We school year-round and are going to be finished with our stuff in 4 weeks. I would really like to take a break after we finish this round, because this has been a very hard year. I do need a break. We've also had a number of significant life changes this year - two kids going to college, etc.
The kids do not want to take a break. *sigh*
The kids do not want to do interest-led learning (that was my idea). *sigh*
The kids do not want to do Sonlight for the fall (my go-to curriculum when I need an actual curriculum, because life is overwhelming). *double sigh* They both want to continue unit studies (claiming they learn more - bwah ha ha haha). *rolling my eyes*
Ok, learning = good. Me = exhausted.
😅
Here are the plans we all came up with together.
Changes for ME
- After a four year hiatus, I am back to using Evernote. I have this installed on all of my devices and that way I can access our records and plans from the laptop or my Kindle, etc. I've created some planning notebooks and record-keeping notebooks.
- I broke down and bought a new Kindle. The old one was maybe 7 years old and had stopped working, which meant that we stopped buying Kindle books. We have so many Kindle books that I needed to just buy a new one. Now I can buy books on Kindle again, because we are running out of room in this house for books.
6 Year-old (Late K-1st Grade)
Bible
- Finish the Beginner's Bible
- Not sure after that
Math
- Wild Math - I bought the pdf and downloaded it onto the Kindle. It's a kinesthetic math program meant to be taught outside.
- Accessories I bought - Yard Dice, a Montessori 100 Board, a child-safe tape measure
- Need to make: I have a bucket of river rocks that I'm going to paint numbers on
- I'll add Living Math books with each unit
Reading/Language Arts
- Continue Explode the Code
- BOB Books and phonics readers from the library
- Continue Handwriting without Tears
- Read-aloud from the library or bookshelf
Science
- Continue Summer's Lab - looks like we will finish in Oct/Nov
- Sassafras Adventures: Zoology (same curriculum as Summer's Lab)
Social Studies
- Library books or books from the bookshelf
I spent about $85 on his schoolbooks/math accessories. (I already had Summer's Lab and his current ETC workbook)
13 Year-old (9th Grade)
Math
- Finish Algebra 1 (she's a third of the way through it)
- Begin Mathusee Geometry
Theater Class (outsourced)
16 Year-old (12th Grade - she is skipping her Junior year)
Math
- Mathusee Stewardship - Personal Finance/Consumer Math - we decided to do this instead of Precalculus, because it looked so much more useful. It covers credit cards, mortgages, investing, car loans, buying a house, comparison of costs, taxes, etc. In hindsight, I wish I would've used this with the older two kids.
- She's already done a lot with government this year, but I'm going to add some living books for both of these subjects and combine them in one course on her transcript. She's currently reading the Ray Maybury books - Whatever Happened to Justice? and she'll read Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? next. After that, I'm going to need to look around. One of my friends is recommending the Marginal Revolution Economics videos: https://mru.org I plan to be finished over the summer.
Shakespearean Theater Class (Outsourced)
SAT Prep
Both Teens Together
English
- Literature selection from the library or bookshelf - using Bravewriter or Progeny Press Literature Guide
- Read-aloud
- Language Lessons for the High School Student (Queen's Homeschool)
- Creative writing
World Geography
- Trail Guide to World Geography (this includes Ultimate Geography and Timeline Guide)
- Mapping the World with Art
- Living Books about different parts of the world
Science (rotating Physics one day. Chemistry the next.)
- Physics
- Lab-based using Conceptual Physics as a guide (I bought this textbook used on Amazon)
- Mythbusters videos, YouTube videos, etc
- Chemistry
- Masterbooks Chemistry (lab-focused)
- Labs
Beginning Coding
- MIT's Scratch (free online)
German
- Everyone just work on their Komm Mit texts with me
Bible
- Continue Bible readings
- Missionary Book/read-aloud - some from the Christian Heroes, Then and Now series - some not
- Continue Friday morning Bible discussions, Saint & Hymn studies, etc
I spent about $195 on the two teens' schoolbooks. (I already own a lot of science lab equipment and I plan to use the library)
My total cost for the three kids this weekend: about $300. I ordered from Rainbow Resource, the Wild Math website and Amazon (for math manipulatives).
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