As I wrap up the school year (we'll be finished by Memorial Day), I was thinking about the homeschool year...and I'm not sure if I ever documented what we're doing this year. Decided to document the main subjects so here...
Josiah - Senior Year. Josiah only needed 1/2 credit of math and 2 credits of English to graduate. So this year he is taking Business Math, English III, English IV, Physical Education, Government and Economics. We used Abeka Business Math (Nice...but expensive). We do our own curriculum for English III and IV including Daily Grammar and Progeny Press along with some other things. We used Notgrass for the Economics.
Autumn - Freshman Year
History - Notgrass American History - I love this curriculum, but it is pretty challenging so my kids haven't been quite as thrilled.
English - The Notgrass incorporates American Literature into it's history so we get English as well. She also took a class on "Research Paper" at Co-Op and I had her use Daily Grammer as well.
Math - Teaching Textbooks Algebra 1. I love TT! I love that it grades it and I don't have to. And it teaches her as well. :-)
Science - Environmental Science at our Homeschool Co-op/Online
Foreign Language - Spanish I. We started with DuoLingo and then switched to Rosetta Stone.
Other:
Home Economics I - Cooking and Baking including cooking out of a cookbook that corresponded with our History/English. It has a recipe from each state...some are definitely better than others! :-)
Digital Photography & Design - Various design projects including a photo book she made of her trip to China and our family calendar for 2017.
Switched on Schoolhouse Office Applications I - I liked this...but software changes so often that a few times we ran into situations where what it wanted her to do was no longer an option in the software.
Physical Education
Music - Violin and Piano
She took a class at Co-op this spring called "quilting"...although it was actually piecing/sewing/knotting...I need to talk to our evaluator. I'm not sure if this is art (quilt design) or home ec (sewing).
Mark
Mark was in Life Skills for his first two years of school, so we are still really working on basic education. I'm so thankful that our evaluator is also taught special education!
Math - We worked through a workbook of "Developmental Math", then proceeded to Math-U-See Primer. Once we completed that, we started "Math-U-See" Alpha.
Language Arts - We completed "All About Reading" Pre-Reading and began "All About Reading" Level 1. We worked on handwriting using "Daily Handwriting" and/or "Draw-Write-Now" and/or various other copy work.
Science - A co-op class in the fall (Insects) and spring (Our Body)
I supplemented Math, Language Arts, and Science with an online program...Time4Learning.
History - At this level we don't do a lot with history, but we did a unit on Pilgrims, Native Americans, and Regions of the United States using "Draw-Write-Now"
Art - Incorporated in "Draw-Write-Now" as well as "All About Reading, Pre-Reading"
We also worked on Social Skills, Physical Education, Safety Education, and Music. His therapies (Occupational and Speech) work with him on his Language Arts, Math, and Art skills as well.
I'm currently starting to get their Portfolios together for our evaluator and am working on objectives for next year so that I can submit everything to our school district at the same time.
Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Friday, April 21, 2017
Wrapping Up
We are starting to wrap up our school year...My school kids get out the Wednesday before Memorial Day so that is our homeschool end date as well. My homeschooled kids are starting to complete some of their subjects early. We are into end of year events as well. Yesterday Janae and her class went to Harrisburg. Zach and Micah go in May. I want to take Mark and Autumn on field trips as well.
Yesterday a friend and I went to a training at a local foster/adopt agency. The speaker was Jonathan Baylin who co-wrote "Brain Based Parenting" with Daniel Hughes. He has another book that came out last year. I think it's called "The Neurobiology of Attachment" (or something like that). I really enjoyed it, but like always, I end up with a headache from all the information. I had read the book several years ago, and it was interesting to hear the author speak on it. Good reminders of how our brains work and how we (or a child) can be triggered before something hits our conscious mind. I appreciated his acknowledgement that parenting children with trauma backgrounds can be very hard.
It is raining here....
Our dishwasher is no longer cleaning properly so we are washing everything by hand until the new one can be installed. On the plus side, we're keeping after so far and the kids are doing a good job of helping with the dishes.
Reading: I'm currently reading "The Mislabeled Child" (referring to children labeled as lazy when they have a learning disability or something...not referring to giving children diagnoses). I'm also reading through my collection of Louis L'Amour books ("Utah Blaine" at the moment) for some lighter reading.
I found a great deal on a collection of radio drama that I bought. I'm so excited to have it to listen to in the van or to send on the truck when the boys go with Randy.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Yesterday a friend and I went to a training at a local foster/adopt agency. The speaker was Jonathan Baylin who co-wrote "Brain Based Parenting" with Daniel Hughes. He has another book that came out last year. I think it's called "The Neurobiology of Attachment" (or something like that). I really enjoyed it, but like always, I end up with a headache from all the information. I had read the book several years ago, and it was interesting to hear the author speak on it. Good reminders of how our brains work and how we (or a child) can be triggered before something hits our conscious mind. I appreciated his acknowledgement that parenting children with trauma backgrounds can be very hard.
It is raining here....
Our dishwasher is no longer cleaning properly so we are washing everything by hand until the new one can be installed. On the plus side, we're keeping after so far and the kids are doing a good job of helping with the dishes.
Reading: I'm currently reading "The Mislabeled Child" (referring to children labeled as lazy when they have a learning disability or something...not referring to giving children diagnoses). I'm also reading through my collection of Louis L'Amour books ("Utah Blaine" at the moment) for some lighter reading.
I found a great deal on a collection of radio drama that I bought. I'm so excited to have it to listen to in the van or to send on the truck when the boys go with Randy.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Friday, April 14, 2017
April
This April marks:
*20 years of marriage for us.
*10 years since we first got our foster parenting (oh, "resource" is the current term now I believe) license. We received 3 children in 2 years and 9 months...they all stayed and we closed in 2011...I'm still a bit amazed that we once again are doing this resource parent thing...
*Baby's 1st Birthday! So honored and blessed to have him in our lives...yet so sad that the need is there...babies belong with their mamas...But he is such a blessing and brings us such joy!
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This weekend marks Easter Break. Today (Good Friday) we went out for breakfast. Then 3 boys went with Daddy on the truck to deliver a load. After some movie time, we painted eggs. This year we tried a new technique (to us) that I read about in Family Circle...Speckled Eggs. That was fun! Randy cooked our soup over the fire. Now he and most of the children are on a bike ride. We plan to cap off the day by watching American Ninja Warrior Re-runs (not very Good Fridayish).
Not sure what tomorrow will bring...and the kids have off school on Monday. Unstructured days are challenging for some of my children!
Sunday, of course, we will celebrate the resurrection of Christ with our church family and an Easter Program.
Have a blessed weekend!
*20 years of marriage for us.
*10 years since we first got our foster parenting (oh, "resource" is the current term now I believe) license. We received 3 children in 2 years and 9 months...they all stayed and we closed in 2011...I'm still a bit amazed that we once again are doing this resource parent thing...
*Baby's 1st Birthday! So honored and blessed to have him in our lives...yet so sad that the need is there...babies belong with their mamas...But he is such a blessing and brings us such joy!
*******
This weekend marks Easter Break. Today (Good Friday) we went out for breakfast. Then 3 boys went with Daddy on the truck to deliver a load. After some movie time, we painted eggs. This year we tried a new technique (to us) that I read about in Family Circle...Speckled Eggs. That was fun! Randy cooked our soup over the fire. Now he and most of the children are on a bike ride. We plan to cap off the day by watching American Ninja Warrior Re-runs (not very Good Fridayish).
Not sure what tomorrow will bring...and the kids have off school on Monday. Unstructured days are challenging for some of my children!
Sunday, of course, we will celebrate the resurrection of Christ with our church family and an Easter Program.
Have a blessed weekend!
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