I SO have to give full credit to the Lord for such a great school day yesterday! He was in it all the way and everyone had a great day! We did school the way I love to do it...outlined but led by the Holy Spirit. Every time I am full surrender, the day rolls seamless, perfectly ordered from thing to thing...often ending up where my outline would never have taken it...it's perfect! And I believe how the Lord would have it...nothing wrong with a little planning but you must always be willing to bend to the Lord's will!
Lauren: Bible Basics: (Review) Differences between OT and NT. How to locate, read and write scripture references.
Reading: Assessed skills (almost ready for beginner chapter books) Alternated reading stack of books in increasing difficulty (her then me, her then me) assessed, pray and plan.
Writing: (Review) Write upper and lower case letters, name, address and phone number, assess, pray and plan
Math: (review) count to 100 (too easy Mom) recognize patterns and number sequences (had to REALLY try to finally stump her.
(We call this game "stump the punk" and they LOVE it. In any given subject I try to "stump" them. After many of their successes and feeling really good, we usually end up stumping them, When the skill is ultimately mastered, they are no longer stumpable, by their level of knowledge of course... and they "win" and we move on to next level or skill) review ordinals, place value, write words one-ten.
Read: Read aloud "Stranded on Plimoth Plantation" to get back into reading aloud. (short book while we look for a new one?
Read: You're Aboard Spaceship Earth
Science: didn't get to it but did talk about conservation and recycling a bit...
Rachel: Bible Basics: How to locate books easily, memorization, how to study the bible, how to read and write scrip. references
Reading: Begins Amy Carmichael and she notes that she read about her in one of her other books Jewel something or other...very exciting.
Math: Tortured her with two pages of multiplication to teach her the hard but valuable lesson that memorization is KEY in basic math. Makes life so much easier than trying to figure out 9X7 the hard way. We will put all work sheets in mult. away now and MEMORIZE them. :) Shape skill assessment: Poly, hex, hep, oct, etc.
Penmanship: Proverbs. assess skill, practice dictation. (we need to improve speed)
Sloan: Bible Basics: Infallibility of Scripture. Inerrancy of scripture and the difference between them. How the Bible was written.
Reading: Start an American author: Louisa May Alcott. Internet study of her and one page essay on her life. Will pick up a book to read of hers from the Library, Eight Cousins or The Inheritance.
TLP (all language arts) continuing...Pride and the Prejudice
Math: Multiplication review and mem, shape review and Latin root meaning, meant to get to measurements of weight and kitchen conversions but never did.
Begin Bright Lights.
And that is how I would like to do it most days! can you imagine? We were all relatively done by after lunch too, except Sloan who has more...
so today? Well, we DID school yesterday so today? Jeff is taking Rachel and Lauren to DISNEYWORLD. Yep. That's what I said. Sloan opts to stay home with me so we have to do some fun stuff too. It is for Rachel's BD that they are going and how could they leave Little L behind so she gets to go too for HER birthday as well which is soon also.
So much for routine. But hey, isn't this really what homeschooling is all about? Flexibility! Lol Back to routine on Wednesday me hopes.
BTW- All of this followed along in the Checklist by Cindy Downes
6 comments:
So glad you had a great day. I loved Lauren's Bible Basics. I think we may be going over that today. :0) Also--I LOVE Louisa May Alcott. The girls and I have recently read Little Women and they loved it. Now we are reading some scholastic books about the 4 sisters. Not written by LMA but stories based on their personalities an characters. I've read 8 Cousins and thoroughly enjoyed it. I also got a picture book from the library yesterday about her. I think it is Louisa May and Mr. Thoreau. I'll let you know how it is. You and Sloan have a great day!
Is Bible Basics a book to work through?
I was going to ask you about the checklist. You mentioned it in an earlier post. Too late for 10th graders?
Tif- Awesome! Did you know that she was tutored (schooled) by her Dad and Emerson and Thoreau???? AMAZING! She didn't even know what she was getting! Lol
Mel- no, it is just the beginning of "Bible" in The Checklist, it moves on to increasing levels...it is why I LOVE LOVE LOVE The Checklist! I can start at the beginning of the scope and sequence for any given subject and start there or skip forward if needed or whatever! But I have a DETAILED outline but can make my OWN curriculum!
Chewhi- No, it goes through 12th grade! But I would venture to say most degreed adults do not know all there is in this book! She offers 100 pages to peruse before buying. I'll find the link and send it to you!
P.S. LMA first book published was written to entertain Thoreau's daughter!
My girls are big fans of Louisa May Alcott. Somehow, the boys have not interest. I wonder why? LOL! They have gotten into The American Adventure Series.
Sounds like you had a productive day. We are usually done by lunchtime too, except for G.I. Joe. He's usually done by 2 or 3p. Mainly cause he gets up a little later than the rest of us. He also has outside chores to do.
Keep up the great work!
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