Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Homeschool Day 2/25

 Bible

  • The Action Bible
  • The Action Bible Anytime Devotions
English
  • Voyages in English 6 - types of sentences
  • Spelling Workout D
Math
  • We started a math project that I found on Teachers Pay Teachers.  It's a project where you design your own basketball team.  It teaches basic statistics.
Medieval History
  • Story of the World 2 - the early Chinese dynasties
  • The Usborne Illustrated Tales of King Arthur
Reading
  • My Side of the Mountain (read-aloud)
Science
  • Exploring Creation with Astronomy - the Moon

Monday, February 23, 2026

Homeschool Day 2/23

 Bible

  • Action Bible Anytime Devotions
  • The Action Bible
  • My First Hymnal - "All Glory, Laud and Honor"
English
  • Voyages in English 6 - subjects and predicates
  • Spelling Workout D - review chapters 1-5
Math
  • BJU Math 5 - measurements
Medieval History
  • Story of the World 2
  • The Usborne Illustrated Tales of King Arthur
Science
  • Exploring Creation with Astronomy - the Moon
  • We're recording the phases of the moon at night over the next couple of weeks
Latin
  • Minimus 1
Reading
  • My Side of the Mountain
  • Independent reading

Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Homeschool Day 2/18

 Bible

  • The Action Bible
  • Action Bible Anytime Devotions
English
  • Voyages in English 6 - verbs
  • Spelling Workout D
Math
  • BJU Math 5
Medieval History
  • Story of the World 2
  • The Usborne Illustrated Tales of King Arthur
Reading
  • Independent reading - he read his Bible
  • My Side of the Mountain (read-aloud)
Science
  • Exploring Creation with Astronomy - we did the compass lab
  • Compass Lab
    • We filled a bowl with water
    • We took a magnet and rubbed the magnet on a needle, turning the needle into a magnet
    • We set a leaf on the surface of the water
    • We carefully rested the needle on the leaf
    • The leaf spun until the needle pointed north
    • This really was a cool lab


Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Homeschool Day 2/17

Bible

  • The Action Bible - David chosen by Samuel
English
  • Spelling Workout D
  • Voyages in English 6 - writing assignment describing a spacecraft launching into space
Math
  • BJU Math 5 - order of operations and word problems
Medieval History
  • Story of the World 2
  • The Usborne Illustrated Tales of King Arthur
Science
  • Exploring Creation with Astronomy - layers inside the Earth

Artist/Composer Studies
  • Picture study of Hieronymus Bosch's "The Conjurer"
Extras

  • Karate class
  • Ballet class

Monday, February 16, 2026

Homeschool Day 2/16

 Bible

  • My First Hymnal - "Glory Be to Jesus"
  • Action Bible Anytime Devotions
  • The Action Bible
English
  • Voyages in English 6 - irregular verbs
  • Spelling Workout D
Math
  • BJU Math 5 - order of operations
Medieval History
  • Story of the World 2
  • The Usborne Illustrated Tales of King Arthur
Science
  • Exploring Creation with Astronomy - Earth's seasons
Latin
  • Minimus 1
Reading
  • He read his Bible
  • My Side of the Mountain (read-aloud)

Thursday, February 12, 2026

Homeschool Day 2/12

 Bible

  • Action Bible Anytime Devotions
  • The Action Bible - Saul
English
  • Voyages in English 6 - more verbs
  • Spelling Workout D
Math
  • BJU Math 5 - more multi-digit division
Medieval History
  • Story of the World 2
  • The Usborne Illustrated Tales of King Arthur
Artist & Composer Study
  • Hieronymus Bosch - We looked at some of his paintings.  Blech!
Extras
  • Riding his bike

Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Homeschool Day 2/11

 We are still struggling with schoolwork after a long illness and one kid was hospitalized.  So, we did not work on school yesterday and I tried not to worry about it.  Today, we did better.

Bible

  • Action Bible Anytime Devotion
  • The Action Bible - Saul
English
  • Spelling Workout D
  • Voyages in English 6 - present and past tense of verbs.  Boy, does he need work in this department.
Math
  • BJU Math 5 - multi-digit long division.  Again...
Medieval History
  • Story of the World 2 - Muhammed and Islam
  • The Usborne Illustrated Tales of King Arthur
Latin
  • Minimus 1
Science
  • Exploring Creation with Astronomy - Earth
Reading
  • My Side of the Mountain (read-aloud)
  • Independent reading
Extras
  • He got a haircut, we went out to eat for lunch and he has a bike ride with Boy Scouts tonight.

Monday, February 9, 2026

Homeschool Day 2/9

 Bible

  • My First Hymnal - "On My Heart Imprint Your Image"
  • The Action Bible
  • Action Bible Anytime Devotions
English
  • Spelling Workout D
  • Voyages in English 6
Math
  • BJU Math 5
  • Musical Multiplication (app)
Medieval History
  • The Usborne Illustrated Tales of King Arthur
  • Story of the World 2 + Activity Guide
Science
  • Exploring Creation through Astronomy
Reading
  • My Side of the Mountain (read-aloud)
  • Independent reading
Latin
  • Minimus 2

Friday, February 6, 2026

Currently Reading *Anyone Can Homeschool* by Nicki Truesdell

 I've never read the books written by Nicki Truesdell, but after listening to her podcast, "The Nicki Truesdell Podcast," I decided to read Anyone Can Homeschool.  It's available on Kindle Unlimited, to which I have a subscription.  Her other book, Home Sweet Homeschool: Gentle Moments of Encouragement for Christian Homeschooling Mothers is also available on Kindle Unlimited and is my next planned read.

Here's a link to her book: https://nickitruesdell.com/anyone-can-homeschool-the-book/

Here's a link to her podcast: https://nickitruesdell.com/podcast/

So far, I am enjoying her book Anyone Can Homeschool.  It's a good introduction to home education for new homeschoolers.

Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Homeschool Day 2/4

 We're still struggling with an illness, so we're not quite finishing things like we normally do.

Bible

  • The Action Bible
  • Action Bible Anytime Devotions
  • My First Hymnal - "O Lord Throughout These Forty Days"
  • We went over the church calendar again
English
  • Spelling Workout D
  • Voyages in English 6 - adjectives
Math
  • He listened to the Musical Multiplication app (from the Good and the Beautiful)
Medieval History
  • Mapwork and activity from the Story of the World 2 Activity Guide
  • We finished Stories of Beowulf Told to Children
Science
  • Exploring Creation with Astronomy - Venus
Reading
  • My Side of the Mountain

Homeschool Day 3/25

 Today was an unusual day.  Because Kid #4 only had an Anatomy and Physiology class for a couple of hours and my car is broken down (which s...