Planning for Winter 2027

 I'm flipping through the remainder of our books and curriculum.  By my calculations, we have about 4-5 weeks of schoolwork left, besides math and language arts (we've got plenty of that).  We are finishing Bible, Story of the World 2, literature, Earth Science, etc.  This is one of the dangers of schooling year-round.  You find yourself in mid-October wondering what you're going to do next.  And our "school year" is very off-kilter with everyone else's school year.  

Do I want to continue our current homeschool method?

Do we want to try something else?

Do we need a break?  With ADHD, we tend to get bored with breaks.  

Do we want to go back to Sonlight?  I do, but I don't think he does.

It's exciting when we finish our curriculum, but it's also stressful, because I don't like to plan.  I don't like record-keeping, planning, picking curriculum....  I do better with the actual teaching and working with my student.

It's time to look through things like Sonlight's website, Ambleside Online's website, The Well-Trained Mind and even reread The Brave Learner and some of Charlotte Mason's writings.  

Homeschool Day 10/12

 Bible

• The Action Bible - Jesus walks on water and Jesus feeds the 5,000

Reading

• Where the Red Fern Grows

Math

• Life of Fred Fractions

History

• Story of the World 2
• The Mayans

Science

• Concrete: From the Ground Up

The Reverent Lutheran: an Excellent App!

 We recently started following the Reverent Lutheran app and it's excellent.  Here's a link to the app: https://www.reverentlutheran.com/

The app offers a daily office, creeds, calendar, prayer library, the Lutheran rosary prayer, morning/noon/evening devotions, a Holy Scripture library, the Catechism and Book of Concord.  

The app is free and I haven't found anything asking for a subscription or fees.  There doesn't seem to be any ads on the app, which is nice.

My favorite part of the app is the prayer library.  This is overall an excellent app.

Homeschool Day 10/7

 Language Arts

• The Good and the Beautiful LA 6
• The Good and the Beautiful Cursive 6

Math

• Life of Fred Fractions

History

• Story of the World 2 - Vespucci and Magellan
• We finished The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn 
• EXCELLENT BOOK!!

Extras

• Private violin lesson
• Homeschool skate at the roller rink
• Confirmation class at church

Homeschool Day 10/6

 Bible

• The Action Bible - John the Baptist killed

Reading

• Where the Red Fern Grows
• The Wild Robot

History

• The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn

Science

• We watched the "Oceans" episode of Planet Earth III on HBO MAX

Art & Music

• The Good and the Beautiful Drawing I
• Violin practice

Extras

• Boy Scouts troop meeting and service project

Homeschool Day 10/5

 Bible

• The Action Bible - Jesus and the storm

Reading

• Where the Red Fern Grows
• The Wild Robot

Language Arts

• The Good and the Beautiful LA 6
• The Good and the Beautiful Cursive 6

History

• Story of the World 2 - Christopher Columbus and we made the paper figure from Famous Figures of the Middle Ages and Renaissance
• The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn

Science

• We watched one episode from the Planet Earth III series

Biology Co-op for 10/2

 Using BJU Press' 7th Grade Life Science, this is my syllabus for 10/2.  I'm teaching a tiny co-op class out of my house.

CHAPTER 2: CELL STRUCTURES

Video: "Baby Flying Squirrel Takes Flight for the First Time"

Cell Theory

Difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells

Eukaryotic Cell Structures

• Nucleus
• Cell Membrane
• Cytoplasm
• Endoplasmic reticulum
• Golgi apparatus
• Ribosomes
• Cytoskeleton
• Lysosomes
• Mitochondria

Video: "The Inner Life of a Cell"

View plant and animal cells under the microscope

LAB MANUAL:

• LAB 1E Classifying Animals
• LAB 2D Diffusion