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Sunday, November 6, 2011
Monday, October 17, 2011
All About Spelling update!!!
We have been using it for awhile now. I really like it so far. But the real test is my son and he loves it. We are of course on a break for moving but.....before that All About Spelling was going great. I am so glad I took the chance. Now it is a big change because I was used to a workbook type spelling problem. I still like the workbook for vocabulary reasons but it wasn't working for spelling. All About Spelling is just what our family needed.
Moving!!!
Well I am thankful we worked some through the summer.....We are moving!! One of the many joys of homeschooling.....we can take a moving break :) I am hoping to start school back up 2 weeks after we move. As for right now we are packing everything we can trying to get ready. The big day is Sat. It is coming fast. I hope I can have everything ready :/
Monday, August 22, 2011
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11
This verse just keeps popping in my mind today. I know that His plans are best so now it's up to me to just let is all go and trust His way....That is the hard part but I am working on it.
This verse just keeps popping in my mind today. I know that His plans are best so now it's up to me to just let is all go and trust His way....That is the hard part but I am working on it.
Monday, August 15, 2011
What we use....
I know I have talked a little about what we use but have never came straight out and named it all off so here it is :)
Christian
- Adventures
- Math U See
- Rod and Staff English but we also have PLL that we open once in a while.
- Science we do a couple of different things. We follow along with the science in Adventures but also we use Design for Science from AIG. He loves science so much that we use the AIG for sitting together on the couch on a raining day. I do try to get to it every week though because all my kids love these books.
- Spelling by Sound and Structure right now but am really thinking about changing to All About Spelling.
Riley
- MFW K program but in the next few weeks should be moving to 1st. So glad I have let him go through K slow. I am a little worried that he still won't be ready for all the writing in 1st.
- Getting ready to get back to Math U See
- He also tags along with hos brother sometimes.
Eli and Annie are learning through play and loving it. The MFW preschool packages were a big hit this year. So glad I went ahead and got them.
Christian
- Adventures
- Math U See
- Rod and Staff English but we also have PLL that we open once in a while.
- Science we do a couple of different things. We follow along with the science in Adventures but also we use Design for Science from AIG. He loves science so much that we use the AIG for sitting together on the couch on a raining day. I do try to get to it every week though because all my kids love these books.
- Spelling by Sound and Structure right now but am really thinking about changing to All About Spelling.
Riley
- MFW K program but in the next few weeks should be moving to 1st. So glad I have let him go through K slow. I am a little worried that he still won't be ready for all the writing in 1st.
- Getting ready to get back to Math U See
- He also tags along with hos brother sometimes.
Eli and Annie are learning through play and loving it. The MFW preschool packages were a big hit this year. So glad I went ahead and got them.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
We are finishing up our 4th week of Adventures. My kids are loving it. This week we read the North American Indians book. Christian wanted me to keep reading everyday. After getting a few weeks in to school (although it took longer than a few weeks due to being busy busy busy) I am so glad that I went with Rod and Staff English. I really like how it is set up. It fits our family well. Also I have realized I do not care for Spelling by Sounds and Structure. I thought I would like it and I don't......I have been looking and looking. I am really thinking about going with All About Spelling. I really like it (from what I can see in the sample on there website). I am a little worried because it will take more of my time to teach it but with me not being very good with spelling I want to make sure my kids can do better.
Riley is tagging along with Adventures and also finishing K. He will be starting 1st grade soon. I love that he can work where he needs to be and not where everyone else thinks he should be. Taking K a little slower has been good for him. Hopefully he will be ready for 1st now. I know that the writing will be a lot for him but we can split it up if needed.
Eli is still playing :) the MFW preschool packs are so worth the money. Eli and Annie will play with over and over. They are learning so much just from playing. Just Monday I found out Annie can match colors and so then I tried shapes and she can match those too. On top of that she has been in bog girl underwear for about 3 weeks......I guess my baby is growing up.
Riley is tagging along with Adventures and also finishing K. He will be starting 1st grade soon. I love that he can work where he needs to be and not where everyone else thinks he should be. Taking K a little slower has been good for him. Hopefully he will be ready for 1st now. I know that the writing will be a lot for him but we can split it up if needed.
Eli is still playing :) the MFW preschool packs are so worth the money. Eli and Annie will play with over and over. They are learning so much just from playing. Just Monday I found out Annie can match colors and so then I tried shapes and she can match those too. On top of that she has been in bog girl underwear for about 3 weeks......I guess my baby is growing up.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
It's been a long time...I guess I'm not to good at this blog thing. O well I will keep trying. Now on to how school is going....
My oldest is doing 2nd grade work now!!! WOW!! It goes by so fast. We are still using My Father's World and loving it. For Math we use Math U See. Then English and Spelling we are using Rod and Staff. Then we add AIG God's Design for Science because my kids love stuff like that. So we just read them for fun :) Now for Spelling we are thinking about changing to All About Spelling. I love how it looks just wish I could look through it before I order. I'll pray about it for a bit longer.
Next in line my 6 year old...He is working on his K work still and doing great. Of course he is using MFW as well. He is loving the books at the end of the week. Everyday I here do I get to make another book yet :) Gotta love it when they love to learn. He is really picking up the early reading. He is trying to sound out everything.
Third in line is having fun with the MFW preschool package. He has gotten so big.
Fourth and final is my little girl. She loving the MFW tot package. We are working on the potty training and well.....it's not going so well. I know she will get it one day but not today :(
I will try to be back more to update....so far I'm not doing so well but tomorrow is another day. God Bless!!!
My oldest is doing 2nd grade work now!!! WOW!! It goes by so fast. We are still using My Father's World and loving it. For Math we use Math U See. Then English and Spelling we are using Rod and Staff. Then we add AIG God's Design for Science because my kids love stuff like that. So we just read them for fun :) Now for Spelling we are thinking about changing to All About Spelling. I love how it looks just wish I could look through it before I order. I'll pray about it for a bit longer.
Next in line my 6 year old...He is working on his K work still and doing great. Of course he is using MFW as well. He is loving the books at the end of the week. Everyday I here do I get to make another book yet :) Gotta love it when they love to learn. He is really picking up the early reading. He is trying to sound out everything.
Third in line is having fun with the MFW preschool package. He has gotten so big.
Fourth and final is my little girl. She loving the MFW tot package. We are working on the potty training and well.....it's not going so well. I know she will get it one day but not today :(
I will try to be back more to update....so far I'm not doing so well but tomorrow is another day. God Bless!!!
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Well it's been awhile.....
We are still using MFW and loving it. My oldest is now in 1st grade. He is doing so good. I love how the phonic is set up. R is in K now. He is doing good. He is only doing the reading plan and math because he is tagging along with his brother for the rest. He also did a lot of it last year so it seemed silly to repeat it. This is our 2nd year of homeschooling and we are still loving it. Seeing them learning is so much fun.
This year while it seems to be a little easier than last (because I know more about what I'm doing) but it has it's own challenges. Having a 4 and a 2 year old also makes life interesting. My 4 year old tries to join in where he can most days, but there is still a lot of time where he can't be involved. I fill his time with learning games/toys. (ex.. sorting colors, counting, building with blocks, coloring, puzzles, and anything else that I can find) I do the same for my 2 year old. Only she gets bored with the games/toys faster. Her favorite right now is Color me a song by Crayola. I found it right after Christmas for $10 and it was well worth the money. She also loves links. She puts them in cups then dumps them out. She made a necklace out of some the other day. These are the little links made for sorting and patterns not the bigger links made for baby toys.
We moved a few months ago. While it was not easy to move and keep up with normal life it was so worth it. We now have a school room!!! It is so nice to have a room to keep everything in. Having to put it where it would fit was getting old really fast. Now everything is together. No more hunting for things :)
Being a new year I have decided that this year I need to do a little more for myself.... So I am trying my hardest to pick up reading again. I used to love to read but with 4 kids so close together I got out of it for a while. Right now I am reading Lessons I learned int he Dark by Jennifer Rothschild. So far I am really enjoying it.
This year while it seems to be a little easier than last (because I know more about what I'm doing) but it has it's own challenges. Having a 4 and a 2 year old also makes life interesting. My 4 year old tries to join in where he can most days, but there is still a lot of time where he can't be involved. I fill his time with learning games/toys. (ex.. sorting colors, counting, building with blocks, coloring, puzzles, and anything else that I can find) I do the same for my 2 year old. Only she gets bored with the games/toys faster. Her favorite right now is Color me a song by Crayola. I found it right after Christmas for $10 and it was well worth the money. She also loves links. She puts them in cups then dumps them out. She made a necklace out of some the other day. These are the little links made for sorting and patterns not the bigger links made for baby toys.
We moved a few months ago. While it was not easy to move and keep up with normal life it was so worth it. We now have a school room!!! It is so nice to have a room to keep everything in. Having to put it where it would fit was getting old really fast. Now everything is together. No more hunting for things :)
Being a new year I have decided that this year I need to do a little more for myself.... So I am trying my hardest to pick up reading again. I used to love to read but with 4 kids so close together I got out of it for a while. Right now I am reading Lessons I learned int he Dark by Jennifer Rothschild. So far I am really enjoying it.
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