Zach found an activity in his English book that he wanted to do this week. He made 20 cut outs of his hands to make a game.
Our Homeschool Week in Review
We took a couple of days off last week, as we had a wedding here! Our oldest son got married here at the house. And I made the cake. So it took extra time to make sure the house and grounds were ready for a wedding.
Abby and Zach have been doing great job on their schoolwork, so taking a couple of days off won’t effect them that much. I had planned on taking Sabbath weeks this year, like we have done in the past. Abby, however, doesn’t want to take any breaks. She wants to keep working ahead so she can graduate sooner. Zach on the other hand wants to take the Sabbath weeks. In order to keep my sanity, I’m going to keep them on the same schedule. For now. I’ll keep an eye on Zach, and if he seems to really need some time off, I’ll let him have it. Other wise, we’ll keep working.I think we’ll probably take Thanksgiving week off. Then come back for two weeks before taking two or three weeks off in December/January.
Our Homeschool Week in Review
It’s been a rather slow week this week. Zach still isn’t feeling well from the cold he had. He still managed to get most of his schoolwork done, though. He didn’t even make it to church Sunday or Wednesday. Hopefully, he’s feeling lots better soon.
Abby is doing well with her schoolwork. Monday night, she helped with little kids band practice at church. She had her own band practice on Tuesday night. When I arrived to pick her up, I found her washing windows on the youth building.
Our Homeschool Week in Review
Yesterday, I shared Our Homeschool Curriculum 2013 for 7th grad and 9th grade. Stop by and check it out!
As I was looking on the SD card for pictures of our week, I found this one. Abby spread out her schoolwork that she does on the computer. And then took a picture. lol I didn’t know she did this until I found it on the card. lol At least she’s organized. lol
She has taken a liking to doing her school work on the floor. I snapped this pic this morning in the living room. As long as they are working, I don’t care where they sit. So they are free to sit wherever is comfortable for them. It also makes for interesting pictures. lol
Zach and his 4th, and final, online guitar lesson this morning with MacPhail Center for Music. Review coming soon! He was concentrating on what his teacher was saying, he wasn’t bored. lol He’s also had a cold this week, so wasn’t feeling the greatest.
He has really been enjoying reading the Left Behind for Kids series of books. We already had about 20 of them when he started reading the books. Now, I’m buying one at a time when he’s ready for them. He gets so impatient. lol Asking numerous times a day when it’s going to get here. lol The collection was getting too big for the shelf I had it on, the top of one of these black shelves in the picture below. I told him to move a few of the books on two of the shelves and move his collection. Some how, he translated that to remove ALL the books from BOTH shelving units. sigh.
His favorite Left Behind books are the black stack by his elbow. He said he was sorting out all the books. Ok, maybe it needed to be done. One shelf at a time would have been better, though! lol
So Zach will be busy putting books back on the shelves. And I’ll be back next week with another Our Homeschool Week in Review!
Edited to add:
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Our Homeschool Curriculum 2013
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We started homeschooling in 1991 with Kindergarten for my oldest. That means we are starting our 22 year of homeschooling! This year marks a big change for me, for the first time in many, many years, I only have two students.
Here’s what we’re using this year for Zach, 7th grade, and Abby 9th Grade.
7th Grade
Bible:
God’s Great Covenant Old Testament 1 – I reviewed this earlier this year, and now he’s finishing up the book.
Math:
He’s still finishing up Rod & Staff 6th grade book. And I’m ok with that. 🙂
Understanding Mathematics 6 (Mathematics for Christian Living Series)
History:
Notgrass America the Beautiful, which is awesome
Science:
Abeka Observing God’s World
English:
Spelling and Vocabulary
Handwriting:
Logic of English – Rhythm of Handwriting – Cursive – Review coming soon!
PE:
Real life stuff – walks, bike riding, volleyball games, etc.
Music:
He’s been taking online guitar lessons with MacPhail Center for Music – Review coming soon!
Extra:
Time4Learning online – Review coming soon!
9th Grade
Bible:
Doorposts Beauty in the Heart – Review coming soon!
Math:
History:
The American Republic
Science:
Science for High School – Physical Science
English:
A basic English book I already had.
Spanish:
Rosetta Stone Spanish (Latin America) Level 1-5 Set
PE:
Real life stuff- walking, bike riding, volleyball games, as well as playing volleyball on the homeschool volleyball team. This will be her 3rd year, practice starts sometime in September, and games last until around March.
Music:
She’s going to continue learning in the book she left off in for lessons, John Thompson’s Modern Course for the Piano: Second Grade
Anything that we get for The Homeschool Review Crew, will be added to what we have here, or possibly take the place of something listed here.
It’s going to be a great year!
Our Homeschool Week in Review
Our second week of the school year went well. Although, Zach wanted to spend much more time reading than doing book work. He’s been reading through the Left Behind for Kids series. And loving it. He reads for a few hours every day. I just had to order another book yesterday. I love Paperback Swap!
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Monday night, Abby went to help with the little kids band practice at church. She helps them learn how to sing the songs, and for the ones that can’t read yet, she helps them learn the words. Tuesday night, she had her own band practice at church. Her group has been able to sing at numerous other churches and events so far. She really likes it. Maybe some day she’ll let me post a video of her singing. 🙂
Zach had his second guitar lesson Friday morning. He’s having lessons over Skype using MacPhail Center for Music. Review coming in a few weeks!
Want to see a “real life” picture? Guitar lesson going on at one end of the table, and green bean processing by Hannah on the other end! lol
Zach used his birthday money to buy 4 Lego sets. So he’s been busy this week making, and playing with, those sets.
I’m late posting this because of all those green beans on that table. It is now Monday, and we’ve finished another great day of homeschool. See you again on Friday for another homeschool week in review.
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Our Homeschool Week in Review
It was back to school week for us! Our week started on Sunday, no not for school work, for Zach’s 13 birthday! Yes, I have FOUR teenagers in the house now. My new joke is, “I have four teenagers, and the twitch is hardly noticeable.” lol
Zach got a new bike for his birthday, so PE this week consisted of lots of bike rides.
Monday was our first day of school for the 2013-2014 school year. Abby started 9th grade, and Zach started 7th grade. It feels odd to only have two students…. We started the morning off with individual Bible study. Then we had some fun.
We celebrated the first day of school by going to the movies. The homeschool group had a movie day scheduled. We saw Turbo. I thought it was going to be stupid, but it ended up being good.
Tuesday, we hit the books. On Friday, Abby had a lab about water surface tension. She had to see how many drops of water would fit on a penny before it flowed off the penny. A very easy lab. I know they won’t be this easy later in the year, but for now, I’ll take it. lol
We had a great first week! To celebrate, I’m having a giveaway! Stop by and enter my Back to Homeschool $10 Amazon.com Gift Card Giveaway!
And that’s our homeschool week in review! If you missed these reviews that I posted during the month of July, stop by and check them out:
Classical Conversations PreScripts Cursive Passages Illuminations
Science for High School Physical Science
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