A Fine Feathered Friend

I finally wrote a weekly quarterly report. First Quarter Review - Week 9.

This will be my daughter's first year participating. She's excited! She's already met her word count goal for the day. I hope the enthusiasm lasts. ;)

Keep Your Lego Sword Close ;)

I have a fun one this week: Lego Swords

Here's my Word-filled Wednesday: Caught in a Blizzard

You are not alone. My son has started using it this fall with the DVDs, and I'm already thinking of switching. In our case, I think the videos take too long to make the point of what the program is supposed to teach. Other books he has read have said the same thing with much less time. I have more thoughts on it, but I'd like to withhold them a bit longer. I am giving it a few more weeks to decide, but I have already started looking at other options for him. My older daughter, who loves writing, really enjoys Writing Strands. She thinks it gives her the most freedom to write want she wants, and it also teaches how to write from different perspectives. She started in book 3 and has now progressed into book 6. I think with this program, you see the best results when you stick with it for awhile. She also does alternate her writing with Writing with Skill which I think helps her focus more on specific skills, of course. It also gives more detail for the grader to see what to look for. I think there is no harm in taking occasional detours in writing programs, and its been helpful for me to have more than one perspective at times. For our favorites so far, I'd say Writing Strands and Writing with Skill.

An Unfamiliar Path

We're only into our third week here, but already All About Reading 2 has been a hit for my Kindergartener! No misses yet.

I'll join you. Here's our Back to Homeschool.

Have you considered supplementing with any of the books by Berel Wein? Echoes of Glory: The Story of the Jews in the Classical Era Herald of Destiny: The Story of the Jews in the Classical Era I used sections of the first book above for a different perspective of history with my children last year, and it was one of their favorites.

More photography for my (almost) Wordless Wednesday: Arches and Landscapes. ;)

Hi, Macmom28. I'm only replacing Mapping the World with Art, because we will be finishing it. We still have three lessons left from last year. For us, it has been an enjoyable 'hit'. I'd even planned to write a review of it this summer, but I thought I should wait until we are completely done with it. Good luck. :)

You may view a post I wrote about my 7th grade daughter's experience with MathCounts and the AMC8 (from the last school year). She competed as an individual in MathCounts and was given the AMC8 by a private school math teacher. It was not a big hassle in our case. The experiences for both were positive for her.

With only a few words: Wordless Wednesday - Bear Lake.

I have none this week, but I've enjoyed reading yours.

I've tried to do WW 'wordless', but I usually want to give some background info. I may want to rename mine (Almost) Wordless Wednesday. ;)

I'll play. Midsummer Marvel - Wordless Wednesday. :)

Here are my 6th grade son's plans. I expect his lessons to last about 5 hours or so per day. We'll see. ;)

Here are my daughter's 8th grade plans. The subjects closer to the top are given the higher priority. ;)

Here are our summer plans. We take the month of August off from school. Its our vacation month, and we may go on a trip or I may use it to get organized. By September the kids are usually ready to start school again. I always hope they will not have forgotten too much. ;)

Yes, my daughter is taking it as we speak. Good luck to all!

I just posted our fall 2013 plans: 8th Grade 6th Grade 3rd Grade Kindergarten They are a work in progress, and I still am looking for something to replace Mapping the World with Art when we finish. Since I was happy with most of what we used last year, many of the curricula are the same. Just moving on to the next level. ;)

So sorry for your loss, Bill. I'll pray for you.

So far I've only had time to post our summer schedule. I hope to have the fall 2013 curriculum pages posted by the end of the week.