Courageous Joy

SCHOOL DAZE

We have BEGUN! I thought I needed this week to mail of portfolios and plan…but after 15 years of homeschooling it really doesn’t take as much planning as it used to. I already had TOG Year 4. I know what workbooks they need. I frankly don’t think we NEED workbooks but the younger ones like to play in them and so I buy them. After last night’s ordering spree and library searching, I was fairly confident we could begin.

We did. We got through way more than I expected. We are studying the 20th Century this year.

Here is what the kids are doing (as of now). It’s all falling into place, though I have to really search to follow some of Jamin’s interests.

Zander
~Picture Book Activities: Fun and Games for Preschoolers Based on 50 Favorite Children’s Books
~Preschooler’s Busy Book: 365 Creative Games & Activities to Occupy 3 – 6 year old

Nolan
~ Speech Therapy – they’ve not called and I need to check into this.
~Math games, teaching concepts and fun pages, Family Math, living books, Critical Thinking Skills Math
~Finish Sing Spell Read and Write
~TOG
~Explode the Code
~Getty Dubay handwriting
~Finish Apologia Zoology

Arielle
~Math games, teaching concepts and fun pages, Family Math, living books, Critical Thinking Skills Math
~TOG
~Wordly Wise
~Explode the Code
~Spelling Workout
~Getty Dubay handwriting
~Apologia Zoology
~Red Herring, Fallacy Detective, Building Thinking Skills as we work in

Jared
~Saxon 8/7
~TOG (all core subjects and a few non-core)
~Wordly Wise 3000 – book 4
~Spelling Workout
~Easy Grammar Plus
~Apologia General Science
~Red Herring, Fallacy Detective, Building Thinking Skills as we work in
~Lots of handwriting practice this year
*Jared informs me he needs lots of science, math and English for the Academy
*Volunteering at House of Faith - Community Service

Jamin
~TOG (US History, Church History/Worldview, Fine Arts, Lit, Composition, Vocab)
~Foundations of Personal Fitness
~Culinary Art
~Writing to be Published
~PE
~Alg 2 a (1st half)
~Logic I (1st half of Mars Hill)
~Spanish 2
~Global Communications or some such title (GPS)
~Plan to run older boys through Dave Ramseys 7 week class on personal finances and then have them to a budget, check book etc….I may work this up into ½ a personal math credit or we may do it for fun.
*Volunteering at House of Faith - Community Service

Josiah
Had all credits needed after Sophomore year. He wants to do a few more things this year.
~TOG 4
~SAT PREP (not for credit just for practice)
~Plan to run older boys through Dave Ramsey’s 7 week class on personal finances and then have them to a budget, check book etc…. I may work this up into ½ a personal math credit or we may do it for fun.

*Josiah is working as many hours as possible. He has a financial plan that he is working towards. He wants to have enough saved up for a good car and a year of college by the end of this year. See what listenting to Dave Ramsey will do to you? :::snort:::