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We had marching band practice for 4 hours this morning then add in the 1.5 hrs there and the 1.5 hrs back then running some errands while we were out. I'm whipped. We'll read tonight, but that's about it. Tomorrow is chore day and then I work tomorrow night. Sunday, we head to our Landry Academy Lab Intensive for Biology. We'll be gone 3 days. It's gonna be a crazy week.
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We do 6 subjects a day. DD10 &11 do about 45 min per subject.
DD14's schedule is a little more complicated.
Math, and German are 45min to an hour a day.
English 1.5 hours a day including reading, vocab, grammar, and writing.
Science and History are 1.5 hours 2 days and 45 min 2 days alternating.
Flute is 30-45 min a day practice Sun- Thurs. and 4ish hours on Friday at music co-op.
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Sahamamama... Omgosh! I would go nuts if DH worked from home. He occassionally is home for a day here and a day there, and it's so hard. His mere presence is a distraction. Hope y'all are able to work out a system that makes every one happy.
hjffkj... Glad you're feeling a little better. There is no tired like pregnancy tired.
Critterfixer.... eewww! the dentist. So not fun.
Well, I got the tub unclogged. Draino and hot water didn't work. We had tried that previously. However, thanks to youtube it was a very simple procedure. I got the toilet seat replaced as well. Unfortunately, I got the wrong flusher handle. grumble grumble I couldn't take going back to home depot today so I just ordered the (hopefully) right one off Amazon, and it will be here tomorrow. School's going well. DD14 is whizzing through Foerster Algebra which such a relief after slogging through AoPS Pre-A. Little girls are struggling a bit with History Odyssey Middle Ages Level 2. After 3 years of learning to summarize, they now freak out when the day calls for a summary. Ugghhhh! I truly believe it's because it's non-fiction that they are summarizing instead of fiction, and I don't understand why! Hopefully, walking them through it for the first couple of weeks (or less?) will get them going on it. I was so looking forward to a little more independence this year.
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We started in the 5th grade. We went from Story of the World (read aloud) to History Odyssey which includes literature selections and writing assignments. I probably won't select their English reading until next year, and I still accept requests through High School as long as it is a quality read. For example: my oldest requested The Hobbit in 8th grade. It was not on the reading list I had prepared, but since it's quality literature, I agreed. This year she has requested Harry Potter. I encouraged her to read it for free read, but it won't count for 9th grade English.
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I would not use MM for a struggling student. We haven't used Saxon so I cannot comment on it. I have found the Math U See has worked wonders for my struggling student. You might want to give it a look.
Wanted to add that MM worked and is working great for my 2 that don't struggle with math.
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Hjffkj, hope you feel better!
Hi, ladies mind if I join in the fun. I defintely need some accountability! We're selling the house in the spring, and I have a list a mile long of things to get done in addition to school and working part time. Ugghhhh!
Today:
library to pick up books
school (still trying to figure out how to light a fire under my oldest)
change toilet seat and handle in kids bathroom
unclog tub drain (Draino didn't do it. I'm so not looking forward to this.)
change light bulbs on front porch lights
laundry (everyday. smh)
file and purge school tubs
The highlight of my day is that my youngest is voluntarily writing everything in cursive these days. She's my only one who chooses it. I have to make the other 2.
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We used AOPS for Pre-Algebra for a 1 1/2 years. We toughed it out but have chosen not to continue with it. We are using Foerester with Math without Borders for Algebra 1 this year. We start Monday, and I am really hoping that this is the ticket!
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Ummmm... no. I read some of their assigned reading, but I would do nothing but read if I tried to keep up with all 3 of them. SparkNotes and Shmoop are my friends!
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Good question and I have enjoyed reading everyone's responses.
We started homeschooling because my middle daughter was falling "behind" and becoming very frustrated and depressed. She began having behavioral issues as a result. I tried my best to work with "the system" but was getting no where. My husband tried and got no where faster. lol We decided to pull her, and we pulled the other two as well. If one of them ended up president and another working at McDonald's, I didn't want them to ever think it was because we educated them differently. Our primary goal in homeschooling is to teach them how to learn. We found very quickly even with my "gifted" child that their learning at ps consisted of being told something and then regurgitating it on a test. There was no critical thought.
Academically, our goals are strength in math concepts(not just memorization), ability to read critically, ability to express themselves in writing, to understand how the world around them works and have an appreciation for it, and to know where we, humanity, come from (the good, bad, and the ugly). As long as we are moving toward these goals, I call it good. I am so tempted to compare us to our public school friends on a regular basis but try really hard not to. Their goals are different from ours.
An example: My youngest daughter's best friend goes to pubic school and comes over most afternoons after school. I typically ask her how her day was and about what she learned. Her answer's always vary, and we talk for a minute or two then they go play. Last week she said that she had learned the standard algorithm. I mentally freaked out because that is not something that we have done. I didn't even know what it was. I calmly told her that sounded pretty neat and asked if the could show me. It was double digit multiplication. My daughter had learned it last year. We just called it multiplication, though. lol I find much of the standards in public school sound all really fancy and technical, but the reality doesn't live up to the hype.
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Our trivium cycle is a little messed up, unfortunately. We didn't start homeschooling until 6th grade. I was hoping to be ready for modern this year then we'd do a survey for American in 10th, World History in 11th, Econ/Gov't 12th. However, we've run long so we're just wrapping up Middle Ages, now. I'm trying to decide whether just to call it and start with Ancients in 9th and do the 4 year cycle, or to do a World History 9th, American History 10th, Econ/Gov't 11th, Dual Enrollment 12th, or just continue with what we have going and do Renaissance 9th, Modern 10th, Gov't/Econ 11th, and Dual Enrollment 12th.
I think I might be leaning, after much thought and research today, to doing the 3rd option because my daughter might smother me in my sleep if I make her redo ancients. lol She has no great love for studying history and just wants to get through it and be done. She's much more into science. Sooooo if I can call Renaissance World and Modern American then that covers college requirements.
Ugghhhh... I love taking our time and following our interests, but it's stressing me out a little now that we are in High School. I don't want to make mistakes in her transcripts or class descriptions. I have everything else in order and on track... history is being my problem child.
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I'm rethinking how we are doing history. I am considering using The History of the World by Baur. If I do a 4 year history cycle through High School, how do I handle American History. Most colleges require an American History Credit. Do I just give her a partial credit each year? Do a separate American History course along side and end up with extra history credits?
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We are using Campbell Biology 6th edition along with Great Courses Biology and Landry Academy Biology intensive for the lab portion. Can't say whether we love it or not, though, since we don't start it until next week. lol
I had planned to use CK12.org with a science kit for labs... that planned evolved over the summer. Hopefully, for the better.
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My rising 9th grader:
German 2- GaVS
Biology- CK12 and Landry Academy Lab Intensive
Algebra 1- Math Without Borders
Modern History- H.O. and good books
Lit and Comp- Teaching with Textbooks, IEW, Vocab w/ Classical Roots and lots of good books
Band- Marching and Concert (Flute)
P.E.- Cross Country and Archery
We'll supplement with Great Courses, Documentaries, and Field Trips.
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We used this http://kidshealth.org/en/kids a lot with some Usborne books.
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The HIgh Schools here give a credit for something like that. I think they call it learning through work or education through work or something like that.
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dd14 is finishing up the The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. I want to assign her a book on Marco Polo/Silk Road, but I haven't found one that I am sold on yet. Ideas?
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I make my own plan books in Word (using tables) and then print them and bind them. That way I can adjust each year.
I do this.
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DD14- archery, cross country, marching & concert band (flute)
DD11- cross country
DD9- baseball, guitar
everyone- 4H
In the fall, DD11 is adding art and archery, and dd9 is adding chorus and archery.
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We school year round so that we can take mental health days as needed, field trip frequently, and to accommodate "music Fridays". Our summer schedule is a bit lighter as we concentrate on wrapping up what's not done and don't really start anything new until August.
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Ya'll are amazing. We have too much outside the house stuff going on to keep a good schedule. We don't want to give any of it up, though, so it is what it is. We do field trips at least twice a month, baseball 2-3 days a week, archery 1-2 days a week, music coop and marching band take up all of Friday, 4H is one day a month, and we are adding in art classes in the fall. I, also, work outside the home 2 evenings a week. My house is never entirely clean, and we school year round to fit in all the book work. I have tried and tried to keep a schedule and do everything and have finally come to accept that that just isn't who we are. lol
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We are planning on 1 credit of PE made up of cross country and archery primarily. We may throw in some bowling, skating, and golf because they're fun. For Fine Arts, dd is playing flute in marching band, concert band, and symphonic orchestra through a music coop. We're moving to NC next spring so I'm on the hunt for a similar program there so she can continue through High School.
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Nope, not at all. He works out of town most of the week. When he's home, we take time off to enjoy his being home. The girls do learn things from him but just in a parenting way not an academic way.
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I always say we are eclectic classical interest led quasi-unschoolers. :laugh:
This is so us. I say that we started Charlotte Mason, then transitioned to classical, evolved into eclectic, became relaxed, and now, sometimes I think we're just lazy homechoolers. lol We aren't quite unschoolers... yet, but we definitely push the limits. I was searching for info on relaxed high school homeschooling and found this thread. Great question, Rose. The information shared here has helped a lot.
We spend a lot of time on field trips, with band, archery, and baseball. Our book work comes and goes in spurts, but the girls are always learning just not on a traditional schedule. I worry about it sometimes, but cannot envision doing it any other way and us staying sane.
My soon to be 9th grader just finished German I and Physical Science for her first 2 high school credits. We're going to spend the next few weeks wrapping up English and Social Studies since we have slacked there and are running a little "behind". 9th grade officially starts August 1. Our goals are
Algebra I
Biology w/ lab
Modern History
English I - Comp and Lit
German II (outsourced)
Marching, Concert Band, & Symphonic Orchestra (outsourced)
P.E. (archery and cross country)
We'll use a text for Algebra, and do a Landry Academy 2 day intensive for the lab requirement. Everything else will be a hodge-podge of resources. Our schedule is 4 days a week all year with day 5 being music coop. We take breaks for holidays and band camp. Vacations are planned around educational field trips.
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Dd9 is taking guitar in addition to the basics. Next year she will be adding chorus. My DD11 is adding art next year. She wants to take Japanese, but I am having a hard time finding an age-appropriate, budget friendly resource for her.
Two Curriculum Fails already...
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My 9th grader hates The Medieval World with study guide and Great Courses, which we were using to go with her Biology text. :glare:
She's ok with the Campbell and Reese text and study guide so we'll stick with it, but I am back to square one with history. She loves Shmoop and Crash Course so I think I am going to use those and then just make up my own reading list and pick out some documentaries. In the course description where I put resources, would you just include the reading list or would you list documentaries, too? What about Shmoop and Crash Course?