I think this is our plan for 8th grade. Bible - Who is God? ( not sure about this one) Math - Math U See Algebra 1/ geometry Science - Apologia physical science - might do live class this year Writing - continue IEW B History - Notgrass From Adam to Us Logic - Finish Art of Argument then Argument Builder Lit- Mythology theme French - Duolingo

Started working on our 7th grade plans today they are subject to change :laugh: Math - Teaching Textbooks pre algebra, Kahn academy (possibly Saxon math instead) History - America the Beautiful Science - Apologia General Science Logic - Art of Argument/ The Argument Builder Bible - Who is God Gotta Have God Devotional for Guys Writing - IEW Language Arts - Wordly Wise 10 Finish up Easy Grammar 6 Literature - Not sure yet Foreign Language - French or Italian ( he can't decide) ' Unit study on Inventors - he asked for one, will see what I can come up with Extras- piano, 4H rifle and ???

Hi I am in middle TN and we use Home Life. Home Life is very easy to use it is all online and takes very little time. There are lots of homeschoolers in the area and many groups you can find several on yahoo groups or facebook. Our local 4-H and parks department have homeschool groups. You will be able to find homeschoolers and groups for you to join if you want to.

It was our offical day of the start of 3rd grade. We do school year round but today was new curriculum and new school room today. Other than his nemsis spelling the day went well, he wanted to do more History than I had planned. There is a post with the new room in my blog below.

Thanks! We justed started piano lessons and his teacher has him listening to different classical pieces as part of his homework. I can use this to work it into a homeschool lesson :001_smile:

Thanks for the information. I signed up for the Mythology class and the Modern History.

We are year round but will start most of our new curriculum in July. Math - Teaching Textbooks 4 and Beast Academy Science - Apologia Swimming Creatures Language Arts - Easy Grammar Sequential Spelling(thinking of switching to AAS) Wordly Wise Latin - Latina Christiana Bible- Telling God's Story 2 and Big Book of Bible Skills History - American History pieced together from several sources still working on list Handwriting - A Reason for Handwriting Cursive Art - Atelier? Only one I have not decided on Extras - Map Skills, Logic Countdown, Detective Science, Typing Instructor for Kids

Ours came today, DS has read the first two chapters and is now working on the practice problems. He said this is not even school work:001_smile: I have not even got to look at 3A yet, he took it as soon as it got here.

I ordered both 3A and 3B with priority shipping:001_smile: We are within 10 lessons of being finished with TT3 and are year round homeschoolers so we will start this along with TT4.

Here is ours, Week 4

This was our first week of the new year. http://learninglaughterlove.blogspot.com/2011/07/weekly-reviewweek-1.html

We did both Astronomy and Zoology this year(he asked to do both). It was a lot of work. We finished Astronomy very early it was an easier book for DS because he already knew most of the information from books he had read. We are going to study Anatomy next year. I already have the books and it looks very detailed, I am planning on a whole year for this one.

Thank You! I have been shopping for a new printer this week and this is a great deal.

We just switched from Singapore 2A to TT3. DS was getting majorly frustrated with the Singapore worksheets. I decided it was time to try something else from the sheer frustation factor. We decided on TT. DS took the placement test for both TT3 and TT4. He passed the placement test for TT3 easily and barely passed the placement test for TT4. I wasn't sure which one to purchase becuase I felt he was not ready for TT4, he needs more practice on the basics. DH thought we should get TT3 because you can't have too much practice in math. Since he is an engineer with a degree in math also, I went with his suggestion:001_smile:. I am glad we did while TT3 is easy for him and he is flying through the lessons, I can tell his mental math is better and his confidence has improved greatly. From looking at the lessons TT3 teaches the same thing Singapore 2 does so far, we are on lesson 30. We are using the Singapore workbooks for extra practice so it is a win win for us.

A book, he would love it. I found it on half.com for $0.75. I think I will have to buy this one. Thanks

Thanks for the Deadly Dozen idea. We love Netflix on the Roku. My son loves watching Mythbusters, I should try to develop a curriculum around the show he would love it. :001_smile:

I bought the test book this year and we are using it as a worksheet. I like the idea of typing up the review questions from the activity book, but that is a lot of work.

I posted a first nine weeks progress report. http://learninglaughterlove.blogspot.com/2010/09/first-nine-weeks-progress-rreport.html

We are finishing first grade this week. :001_smile: We have used Magic School house science kits this year for science and they have been a huge hit. Legos are his favorite and I use them often. They are great for math. It has been a great way to help him learn how to count by 2's, 4's, and to 100. We also used them to "recreate" some of the things we read in Story of the World. For example, he built a mummy and sarcophagus. We have scavenger hunts with a digital camera where he has to find and take pictures of 10 red items or 5 things that begin with the letter "T" etc. That is a few things that works with my DS.

STOW and Apologia Botany

This is our 2nd year line up right now:001_smile: Still thinking about grammar and maybe a different Bible, but I like what I have chosen. History - Story of the World 2 with activity book and maybe cds. Math – Singapore Books 2A and 2B Science – Apologia Science (not sure which one, either zoology or anatomy)(we are doing botany through the summer) Spelling - Spelling Workout Book B/C Geography – Galloping the Globe Grammar - First Language Lessons????? Bible – Lifepac Bible Handwriting – A reason for Handwriting Foreign Language - We will use live mocha again

The plan so far: Math - Singapore 2A/2B History - STOW 2 w/ activity workbook Geography - Galloping around the Globe Handwiriting - A reason for handwriting B Science - Apolpgia Science(not sure which one, we just started Botany) Magic School Bus expeiments - the ones left over from this year Bible - Lifepac ? Spelling - Spelling workout B/C LA - FLL

Thank you for the link, I was wondering about getting these for all the road trips we have coming up. My DS liked the clips so I think I will order them. It was nice getting to here a clip before purchasing the cds.

Week 16 is up, I can't believe we are almost finished with the first semester.

We finished week 13. It is going by so fast this year. http://learninglaughterlove.blogspot.com/