Wednesday, October 14, 2026

Homeschool Day 10/14

 Bible

  • The Action Bible
Reading
  • The Wild Robot
  • Where the Red Fern Grows
Language Arts
  • The Good and the Beautiful LA 6
  • The Good and the Beautiful Cursive 6
Math
  • Life of Fred Fractions - adding fractions
History
  • Story of the World 2 - Tenochtilan and the Aztecs
Art & Music
  • Violin lessons with a teacher
Extras
  • Confirmation Class at Church
  • Homeschool Recess Group

Tuesday, October 13, 2026

Homeschool Day 10/13

 Bible

  • The Action Bible
Reading
  • Where the Red Fern Grows
Art & Music
  • The Good and the Beautiful Drawing I
  • Violin practice
Extras
  • Karate class
  • Boy Scouts

Monday, October 12, 2026

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

Thursday, October 8, 2026

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.

Wednesday, October 7, 2026

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

Tuesday, October 6, 2026

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 10/14

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