New School Year!

We officially started our new homeschool class year! Rebecca is in 4th grade this year! Whoa! Where did that time go? Wasn't she just a baby? Sigh! This year Carl also begins some small educational tid bits. Mostly to occupy him. I know he is eager to learn so we will see how he does! Cassia and Bella Grace will not be left out. Wonder color markers and paper and other things to help motor skills.

There have been some changes yet again for us, but it's just the way it goes sometimes. I am going through things setting things up a lil better for our school year. I hope I can be completely set up by next week!

We have much to keep us busy:




Language Arts Music Arts & Crafts Bible Health Arithmetic 4 Fourth Grade Science History and Geography Reading and Literature Oral reading Reading comprehension Speed reading Vocabulary building Penmanship Review of cursive writing formation through skill practice, word games, original composition, and sentence dictation Spelling, Vocabulary, and Poetry Weekly word lists with challenging words and vocabulary Reinforcement activities Six poems committed to memory Language Writing Process Letters— friendly, post cards, thank-you notes Gathering information Writing with details Writing an encyclopedia report Writing book reports Creative writing Dictionary skills Map study State history for six weeks Eight documents memorized The Years of Discovery The Years of Exploration The First Americans The English Come to America The New England Colonies Plants Plants: Provision for Man and Beast Animals Insects: Miniature Marvels of Creation Birds: Winged Wonders The Middle and Southern Colonies A Picture of Colonial Life The Great Awakening The French and Indian War The American War for Independence Building a New Nation Our Nation Grows Matter Matter: Water, Air, and Weather Energy Energy: Sound and Hearing Physical Fitness Your Body Framework The Muscle Builder Your Breathing Machine Personal Hygiene A Winning Smile Your Body’s Cover Keys to Good Grooming Place value of whole numbers and decimals Mastery of fundamental operations Story problems Estimating answers English and metric measures Converting measures within the same system and solving measurement equations Roman numerals Addition, subtraction, and multiplication involving fractions Estimation Averaging Factoring Divisibility rules Introduction to decimals Making change Reading a thermometer Lessons such as Salvation Series, Genesis, Life of Christ, Paul (includes memory verses, hymns/choruses, and Bible doctrine) Music Theory/Flutophone Traditional, patriotic, fun songs Grammar Sentence structure,Kinds of sentences, Punctuation, Capitalization facts, Abbreviations, Possessive words Recognizing and using all eight parts of speech Diagraming verbs, nouns, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs Correctly using troublesome words The Civil War New Frontiers An Age of Progress Beyond Our Boundaries The World Wars Time for Freedom and Responsibility Interpersonal Relationships A Healthier You Earth and Space Geology: Planet Earth Oceanography: Wonders of the Sea Astronomy: Consider the Heavens Solving equations using addition and subtraction axioms Graphs and scale drawing Basic geometric shapes Perimeter and area Using an English and metric ruler Time lapse Basic drawing and painting techniques, color concepts Well it didn't copy correctly, but, you get the idea! With that said I need to get busy! Have a great day!

First Day!

For the first time in 20 years I helped one of my children get ready for their first day of school. Tomorrow Samuel and Cortney start Private Christian School. I am excited to hear all about it tomorrow

Summer is here!

I thought it was going to be a mild summer until yesterday. The air was so thick it felt as though you could not breathe. The heat index was said to be 102. It felt like it.
I took the kids shopping with me, but the combination of toddlers and the heat it made for a nerve wracked day. I have no a/c in the van so, it was just soooo hot that we were all miserable. The highlight of our afternoon was the 7 11! SLURPEES!!!! Now that will make you feel so refreshed on a hot stagnate day as we had yesterday. Then we followed it up by them playing in the pool! So the end of the day was better than the beginning. At least for them. For me, because so much arguing went on with the lil ones, my nerves were frazzled and were literally jittery. So I made the kids keep it quiet the rest of the night until bed so that I could relax some.
Now I am up, it's 5 after 6 this  morning, and, it's already 72. This is not good. So the house a/c will most likely come on very soon.