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Friday, June 28, 2024

Homeschool Week: 6/24-6/28

 4th Grader

He had a musical theater camp this week based on the Mario movie.  In the play, he's Koopa Troopa, a baby Kong, a newscaster and a dog.  He had to memorize his lines and there's a performance at the end of the week for the parents.

Schoolwork we did daily:

  • BrainQuest Summer Workbook 3rd-4th Grade
  • Barton Reading and Spelling
  • Viking Adventure (our current Sonlight book)
He had Karate class and his theater camp all week.

Thursday, June 20, 2024

Homeschool Week: 6/17-6/20

4th Grader

Bible

  • 100 Bible Stories
  • My First Catechism
Math
  • IXL 4th Grade Math Workbook
  • Beast Academy
Reading/Language Arts
  • Independent Reading
  • Barton 
  • Masterbooks' LA 3
Sonlight D (history, Bible and literature) US History 1
  • Viking Adventure
French
  • Mr. Innes' "Learn French Basics with Kids in 40 Days"
Science
  • Abeka's Science 4
Art & Music
  • Artistic Pursuits
  • Piano practice

Saturday, June 15, 2024

A Blog Post I Enjoyed: "I'm the Homeschool Mom without an Education Degree."

"I'm the homeschool mom without an education degree."

The author articulated her feelings about homeschooling criticism much better than I ever could.    

Thursday, June 13, 2024

Homeschool Days 6/12-6/13

 4th Grader

Bible

  • 100 Bible Stories
  • We started My First Catechism (Concordia PH)
Math
  • IXL 4th Grade Math Workbook
  • Times Tales review
  • We did 2 minute flashcards addition and subtraction
Reading/Language Arts 
  • Masterbooks LA 3
  • Independent Reading
  • Barton Level 3 (on Thursday)
French
  • French with Mr. Innes "Learn Basic French for Kids in 40 Days" (Youtube)
Science
  • Abeka 4th grade science
    • States of matter
Sonlight D US History 1 (history, Bible and literature)
  • Viking Adventure
Art
  • Artistic Pursuits
Music
  • Alfred's Group Piano Course Book 2
Extras
  • Brainquest 4th Grade Summer Workbook

Tuesday, June 11, 2024

Homeschool Day 6/11

 4th Grader

Bible

  • 100 Bible Stories
Math
  • IXL 4th Grade Math Workbook
    • Place value
Language Arts/Reading
  • Masterbooks LA 3
  • Handwriting without Tears Cursive
  • Independent Reading
French
  • Mr Innes' Learn French Basics for Kids in 40 Days (free on Youtube)
Science
  • Abeka Science - Understanding God's World
    • Matter and energy
Art
  • Artistic Pursuits Book 1
    • He liked this so much that he did two lessons today
Sonlight D (history, Bible and literature) US History 1
  • Viking Adventure
Extracurricular
  • Karate class

Monday, June 10, 2024

Our First Day Back: Homeschool Day 6/10

 Only the 4th Grader is working over the summer.  I asked him how he liked his 4th grade schoolwork and he said that he loved it.

Bible

  • 100 Bible Stories
Math
  • IXL 4th Grade Math Workbook
    • Place value
Language Arts/Reading
  • Independent reading
  • Masterbooks' LA 3
  • Handwriting without Tears Cursive
French
  • French with Mr. Innes "Learn French Basics for Kids in 40 Days"
    • He LOVED this - it's free on Youtube
Science
  • Abeka's Understanding God's World
    • Matter
Sonlight D US History 1
  • Viking Adventure
  • We found Norway on the map



Wednesday, June 5, 2024

Beast Academy Games

 We're switching to Beast Academy this summer for math.  I was looking around on their website and saw this: https://beastacademy.com/playground  The "Playground" has a bunch of videos explaining how to play different math games at the elementary level.

Monday, June 3, 2024

Links to Lutheran Homeschool Resources

 I happened to be looking around online and found several links to Lutheran homeschool articles and websites that seem useful.

From Concordia Publishing House: https://blog.cph.org/teach/christas-homeschool-religion-curriculum-favorites-elementary-years  I think I need to buy My First Hymnal, described about halfway down the page.

Three Books Every Lutheran Homeschool Should Have: https://thefaithfulhomeschool.com/2023/01/08/three-books-every-lutheran-homeschool-should-have/

https://www.lutheranhomeschool.com/

The Consortium for Classical Lutheran Education: https://www.ccle.org/classical-lutheran-education/

A compilation of writings from Martin Luther on the importance of education and how children should be educated: https://www.ccle.org/luther-on-education/

Saturday, June 1, 2024

One Week until We Start 4th Grade - Our Plans

 (The 12th grader will take a break until August)

Everything is bought, unpackaged and sitting in his book baskets.  Here's The Plan:

Bible

  • 100 Bible Stories
  • My First Catechism (Concordia Press)
  • The Apostles (Adventures in Faith series)

Math

  • IXL 4th Grade Math Workbook
  • Beast Academy (this is the one item I have not bought/committed to yet)
Language Arts/Reading
  • Masterbooks 3rd Grade Language Arts
  • Handwriting without Tears Cursive
  • Lexile-leveled readers from the library
French
  • French with Mr. Innes (Youtube series)
Science
  • Mark Rober's Crunch Labs
  • Abeka's 4th Grade Science: Understanding God's World
History & Literature
  • Sonlight D US History 1
Music
  • Ukulele
  • Alfred's Piano 2
  • Just the Facts 2
Outsourced at an enrichment center
  • Anatomy, Health and Fitness
Extracurriculars
  • Ballet class
  • Boy Scouts
  • Wednesday night church activities
  • Sports league on Saturdays over the summer
  • Theater camp over the summer