mHOO7z64LMgI61VSYCoHz6-YCEmZSZNPB4thQPlxWRKzOkjxLaCsOcO3BqH7hVyWwi6uCvO3VrOIuSNXtk_fX_zXJ6yTvZnVIwEziqlscXDjMh0uD9d5go82TrFekuXY2n094/s2643/20210924_073440.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2643" data-original-width="1189" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8BJwPo6mHOO7z64LMgI61VSYCoHz6-YCEmZSZNPB4thQPlxWRKzOkjxLaCsOcO3BqH7hVyWwi6uCvO3VrOIuSNXtk_fX_zXJ6yTvZnVIwEziqlscXDjMh0uD9d5go82TrFekuXY2n094/w288-h640/20210924_073440.jpg" width="288" /></a></p><div style="text-align: center;">SO much improvement in his handwriting just in the last few months! </div><div style="text-align: center;">The kids are enjoying our weekly Friday Art Days.</div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEUFzb1hPcYNzkUzvbbzJkKV4hmvMKaTmdtdgALCKvpSO_VYRsLG45ACfLrmXhMsIJFfAbGaS6qQ5qKh_bvFxrj4fAVWaEO533-iYZACiJyl4goUmwQazuDeS33DNlQemd-oEvQMbws_4/s2643/20210924_042943.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1189" data-original-width="2643" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEUFzb1hPcYNzkUzvbbzJkKV4hmvMKaTmdtdgALCKvpSO_VYRsLG45ACfLrmXhMsIJFfAbGaS6qQ5qKh_bvFxrj4fAVWaEO533-iYZACiJyl4goUmwQazuDeS33DNlQemd-oEvQMbws_4/w471-h212/20210924_042943.jpg" width="471" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The kids painted (and a couple drew) Indian Corn.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1KzJcTjoDBuMVrDyZxi9gGLKSvEX-Zb408TCF7cvZ0-L0tuTRfZM-3KKqT1lZx0TxLD58-6ihV_M9tjxQr_JGB72ZAG3gC_PlLn9ecVKS37lJA-Ld_HL5RmgKr2LgItu5DW6D4c_nvWE/s2643/20210918_181243.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2643" data-original-width="1189" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1KzJcTjoDBuMVrDyZxi9gGLKSvEX-Zb408TCF7cvZ0-L0tuTRfZM-3KKqT1lZx0TxLD58-6ihV_M9tjxQr_JGB72ZAG3gC_PlLn9ecVKS37lJA-Ld_HL5RmgKr2LgItu5DW6D4c_nvWE/w180-h400/20210918_181243.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Veronika loves creating things. She made this flower using Tissue paper. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR6PvbilQaqNa1nuGD20gGCqNZLF_5LGjDRXAZwGj-kE3qRBK-wL3EUovCyeCwixtp2H6Kz9EV0vocvql4zsEbznPIuF20IjeI6S2fsXf4KeemQtlg8507siS7M68iHfIdIHKMEmzz3Ok/s2643/20210918_125341.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2643" data-original-width="1189" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR6PvbilQaqNa1nuGD20gGCqNZLF_5LGjDRXAZwGj-kE3qRBK-wL3EUovCyeCwixtp2H6Kz9EV0vocvql4zsEbznPIuF20IjeI6S2fsXf4KeemQtlg8507siS7M68iHfIdIHKMEmzz3Ok/w288-h640/20210918_125341.jpg" width="288" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO4llQJFT22fpJ71T5eH7_kQVeJBXNZmz9btzsODzQSsoRS-OtqSd11Z79v-tbJ_OUpfJPblN0eyuDVGhKOzVac6ipjBmM2Niil8JbdXPYSZukjh_Kv1Kf-GYH4frQXS8ltP4guRiyvLg/s2643/20210918_132401.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2dmfdl1NMSNLCqX78CWYeDAQz9Adxe2AyhqhMGfyoFyBNA8I1cuaiXNw1_gYsp_iFrPHSeKYoYVtdfBx-30f6vR17OlWyzmTDtluQ1EivBrWarcU4DT7FPznBug2Geus2GewvqRy11ZY/s2643/20210824_162413.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2643" data-original-width="1189" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2dmfdl1NMSNLCqX78CWYeDAQz9Adxe2AyhqhMGfyoFyBNA8I1cuaiXNw1_gYsp_iFrPHSeKYoYVtdfBx-30f6vR17OlWyzmTDtluQ1EivBrWarcU4DT7FPznBug2Geus2GewvqRy11ZY/w288-h640/20210824_162413.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">hard to believe the area behind the waterfall is tall enough to walk and stand and sit from one end to the other</div>Homeschoolin Mama http://www.blogger.com/profile/08498224321720906377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6895272878099834947.post-60213621549069575442021-09-14T16:11:00.007-07:002023-08-12T10:44:26.604-07:00Special Moments<p> A couple of weeks ago, I started reading a book that has changed a lot in how I teach. It is called, "<i style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;">Homeschooling with a Meek and Quiet Spirit". </i><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;">I admit I put off reading it for a while, because when I had always thought of being meek in a negative way. However, when I started to look into it more, I discovered that while I had previously considered being meek a negative thing, I learned that instead it can be a positive thing, meaning that you are not easily provoked and according to the Wiki, <i><span style="font-size: medium;">"</span></i></span><span face="Roboto, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: medium;"><i>Meekness is an attribute of human nature and behavior that has been defined as an amalgam of righteousness, inner humility, and patience". </i></span></p><div style="text-align: left;">My desire is to teach my children with patience, love, and putting my whole heart into teaching. Sometimes I struggle to be patient when I have to remind someone to focus for the millionth time, or when I give instructions and as soon as I finished explaining what to do, I have someone say, what do I do here? I love learning, and I want to share that love with my kids. I loved reading as a child and want that for my kids too. To help foster that love, I need to have a lot of patience since all our kids have special needs.</div><div style="text-align: left;">So to help myself not get frustrated or discouraged when things take longer than I had planned or concepts are not easily learned, I try to focus on our successes and not get bogged down by struggles. It helps me when I remind myself of what makes homeschooling worth it. </div><p>So, what makes homeschooling worth it? Sometimes it is just those special moments and times, like when you are reading together and your child who is now 20 but was not even speaking at age 13 and you were told when you adopted her that she would never talk and certainly never read, and she sits there and reads several pages in a book, or when she is doing a crossword puzzles for her history words and she says, "Yes! I did it!!" Keeping in mind that we never even expected her to talk or read but we just kept at it and now..... now not only is she reading but SHE is excited and so proud of herself. I can not even begin to describe how wonderful it feels seeing her beam with pride as she reads something for the first time. Recently our son has just started to read with expression. I feel so blessed to be able to witness these leaps and growth.</p><p>But the reality is, that sometimes you do not see growth every day, not even every week or month. Sometimes, you sit and just wonder how long you should keep on trying to teach a concept. Do you give up because you have tried for years with no success? Or do you keep plugging away day after day trying again and again praying with your whole might that one day will be the day when they get it. </p><p>That is how I get stuck. Sometimes I would feel like we need to get a concept down that I do not want to move forward until it is learned. Yet, in a public/private school that would never happen because even if you don't get the concept the class continues to move forward. I always had thought one of the greatest things about homeschooling was you could spend longer on things until they were learned. I sometimes need to remind myself that this concept might be one that just isn't going to click now and we have to let it go for a while and maybe visit it at a later time rather than trying again and again. </p><p>You have those moments when you thought it would never click and after you let it go they suddenly get it and you end up cheering for all you are worth and you are so proud and your kids are so proud that you are almost crying tears of joy.</p><p>One of our kids has been struggling with vision issues and has now at age 10 been put into bifocals. The vision issues have made it hard for her to read words that in the past she read with ease and also given her struggles with her handwriting. We are working with a vision therapist to help her but also doing things at home that takes the pressure off writing so she can work on learning to spell her spelling words rather than focusing on trying to write the letters. We have made some adjustments like using a slant board, having her write on larger lined paper, and using letter tiles and letter rods to spell words. Doing those extra things has really helped her and she got an A on her last spelling test! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp62BWzw4-FmM0MrKV-S3gwLfQJ1cFupVMy_-iNFykPK7X8cMBUSnkp1_NUIoDX8N7kEMc0C53pEGuona1xMoSbPr8r1JV1RttGMQKq3K5jCn1OYLVVO6L4PeVJpYgTbhqNn8OIx_etoo/s2643/20210912_150102.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2643" data-original-width="1189" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp62BWzw4-FmM0MrKV-S3gwLfQJ1cFupVMy_-iNFykPK7X8cMBUSnkp1_NUIoDX8N7kEMc0C53pEGuona1xMoSbPr8r1JV1RttGMQKq3K5jCn1OYLVVO6L4PeVJpYgTbhqNn8OIx_etoo/w180-h400/20210912_150102.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRH7JXIEOo2ncGYfFtWef0BV5JKGD8QoNj-sWESgRM5p-MTbfTnIbtv0w-LpnOHEcm7s1nbIxnMx9UeH_0iZZpCn1TXPQEVwGeDXu5S-iQiRDaJN3kVdHx9Lg_eanHqQNM-FGsAvLq47k/s2643/20210912_150423.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="1189" data-original-width="2643" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRH7JXIEOo2ncGYfFtWef0BV5JKGD8QoNj-sWESgRM5p-MTbfTnIbtv0w-LpnOHEcm7s1nbIxnMx9UeH_0iZZpCn1TXPQEVwGeDXu5S-iQiRDaJN3kVdHx9Lg_eanHqQNM-FGsAvLq47k/w640-h288/20210912_150423.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Working on spelling words. First she writes it down by looking at her word list, then she spells it with reading rods or tile letters. After she writes it she spells it out loud, and after she builds the word with the reading rods or letter tiles she will spell it out loud again. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji0a_BLT7DiXg2s7L3jdb03gbz_Nx-h2mFtEoHH16bjbVRHfxa9IcJaI1xXru6EwGTgEgeWTA9OHa85TPi9BvGOgBCtjMF2QtO_uQ6Mo6dfBmgPd7FwpVsRwhNjC9DmP3Vy9c61XtE-u8/s2643/20210912_150425.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1189" data-original-width="2643" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji0a_BLT7DiXg2s7L3jdb03gbz_Nx-h2mFtEoHH16bjbVRHfxa9IcJaI1xXru6EwGTgEgeWTA9OHa85TPi9BvGOgBCtjMF2QtO_uQ6Mo6dfBmgPd7FwpVsRwhNjC9DmP3Vy9c61XtE-u8/w640-h288/20210912_150425.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZIRyHzB9yBuXAs3AE0BlKxYwfjecLqfm9pmWDzak6iXEEYKSsuM1muv5XKEv67WGUPojJ7pUHYsCU6p8gPrXzlj7lOcubm82MQjNS4T2iEgLRKXIMGq-WvRlxSS0fKLfdOChKDlikAXY/s2643/20210912_152023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2643" data-original-width="1189" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZIRyHzB9yBuXAs3AE0BlKxYwfjecLqfm9pmWDzak6iXEEYKSsuM1muv5XKEv67WGUPojJ7pUHYsCU6p8gPrXzlj7lOcubm82MQjNS4T2iEgLRKXIMGq-WvRlxSS0fKLfdOChKDlikAXY/w288-h640/20210912_152023.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJPlfZa1GXd9DGDMFs0NGddYjGLzbhUe5uxRCXGRZLYXbLXSQ2ZMbJlWe-gLO0LRRAxn0o9pQReqdrHNwZgHqHI_yoy8A9pfPfEqT49HRvnldVlwSleP7XRqr40DrMDq_HA92LoVzdhgw/s2643/20210912_160920.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1189" data-original-width="2643" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJPlfZa1GXd9DGDMFs0NGddYjGLzbhUe5uxRCXGRZLYXbLXSQ2ZMbJlWe-gLO0LRRAxn0o9pQReqdrHNwZgHqHI_yoy8A9pfPfEqT49HRvnldVlwSleP7XRqr40DrMDq_HA92LoVzdhgw/w640-h288/20210912_160920.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-JqT0lSCtlCh2-q4kX99Hc_-mHImnHl4n-fH4nWMODLBCl2MHV3jFCVCfUet8vDyuINaBnTFGW3P2J8oKK6eIYJM1HtmwRs-JnJdF3XIS1O5x85mLZbOEUiJy2wyMNKAXvBcxSbr1deQ/s2643/20210912_160927.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2643" data-original-width="1189" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-JqT0lSCtlCh2-q4kX99Hc_-mHImnHl4n-fH4nWMODLBCl2MHV3jFCVCfUet8vDyuINaBnTFGW3P2J8oKK6eIYJM1HtmwRs-JnJdF3XIS1O5x85mLZbOEUiJy2wyMNKAXvBcxSbr1deQ/w288-h640/20210912_160927.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is what a typical school day looks like. Every night I load up a folder with the work the kids need to do that day and a paper so they can check things off as they do their work. We wake up and start all morning chores than head to class. Once they get to class they can take out their folder and get started on their work until we everyone is finished with their morning chores and we can start class and have breakfast. At our first break, we either sit outside in the lawn swing if the weather is nice, or cuddle up on the sofa it the weather is not good and each child takes a turn reading to me. While they are waiting for their turn to read, they have a snack and play break. After everyone has finished reading and finished their snacks we head back to class for writing and arithmetic. After math we take another break for lunch and outside time before we come back in to finish up with our last few classes. Each week we focus on a different virtue. We have worked on Responsibility, Diligence, Obedience, and this week is Self Control. We are at the start of the year so many things we are doing in math and phonics right now are review from last year. But in classes like history, writing, and spelling, we are learning new things every day. In history they are currently learning about different states and learning about the Colonists and Colonial life in America. Today they learned about different jobs a Colonist might have such as a joiner, cobbler, apothecary, blacksmith, and silversmith. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhON930KsF4_ofjMgmxTaD2yqCcUaWZnTKZgrDiSxeY-XkmZe1JdZikMItNfM4jzXqQfBMGklouDeUB_2y19xz3rStwaNu6LQTwYxyC6pljdMz-TgK29Zmgo495bt0KUflNb2Ir_-ixUQs/s2643/20210912_160942.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2643" data-original-width="1189" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhON930KsF4_ofjMgmxTaD2yqCcUaWZnTKZgrDiSxeY-XkmZe1JdZikMItNfM4jzXqQfBMGklouDeUB_2y19xz3rStwaNu6LQTwYxyC6pljdMz-TgK29Zmgo495bt0KUflNb2Ir_-ixUQs/w288-h640/20210912_160942.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1U4r8h_sLZnyW099w4yteuvtP82lq2psvrq2DXBooLAwY67Khu_ms8Rf7uBAAkzPqnIBFfRpYXP0zv6WDnfqvT___tmC2GTRSwD1djDi8BEYQP6KvnPGN1bGSl0dXFCjJGHEMsHxKeEc/s2643/20210912_161105.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2643" data-original-width="1189" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1U4r8h_sLZnyW099w4yteuvtP82lq2psvrq2DXBooLAwY67Khu_ms8Rf7uBAAkzPqnIBFfRpYXP0zv6WDnfqvT___tmC2GTRSwD1djDi8BEYQP6KvnPGN1bGSl0dXFCjJGHEMsHxKeEc/w288-h640/20210912_161105.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">My husband built me a little desk and shelf for the corner of the classroom so I have a place to check work, grade tests, and work on things for the following day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0aaVNMv-kbWfZzna4vICBvgQNVWivlkjSIggtEgrZo28Rw7XAS6PTPs2pnFucmoWqt_vKXLsE2138KuM5XN8rRu5ATK43oSWbdN0hjiNnH_a-aUGVFkZP9awoWVwNJt35QIC5amFbdhc/s2643/20210912_161127.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2643" data-original-width="1189" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0aaVNMv-kbWfZzna4vICBvgQNVWivlkjSIggtEgrZo28Rw7XAS6PTPs2pnFucmoWqt_vKXLsE2138KuM5XN8rRu5ATK43oSWbdN0hjiNnH_a-aUGVFkZP9awoWVwNJt35QIC5amFbdhc/w288-h640/20210912_161127.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Our class library.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4oMoJzEXa2hcyS7zwNpz-Sd5TeI8mizAc3RVGZKYixEKUIW3mGDcrY6Sttf6MfdkvNquay33a4N_e-4vByi5GwBhwln9c6TubRKt9aFDU99_E4qJgAWyW3t4Ryy4KnF8_1nyMlLwDSas/s2643/20210912_161133.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2643" data-original-width="1189" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4oMoJzEXa2hcyS7zwNpz-Sd5TeI8mizAc3RVGZKYixEKUIW3mGDcrY6Sttf6MfdkvNquay33a4N_e-4vByi5GwBhwln9c6TubRKt9aFDU99_E4qJgAWyW3t4Ryy4KnF8_1nyMlLwDSas/w288-h640/20210912_161133.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Each of the kids have a shelf with the things they need every day. The top shelves hold my thing and extra books. At the bottom are all the kids books that I pull out every night, tear out the pages they will be using that day and then I put them in their folders. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjyS8EHd8bes_qDpbwZIW10r9WLWNhB337kVDOInwyaplbRlCZEjZrJNZwCQQ7upbxjM1aNHA9zzzXEGHDkFbeD_oaslhm-AopAJ-xQ5chx53LlBK7khb-HgRgg6ZxCQ-d7aGkXazmurM/s2643/20210912_161213.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2643" data-original-width="1189" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjyS8EHd8bes_qDpbwZIW10r9WLWNhB337kVDOInwyaplbRlCZEjZrJNZwCQQ7upbxjM1aNHA9zzzXEGHDkFbeD_oaslhm-AopAJ-xQ5chx53LlBK7khb-HgRgg6ZxCQ-d7aGkXazmurM/w288-h640/20210912_161213.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">We still love puzzles to help with focus, problem solving, spatial awareness, and so much more.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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After several months of trying to make it work we realized it just was not a good fit. While it was cute, it was not what we were looking for. By February we were doing Abeka Academy with the dvds. We pushed HARD and finished an entire school grade by the last week of July! </p><p>We took off a week and then started the next grade. I am SO impressed with how much they are learning and how well they are doing. One of the reasons we love Abeka is that they have a spiral approach to learning. They build on what they learned on the previous year/years rather than just moving on completely. </p><p>Next year we are planning on moving, so we are trying to do as much as we can in our area before we go. We have had a great many adventures this spring and summer. We took a trip to see the Redwood Forest, Golden Gate Bridge, went to Yosemite, and went to Mount Rainier. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We have gone on camping trips, gone hiking, gone on day trips, overnight trips, and just tried to see as much of this side of the USA before we move. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>But now we are back into school and it is going great. The kids are doing a daily journal to help build up their writing skills in addition to the work they do with Abeka. I think I had one of my biggest homeschooling rewards today... today was the first day that Veronika picked up a book and read it for fun!! She has read many books but they have been books I asked her to read or she has had to read for school. Today however, she picked up a book and when I asked her if she wanted to read it to me, she said, I can read it myself and sat down and started reading!! <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-e8z2V-P1BMcXwt_3-pTphzf4WnQ5KDs56w00hbwvkUc_V_LilIRajhYrtWA_ALfmUZtHnh7kWJ6ad3Oa-ksaZnbu1BOK_zqc5PAS4cqEITYOLGnZOaR-5bWODP7Z5yfDblQuTwvx6J0/s2643/20210820_124858.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1189" data-original-width="2643" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-e8z2V-P1BMcXwt_3-pTphzf4WnQ5KDs56w00hbwvkUc_V_LilIRajhYrtWA_ALfmUZtHnh7kWJ6ad3Oa-ksaZnbu1BOK_zqc5PAS4cqEITYOLGnZOaR-5bWODP7Z5yfDblQuTwvx6J0/w400-h180/20210820_124858.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMZMCTNui53vtOKX9LU50po2EXTP-vUssL_-rINLuEtM8alP5mGRY2U5hZ5bCWktFkBcbhLNNBRbiRHT72MEyQp1bRGkBpbREg_L0DThl36klzkbXdvCERf9DmHrX3koZOv8pSmI4JJaE/s2643/20210820_124809.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Sometimes when we go hiking we will take a bag to collect treasures, other times we will take a map, and other times we bring papers to do a scavenger hunt. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAOPRgmkRUFjfjUkbqJTN30e46MFa12OIkoNKQLqFvjVXtBhwpomNMfGgUETqnhApY2ZkoZ1FJtl2n0sIyHa5U0jGbtfeH-MnpUft8J3TND7W920Ze0XLRXULkGIXuPNGHJtOP_QzeuYQ/s2643/20210808_141935.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2643" data-original-width="1189" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAOPRgmkRUFjfjUkbqJTN30e46MFa12OIkoNKQLqFvjVXtBhwpomNMfGgUETqnhApY2ZkoZ1FJtl2n0sIyHa5U0jGbtfeH-MnpUft8J3TND7W920Ze0XLRXULkGIXuPNGHJtOP_QzeuYQ/w288-h640/20210808_141935.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://visitrainier.com/ex-nihilo-sculpture-park/" style="font-family: montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" target="_blank">Ex Nihilo Sculpture Park </a></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Zh6YVfAhj5N0_ASeeK2jl7BUOzMCRojFxl4pDPktNXnIS7_ApeBbh5mYARctepwUD7rUInMdqHXubhe6q7-AMBHcFi4E_EOf3CBnrBZi5ofQ9V-pPZRKMoTVGPgdle7ChaKNFYFBUG4/s2643/20210808_141848.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2643" data-original-width="1189" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Zh6YVfAhj5N0_ASeeK2jl7BUOzMCRojFxl4pDPktNXnIS7_ApeBbh5mYARctepwUD7rUInMdqHXubhe6q7-AMBHcFi4E_EOf3CBnrBZi5ofQ9V-pPZRKMoTVGPgdle7ChaKNFYFBUG4/w288-h640/20210808_141848.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVXqpJq78MyGtd5V5HBY0yuUxqY5o5nSHeTkWHlkAFx_VMAY7_JZ-3HG73nsPRyV3q_EmD3_nkIyG11b-GugdHwoQaKCua6GFoWc74WVjMxzQCGkZrTY7xTvmT82jo0GazvxylzoNypRQ/s2643/20210808_141701.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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We did a lot of things that were scary but we pushed through and everyone was so proud of themselves! We had a great time! </div><p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMkS1cXG6ce82QxE6DkN92XikKhEDScpxSjdjy9scEeUjGOVvqcxfyODFshI_ldtATc8B469dEVED9XWEi06YAu_lr27tNnkT83QlKLMysGQMygqSOI5puKeJkqhrtH6ynblJm_1xz_8c/s2048/20210708_142716.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMkS1cXG6ce82QxE6DkN92XikKhEDScpxSjdjy9scEeUjGOVvqcxfyODFshI_ldtATc8B469dEVED9XWEi06YAu_lr27tNnkT83QlKLMysGQMygqSOI5puKeJkqhrtH6ynblJm_1xz_8c/s320/20210708_142716.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGUwro3FPrVNTUCCCcPDqa5HSmMzNbd49YxGf1-m7_y74-rxQ8ppCA5__qvyC9wSInoZlq8xb6b1V3WB0xy9LmSw8KjJygeTy9bjPS2gHpLFZgaq7A7nWBGfqrNfBHYD8pfQSpgLvcdK8/s2048/20210708_140351.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGUwro3FPrVNTUCCCcPDqa5HSmMzNbd49YxGf1-m7_y74-rxQ8ppCA5__qvyC9wSInoZlq8xb6b1V3WB0xy9LmSw8KjJygeTy9bjPS2gHpLFZgaq7A7nWBGfqrNfBHYD8pfQSpgLvcdK8/s320/20210708_140351.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8TiVaBn2RA5Q6jnMqRQMfNrrDbWLM5smReB4zeaRz62c3gzdiUGY1YOX7j1aulDf_Sdb4D1D4uKA_5TMg7PZY6ATp7SCMZHh6ONRjdmIpuvcWGlssSwRLo627USsSiMcWFH4mrM_4sBI/s2048/20210708_140348%25280%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8TiVaBn2RA5Q6jnMqRQMfNrrDbWLM5smReB4zeaRz62c3gzdiUGY1YOX7j1aulDf_Sdb4D1D4uKA_5TMg7PZY6ATp7SCMZHh6ONRjdmIpuvcWGlssSwRLo627USsSiMcWFH4mrM_4sBI/s320/20210708_140348%25280%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_GU8mkcFiKRTwg3NosW3Bhhr4efQkvK-ffYuuTvZplL_BrQAAyxIsevlJlvwxlR4RlmYyvK39AMMqGAw4LbQl6NEGeqeCo7LFlq-hG81H6hUTqitOXvMFzK-eGqhRlibQLoM4fRANCRM/s2048/20210708_135339.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_GU8mkcFiKRTwg3NosW3Bhhr4efQkvK-ffYuuTvZplL_BrQAAyxIsevlJlvwxlR4RlmYyvK39AMMqGAw4LbQl6NEGeqeCo7LFlq-hG81H6hUTqitOXvMFzK-eGqhRlibQLoM4fRANCRM/s320/20210708_135339.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">It might not look that high but it was. According to their website "<span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="color: #373737; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">You’ll walk the aerial netted suspension bridges through these majestic old-growth redwoods at mid canopy level with viewing platforms from 50-100 feet high in the trees. There are 10 platforms, 2 of which are connected by a spiral staircase, and 8 suspension </span><span style="background-color: #f1f1f1;"><span face="Open Sans, sans-serif" style="color: #373737;">bridges. </span></span><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="background-color: #f1f1f1; color: #373737; font-size: 16px;">There are no exit points between the start of the attraction and the end of the attraction.</span><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="color: #373737; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">"</span></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeaKCYRwuEVFGmGD4VraGkEodt2Fe1DbHRAxxpMOF_EPjyFmWMURnqJSO1o_m17eeGJh-EcM2o18zbs5nlXOvOcN5kXXJwQhbivcVcciZ0MRLZGkPtw68qy5bt5nEslxZ6El5m_on7hZg/s2048/20210708_134919.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeaKCYRwuEVFGmGD4VraGkEodt2Fe1DbHRAxxpMOF_EPjyFmWMURnqJSO1o_m17eeGJh-EcM2o18zbs5nlXOvOcN5kXXJwQhbivcVcciZ0MRLZGkPtw68qy5bt5nEslxZ6El5m_on7hZg/s320/20210708_134919.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIFjL4CqpBJCFrWCDzG0lfxx3ry-4VXpNfEIuss8NRLE_K8_aZ_-1F-JonB9He7U18oBwxQF_mgtXaq3Ujof8bbyC-L_w2VVOXgbr0-omK7_gSYi67v5IDgR8g8MWyYLemmrHN8Dg3Cws/s2643/20210708_134434.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2643" data-original-width="1189" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIFjL4CqpBJCFrWCDzG0lfxx3ry-4VXpNfEIuss8NRLE_K8_aZ_-1F-JonB9He7U18oBwxQF_mgtXaq3Ujof8bbyC-L_w2VVOXgbr0-omK7_gSYi67v5IDgR8g8MWyYLemmrHN8Dg3Cws/s320/20210708_134434.jpg" width="144" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiscqOVJL9_hwcQ43xjjsBjkt9-aSo_n19Zpn8midWKNZs8KiXTC2m-o9-JHO57ohJmyeXeKB-QXX56OlkaW3aPwKv7E5d1eOMxDwCEMmvkK8SVimTzmqN5N18w1hpp5CxshV7WTDHZBx4/s2643/20210708_131047.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2643" data-original-width="1189" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiscqOVJL9_hwcQ43xjjsBjkt9-aSo_n19Zpn8midWKNZs8KiXTC2m-o9-JHO57ohJmyeXeKB-QXX56OlkaW3aPwKv7E5d1eOMxDwCEMmvkK8SVimTzmqN5N18w1hpp5CxshV7WTDHZBx4/w180-h400/20210708_131047.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="color: #373737; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;">At the Trees of Mystery, the kids had fun climbing up and on the statues of Paul Bunyan and his faithful blue ox, Babe. Paul Bunyan's eyes moved and his hand waved and there was someone controlling the statue and would talk to the kids as they climbed on him. 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Homeschoolin Mama http://www.blogger.com/profile/08498224321720906377noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6895272878099834947.post-792649508877558332021-04-15T14:34:00.006-07:002021-05-04T15:48:18.888-07:00Homeschooling During a Pandemic <u><b>January 2021</b></u>: To say that this school year has been interesting is an understatement. <div>Last year, before covid shut everything down, we decided to try public school again. For two weeks the kids went to school and then covid closed everything down. We tried to do zoom school but it just does not work for our family. </div><div>So we decided to get new school books and get back at it. We have tried a lot of different curriculum; Abeka, Memoria Press, Masterbooks, Easy Peasy and much more. </div><div>I loved the look of Masterbooks and was so excited to try it, but .... sadly after having used Abeka (which is a bit advanced) I was pretty disappointed because I wanted it to work. But then we started working in it and every single thing had a huge reading passage in it for the parents to read to the kids (even the math) so by the time we were to the work they had to do they were already feeling done because they just could not get interested in the stories. Also the amount of work the kids had to do was not enough for them to actually learn what they were doing. They needed more repetition than Masterbooks offered. Easy Peasy is nice and free but I did not like having to be on the computer with it all the time and having to click on links. There is a lot you can download or you have the option of buying books but then you are kind of missing the whole point in it being free. Simply Classical with Memoria Press was nice, however they did not have the dvd option for all the subjects like I could use with Abeka so it is fully parent led. With several kids with special needs it was overwhelming to not have any extra help. Abeka, because it has the dvds, gives me that extra bit of help so I am not feeling overwhelmed with trying to teach all the kids at the same time. </div><div>I hate switching between curriculum because when you switch you create learning gaps since not all curriculum do the same things. For this reason we decided that we were going to spend the rest of the year working on a few things, brushing up in certain areas, and finishing off the rest of this school year working in Abeka books. Then when we start our new 2021 school year we will going back to Abeka and will be doing the Abeka Academy with the DVDs and workbooks. I can not begin to tell you how excited I am about that!! I have loved Abeka for years and years and it was the homeschool curriculum we used for our oldest kids. </div><div><br /></div><div><b style="text-decoration-line: underline;">April 2021: </b> </div><div>We started Abeka with the dvds back in early February after I wrote the post above. We are currently on day 65 of Abeka. Some wonderful things we have seen is an explosion on reading and math. All the kids are learning cursive! For our kids who struggle with fine motor they are doing the K4/K5 cursive, and for our new cursive learners who have no fine motor struggles they are doing 1st grade cursive. </div><div>I love watching all the learning happening and seeing as they discover new things. We have been Base Ten Towers and it has really helped with addition and subtraction. </div><div>The kids are doing amazingly well learning their bible verses and learning about the world around them. </div><div>So what do our lives look like currently? Currently we are breezing through school and moving very quickly and will be finished with this grade by the end of summer. School is going wonderfully. </div><div>Life wise things have changed a lot. We are doing a lot of family game nights and we have been staying close to home since not all of our kids can wear a mask. We did get to enjoy a wonderful little road trip and a stay at an air B&B in the country so that was really nice but other than local hikes and walking we have not done much outside the house. This summer we are going camping and can hardly wait! 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They are so good for focus. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4rsmVBCNsRJDffZzEAcvAaKt9QlIP5CKn-pX3ppb_UqikBDVsidxbCN5uzfk6BwyY0EjmY_8lUQkyQK1LTydWbvIwSuLxwbGt3epnBXyPlKeibfPPwE5YNYVWjsDTXuZrlGi6p54H4cI/s2643/20210227_155717.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2643" data-original-width="1189" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4rsmVBCNsRJDffZzEAcvAaKt9QlIP5CKn-pX3ppb_UqikBDVsidxbCN5uzfk6BwyY0EjmY_8lUQkyQK1LTydWbvIwSuLxwbGt3epnBXyPlKeibfPPwE5YNYVWjsDTXuZrlGi6p54H4cI/w180-h400/20210227_155717.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">learning cursive handwriting </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx7FKERqSOOshm-h_uvAtXtJqU7eeR_tCEo-R0OPomcsuAljF4qSIYtSFJrLVtuqjkDlSWoTnyJJWkkcE0SZNejM66zUij9FcSCLgKNzr-7BzxnAqGe4I4gjtvX0yFA7qS_4osIq-kMfs/s2643/20210227_155726.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Their vocabulary has increased, they have learned bible verses, some math facts are sinking in and they are memorizing those math facts but to me the most important thing is that they know HOW to figure out the answers even if they dont have it memorized yet. We are currently on day 84 and it is only May 4th! We should be finished with this grade by August, only 86 lessons to go! We have been homeschooling 7 days per week and the progress the kids are making in all areas is blowing me away. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Our daughter Veronika and son Gavyn are learning to read with expression because of Abeka. Willow's cursive handwriting is coming along so beautifully, Alina is gaining confidence because it is pretty easy for her right now but she is learning and growing through being a "teacher's helper", and Ellie has surprised us all by memorizing a few of her addition facts! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_tdjM4qBNcA-lkSMQXx02jc2OA4lHTambOsEBEPbBkLqBQ6p4hEtrkn7NTgs-ahVNmTqUpC3AKzpxh_P9LcCrrAt14dNE_ok5aRVOH8g6sRlDO9VDRuOEb1bM680hBgu4_VTFsa1Mfuo/s2643/20210418_185755.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; outline-width: 0px; user-select: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1189" data-original-width="2643" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_tdjM4qBNcA-lkSMQXx02jc2OA4lHTambOsEBEPbBkLqBQ6p4hEtrkn7NTgs-ahVNmTqUpC3AKzpxh_P9LcCrrAt14dNE_ok5aRVOH8g6sRlDO9VDRuOEb1bM680hBgu4_VTFsa1Mfuo/w640-h288/20210418_185755.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjaE7mEG-NbRUZijsrY8gVVvHskz2hXeAiFSsSNAd298GjFd39J5eURm4nq5BLdAEXkV0K9vM0VyEUSDvee3bn-OH5FePbQcBdY0VwZk6eiFcyU8YJufxu1L7neU1sRCIMVFMQdhlxqKI/s2643/20210418_190132.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1189" data-original-width="2643" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjaE7mEG-NbRUZijsrY8gVVvHskz2hXeAiFSsSNAd298GjFd39J5eURm4nq5BLdAEXkV0K9vM0VyEUSDvee3bn-OH5FePbQcBdY0VwZk6eiFcyU8YJufxu1L7neU1sRCIMVFMQdhlxqKI/w640-h288/20210418_190132.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Stay tuned to hear about all our exciting summer plans and our road trip adventures we will be going on this summer!! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Homeschoolin Mama http://www.blogger.com/profile/08498224321720906377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6895272878099834947.post-46860253541586491302020-09-10T18:19:00.002-07:002020-09-10T20:32:18.783-07:00Physical Education and Exploring nature<p style="text-align: center;"> Sometimes we just need to get out of the house and enjoy the day when we can. Sometimes we just have to take a break from paperwork and go play and run around.Where we live we have almost three whole seasons of rain so while we have sun we like to get out and enjoy it. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLnqPqvW7unC935VZU2rkGuiBw7T0MteFlWif_FrGptl_L5KIiloy27xJf8uPMxolEMAOw5je1ya_nR2ZV6qNoavZH2AuB_U6C0V6kxVktON_jJc4DUGgqp7G_O07C7hwLc5-8MI6WjWY/s2048/20200806_140718.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLnqPqvW7unC935VZU2rkGuiBw7T0MteFlWif_FrGptl_L5KIiloy27xJf8uPMxolEMAOw5je1ya_nR2ZV6qNoavZH2AuB_U6C0V6kxVktON_jJc4DUGgqp7G_O07C7hwLc5-8MI6WjWY/s320/20200806_140718.jpg" width="320" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">baseball<br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg2kAqKHoRk7JF674SLKMIbf-XgFaPdZw1fCvD_vIZAiKfpco21cHO6VoYOOYHbcaJiJNIiWVIFz1co56uOjdLW03COM7CDp5XPLuvjlEXco5he9guwxDAnv_2c__wJb2egxMVQ8ZLB7E/w400-h300/20200824_131302.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Our family might not look like other families. We are not always running around and busy. Our kids like to go a little slower, they like to take their time and explore, they like walks on trails and lazy beach days. They enjoy quiet days at home when we make cookies or brownies or have movie nights. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Love these guys so much! <br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p>Homeschoolin Mama http://www.blogger.com/profile/08498224321720906377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6895272878099834947.post-59328918715106909602020-08-03T22:54:00.010-07:002020-08-07T20:14:23.913-07:00First Week of School for 2020-2021<div style="text-align: center;">First Day of School Pictures<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNVVC1gl8gbJJ0FtfLLAEv-N_nNj7zm8d_-QHXYW-94LVEJZ0cmMMiMm_PfH0nFRitLN5NZS-HoBCwEo1jebdNBQBKEXf8feO6uoAqX3XHSZf5fjvz8kt6P6lh-swgv5rWdhTGIc6Ut5M/s2048/g.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNVVC1gl8gbJJ0FtfLLAEv-N_nNj7zm8d_-QHXYW-94LVEJZ0cmMMiMm_PfH0nFRitLN5NZS-HoBCwEo1jebdNBQBKEXf8feO6uoAqX3XHSZf5fjvz8kt6P6lh-swgv5rWdhTGIc6Ut5M/s640/g.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV-UfxHZMx-xlGM4mGTm6L3p99x2_xHnD0NXiSsY7lr_L0T16qpGlI7cVE6qtdD9qVqOiMUWVEfcT1QlApSZ97z_QWP779j7h51K2mYonv_858NRciCEqL3w9aP9NwnhRZiMceUBxrYmY/s2048/w.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV-UfxHZMx-xlGM4mGTm6L3p99x2_xHnD0NXiSsY7lr_L0T16qpGlI7cVE6qtdD9qVqOiMUWVEfcT1QlApSZ97z_QWP779j7h51K2mYonv_858NRciCEqL3w9aP9NwnhRZiMceUBxrYmY/s640/w.jpg" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBLCv65Gn6Rsb5NHf7WOTXIZ9EbfpqcS6qn4alqSif9MWnlW0FVUB5XitBeYeZzhyvxTDWJsfabMHfH7trJeIC_9rmk7m1L-5u9DInFQosEmnpXTh6R7KquaB1PolMn6h_sNODzIa_fbM/s2048/20200803_145444.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGDL2O5c-VHiyQb_7GkqAQDCJnix_abqgAZ5R4JAzJFR1KbDlKCLpEk4zxn3lj2NmZQsWtTp0L5w_PtiaZnXEYkWiZAgEkUv_LrhjkxgoXWAs1e5whkYPyE1PQkLho2wJvI2Q4zmKKf2Y/s2048/20200803_145444.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGDL2O5c-VHiyQb_7GkqAQDCJnix_abqgAZ5R4JAzJFR1KbDlKCLpEk4zxn3lj2NmZQsWtTp0L5w_PtiaZnXEYkWiZAgEkUv_LrhjkxgoXWAs1e5whkYPyE1PQkLho2wJvI2Q4zmKKf2Y/s640/20200803_145444.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Favorite book: Biscuit books </div><div style="text-align: center;">She wants to be a dentist when she grows up<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk1z6Yalq-ViwefHp4eqv6Jc7nG1hJtgZsA3Gr8WyDKyRPwykJ2cDt1u7FrzclV4h5HIoioC6A2fe_2rjYrZ2uTu7-Q_0KEDCHdBy4gKZMlXV3YF2Htih48AFsjouy5Bpo8NOJMCfX2T4/s2048/20200803_145718.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk1z6Yalq-ViwefHp4eqv6Jc7nG1hJtgZsA3Gr8WyDKyRPwykJ2cDt1u7FrzclV4h5HIoioC6A2fe_2rjYrZ2uTu7-Q_0KEDCHdBy4gKZMlXV3YF2Htih48AFsjouy5Bpo8NOJMCfX2T4/s640/20200803_145718.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq2-Pd_2c1XrmwGdS2PBI017q1AWsXIS6OUiCoh_0hyphenhyphen9AIa5LpQh7Q8zvrZ29ajhTzNXlJb6Og0Dt6nuNuZ3a2yLLdUHtdGCN9a7BDUsSkVS9Dt9fzODMf2xGZhy-Xe7nA1tDZFeBLzKc/s2048/20200803_150650.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq2-Pd_2c1XrmwGdS2PBI017q1AWsXIS6OUiCoh_0hyphenhyphen9AIa5LpQh7Q8zvrZ29ajhTzNXlJb6Og0Dt6nuNuZ3a2yLLdUHtdGCN9a7BDUsSkVS9Dt9fzODMf2xGZhy-Xe7nA1tDZFeBLzKc/s640/20200803_150650.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />They are so excited to get started. Our kids thrive on structure and routine and do best when they know what will happen for the day. That is the joy of homeschooling, we can design it how it works best for our kids and our family.<br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO23M6Vx0JL5Q8Q-WPXnT0OyGmVPhBVmyaLokusQ3-MHC1clIDPQCxdIJlyY6op36CtJ0pQVqUZNZn8cL0BKu8ELIgjO8NLE1oGj5h3pfBsFut9EDF-bYY_SbQPu1288py03jLKZ67Gzg/s2048/20200803_154507.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO23M6Vx0JL5Q8Q-WPXnT0OyGmVPhBVmyaLokusQ3-MHC1clIDPQCxdIJlyY6op36CtJ0pQVqUZNZn8cL0BKu8ELIgjO8NLE1oGj5h3pfBsFut9EDF-bYY_SbQPu1288py03jLKZ67Gzg/s640/20200803_154507.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This year we are using MasterBooks. This will be our first year using it so I will give a review on what I think about six months in. Coming from a strong Abeka style teaching this is a hard switch for me but I want to make the right choice for the kids and I think this might be it. I will say choosing a curriculum for several children with special needs but each having a huge difference in their skill and understanding level is quite the challenge. Two of our kids struggle with fine motor, two different children struggle with memory issues, one struggles with executive functioning skills. Trying to find something that will work for ALL of them is HARD. <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_hyphenhyphen-SdMBWmN7Cfjj65BQgsWRumScGSo1SV9WNF_75zyo1dJcXpLAHoIFp_eMcrtO6J1grgk8Ducyccb82JlhBjjPpAYanmAVlIyrAm3KIWDCXTbJTRag23TgrzJAqhzJBLalBT54vJX0/s2048/20200803_160457.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_hyphenhyphen-SdMBWmN7Cfjj65BQgsWRumScGSo1SV9WNF_75zyo1dJcXpLAHoIFp_eMcrtO6J1grgk8Ducyccb82JlhBjjPpAYanmAVlIyrAm3KIWDCXTbJTRag23TgrzJAqhzJBLalBT54vJX0/s640/20200803_160457.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAiV2mUmP3-TW6qCu7J1D6ie1MjjSXmInAnE3hml407nsxWILOxnvgTdzG1wjoFWz7FGYvmDJ7B63HyIlozOZ6KXVei7Qlcs5IT3rAecmYG9AN9xx_Rw9A5ONw3MoGNL5iejRkvcOwit4/s2048/20200803_165747.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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We love these worksheets we found on Teachers Pay Teachers because they get to work on cutting, gluing, reading, problem solving, writing, drawing, and comprehension. <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTw3H6ujWU6dJ2JheheTsBxVO_L61Vu-ekth_LcsMVRP585bBJ0nlrMRZwd3xTmekrFjT0MHNDHYROJjZCTZeWx2OC9YWB9X51zuYcFsTppGFWcN1TnMDEwjYdwY_rCa35JtGQQGxbvrQ/s2048/DSCN6724.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTw3H6ujWU6dJ2JheheTsBxVO_L61Vu-ekth_LcsMVRP585bBJ0nlrMRZwd3xTmekrFjT0MHNDHYROJjZCTZeWx2OC9YWB9X51zuYcFsTppGFWcN1TnMDEwjYdwY_rCa35JtGQQGxbvrQ/s640/DSCN6724.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIVciZqMQbbmVQ8ZB4wWSXYtRRlshxN8y2_w6eaXHpe_NprcelVRNnvkc7DCp3GsgEHVfeUI6mY7VFDdcXedjIxQbq3xSfrHeA6cOoR2DkuLeHo4Hztb-GzrIEmTmQeMNxgCNDWJQYkXc/s2048/DSCN6725.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIVciZqMQbbmVQ8ZB4wWSXYtRRlshxN8y2_w6eaXHpe_NprcelVRNnvkc7DCp3GsgEHVfeUI6mY7VFDdcXedjIxQbq3xSfrHeA6cOoR2DkuLeHo4Hztb-GzrIEmTmQeMNxgCNDWJQYkXc/s640/DSCN6725.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">These worksheets were also found on Teachers Pay Teachers and are reading comprehension sentences. The child reads the sentence and matches it to the correct picture. <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDjztQBP7vnYw5q_TRoxucj4LgYFZm52lGmFsyGcsTpulT9Ey4IIg8AlnmfoG7rJPrx6AaKcLQSQfYKQE6LWMgYyxFWq-MBD2clFdizndP2Sew3e3N3zE6N-4H6nLZ5lvkGuBsz0kycrE/s2048/DSCN6727.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDjztQBP7vnYw5q_TRoxucj4LgYFZm52lGmFsyGcsTpulT9Ey4IIg8AlnmfoG7rJPrx6AaKcLQSQfYKQE6LWMgYyxFWq-MBD2clFdizndP2Sew3e3N3zE6N-4H6nLZ5lvkGuBsz0kycrE/s640/DSCN6727.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij2XCh6X4cCGPurl2-kag9f9lRlJuPG3ZKMmgyniSBVwHpPLmaRINQ9xWyAT5KKuim0qmMBT_6rZTHje7_R3MSOO7xEhqLRjT8wAhjE-9ZZWG8UpX6OqeEwjijQN8MGwKPBZkynCjDTEk/s2048/DSCN6730.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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We did an experiment to see if a rock would sink or float then they drew a picture of their rock in the jar of water. <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWvuXABYx9-Wtt1hzcFTcdfwWzDEUWJ8cNXSozKVxkXofhAQ_fFO5q6HNJs7dOTYCZXlX-G8o3CDavIOpN-lX-300KWbL4p6l2xSon3PrcIXY8UYMcRgvJsBsXrWOHvggFFUYntGMdbvw/s2048/DSCN6754.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWvuXABYx9-Wtt1hzcFTcdfwWzDEUWJ8cNXSozKVxkXofhAQ_fFO5q6HNJs7dOTYCZXlX-G8o3CDavIOpN-lX-300KWbL4p6l2xSon3PrcIXY8UYMcRgvJsBsXrWOHvggFFUYntGMdbvw/s640/DSCN6754.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">We are working on learning virtues. Our first virtue is diligent. <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xokVjp_mgGw" width="560"></iframe>
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<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0MfwtmU8y7I" width="560"></iframe>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2t45mXUDehc" width="560"></iframe> </p><p style="text-align: center;"> With our phonics program that we are doing, in some ways for some of our kids, it is a lot of review. However for some of our kids it is a challenge. Kids with Down syndrome are visual learners for the most part. One of our readers is amazing at reading words and is at a 2-3rd grade reading level but that is all memorized. Sounding out words, holding each sound in their heads and then blending them together for words they have never seen before can be a challenge so even our good readers are benefiting from the phonics program.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaH3Lylql_8i0EF2PrTyl7aCZp2KK0Fo1lq0lzqDzIQfAO0kukgOx-dtVruhIHtu1lZrc21qQtU6rWuzZChHlfonLfbdvEl-UhlM7MdMRU1Y9meo4gix56KpbXOT0J4OnT-BBd6JIgY-E/s2048/DSCN6819.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaH3Lylql_8i0EF2PrTyl7aCZp2KK0Fo1lq0lzqDzIQfAO0kukgOx-dtVruhIHtu1lZrc21qQtU6rWuzZChHlfonLfbdvEl-UhlM7MdMRU1Y9meo4gix56KpbXOT0J4OnT-BBd6JIgY-E/s640/DSCN6819.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKMECDsZuHXdN6ttUcC_oqhq7_VxmXNs3-oxULW8A4WNdJj4PDbwC14C4CFRUjixuAYdis0ZMKoopzMh-zAfpNA8CZLnS5oMuJp0LbMPP7YLjd98hj3D6t_FikyYgK1D_bhyphenhyphenefaCHevJA/s2048/DSCN6822.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKMECDsZuHXdN6ttUcC_oqhq7_VxmXNs3-oxULW8A4WNdJj4PDbwC14C4CFRUjixuAYdis0ZMKoopzMh-zAfpNA8CZLnS5oMuJp0LbMPP7YLjd98hj3D6t_FikyYgK1D_bhyphenhyphenefaCHevJA/s640/DSCN6822.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">to help reinforce sight words for we want them to have fun so we do a paper where they have to find the sight word and stamp it. It makes it a lot more fun when they get to use the stampers or bingo dobbers or other things like that.</div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj14-CO_OqRpCJTk_5_mJP47MmguYPXQpO1AK-fg-RznDRdGj2THCx7BaIv-1t7ctdVaFq6IXhdsMDD5iI6XT0VN6yy8d1NkV1qqjYDYtZHKkjz1m8qm3JIv6jVwmR2ERljM3QHi2Hlpws/s2048/DSCN6842.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj14-CO_OqRpCJTk_5_mJP47MmguYPXQpO1AK-fg-RznDRdGj2THCx7BaIv-1t7ctdVaFq6IXhdsMDD5iI6XT0VN6yy8d1NkV1qqjYDYtZHKkjz1m8qm3JIv6jVwmR2ERljM3QHi2Hlpws/s640/DSCN6842.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I love these puzzle money cards. It helps our kids learn about money in a fun way without pressure. <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTl9ek6i8vTPb-iF8gKOvf_sTN5oH1ECjPcv7EmOe66JYVLPBKXuCPUFMm5-6ijfhbSfV-J-MTBRshPmuGkA5eyHR_68VBhPbGRnW4s7NOpWpdG0sTFEgeFfJsJWYlAWHYZrLZP9UI3Dk/s2048/DSCN6832.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTl9ek6i8vTPb-iF8gKOvf_sTN5oH1ECjPcv7EmOe66JYVLPBKXuCPUFMm5-6ijfhbSfV-J-MTBRshPmuGkA5eyHR_68VBhPbGRnW4s7NOpWpdG0sTFEgeFfJsJWYlAWHYZrLZP9UI3Dk/s640/DSCN6832.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0bXsCUdDbKX-_D8wqaXwp7ZtynZZf3mq0Tdmn6zx29Ou4XmyrugmnjqeDGNrIYdEiSAoIkd7AvyGpLbijHOUSRe_LNrj_u9SsQ5wA8bvns94wbHxEf4mCx38yZA686zCrynrEL715xH0/s2048/DSCN6845.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0bXsCUdDbKX-_D8wqaXwp7ZtynZZf3mq0Tdmn6zx29Ou4XmyrugmnjqeDGNrIYdEiSAoIkd7AvyGpLbijHOUSRe_LNrj_u9SsQ5wA8bvns94wbHxEf4mCx38yZA686zCrynrEL715xH0/s640/DSCN6845.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie2a-4asy1GRYN-Y1RweFkQRhm_sbfyyo5MUgMN7VhkAXI3-4A0ecWQjT9GvOBDJMcVmD02TGrCan_g7X1SVSmiYANaM3z_3Hsckk71yEvW5cjYNigtOdMdyv-MiwNl_ea8seKOFKyiVQ/s2048/DSCN6834.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie2a-4asy1GRYN-Y1RweFkQRhm_sbfyyo5MUgMN7VhkAXI3-4A0ecWQjT9GvOBDJMcVmD02TGrCan_g7X1SVSmiYANaM3z_3Hsckk71yEvW5cjYNigtOdMdyv-MiwNl_ea8seKOFKyiVQ/s640/DSCN6834.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgswxUYGi8FJF0JFiBB5VidhLAzA_KCep1p3TfZmxr9ZWDjt4NljLpH_1Cdbvd40tBJCyrAi9M1qbqOPW-XJmod7UjMcjnIIRDpVezBBUUqFa2DWXGTmZkTGYGVSfRcf_MG2ND75MX5gCk/s2048/DSCN6846.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgswxUYGi8FJF0JFiBB5VidhLAzA_KCep1p3TfZmxr9ZWDjt4NljLpH_1Cdbvd40tBJCyrAi9M1qbqOPW-XJmod7UjMcjnIIRDpVezBBUUqFa2DWXGTmZkTGYGVSfRcf_MG2ND75MX5gCk/s640/DSCN6846.JPG" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Homeschoolin Mama http://www.blogger.com/profile/08498224321720906377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6895272878099834947.post-20852736952924920622020-07-22T02:19:00.002-07:002020-07-22T03:44:45.534-07:00A Day in the Life During a Pandemic <div style="text-align: center;">
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The morning started off slowly. Crawling out of bed, wishing I was crawling back in instead of out, I am not a morning person, but the day needs to get started, 7am ugh!!! </div>
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I head downstairs and notice that my amazing husband has been working hard, he is an IT Tech and we have been blessed to be one of the lucky few that are still able to work. Working from home can be interesting with a large family and a small house but we are making it work. </div>
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I glace around the room and notice the little bodies all camped out on the sofa. Hubby announces that for whatever reason, they woke up a little after 5am! After making them all go potty he was able to convince them to lay down on the sofa until mommy woke up. Thank you my wonderful husband for that extra sleep!!! Soft snoring is coming from one of the kids, one is faking being asleep, while the third is clearly ready to start the day.</div>
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I think God must be having a good laugh giving me children who ARE morning people..... </div>
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I am not a coffee drinker, honestly to make it even taste good I have to add more sugar than kool-aid has so there is no way I am going to drink it, and why people feel the need to drink hot drinks is beyond me. I like my caffeine ice cold and in the form of soda. That reminds me..... I should give it up for a few months again. I would say forever but let's be real the longest I have been off soda has been about 6 months. Maybe when my morning kids are adults I wont need to try to open my eyes before 8am, maybe??</div>
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The little one that is wide awake on the sofa is now bouncing up and down .....how do you even find the energy to move this early?? Eggs are being requested, thankfully daddy is about to take morning break and has agreed to do eggs while I try to pry my eyes open and make my body move. </div>
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I do a quick check to my email, move the laundry around in the washer/dryer, and make a mental note we need to buy more dish washing tablets before we can start another load in the dishwasher. </div>
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I walk outside and stand on the back deck overlooking the garden, my little morning child has already gotten dressed and has followed me outside. The thornless blackberry bush has more blackberries this morning. After pointing them out to my early bird she makes quick work of running down and picking all the ripe berries and bringing them back for both of us to share. </div>
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We then head back inside and she starts working on a puzzle while I start cooking eggs for the other kids who will be getting up shortly. Once the eggs, oatmeal, and mangoes are all plated up the other kids wake up and head to table. We do not have the kids wait for everyone to finish because when you only have one bathroom you end up having to use whatever time you can find to get in there and take care of your business. As kids finish at the table they clear their area, put their dishes away, then head to the bathroom to brush teeth, potty, fix hair, and get dressed. </div>
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While they are getting dressed I start our morning reading time with the kids as they finish getting dressed and ready for the day. If I am busy reading with one child they head back to their room to tidy up their room and make their beds. </div>
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My early bird cuddles up next to me and I sit sipping my morning soda while we cuddle up under the blanket (it is a bit on the chilly side this morning - 50s) and she practices her reading snuggled up against me. </div>
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Our egg loving child finishes his breakfast, heads to the bathroom, gets ready for the day, makes his bed, then heads into the living room to start working on his puzzle. While the kids trickle in and get started on their puzzles other kids are waiting for their turn then snuggling up next to me to read me their books. </div>
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Older kids are starting their morning chores, the kids know the routine, everything is flowing and for the moment we sit with the cool morning air coming into the room through the open windows. Fresh breeze brings in the smell of flowers from the garden and I take a deep breath to soak it all in. </div>
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Yesterday I sat thinking about a dear friend who has a busy life, is always busy doing things, and I was envious of what I did not have but then after a good nights sleep, lots of prayers, and an attitude adjustment I decided that I need to be thankful for what we do have rather than what we don't. Years ago when my oldest four where young we used to go on all kinds of adventures, right now is a slower time in life, but I am sure we have many adventures left to take and instead of being envious for what I do not have I need to stop and be thankful for what we do have, and what we have is a peaceful house that is not overly busy, relaxed routine and kids who are gaining skills and confidence with the activities they are doing. It really seems to be helping set the tone for a better day when we can be thankful rather than envious.<br />
I started cleaning up the kitchen counters when we got a wonderful surprise visit from one of our adult kids and their partner so we stood around and just had a nice chat before they headed out for a day of adventures. </div>
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My poor soda has been on the sofa waiting for me to come back to it but it is getting too warm so I stick it back in the fridge for later. </div>
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Started another load of laundry and hand washed the dishes since we are out of the dish washing tablets, cleaned the counters, and sent kids outside to play. </div>
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Then it was off to help one of our older girls who sometimes get, "stuck". I really do not have a better word for it. Some days, they just forget to get out of bed. I am not talking about a kid who just wants to sleep in. I am talking about a child who forgets how to get out of bed. They will be hungry and laying there and even needing to pee, but they just do not get out of bed. Sometimes you can wait a bit and they will figure it out on their own, but when it is almost noon and they are still in bed, it is time to interfere.</div>
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After making sure they were not staying in bed because they were sick or coming down with something we reminded that when they hear others in the house talking, and playing, that is a good indication that it is time to get out of bed. </div>
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Clamoring of little voices asking when lunch is prompted the reheating of left over spaghetti and starting two loaves of fresh bread dough rising to go along with dinner tonight. (still trying to figure out what we will have, sometimes I get fancy and will make up a meal plan for a few weeks or the whole month, other times we just shop for two weeks worth of meals and then just pick whatever the weather and our moods are in the moods for. Tonight though? We need to make something to go with the homemade bread. Hunters stew sounds good. Thinking about food makes me thirsty and so I grab my soda from the fridge take a drink and get to preparing lunch.</div>
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The spaghetti looks sad and lonely on a plate all by itself so we rounded off the meal with some grapes and blueberries. Sadly those are store bought, not fresh... the ones on the blueberry bushes dried up on the bush that didn't get enough water because, well, life happened and it got forgotten. To try to recover the bush, it has been watered but only time will tell if it comes back to life or not. I start to grab that soda out of the fridge but it hasn't gotten cold enough yet so I have to wait a little longer to drink it. I head back into the living room after our daughter (the one who stayed in bed) asks me to inspect her work. I notice a few places that were missed. I am not talking about a little miss either.... I am talking about it looked like the kids took off their shoes on the living room floor after playing in the sandbox missed...... </div>
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Oh the joys of teenagers and developmental delays. One of our teens struggles with executive functioning. She is now angry at me and sulking and refusing to move because after I reminded her she forgot some places she was sweeping. When I told her she actually started fixing the problem by decided to do the whole room all over. I however had to go and ruin it and I had the nerve to point out that all she had to do was the places she missed not the whole room all over. Now some of you may think, why didn't I just let her do it all over again, well..... the short of that is that it typically takes her about an hour to sweep a room. Mind you this room is small.... it could easily be swept in 10 minutes, but we are working on life skills so we end up needing to teach, then have the patience to let them work on it. Obviously we will let the small stuff slide but when you have two large dogs in the house you have to sweep daily.<br />
By now my poor soda has gone warm again so back in the fridge it goes... </div>
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I go hide out in the bathroom hoping that today I might be able to have some privacy and take care of some bathroom business before someone rushes in saying they need to go potty. That reminds me that we need to switch the door knob around so I can lock the door!! (We had turned it backwards so kids could not lock themselves in and then get stuck in the bathroom, but now that the kids are older we can finally change it back!!) </div>
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My husband is holding the grandbaby while adult daughter and son in law have run to the store. It is lovely hearing him talking to the baby and hearing all the little baby noises, so it sounds like maybe the sulk is over and I can venture out and head back into the living room. Of course the teenager is still sulking in the living room, arms crossed, ,not moving. It is one of the challenges she faces with her delays. Some days are easier than others, today looks like she is in for a hard one. Sometimes we can wait her out, and other times (like when she stops and refuses to move in a walkway or hallway or something) we have to help her move out of the way. For now however, she isn't in a walkway so we will let her sulk for a little while and hope she stops on her own. </div>
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Then it is on to meal planning, we typically shop for two weeks worth of food. SO looking forward to the day when at least most of our food comes from our garden rather than having to go to the store all the time! (We are currently looking at moving to the midwest and homesteading in about 2 years). My husband does the shopping for several reasons, but the main reason is that he can stick to a meal plan and he ends up spending at least 50-100 less per shopping trip than I do. </div>
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Three o'clock and the teenager who started sweeping the living room just past noon is still at it. Some days they can finish the room in about 20 minutes, but on days like today it can take a while. </div>
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The bread has only about half an hour left to rise but since it is still early I will wait a little longer before baking it.<br />
I reach in and grab my soda. Just as I am about to unscrew the lid and take a drink, mommy instinct kicks in and I put it back in the fridge while I go around looking to find out what is going on. </div>
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Another child has taken it upon themselves to use a toy wand as a hammer and sadly broke the wand. Even more sad, it was not their wand they broke. When the wand was discovered it was noted that the batteries had been removed. Now there is a battery hunt going on in the bedroom. Thankfully my kids are past the age where they would ever put it in their mouth but still missing batteries make me nervous. Where in the world could they be?? </div>
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Ahhhh the lovely sound of the garbage and recycling trucks, not!! They come once a week for garbage and once every other week for recycling. With so many people living in the house we really need it to come at least every single week for recycling but sadly our city does not do weekly recycling pick up. They were however nice enough to give me a tiny little table top composting bin. I think they must assume that we are an older retired couple or something because there is no way a family could use it. We tried to use it, we really did..... I filled it up in one day with egg shells and bananas. Every once in a while we we do a big breakfast and we make eggs for everyone. The kids wanted bananas with breakfast we added in the banana peels, and then it was full!! So it is a great container if I just want to put things in for the moment until I could bring outside and put it in a large composting bin but for now I do not have a large composting bin to put things in, and hubby has a two page list of things to do so if I add one more thing right now I think he will scream. Today, even though the trash and recycling was picked up, we will have to do a dump run later today however since we end up using more than they pick up.<br />
After searching for what seemed like forever all the batteries were recovered that were missing from the broken toy. Amends were made, apologies given, and we move on. </div>
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Our little ray of sunshine decided that being they needed to put on one of their beautiful dresses and play outside in it. We decided that with the pandemic going on and churches being closed in our area that the kids can wear their fancy church clothes any time they want otherwise they will outgrow them before they can even wear them. She is currently dancing around outside pretending to be a princess. </div>
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Then it was time to go check on the kids outside and rescue toys from the kiddy pool.... older v-tech toys along and wooden toys needed to be rescued from the water. A few years ago one of the kids mashed the buttons on the toys so much that they broke $300 + worth of V-Tech toys that we had been accumulating over the last few years, so the damage to the cars had been done previous to their swim in the kiddy pool.<br />
Another one of the kids decides to use some spare wood we have to make something for Buzz. I am told it will be a house, but it is still in the planning stages so it could change at a moments notice. </div>
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Heading back to check on the laundry, sheets are done, beds need to be remade. And I can finally get back to the bread and get it into the oven. I am looking forward to the wonderful smell of freshly baked bread and hunters stew tonight. Nothing smells better than a homecooked meal. </div>
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Well, best laid plans and all that got waylaid by our teenager who decided to stop sulking and start doing her chores again.... sweeping and mopping the kitchen.... I will have to wait to get started on the bread. but there is always more laundry to wash and dishes to do.</div>
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After another load of laundry was started and dishes turned on (the store run was a success and we now have dish washing tablets!). Our early sunshine is suffering an upset belly and decided she needed to lay down on the sofa. Once she is all comfy I head back to work on the hunters stew and get the meat all cooked up. </div>
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Then it is back out to check on the kids playing outside. The house turned into a boat!! <br />
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Ah the life of a child who never grows up! She could play in this pool for hours and hours and never get tired. She is certainly our water baby. We would LOVE to have a full sized pool however in our area we would have to heat it, so we will just wait until we move and then invest in a pool. For now however, she is happy and loving playing so that is what counts.<br />
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We had planned on working on writing post cards today but that got delayed due to the poorly tummy. Two of our girls are in American Heritage Girls and are writing to pen pals this summer. It is great writing practice for both girls and it is always fun to get mail. But there is always tomorrow, for now resting is more important than writing. <br />
Instead we are listening and watching to our favorite Christian songs on youtube.<br />
The bread is finally out of the oven and the soup is almost ready. The house is filled with smells of fresh baked bread and soup, so good!!! While it is cooling our water baby heads to the shower so I help with that. She is pretty good about washing herself, but you have to remind her and also help with the shampoo but other than that she does pretty good by herself. <br />
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I only hope it tastes as good as it looks and smells! I wish you could smell just how amazing it smells right now! While we finish waiting for the bread to sit for few minutes and the soup to cool enough to eat, we are enjoying watching one of our favorite Homesteading channels.<br />
Everything turned out good, it isn't my favorite bread recipe but it was good enough for some kids to want seconds, and the hunters stew, yum!<br />
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After everyone finished eating we all sat in the living room and I read our current Magic Treehouse book (we are working through all the books then will be starting the Little House series!) After hearing about the Olympics and ancient Greece we got everyone's teeth brushed and tucked kids into bed.<br />
My husband and I sat around talking about vacations since our summer plans got canceled due to covid.<br />
We have decided that if we go camping again we will be buying a very large tent and some blow up air mattresses. The last time we went camping we tried staying in a campground cabin. I have discovered that I do not like them at all. It might have been ok if we knew what we were getting ourselves into but we overestimated the size of the cabin... by a LOT. We have a small house. We expected a small cabin, however we did not expect it to be THAT small, and sadly it is the largest they had! It had a bathroom (which we were very thankful to have a private shower and bathroom) but it also had only two rooms besides that. One had a very large bunkbed with a full size bed on the bottom and a twin on the top. In the living room the sofa was a futon that folded down into a bed. The beds were like rocks and so we ended up leaving a whole day before we planned just so we didnt have to sleep on those horrible beds again. The little kitchen was only a sink and a microwave and a mini fridge. They had notes not to use a hotplate or any other cooking device in the cabin. So much for using my crockpot and having a meal waiting for us at the end of the day at the beach<br />
So, in light of all that we thought back to the time before that, before we ever adopted, and when we drove down along the Pacific Coast Highway and ended up driving through the Redwood forest and camping there. LOVED camping there.... well, except the bugs - horrible mosquitoes that year, the rangers said it was the worst they had seen in years, and the tent, and the ground...... other than that it was a great trip! The problem with the tent is, when your husband is 6 feet 2 and he tries to get into a regular size tent, well, it just doesn't work out well. Thinks get bumped, knocked, etc. My husband has really bad reactions to bug bites. And he is a bug magnet, poor guy. By the time we left I had been bite twice, and had a couple small bites to show for it. The kids had a few bites maybe 5? My husband however seemed to take the brunt of it all and we ended up counting over 20 bites and he doesnt just get small little bites either, every single one of his bites were 2x larger than ours. And the ground, you start to feel your age when you take your kids camping and you think you are still young enough to rough it and sleep in your sleeping bag in the tent on the ground. No. Just no. If I want something to make me feel that old ever again, no, just no. All I can say is I learned I had places that could hurt that I did not even know I had before we went camping. <br />
So we are thinking that before we go camping again we will get a different tent (after that last tent camping trip we decided never again and gave our tent away) one that would allow my husband to fully stand up. Standing up in a tent is VERY important when you have kids with special needs and some never remember that you can not stand up in a regular tent. We are hoping that if we get a large tent we could make our own little cabin with the tent and have nice air mattresses which would hopefully improve the trip.<br />
After wishful thinking and day dreaming we sat down and watched some more of our favorite youtube channels, cleaned up the kitchen, grabbed our fresh clean sheets out of the dryer, made our bed, and then headed to sleep. (At least my husband headed to bed - I have insomnia no matter what time I wake up and get out of bed - 1:30am and still not feeling tired. sigh)<br />
Since I am still up however there are things to be done. While listening to our dog suckle in his sleep (it really is the sweetest thing ever), I pour over their curriculum that we will be starting in August. I want to have everything organized and have my plan ready. This is one of my biggest challenges. I want to be able to be flexiable. I want to go at my child's pace. However, I also want to stick to a schedule. Life doesn't respect schedules but for someone who struggles without a plan in place, being able to just say oh ok, you dont get it or wow that was so easy for you and either stay at that area or more faster than planned is not easy when your other kids needs to be at their pace too and suddenly you discover that you are teaching the same stuff not once, but many many many times, over and over and over. However after much thought I am going to try .... TRY .... to keep the kids along the same path. In other words when I see someone needs to spend more time in an area, we can ALL spend more time in that area, or if it is really easy for one or two of the kids but the rest are going the pace of the book, then instead of having them skip over it or spend more time reviewing it, we will have other activities that they can work on while the other kids catch up. That is my hope, not sure how well it will work but we will do our best and let you know.<br />
A little disclaimer is that we are using Masterbooks this year. A friend talked to me about how much her kids love it and I have decided to see if it will work with our kids. I think the hardest part of homeschooling for me is feeling like I have to relearn things. With our four oldest kids, homeschooling them was easy. They got things I would teach them easily, they did well in their own learning, and they did well with Abeka which was the curriculum they used. However, with our other kids we tried Abeka. We decided to go the video route and we hoped it would be a good fit. The kids did the kindergarten Abeka program and we stopped about halfway through the year when we saw it was NOT a good fit for our kids with special needs. Since then it has been an adventure researching and trying to find what will be a good fit for them. We are hoping Masterbooks is it, but we will have to wait and see, only time will tell. Either it will be a big hit or a total flop. One big part of Masterbooks is that it has some reading. Nothing like Sunlight which is pretty much one book after another, but Masterbooks will tell your child a story for science, but also for math, and pretty much every subject. Nothing too big, a one page story or something like that, but for kids with auditory processing either it won't work for them at all, OR they will start to improve their auditory processing. Hopefully it is the later. We are also double dosing them with phonics with the phonics program from Masterbooks but also Alpha-Phonics. Up until this point, we have worked more with sight words which tends to be easier for kids with Down syndrome, than phonics. I do not want to give up hope thou, so we will use it this year and see how the kids respond.<br />
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If this was a normal year you would have heard of trips to the beach, zoo, or how every year we do our best to find and explore as many different hikes, trails, parks, and playgrounds as we can fit in, and this year we were suppose to take the big drive to California, take the kids to the redwood forest (our younger kids have never been) and then finally Disneyland!! However, as many others in the world have missed out, so have we, even if Disney would have opened up in time for our tickets to be valid, there is still the mask requirement that we would not be able to pass. We are praying that in a few years we can try again. Next year is more than likely out, simply because there are just too many things happening next year to be able take that much time off work. But who knows what the future holds. Lots of dreams, praying we can make them come true. Just trying to stay positive and taking it one day at a time. <br />
And there you have a day in the life during a pandemic. <br />
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And in case you are wondering what happened to the poor lonely soda.....<br />
.. 2:29am I grab my poor lonely soda out of the fridge <br />
3:15am and I finally finish the soda I started this morning.<br />
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Homeschoolin Mama http://www.blogger.com/profile/08498224321720906377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6895272878099834947.post-32071370938421440952020-07-17T17:53:00.007-07:002020-08-28T21:14:01.267-07:00Homeschooling starting soon<div style="text-align: center;">We will be opening up our new classroom and starting homeschooling in August!!<br />
We will be trying a new curriculum this year, MasterBooks. We will also be continuing to use So Happy To Learn. We will be a review of Masterbooks after we have used it a few months. <br /></div>
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Also by not having them out all the time I can have a less cluttered classroom and the kids will be excited when they see something they have not seen for a while. <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4_docfFNkhBRRl2DpPAeXFbg4IiqW4UvkFQvVo19WiaHWLaC7kBWHmdx3e1gt3fdVkZWRSUs_Q7nQZ0aSQwfIabZteF_sLMtExHG0Zwn3RSkauG7t1quuvxV4awkJLd6TeSCAPoQWZPo/s2048/DSCN6926.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4_docfFNkhBRRl2DpPAeXFbg4IiqW4UvkFQvVo19WiaHWLaC7kBWHmdx3e1gt3fdVkZWRSUs_Q7nQZ0aSQwfIabZteF_sLMtExHG0Zwn3RSkauG7t1quuvxV4awkJLd6TeSCAPoQWZPo/s640/DSCN6926.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />These are my teacher reading books. These are the books that we will read when we are doing our curriculum. I want to make sure we have them when we need them. Once we have used them they will join the book shelf that the kids can pull from anytime they want, but for now, they are stored here. <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjLH9z6wOBYy32AelP1eVSW3KyOiMl99vvKfM23MSOQvMbrb65ZY1ZOB7IHeeOrWAhCA-JrFxA0xUt8ktMHEe_m_reYM0JdIFCa6ig3t6GnXFTlV2SWM5zjR14t8vkK68q7qS4GbyeUR0/s2048/DSCN6924.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjLH9z6wOBYy32AelP1eVSW3KyOiMl99vvKfM23MSOQvMbrb65ZY1ZOB7IHeeOrWAhCA-JrFxA0xUt8ktMHEe_m_reYM0JdIFCa6ig3t6GnXFTlV2SWM5zjR14t8vkK68q7qS4GbyeUR0/s640/DSCN6924.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />My husband made this cute little caddy for the classroom so we could store some often used supplies<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI8YpfLNG3fpIwpVBvRmwP9SayzK8NDw1NVdvhTVzd0V5GHCnJ9lbpBfZ9aNwhQFdMldAlqscJ0cRan4svKZFuKGhYjkxl4UiRhjQpLrKSHLmX-tmtbetAozBIf7oa2AdvwjCDFUYw6R8/s2048/DSCN6922.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI8YpfLNG3fpIwpVBvRmwP9SayzK8NDw1NVdvhTVzd0V5GHCnJ9lbpBfZ9aNwhQFdMldAlqscJ0cRan4svKZFuKGhYjkxl4UiRhjQpLrKSHLmX-tmtbetAozBIf7oa2AdvwjCDFUYw6R8/s640/DSCN6922.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">We will be learning about birds so we have a bunch of different levels for all the kids to be able to enjoy. Bird identification cards that they can match to bird figures, a book that makes the sounds several different birds make, how to draw birds book, a bird coloring book, and a puzzle with bird facts under each picture. <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlggg6_8PmdA9LFeiiTNm7kuuOCgcAp7IYnnPx-BO7Zvq5V1ErVs-V4d9TrtKS8ljQi2ETQMKBb_Gl1TuT37G6JSLXG3GNywtqzSPpU_4Qhd0NCSFtwJ0aV0FFl1o4hrVq6IUUN_JitV8/s2048/DSCN6921.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlggg6_8PmdA9LFeiiTNm7kuuOCgcAp7IYnnPx-BO7Zvq5V1ErVs-V4d9TrtKS8ljQi2ETQMKBb_Gl1TuT37G6JSLXG3GNywtqzSPpU_4Qhd0NCSFtwJ0aV0FFl1o4hrVq6IUUN_JitV8/s640/DSCN6921.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Our math shelf</div><div style="text-align: center;">money, unifix cubes, Math-U-See blocks, counting bears, dice, and sand paper numbers. <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6p78r6lwygKwoN69aL559QdGUSSEl7gdxHSTmo6_7wdzYE0lra6fNFwHzS7Xe8ocRPxWT8d2iR8VizLQqNykgEcPo2ckBiJv3RKyQ_tCbF3BNALm4h28W6nBSSKcyO9cGddPXn9RC6nU/s2048/DSCN6919.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6p78r6lwygKwoN69aL559QdGUSSEl7gdxHSTmo6_7wdzYE0lra6fNFwHzS7Xe8ocRPxWT8d2iR8VizLQqNykgEcPo2ckBiJv3RKyQ_tCbF3BNALm4h28W6nBSSKcyO9cGddPXn9RC6nU/s640/DSCN6919.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVItKSk9tWpSw-I-v7Ez4ZoYC0N9u2BIQgOf8vIvbpUWfnmA5U8kGjDyMSYXmtiz_Pe186H40FZM8avdST5nxRCXHHywzKIX4Xk69yvPGRYCPEmPKJlwIJlKK_x7Jyj59rHOtC3kL_sNE/s2048/DSCN6918.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVItKSk9tWpSw-I-v7Ez4ZoYC0N9u2BIQgOf8vIvbpUWfnmA5U8kGjDyMSYXmtiz_Pe186H40FZM8avdST5nxRCXHHywzKIX4Xk69yvPGRYCPEmPKJlwIJlKK_x7Jyj59rHOtC3kL_sNE/s640/DSCN6918.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">We also have these wonderful numbers for the wall that we found on teachers pay teachers! 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<div style="text-align: center;">In the past we have had fancy pocket calendars but I decided with the kids getting older we would stick to a regular calendar <br /></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">The kid shelves are things they can look at, explore, read, activities to do, when they finish their work. One of the book shelves holds early readers, while the other shelf holds chapter books. <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTQPDQNhhIBVabRu4dr4r1kDya_OnSnTm0O2NYW3vsZNk1q9aFgy8n2z5XjxZq0P_OXBqUptkChlNdEfxBAPVF8u4IZzHHZufkHdizRtghb5aI9jqZP_InG2LVtcFJuAF5yrVEgyBOs9Y/s2048/DSCN6920.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTQPDQNhhIBVabRu4dr4r1kDya_OnSnTm0O2NYW3vsZNk1q9aFgy8n2z5XjxZq0P_OXBqUptkChlNdEfxBAPVF8u4IZzHHZufkHdizRtghb5aI9jqZP_InG2LVtcFJuAF5yrVEgyBOs9Y/s640/DSCN6920.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is where I keep all our records. It is in a closet so I can just close the doors and it is out of the view of the kids. I keep all their folders in here, I keep flash cards, our Equipping Minds material, workbooks, binders filled with all different kinds of things from math, phonics, reading, geography, art, and much more<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiug4chsySH-yiDR9ALi5dFlEH3XBJ_-KW11GAC-xoSGhmmmg8fNzlE5tO1Q8rLh59oClv-Bg2B1MIjnt5szXxmpAvJQlI_akXflzUkUSSoRBI__4362WNpmEggtLU_9EyvKsKKYUDkWPk/s2048/DSCN6925.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiug4chsySH-yiDR9ALi5dFlEH3XBJ_-KW11GAC-xoSGhmmmg8fNzlE5tO1Q8rLh59oClv-Bg2B1MIjnt5szXxmpAvJQlI_akXflzUkUSSoRBI__4362WNpmEggtLU_9EyvKsKKYUDkWPk/s640/DSCN6925.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifRjkRJe0Wh14eEEEvOfqpI5Uf1bVhJ2QE1PgEZjduEHOd7zsbPOf4PoDL1Lm5mep3mrMDC1qnO3dd60VWeFzCaBX_EUDhH_Z0s4hCCMpvXxW3iAQCDlOly8Fy-m-1Z5aACCfKNVwk7t8/s2048/DSCN6923.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifRjkRJe0Wh14eEEEvOfqpI5Uf1bVhJ2QE1PgEZjduEHOd7zsbPOf4PoDL1Lm5mep3mrMDC1qnO3dd60VWeFzCaBX_EUDhH_Z0s4hCCMpvXxW3iAQCDlOly8Fy-m-1Z5aACCfKNVwk7t8/s640/DSCN6923.JPG" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">'I hope you have enjoyed our little tour of our classroom. It isn't super fancy, but we like it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We hope you did too and it has inspired you to create your own little space too. <br /></div>Homeschoolin Mama http://www.blogger.com/profile/08498224321720906377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6895272878099834947.post-32457416947185991192020-07-07T02:39:00.002-07:002021-05-30T11:30:32.488-07:00PuzzlesTwo of our kids have really struggled with fine motor skills so for a long time we did not push things like puzzles. We were hoping by waiting it would ease their frustration and they would be able to do puzzles when they were older.<br />
However after talking with a good friend about all the great benefits of doing puzzles, critical thinking, visual processing, fine motor skills, and just confidence we decided to make it part of our daily routine.<br />
When we started our son who struggles with fine motor was only able to do a 9 piece puzzle. Now he is putting together 35 piece puzzles. Our daughter who was able to do 24 piece puzzles is now up to 40-60. Another one of our kids started out doing 50 piece puzzles and is now doing 100-300 piece puzzles.<br />
In addition to the confidence our kids have gained we have noticed that their visual processing and critical thinking and fine motor skills that have done amazingly well.<div><br /></div><div>2021 Puzzle Update:</div><div>Our son who started with 9 pieces is now up to 50.</div><div>Our daughter whos started at 24 is now up to 100. </div><div>Our daughter who started at 50 pieces is now doing 100-300 pieces with ease. </div><div><br /></div><div><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">When I was about 8 years old I
decided I wanted to teach. My friend's mom, Mrs. Lois, was a special ed teacher and I
remember how I would dream of one day teaching my own kids. When I was
about ten years old the school did a book dump of all the old text books and ordered new
ones. They filled the gym with old text books and offered anyone who wanted
some that they were free for the taking. I thought I was in heaven! I got as
many books as I could fit in my backpack and carry. I would pour through the
books and imagine that one day I would use them to teach my own kids. I would
make up my own lesson plans and design my school day even when I was that
young. So it came naturally when I had my own kids that I would
homeschool them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">We have not always homeschooled,
there have been some moments when we have done Montessori which we loved, or
public school- which I was not a big fan of, when I had to go to work. My
oldest turns 30 this year which means I have been
homeschooling/teaching for at least 25 of those years. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">With all the social distancing in
place and many schools looking into more of a remote learning approach a lot of
families are looking into homeschooling.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">I thought I would share a bit about
homeschooling for those who are on the fence and answer some questions that I
have been seeing a lot of online.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">YOU CAN!!</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b> </b>Homeschooling is legal in all 50
states.Information for this question
sourced from <a href="https://responsiblehomeschooling.org/policy-issues/current-policy/parent-qualifications/"><b><i>The
Coalition for Responsible Home Education </i></b></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">"Eleven states—Georgia, New
Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Virginia, Washington, and West Virginia—require parents
to have some form of educational qualification in order
to homeschool (or in the case of Tennessee, to homeschool high school
students). The required qualification is generally a high school diploma or
GED, but Washington state goes further, requiring either college credits
or the completion of a course in home-based study. <b><u>The remaining
thirty-nine states allow any parent to homeschool
regardless of their educational background</u></b><u>.</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Six states—North Dakota, Ohio,
Tennessee, Virginia, Washington, and West Virginia—allow parents without a
high school diploma or GED can bypass these educational qualifications as
follows.</span></div>
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homeschool through an umbrella school or (in the case of Virginia)
through a religious exemption.</span></li>
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qualified person (a certified teacher or, in the case of Ohio, an
individual with a bachelor’s degree).</span></li>
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educational requirements at their discretion.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">The remaining five states—Georgia,
New Mexico, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina—require all
homeschooling parents without exception to meet their educational
qualifications.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">In addition to the eleven states
already mentioned, three states—California, Kansas, and New York—require
parents to be “competent,” “qualified,” or “capable of teaching.” However,
these states do not mandate any specific requirements or give local or state
officials the authority to determine who meets these standards, leaving that up
to the parents. This means that, in practice, these states do not require
parents to meet any educational qualifications. The remaining thirty-six states
have no requirements whatsoever, allowing any parent to homeschool regardless
of educational background.</span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">What
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Georgia: High school diploma or
GED </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">New Mexico: High school diploma
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">North Carolina: High school
diploma or equivalent </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">North Dakota: High school
diploma or GED, or homeschool under the supervision of a certified teacher for
the first two years of homeschooling, to be extended if the children score
under the 50th percentile </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ohio: High school diploma or
equivalent, or homeschool under the direction of an individual with a
bachelor’s degree until the child’s test scores show reasonable proficiency or
a GED is obtained Pennsylvania: High school diploma or
equivalent </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">South Carolina: High school
diploma or GED </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Tennessee: Homeschool parents
must have a high school diploma or GED when homeschooling children grades 9-12;
parents homeschooling through umbrella schools are exempted from this
requirement. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Virginia: Homeschool parents
must have a high school diploma, or a teaching certificate, or homeschool
through a correspondence program, or provide evidence of their ability to provide
an adequate education; parents homeschooling through a religious exemption are
exempt from this requirement. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Washington: Homeschool parents
must be supervised by a certified person, have a required number of college credits,
complete a course in home-based study, or be deemed sufficiently qualified by
the local superintendent </span></div>
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diploma or equivalent, or be deemed qualified by the county superintendent or
school board and homeschool under direct supervision."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">What the schools are doing now is
NOT homeschooling. That is public schooling at home, and as many of you have
noticed it is not fun and does not work well for most kids and families. While
some of you may have had positive experiences I know a lot of people who have
not. It has also opened up a lot of people's eyes exactly where their kids are
academically and some people are realizing that a lot of what the kids are
doing is learning to pass tests rather than understanding what they are
learning. (this may not be the case with everyone but lately our
homeschooling groups have been flooded with new members asking about
homeschooling since they are not liking the current state of affairs with the
social distancing that a lot of schools are doing. With homeschooling (not
public school teaching at home) a family would have a lot more options. Most
homeschool families are very active in their communities. Some homeschooling
families join co-ops which meet one or more times per week, some homeschool
families enroll their children into music lessons or some kind of sports
activity. Our kids were doing dance, swim, and church choir. When I was
homeschooling in Georgia we were learning about pilgrims and immigration we
decided to take a road trip. We traveled to New York and visited Ellis
Island, and the Statue of Liberty, we went to Pennsylvania and toured an
Amish farm, we went to Ohio and toured a mock old western town and panned for
gold, also went and visited an Indian Village. There is so much
freedom in homeschooling. With homeschooling you can tailor what you are
learning to the way your child learns. How does your child learn best? Do they
need to see it, touch it? With homeschooling you can make your school the way
your child needs to learn best. With homeschooling you set your own hours. If
you like to sleep in, sleep in, if you live in a place where it is too hot
outside part of the day, you can let the kids play earlier and/or later in the
day and work on school when it is too hot to go outside. You can choose the
months/days you want to homeschool. Maybe you want to spend the weekends doing
fun activities so you homeschool M-F, or maybe your child has therapies like
ot/pt/speech during the week, so you homeschool on the weekends. The beauty of
homeschooling is that you set the time, you set the hours. If you want to
school year round, go for it! If you want to school during a typical school
year, you can do that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">YES!!! There are a lot of people who
homeschool their children that do not include any religious content.
While there are many options for faith based homeschooling curriculum there are
also a lot of secular options. A few are listed below that you can check out.
We have not really used secular homeschooling resources so in most cases I can
not recommend a certain one as we have not tried them. Our family uses faith
based homeschooling curriculum however there are many options out there for
people who do not want to use a faith based program. I have listed a few below.
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everything you need to do secular homeschooling in one kit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.bookshark.com/browse-homeschool-products/">BookShark </a>(PreK-8)<a href="http://www.movingbeyondthepage.com/purchase/search.aspx">Moving Beyond
the Page</a> (PreK-8)</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.calverteducation.com/curriculum/complete-homeschool-curriculum">Calvert
School</a> (PreK-12)</span></i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://discoveryk12.com/dk12/">Discovery K12</a> (K-12)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.globalvillageschool.org/">Global Village School </a>(K-12)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://buildyourlibrary.com/">Build Your Library</a> (K-9)</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.khanacademy.org/">Khan Academy</a> (K-12)</span></i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Secular
Science Curriculum</span></u><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.steamsational.com/store/">STEAMsational</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://jarringscience.com/jarring-science-club">Jarring Science Club</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?B=882672&U=778165&M=63573&urllink="><i>Steve
Spangler Science</i> </a>(K-8)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.eequalsmcq.com/classicsciinfo.htm">Classic Science</a> (2-6)</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2bzDMUD">Building
Foundations of Scientific Understanding</a> (K-8)</span></i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.singaporemath.com/Lower_Secondary_Science_s/220.htm">Lower
Secondary Science </a>(7-8)</span></i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.singaporemath.com/Science_Matters_s/128.htm">Science Matters </a>(9-10)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.singaporemath.com/Primary_Science_s/30.htm">MPH Science </a>(1-6)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2beF7eu">CPO
Science </a>(6-12)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://elementalscience.com/">Elemental Science </a>(PreK-12)</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2btf2f5">REAL
Science Odyssey</a> (1-9)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.steamsational.com/stem-activities-for-kids/">STEM Activities </a>(K-8)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.bookshark.com/browse-homeschool-products/">BookShark</a>
(PreK-8)</span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Secular
History Curriculum</span></u><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2bfvvjc">Usborne
History Books</a> (K-8)</span></i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2bBOqYz">The
Human Odyssey</a> (K-12)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2bKwDNm">A
People’s History of the United States</a> (9-12)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.bookshark.com/browse-homeschool-products/">BookShark</a>
(PreK-8)</span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Secular
Language Arts Curriculum</span></u><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.bravewriter.com/">Brave
Writer</a> (K-12)</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2btjkmA">Easy
Grammar</a> (3-6)</span></i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2bfw5xf"><i>Shurley
Homeschool</i></a></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://writeshop.com/ref/schoolingamonkey/">Write Shop</a> (K-12)</span></i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2bKyPUV">Don’t
Forget to Write </a>(K-12)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2bfwpfu">Growing
with Grammar</a> (K-12) <i>We have used this and enjoyed it</i></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2beI4fd">Sing,
Spell, Read, and Write</a> (PreK-2)</span></i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2btjCdh">Word
Power Made Easy</a> (6-12)</span></i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.allaboutlearningpress.com/shop/">All About Learning</a> (K-5)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2btjN8C">Killgallon
Grammar </a>(1-12, also has books for college)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.hewitthomeschooling.com/Materials/mLightningLit.aspx">Lighting
Literature</a> (1-12)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2bjNpDk">McRuffy
</a>(PreK-5)</span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Secular
Handwriting Curriculum</span></u><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2bfKbUe">Draw
Write Now </a>(K-3) <i>A few of our kids use this for handwriting and
love it! </i></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2btk3V4">Spencerian
Handwriting</a> (All ages)</span></i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2bKzxBQ">Handwriting
Without Tears</a> (K-3) <i>For our kids who struggle with fine motor we have
LOVED this</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2bDzla0">Zaner
Bloser Handwriting</a> (K-4)</span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Secular
Math Curriculum</span></u><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://store.mathusee.com/catalog/math-u-see/">Math U See</a>
(K-12) <i>We have used and enjoyed this program great for hands on
learners</i></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.teachingtextbooks.com/">Teaching Textbooks </a>(K-12) we
did not find it very hands on but it worked well for our son</span></i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2beIOAO">Singapore
Math </a>(K-8)</span></i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2bfzcFD">RightStart
Mathematics</a> (K-6)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.mathonthelevel.com/purchase/math-on-the-level-curriculum">Math
on the Level</a> (K-8)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.movingwithmath.com/">Moving with Math</a> (K-8)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2bKBpKS">Shiller
Math </a>(K-8)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.thinkwellhomeschool.com/">Thinkwell </a>(6-12)</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.steamsational.com/ways-to-make-math-fun/">Verbal Math </a>(K-6)</span></i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2bKCt1h">Miquon
Math </a>(K-3)</span></i></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Are there religious options?</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">YES!! </span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">There are many Christian resources and faith based
homeschool curriculum choices for homeschoolers</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.sonlight.com/">Sonlight
Curriculum</a> </span></b><i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sonlight's programs center on books
and reading. You'll read forty or so books in most Sonlight programs. If you
don't like reading, Sonlight probably isn't going to be a good fit.</span></i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.bjupresshomeschool.com/content/home"> BJU Press </a>. <i>
<span style="color: black;">Originally the curriculum was designed for Christian
schools, but it has now been adapted to fit homeschools also. For this reason,
this program follows the traditional education (or school-at-home) model </span>where
you buy the material and sit your children down to do it as a teacher might in
a school. Offered both in book form and online</i></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.abeka.com/">Abeka</a>
</span></b><i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Like BJU Abeka is a curriculum that
was designed for Christian Schools. We loved it for our oldest kids and they were able to stay with the age/grade level. With our children who have learning disabilities, they are able to do Abeka but they do it at a much younger grade level than their age. They have several options. You can do it parent led and only have the books, you can do parent led with the dvds with just some of the subjects, or you can do the whole curriculum with all the subjects for the Abeka Academy. In fact, the videos showed the
classroom with the students in it and the teacher teaching to the class. If you
do the videos you are pretty much doing it as you would in a private religious
based school. Our kids are currently doing Abeka with the DVDs and we love it! (you can do accredited or unaccredited) </span></i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://allinonehomeschool.com/">Easy Peasy</a></span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <i>This is a FREE program! All of the resources you
need are linked online. You will need to print out pages for some activities,
but basic requirements other than a computer with an internet connection are
paper, pencils, scissors, glue, crayons or colored pencils. If you really like
books you can find some Easy Peasy books but you can also just print what you
need for that day as another option. The reading makes me think of what you
would see in a one room school room, but it does work. But what is nice is
while there is some old styled things there are also some fun links. We have
used this and for being a free program is really well put together. </i></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.aop.com/">Alpha
Omega</a></span></b><i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"> (description directly from
their website as we have not used this program before) Alpha Omega has several
options. These include Monarch, Switched on Schoolhouse, LifePac, Horizon, and
Weaver. Monarch online homeschool curriculum for grades 3-12 and has
a subscription plan, Switched on Schoolhouse offers computer-based
learning for grades 3-12 with animation, video clips, and fascinating
multimedia. </span></i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">for grades K-12 designed by a team
of accomplished educators. LIFEPAC is for grades k-12 with the principle of
comprehension, mastering content before progressing to the next which means it
is student based. Horizons is for grades preschool-12 is a brightly
illustrated, engaging workbook curriculum for homeschool students filled with
consumable lessons and hands-on activities that uses a spiral learning method
to help your student master core concepts. It is teacher led. Weaver is a
unit-based, curriculum for homeschool grades PreK-12. This family- based
homeschooling curriculum uses the same daily Bible theme as a foundation and
then creates lessons for each student.</span></i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.mfwbooks.com/">My
Father's World</a></span></b><i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"> is a full package curriculum
(math & language arts are from other vendors) with a Christian perspective
that, like Sonlight but less intense, has history as its backbone, and relates
the rest of the curriculum to it. It was originally created for
missionaries.While we have not personally used MFW we have heard from a lot of
people who do and they have enjoyed it. It does have a very Charlotte Mason
type feel so if that is what you are looking for then it is a good program for
you.</span></i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://fiveinarow.com/">Five
in a Row</a> </span></u></b><i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">we have never used Five in a Row so
this is a quote from their webpage about what their program is like
"instructional guide for teaching Social Studies, Language, Art, Applied
Math and Science using outstanding children’s literature as the basis for each
weekly unit study. Lessons are designed for children ages 5 through 9 and
include discussion guides and questions, teacher answers, hands-on activities
and suggestions for further study. Before Five in a Row, 2nd
Edition, More Before Five in a Row and Beyond Five in a
Row offer teacher’s manuals for preschool children and upper elementary
students. Wonderful children’s books are the focus in all levels
of Five in a Row; they capture attention and provide inspired
learning opportunities for every child. Visit our product pages to learn
more about each level of Five in a Row and which one is the best fit
for you and your child</span></i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">." <i>Beyond
Five in a Row goes to age 12. Five in a Row is not intended to be a complete
curriculum for math and language arts. It does not teach phonics, writing, or
math in any sequential progression </i>According to one review I found
"Five in a Row is perfect for visual, auditory and kinesthetic learns and
teachers"</span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.memoriapress.com/">Memoria Press</a> </span></u></b><i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">We have used Memoria Press with our kids, both their regular
program and their program for kids with special needs. I liked their lesson
plans, I enjoyed the art, and music, it was very detailed in how to present
things which I liked. Memoria Press uses a classical educational approach to
teaching. They have an online option. They also introduce and teach Latin
from grades 3-12. For math they use Rod and Staff which for some people can
seem a bit repetitive and bland but is good for those who need a lot of review
or those who have kids who are easily distracted with lots of colors and
pictures. We decided we needed a different program however since even with
their special needs program I did need to adjust what I was teaching because of
our kids special needs. </span></i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.masterbooks.com/"><b>Master Books</b> </a> <i>We were so excited to use Master Books and we tried. We stuck with it for about two months before we just had enough. The books are lovely, but they have stories for everything (if you like reading 1-2 page stories for every single subject (including Math!!!) then you would love this. For us, our kids just wanted to do the work and be done. This is a Charlotte Mason style of learning. I know some people like it, we however did not. They do however have good prices. </i></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://biblioplan.net/">BiblioPlan</a></span></b><i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"> This program is actually written by some dear friends of
ours! I am so impressed with how hard they have worked on this program.
According to the Authors Julia and Rob Nealle, "BiblioPlan is a Classical,
Christian, History curriculum with a Charlotte Mason flair. We are easy to use,
K-12, open and go program that allows families to do history together. Everyone
studies the same time period together!! It is adaptable for special learners
and gifted learners. It's fun, history-rich, literature rich, challenging and
hands-on! There is something for every learning style! It's easy to use. Start
simple. Focus on the first unit. Focus on the history part (just do BiblioPlan
books) and add in a few lit. books. Watch some movies. Enjoy it. If simple
works and you want to do more than add in more for the next unit. Focus on the
oldest child and go down from there."</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">There is no such thing. Every single
child is different. What might work perfectly for one family might not work at
all for another. There are so many choices that it can feel very overwhelming.
However it is so worth it in the long run! Think of school as a one size fits
all, your child is expected to be on the same level with every single
other child in the classroom. When you homeschool, you design the school around
the needs of your child. Have a kid who is a math wiz but struggles in language
arts? With homeschooling you can move faster through the math and go slower
with language arts. You can go faster or slower throughout the year depending
on what your student needs. Need a easy writing program for struggling writers?
There are things like Handwriting Without Tears or TV Teacher that work with
handwriting for kids who struggle with fine motor. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Do I need to spend 8 hours per day
teaching my child?</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">NO!!! The reason why public schools
do is because they have one teacher to 20-30 students. Then you figure in that
kids spend a good amount of time moving between classes, PE, Music, Art,
Library, etc. Some people choose to do a longer day than others but most only
spend 3-4 hours doing formal learning, some do a lot less. However the people
who tend to do less often times just add in learning to their daily lives. For
example they would get their kids to help with cooking, so they are gaining
reading skills for reading the recipe, math skills by using measurements, and
time management with learning how to prepare something to be ready when the
rest of the food is. They might go to a science museum and let their kids
explore and discover new interests or existing interests. Most homeschooling
families just adapt learning into everything they do. They go to a zoo and dont
just walk past the animals but might keep a notebook and write facts they learn
from the signs, or observations, or maybe they just talk about it or take
pictures, but the average homeschooling family just makes learning a way of
life and it isn't just scheduled for a set time of day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">That is the beauty of homeschooling.
It can look however you want. If you want a strict routine you can do
that, you can do prepacked curriculum, you can choose it to be faith based or
secular, you can make it unit based or computer based. You can unschool. There
is no right or wrong way.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">What books/levels/grades should I
get for my child if they are on an IEP and need their work modified or if they
are advanced? I just tested my child on a placement test from one of the
homeschool links below and my child is WAY behind what they are teaching for
that grade, what do I do???</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">If you are
looking for a prepackaged curriculum then you will want to find an assessment so
you can see where your child is compared to where the program is at for that
level of work. In one of my homeschooling groups a mom mentioned that while
they have been doing public school and her child is in 4<sup>th</sup> grade,
which she did an assessment it said that her child would be doing 2<sup>nd</sup>-3<sup>rd</sup>
grade work based on the assessment. If that is the case do not worry. Just
start where your kids are. This is not like public school where they have No
Child Left Behind and will pass your child to the next grade even if all the
material was not mastered. You can spend more time on the areas where your
child struggles and you can breeze through the subjects that are easier for
your child. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">While it is hard work, if you have
childcare for your kids during your working hours, and you have enough energy
to work with your kids when you are off work, homeschooling is still an option.
If your kids are older, and are able to self-motivate, then they could work on
some of their work on their own and you could review or help them later when
you are off work. Another option is to do most of your homeschooling during the
weekend or just in the evenings. While most homeschooling families have at
least one person who stays at home with the kids, there are families out there
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">There are many options out there
that can be very affordable. Keep this in mind, if your child goes to public
school there are fees for labs, there are back to school clothes and back to school
supplies that you have to buy, gym uniforms, fees for art class or fees for
pictures, etc. Then there are school lunches. It all adds up. When you take all
the fees you have to pay when your child is in public school and add them up,
homeschooling is very affordable. There are also some free options such as Easy
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many choices!! Which do I pick?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">It can be confusing and hard to pick
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questions. Does this look interesting to me? Do I think my kids would be
interested in it? Will it be fun to teach or will I dread it?</span></div>
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<span class="e24kjd"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">The
biggest <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">difference between unschooling</span>
and <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">homeschooling</span> is the
approach to learning. <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">In a
homeschooling</span> environment, parents act like teachers <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">in the</span> classroom. With u<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">nschooling</span> the principle is that children
are naturally curious and will follow their interests in their own way and will
learn because their interests lead them to learning. We have never unschooled but there are many many webpages and blogs out there that can tell you more about unschooling. In homeschooling we still take our kids interests into account, but we also work with a curriculum or I put together one from several different subjects. </span></span><br />
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there programs for kids with special needs? </span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">YES!!
</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Here are a couple of them</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.sohappytolearn.com/">So Happy to Learn</a> SHTL is a program
designed by Mrs. Brown. Mrs. Brown has been working with children with special
needs for over 20 years. She was working with children in the public school
system but grew frustrated with the way kids with the lack of success that kids
with special needs were having. She has come up with a program that focuses on
not just communication but writing, reading, and math. She started with just
working with children in her home and has taken it to online as well. This
program has a Facebook group that helps guide you through the teaching program.
The motto is Teach don’t Test! Each month you go online and download the
material and print it. There are also videos that help guide you through the
process. There are also videos that talk directly to your learner. It is a
great program that we have used with our kids with special needs. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.memoriapress.com/curriculum/special-needs/">Simply Classical
by Memoria Press</a> Simply Classical is a full packaged curriculum that is by
Memoria Press. They have both a regular curriculum and also a program for kids
who has special needs. Both of their programs are classical programs that focus
heavily on things like famous works of art, poetry, literature, religion, and
Latin. We enjoyed the classical curriculum that this program offered. It is
very well planned out with lesson plans and is very detailed in how to present
the work. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://bundleofpotentiality.blogspot.com/2020/06/new-to-homeschooling-homeschooling.html" target="_blank">Master Books</a> While not set up as a program for special needs, Master Book is </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">affordable and flexible. They have a Charlotte Mason inspired
approach to learning with living lessons, captivating pictures, lots of stories. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times new roman, serif;">OTHER!!!! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: times new roman, serif;">We have discovered that while we have used all three programs above with our children with special needs, the program they have learned the most from is actually NOT a special needs program. If you are able to make some adjustments to a program then you can tailor almost any curriculum to your child's needs. This is what we have done with Abeka. Our kids are starting their second year with Abeka and are thriving! </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">What if I dont like a curriculum
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Change it!!! However before you rush
off to buy a curriculum I suggest you see if they offer a downloadable sample
of their program (most do) that way you can see if you like it at all. If you
discover along the way that you like some things about some curriculum but not
others you an always mix and match. You might like Math-U-See if you have a
child who learns best with hands on math, or maybe you like a more old school
approach and you would like Rod and Staff. The beauty of homeschooling is you
are not stuck with something if it doesn’t work. In public school you are at
the mercy of whatever the schools are teaching and if your child doesn’t learn
very well with that their self-esteem gets crushed because they feel like they
are failing which it is actually the school system failing them. There are a lot of people who homeschool so if you find something is not working you can usually resell your curriculum on places like ebay and craigslist and on homeschool pages that allow items to be posted for sale.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">NO!!! You can mix and match. Evaluate
what works for your kids and what does not. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>One size does not always fit all.
Sometimes you just need something different. It is perfectly fine to like a
program but not like part of it. We have used programs that we have liked,
but had to find other resources for things such as handwriting because fine
motor is hard for a few of our kids. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">What
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Every state is different. While I
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different state. Some states have a lot of regulations, some states have less.
I have provided a link and picture below so you can check out the regulations
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I will admit, life is HARD right now for most homeschoolers. While we are not new to homeschooling we ARE new to never leaving the house. If you are NEW to "homeschooling" and your children were in public school before covid 19, let me assure you this is NOT what homeschooling typically looks like!!!<br />
In most cases homeschoolers live active lives. Normally our kids would be in dance class once per week, go to church choir once per week, go to American Heritage Girls another day of the week, we would go to the zoo/library/children's museum/science museum, or other such things during the week. Our area, as of May 30th, still not opened up. Libraries and churches are still closed. Schools are closed. At our local Home Depot people line up outside and no one goes in, until someone comes out. Most state parks and beaches are still closed as well. All our kids dentists and doctors appointments were canceled due to covid 19, museums and zoos are closed, and classes like dance are canceled as well.<br />
Right before covid we decided to give public school a try. The kids went for two weeks before covid 19 hit. Over the last few weeks we have seen several schools who are talking about social distancing at school. For our kids, the whole purpose of going is the social aspect. If they are going to be having playgrounds closed, if they make kids sit 6 feet apart, and eat in their classroom, we will be homeschooling again in the fall. There is no way kids should spend all day in one spot and not be able to run and play outside during the day. <br />
Our kids are doing amazingly well handling being stuck at home all the time. We are trying to make things as fun as we can, but where we live we get a lot of rain and we are still only in the low 60s, so with rain and cool temperatures it makes playing outside not something we can do daily.<br />
We are thankfully staying healthy and staying home.<br />
Of course there are some challenges. My husband is working from home during covid 19. That in itself would not be a problem however when you have a small house and sound travels VERY easily and you have young children and two dogs in the house, it is sometimes hard to focus and get all your work done. All in all we are doing well. We are enjoying being able to be together, we are thankful that my husband is still working, we are blessed to be healthy.<br />
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Highlights during this time have been their aunt uploading some videos to youtube so they could do work outs with their aunt, listen to her reading stories, watch a video she made about dog care, video chatting friends and family, and just being together as a family. <br />
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Zoom reading groups</div>
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Sometimes you have to change things up a bit and leave the pencil and paper for another day and instead work on other skills. We got the games below from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/Purposefulplaybusybags/" target="_blank">Purposeful Play</a>. </div>
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We worked on matching (The pony tails on your finger need to match the card. This works on fine motor skills as long as visual processing)</div>
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Sorting animals into farm or zoo animals. Some of these were tricky as our kids have never been to a farm, and our zoo has a petting zoo with farm animals on it. This lead to a great discussion about farms and what animals live on the farm, which ones live at the zoo, and where their native habitat was before they lived at the zoo. </div>
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Say it, spell it, write it.<br />
You find a spelling word, use the letters to build it with capital letters, then write it with lower case letters. This helps build awareness of upper and lower case letters. It also lead to a discussion of why we want to write it in lower case rather than upper case. (Unless it is a proper noun or the first word of a sentence we do not use capital letters) </div>
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This cute tray helps build three letter words.<br />
He would pick a word card, and then find the letters to spell it out. All the words were three letter words so they fit perfectly in the little tray. </div>
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These little ponytail cards worked a lot of skills. Visual processing (did you use the correct hand/did you put the colors in the correct order) and fine motor skills. </div>
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We also worked on one to one correspondence with the little cupcake cards and button sprinkles. </div>
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We got a table tennis trainer to help with hand eye coordination and vision processing</div>
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She drew a pirate kitty</div>
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Learning about Food Groups</div>
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Learning about the difference between Needs and Wants</div>
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planting seeds</div>
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Learning to set the table and Household chores </div>
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Watering the seeds</div>
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