Well as most of y'all who know us we homeschool. We have been schooling at home through a public school option school, which, I totally back and think they are wonderful options! We had been doing it for a year and a half and we were just kinda done with it. I had been reading more into learning styles and a light bulb went off, now I know why it seemed like my kids were not going anywhere! I have been doing lots of research and lots of reading into curriculums. After MANY nights of almost no sleep and worrying, I've decided we are going to be eclectic homeschoolers! Which means a little bit of everything. I have also stumbled on a wonderful learning tool called "Lap books." The kids love them, we made one for Presidents Day and they were floored! They wanted to do more, so I went looking around for more ideas. Guess what I stumbled on.... a multiplication one!!! So thats what we are working on now.
So what are we learning this week???? Well here's the run down.
Math- Multiplication: what is means (repeated addition, groups, arrays) and 1's-5's
Geography- States: Delaware
History- Ancient Egypt
English- We are cruising thru Shurley English level 1
Science- Life Science: Basic Needs/Resources from www.eequalsmcq.com.
Reading- Haven't started it yet but we will be reading "Robinson Crusoe"
Spelling and Vocab- whatever level they are on in their workbook
Art, Music: We are doing thru http://allinonehomeschool.com
We are also learning ASL (American Sign Language)
Whew... Seems like a lot but we are having so much fun! We do History and Science every other day but Friday, which is our Fun Friday and our test day. Art, Music, and ASL we do about once a week. I will be posting some tips and great websites and blogs that have helped me out so much!
In other news, Jeremy started his 3rd 8 weeks of college! For those that don't know he is going to OSU-IT for culinary! Last 8 weeks he did very good, and is now in Skills 2, Wine Tasting, and Speech! Our dinners went up a notch last 8 weeks, so I can't wait to see where they go now!
As for myself, not much to blog about, yeah I'm kinda boring! :) But I started the "nopoo" shampoo method today. My hair was SUPER oily and it feels very clean and soft!! I am also getting on the Filofax and Project life ban wagon. Although my Filofax will be a faux fax! :) But it still works the same! :)
Here is a few pics from the adventures from today! Along with links from where I got them or the ideas from.
Cadence and Kord working hard on their multiplication lap book.
Inside of their multiplication lap books! We worked on 1's and 2's today.
Inspiration came from
and I printed the pieces from
We also worked on this really fun 2's "cootie catcher" aka fortune teller.
This is Cadence's. Get this fun little learning tool at
Here's a pic of Day 1 of "nopoo"! All natural #nofilter!
Dinner recently that Jeremy cooked up! Yummm yumm good!!!!
BBQ Burbon glazed steak and mushroom risotto. We also tried a VERY tasty 2011 Ca'Momi Merlot. We will be getting it again!!
I think that is about it! I will try to take pics of our school area which is also our living room! We revamped it this weekend, so I can't wait to show it off!!
