Our Weekly Schedule of Subjects

 This weekly schedule has been working out well for us for quite a while.

Monday

• Literature
• Science
• Math
• Language Arts/Reading
• Ancient History
• Latin

Tuesday

• Bible
• Language Arts/Reading
• African Geography
• Music

Wednesday

• Literature
• Science
• Math
• Language Arts/Reading
• Ancient History
• Latin

Thursday

• Literature
• Shakespeare
• Bible
• Math
• Language Arts/Reading
• American Geography
• Art

Friday Co-op

• Physics
• Texas History

Homeschool Day 9/30

 Fifth Grader

Bible

• Action Bible's Anytime Devotions
• My First Hymnal - we listened to "Now Thank We All Our God"
• The Action Bible

Language Arts

• Queen's Language Lessons for the Elementary Child
• Independent reading

Geography

• A Long Walk to Water
• Countries of the World Puzzle

Music

• Story of the Orchestra - percussion instruments

Homeschool Day 9/29

 Fifth Grader

Literature

• In and Out the Window (poetry)
• Because of Winn-Dixie
• Little House on the Prairie (bedtime reading)

Science

• Exploring Creation with Botany
• The Powerful World of Energy with Max Axiom

Math

• Flashcards
• Life of Fred Honey

Language Arts/Reading

• Independent reading
• Queen's Language Lessons for the Elementary Child
• Cursive Success

Ancient History

• Famous Figures from Ancient Times - Aristotle
• D'Aulaire's Greek Myths
• The Children's Homer

Latin

• Prima Latina lesson 14

Homeschool Day 9/25

 Fifth Grader

Literature

• Because of Winn-Dixie
• A Midsummer Night's Dream (Shakespeare for Kids)
• In and Out the Window (poetry)
• Little House on the Prairie (bedtime reading)

Bible

• My First Hymnal
• Action Bible Anytime Devotions
• The Action Bible

Math

• flashcards
• Life of Fred Honey

Language Arts

• Reading aloud from McGuffey Reader
• Queen's Language Lessons for the Elementary Child
• Dictation

Geography

• Seabird
• Around the World Coloring Book - Italy

Art

• Art Fraud Detectives

College Kids Updates

• Kid #2 has clinicals at the hospital
• Kid #3 has a presentation today in front of the university Chancellor - she's in a competition to paint a mural on the college campus
• Kid #4 is seeing her academic advisor about applying for the Medical Diagnostic Sonography program at the college

Homeschool Day 9/24 + Crunch Labs' Probability Maze

 Fifth Grader

Literature

• Because of Winn-Dixie

Science

• Exploring Creation with Botany

Math

• Flashcards
• Life of Fred Honey

Language Arts

• Copywork from McGuffey Reader
• Reading aloud from McGuffey Reader
• Queen's Language Lessons for the Elementary Child

Ancient History

• D'Aulaire's Greek Myths
• The Children's Homer

Latin

• Lesson 13

Crunch Labs

• We made the marble probability maze

College Kids' Update

• Kid #4 has decided she might try to get into the Medical Diagnostic Sonography program at the college.  She's seeing an advisor tomorrow.

Homeschool Day 9/23

 Fifth Grader

Literature

• Little House on the Prairie - reading at bedtime

Bible

• Action Bible Anytime Devotions
• My First Hymnal
• The Action Bible

Language Arts

• Queen's Language Lessons for the Elementary Child
• McGuffey Reader

Geography

• A Long Walk to Water

Music

• Story of the Orchestra - tuba, trombone, French horn

Homeschool Day 9/22

 Fifth Grader

Literature

• Because of Winn-Dixie
• Little House on the Prairie - we read this series at bedtime

Science

• Exploring Creation with Botany

Math

• Flashcards
• Life of Fred Honey

Language Arts

• McGuffey Reader
• Queen's Language Lessons for the Elementary Child
• Cursive Success
• In and Out the Window (poetry)

Ancient History

• Famous Figures from Ancient Times - Greek Soldier
• D'Aulaire's Greek Myths
• The Children's Homer

Latin

• Prima Latina - lesson 13

Homeschool Day 9/18

 Fifth Grader

Bible

• Action Bible Anytime Devotional
• The Action Bible
• My First Hymnal - "Amazing Grace"

Latin

• Quiz on lesson 12

Geography

• Around the World Coloring Book
• Map of the World Puzzle - we did North and South America and Europe

Art

• Art Fraud Detective - you compare paintings in the book and try to find which painting is a fraud

Music

• Story of the Orchestra - bassoon, contrabassoon and trumpet

Shakespeare

• A Midsummer Night's Dream

Extras

• Going to homeschool skate time at the roller rink

Homeschool Day 9/17

 Fifth Grader

Math

• Life of Fred Honey
• We worked through the multiplication tables again

Language Arts/Reading

• Cursive
• Queen's Language Lessons for the Elementary Child
• In and Out the Window (poetry)
• McGuffey Reader

Ancient History

• The Children's Homer
• D'Aulaire's Greek Myths

Latin

• Lesson 12

American Geography

• Seabird

Science

• Exploring Creation with Botany

Homeschool Day 9/16 + Crunch Labs' Ball Launcher

 Fifth Grader

Math

• Flashcards
• Life of Fred Honey

Bible

• Action Bible's Anytime Devotions
• The Action Bible
• My First Hymnal - practicing the Apostle's Creed

Geography

• A Long Walk to Water

Science

• Mark Rober's Crunch Labs
• We built the Ball Launcher

Homeschool Day 9/15

 Fifth Grader

Math

• Life of Fred Honey
• We worked through all of the times tables

Reading/Language Arts

• McGuffey Reader
• Cursive Success
• In and Out the Window (poetry)
• Queen's Language Lessons for the Elementary Child

Ancient History

• D'Aulaire's Greek Myths
• The Children's Homer

Latin

• Lesson 12

American Geography

• Seabird

Science

• Exploring Creation with Botany
• We worked on a pollinators booklet

Homeschool Day 9/11

 Fifth Grader

Book Basket

In and Out the Window (poetry)

The Ch'i'-lin Purse (ancient history)

A Midsummer Night's Dream (Shakespeare)

Famous Figures from Ancient Times - we made King David

Math

Multiplication flashcards

Life of Fred Honey

Bible

Action Bible Anytime Devotions

The Action Bible

Language Arts

Queen's Language Lessons for the Elementary Child

McGuffey Reader

Geography

Around the World Coloring Book

Art

Giotto di Bondone's "Birth of Jesus" fresco

Homeschool Day 9/10

 Fifth Grader

Book Basket

In and Out the Window (poetry)

Seabird (American geography)

Exploring Creation with Botany 

Math

Multiplication flashcards

Life of Fred Honey

Bible

My First Hymnal - "A Mighty Fortress is Our God"

The Action Bible

Language Arts

Copywork

Queen's Language Lessons for the Elementary Child

McGuffey Reader

Latin

Prima Latina lesson 11

Music

Story of the Orchestra - clarinet, oboe and saxophone

Homeschool Day 9/8 and College/Adult Kids Updates

 Fifth Grader

Book Basket

The Ch'i'lin Purse (ancient history)

D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths (literature)

A Long Walk to Water (geography)

Language Arts

McGuffey Reader

Queen's Language Lessons for the Elementary Child

Cursive Success

Bible

Action Bible Anytime Devotions

The Action Bible

College/Adult Kids' Update

Kid #1 is now the #1 account manager for her company in Texas and #10 in the world. 

Kid #2 is still doing well in his BSN program.  He has internal medicine and behavioral clinical rotations this semester in nursing.

Kid #3 is getting ready to apply to graduate school later this semester to earn her MFA.

Kid #4 just started as a full-time college student at community college.  She is joining the volleyball club.

Homeschool Day 9/8

 Fifth Grader

Book Basket

In and Out the Window (poetry)

The Ch'i'lin Purse (ancient history)

Seabird (American geography)

Exploring Creation with Botany

Math

Life of Fred Honey

Multiplication flashcards

Bible

My First Hymnal

The Action Bible

Language Arts

McGuffey Reader - he read aloud to me

Queen's Language Lessons for the Elementary Child

Cursive Success

Latin

Prima Latina lesson 11

Homeschool Day 9/4

 Fifth Grader

Bible

The Action Bible 

Action Bible's Anytime Devotions

Math

Multiplication facts

Life of Fred Honey

Language Arts

McGuffey Reader - read-aloud and dictation

Queen's Language Lessons for the Elementary Child

Literature

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Little House on the Prairie 

Ancient History

The Ch'-I-lin Purse

Famous Figures of Ancient Times - Moses

Artist Study

Giotto di Bondone "The Resurrection of Lazarus"

Geography

Around the World Coloring Book - Indonesia

Homeschool Day 9/3

 I'm not sure how we made it through our day, but we did.  It was definitely one of those days...

Fifth Grader

Bible

My First Hymnal

The Action Bible - continuing the story of Joseph in Egypt

Math

Multiplication practice

Life of Fred Honey - we learned Long Division, which was pretty terrible

Language Arts

McGuffey Reader

Queen's Language Lessons for the Elementary Child

Copywork

In and Out the Window (poetry)

Music 

Story of the Orchestra - piccolo and flute

We're going to listen to the CD The Best of Handel in the car on the way to Cub Scouts

Geography

Seabird

Science

Exploring Creation with Botany

Homeschool Day 9/2

 Fifth Grader

I've added a few things to our line-up from Mater Amabilis and Ambleside Online.  I'm going to use AO's composer and artist studies again, because we miss them from last year.

Mater Amabilis and Ambleside Online are free Charlotte Mason curricula.  

http://materamabilis.org/ma/

http://www.amblesideonline.org/

Here's what we did today.

Bible

Action Bible Anytime Devotions

The Action Bible

Language Arts

McGuffey Reader

Queen's Language Lessons for the Elementary Child

Literature

D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths

Ancient History

The Ch'-I-lin Purse

Geography

A Long Walk to Water

Art

He worked with polymer clay.