Another sick day finds me perusing the Internet. One forum of interest a fellow hs'ing friend turned me on to is The Well Trained Mind Fourms. One of the thread asks "Do You Have the Fall Planned Out." This kind of made me giggle because I feel like we're just getting into the groove with things for this year. :P Rest assured, my child isn't studying the greater mysteries of Scooby Doo. Between trying to figure out his learning style and battling off Urgent Care viruses, we're actually progressing along somehow.
So, just for kicks & giggles, I thought I'd try to see what we would do for next year and it looks a little something like this:
History/Geography Okay, we're going a little against the grain and not doing Story of the World this year. I wanted to teach C a little something about American History, so we've been playing with that. Next year, I thought I might explore Winter Promise's American History II, but when I looked it over I got irritated (as I do with most boxed curriculum) and figured I would do it myself. So, there we are. As for Geography, I'm still wrestling with that one. I like the Map Skills for Today http://rainbowresource.com/proddtl.php?sid=1204660050-1880730&subject=&id=003716 workbooks. So, we'll probably do something like that.
Math We have been doing Math U See. C has been flying through the last half this year. So, I figured we'd grab a Singapore Math 1A book & see how that works for us.
Language Arts I just ordered First Language Lessons for this years studies of grammar. We're doing Explode the Code and Spelling Workout as well. C is doing very well with this method, so I don't know if I'll mess w. it, although I did buy Learning Language Arts through Literature Red intended for next year. He's independently reading books now with great comprehension & we'll just move that up a notch.
Handwriting I'm not stressing on this too much. I'm hearing that a lot of kiddos his age & learning style have difficulty w. handwriting. His is not bad, but not John Hancock, either. I'll give it another year before adding cursive.
Science Noeo, still. We love it. Also, interest led Science is still going strong here.
So, there's C's schedule. We'll start Before Five in a Row w. I. Maybe with Ordinary Parents Guide for teaching her reading & Handwriting without Tears for Handwriting. She keeps herself busy with Kumon books for the interim.
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Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Friday, February 15, 2008
Our February Thus Far...
I've been pretty sick this winter. I have literally been taken out by three colds. Two in the past week. I need to find something that will boost my immune system.
We've been chugging along with our Early American History. We are taking our time with the Native American tribes. Right now we're doing Southwestern Native Americans. The curriculum I'm using lumps all the tribes in this area into a one week lesson, so we're taking it apart and doing Hopi now and Navajo next week. I don't want Cristian thinking they're all the same.
We're continuing with the Noeo Science. Right now we're studying weather. Something he's already done, but not this in depth. For instance, we learned recently that the stellar (star shaped) snowflake is not the only shape a snowflake takes on. It can also look like a plate or a tube. Pretty cool. Did I mention I'm in my second childhood?
Bella continues to pick up bits here and there from our lessons. It amazes me how much she learns through osmosis. :) I bought her a couple of Kumon books yesterday, one of which involves cutting, as though she hasn't had enough practice as it is. My Dyson container could prove it.
So, in the midst of fighting off the terrible colds this season, I've actually made time for myself to read. I'm currently in the midst of The Modern Girl's Guide to Bible Study by Jen Hatmaker. Funny, enlightening, and very real. It teaches what one's barriers are to studying the Bible. I think one of the biggest hangups I've had is thinking that I need to be a seminary grad or seriously spiritually enlightened individual to be able to glean what I need from the Word. Why didn't it occur to me to ask the Holy Spirit for guidance in this area? It's been very motivating for me.
In addition, I've cracked open Kids Who Think Outside the Box by Stephanie Lerner. I believe this description very much describes my older child. He's an eclectic, engaging, suck life for all its worth child, who sees solutions to things in ways I only struggle to find. Yes, he has an occasional lapse into hyper mode, where he has difficulty controlling his limbs, but this is also a child who found a metal pin in shag rug by getting a magnet from the fridge while my best friend and I, 25+ his senior, bent over fervently searching and eventually feeling aghast by his thought process. I'm excited to read this book. I might even go and buy it (gasp!).
We've been chugging along with our Early American History. We are taking our time with the Native American tribes. Right now we're doing Southwestern Native Americans. The curriculum I'm using lumps all the tribes in this area into a one week lesson, so we're taking it apart and doing Hopi now and Navajo next week. I don't want Cristian thinking they're all the same.
We're continuing with the Noeo Science. Right now we're studying weather. Something he's already done, but not this in depth. For instance, we learned recently that the stellar (star shaped) snowflake is not the only shape a snowflake takes on. It can also look like a plate or a tube. Pretty cool. Did I mention I'm in my second childhood?
Bella continues to pick up bits here and there from our lessons. It amazes me how much she learns through osmosis. :) I bought her a couple of Kumon books yesterday, one of which involves cutting, as though she hasn't had enough practice as it is. My Dyson container could prove it.
So, in the midst of fighting off the terrible colds this season, I've actually made time for myself to read. I'm currently in the midst of The Modern Girl's Guide to Bible Study by Jen Hatmaker. Funny, enlightening, and very real. It teaches what one's barriers are to studying the Bible. I think one of the biggest hangups I've had is thinking that I need to be a seminary grad or seriously spiritually enlightened individual to be able to glean what I need from the Word. Why didn't it occur to me to ask the Holy Spirit for guidance in this area? It's been very motivating for me.
In addition, I've cracked open Kids Who Think Outside the Box by Stephanie Lerner. I believe this description very much describes my older child. He's an eclectic, engaging, suck life for all its worth child, who sees solutions to things in ways I only struggle to find. Yes, he has an occasional lapse into hyper mode, where he has difficulty controlling his limbs, but this is also a child who found a metal pin in shag rug by getting a magnet from the fridge while my best friend and I, 25+ his senior, bent over fervently searching and eventually feeling aghast by his thought process. I'm excited to read this book. I might even go and buy it (gasp!).
