Homeschool Room Tour 2014

Welcome to our homeschool room! We are happy that you have chosen to pay us a visit. We hope you like what you see.

Homeschooling Journal: April 2014 Part 12

This is what we did in our homeschool at the end of April. I hope you enjoy it as much as we did! Read on to see all of our adventures.

Homeschooling Journal: April 2014 Part 10

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Homeschooling Journal: April 2014 Part 8

Montessori Culture (History): A Child's Timeline

I think it is pretty much self-explanatory, but here's what we did:
He chose a light-colored piece of construction paper and drew as straight a line as he could (I think he did a great job). Then I helped him draw lines for each year of his life.
We thought of important things that happened each year and, between the two of us, wrote them down where they belonged. It was simple making it because he has lived a mere 4 years. I can't imagine if I had to make my timeline of 34 years! :)

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Homeschooling Journal: April 2014 Part 3

 We loved babysitting this sweet guy! :)

                   

Field trip to the Farm

We picked our own artichokes and had a delicious lunch.

                  

                 

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Homeschooling Journal: April 2014 Part 2

Getting ready for Easter and going in style

 

Interesting choice of evening attire.       Here, we were in beautiful San Diego. :)

 

Homeschooling Journal: April 2014 Part 1

McGuffey's Readers and Classical Conversations Review

   

Skip counting up to the 15s, squares (1x1, 2x2, 3x3, etc) and cubes (1x1x1, 2x2x2, etc).

   

Homeschooling Journal: March 2014 Part 6

Classical Conversations Enrichment

Since we were learning about Confucius, we read this book, which was very helpful.

   

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Homeschooling Journal: March 2014 Part 5

Cursive Practice (sort of)

This is an awesome printables packet from 3 Dinosaurs. And it is FREE!

K had been showing a lot of interest in cursive and can read it now, so I asked some blogger friends for resources. Cassie responded with this. Wow. How amazing! That very evening, I printed it all off and put it together, even the dice.

The next day, during homeschool, I presented K with it and he loved it, but once he tried to write in cursive a little bit (after begging me to teach him how to write cursive), he said he didn't feel it was time yet. Sigh. Ok. That is what I had thought, but since he insisted so much, I didn't want his interest to wane. So it is there, in our homeschool room, looking all pretty, waiting for the day K wants to give it a go again. Thank you, Cassie! :)

  

                              

Homeschooling Journal: March 2014 Part 4

Fun with the computer.

I cannot believe I did this! I bought the creamer with the flavor of my favorite girl scout cookies. It is delicious.

Being sweet with each other. :)

A loves her Mexican dolls.

Spanish: La Familia

We sang Hola, Hola on our karaoke machine in English and Spanish. Then we worked on "La Familia." El papá, la mamá, el hermano, la hermana, el bebé. We sang a family song and made the lapbook section on siblings. 

  

Homeschooling Journal: March 2014 Part 3

In art today we used collage a bit more to decorate a letter. Each kid got their first initial. We focused on filling the white space, mixing colors and adding buttons for dimension.

Mardi Gras Party on our street

Homeschooling Journal: March 2014 Part 1

What a great weekend we had! First, it rained on Saturday (which we don't get very often) and second, we had a fun Mardi Gras party on Sunday.

Homeschooling Journal: February 2014 Part 6

Take a look at what we did at the end of February. :) Better late than never, right? :)

A.C.E. (Accelerated Christian Education)
To learn more, CLICK HERE.

K and I have been absolutely loving A.C.E. I adjust it to our needs and schedule and it is working out so well that we will continue using it indefinitely. As he finishes his PACEs (booklets) and memorizes Scripture, he gets a golden star each time and that is an encouragement to him. He is doing great with this program. It isn't individualized yet (as it is in the older grades), but that is ok. It gives us an opportunity to develop a special rapport that we couldn't if he were just working on his own.

The best part about it is that I grew up with this program and now I get to use it with my child. Eventually, A will use it, too. :)

Homeschooling Journal: February 2014 Part 5

McGuffey's Readers and Classical Conversations Review
Foundations, Cycle 1, Weeks 1-7