Our Homeschool Week in Review

This week, Hannah and Abby went to their first homeschool girls volleyball practice. They were so sore the next day! They have only played volleyball casually, so this is a new experience for them.  The girls are of all ages from about 9 or 10 to 17. The coach is a homeschool dad and he was great with the girls. None of the girls have played on a volleyball team before, and some haven’t even played volleyball before. So he’s starting with the basics, which is good for all of them. They have their first game in about 2 weeks. I really wanted to take pictures of them at their first practice. But I was a good mommy and left the camera in my purse. They were nervous enough about their first practice without me documenting their first attempts. So the way I see it, that makes all the next practices fair picture game. lol

 

We’ve been using Excellence in Literature’s Introduction to Literature for the last few weeks. By we, I mean my 17 year old. lol It’s a self-directed course and non consumable. Perfect for families with more than one student. In case you missed it, here’s the review I posted of Excellence in Literature’s Introduction to Literature for The Old Schoolhouse Homeschool Crew.

 

It’s November, which means a Thanksgiving Tree! The kids write what they are thankful for on leaves and tape them to the tree. I have the kids put their name or initial on the back of each leaf. I usually save the leaves when we take the tree down and that makes it easier to tell who each leaf belongs to. It’s so fun to look back and see what they were thankful for when they were younger. They are allowed to write whatever they want. So yes, we have thankful leaves for computers, video games, and kool aid. lol Here’s this years tree:

We usually have branches on the tree, but when I was cutting out this years tree, Zach said why don’t you round it out so we have more room to put leaves. So I did it the way he wanted. I use the brown packing paper that comes in packages. I always try to save this kind of paper. Smooth it out and fold it up. It makes great paper for projects like this, or even spreading out on the table and letting the kids draw all over it. Our Thanksgiving Tree is on the back of our front door for all to see. We let guests fill out leaves if they want to, also.

Do you do any fun or meaningful things for Thanksgiving?

 

Here are a few links I found interesting and helpful:

Handwriting Thankful Pages
Difference between test grades and transcript grades – video
Free printable maps
How do you get enough credits when homeschooling highschool – video
The Transcript Process
Download and print a How Do I Become President? poster – prints on 8 1/2 by 11 paper
Calvary Chapel Curriculum
How to put together a homeschool high school portfolio

 

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