Friday, April 22, 2011

The Homeschool Mother’s Journal ~ Entry #12

The Homeschool Mother's Journal

 

In my life this week…

Some rainy days, some sunny days, and a box full of books from Sonlight…I can’t complain :).

In our homeschool this week…

Ds9 finished up his math curriculum this week…I am going to have him work on math facts for the next couple of weeks, and he’ll start his new curriculum in July {after our 6-week summer break}.  We’ve also done some writing, some spelling, some grammar and some science…and we crossed another read-aloud off our list.

And I caught dd7 reading from her Beginner’s Bible a couple times {on her own, without being asked} :)

The countdown to summer break is on…five weeks left!

Places we’re going and people we’re seeing…

Well, on Sunday night I looked at our calendar for this week and we had something scheduled for every.single.night {sigh}…I do not look forward to weeks like that :0. 

However, we ended up cancelling our Monday night commitment because ds9 had a cold.  And baseball was cancelled Tuesday night because of rain.  I attended my book club on Wednesday night, ds9 had a baseball game on Thursday night, and tonight we are planning on attending Good Friday service.  Then tomorrow we have a birthday party to go to and church and a family dinner on Sunday. 

My favorite thing this week was…

Box Day!  I ordered our Sonlight curriculum for next year {Core 3}…and our box arrived TODAY!  Yay! 

What’s working/not working for us…

Rain, rain, and more rain {check out the photo at the bottom of this post}.  We are really ready for some warm, sunny spring weather :). 

Homeschool questions/thoughts I have…

I am thinking about how much I love getting new curriculum…I think it’s a sickness really…and my kiddos don’t have it :)

I picked up ds9’s new writing curriculum {IEW’s Student Writing Intensive A} last weekend at our local homeschool convention…I think it is going to be a wonderful addition to our homeschool next year. 

I also ordered his new math curriculum {Teaching Textbooks} after letting him try a sample lesson on-line. 

And our Sonlight curriculum for next year arrived today…yep, definitely looking forward to digging in to all of these new things…

A photo, video, link, or quote to share…

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We have been getting a ton of rain around here…I don’t remember ever having such a wet spring.  This is a picture of one park in our area after we were swamped with rain last weekend…the green rooftops are playground equipment…and yes, they are under water!

1 comments:

Becca said...

My almost 7YO loves reading the Beginner's Bible, too. Totally floats my boat to see her pick it up voluntarily.

 

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