Monday, October 7, 2024

Homeschool Day 10/7

 4th Grader

Sonlight D (history, Bible and literature)

  • A Lion to Guard Us
  • 100 Bible Stories
  • Explore Native American Cultures!
    • He made the Cherokee Booger Mask
  • Sonlight Readers 3
    • A Long Way to a New Land
Language Arts
  • All About Spelling 2
  • Handwriting without Tears
Math
  • Math flashcards
  • IXL 4th Grade Math Workbook
  • Beast Academy
Abeka 4th Grade Science
  • Vertebrates
Art & Music
  • Alfred's Piano Book 2

12th Grader

Classical Literature
  • Beowulf
ASL Basics

Mathusee Stewardship

Dual enrollment classes at the college

Thursday, October 3, 2024

Homeschool Day 10/3

 4th Grader

Sonlight D (history, Bible and literature)

  • We were so engrossed with Pocahontas and the Strangers that we sat and read about five chapters, finishing the book
Sonlight Readers 3
  • He finished Clara and the Bookwagon
Language Arts
  • Handwriting without Tears
  • Parts of Speech on the dry erase board
Math
  • Two minute flashcard drills: addition, subtraction and multiplication
  • We played the board game The Mathemagical World
Abeka 4th Grade Science
  • We finished and reviewed the entire plant section
Art & Music
  • Artistic Pursuits

12th Grader

Classical Literature
  • Beowulf
Mathusee Stewardship

ASL Basics

Dual enrollment classes at the college

Wednesday, October 2, 2024

Homeschool Day 10/2

 4th Grader

Sonlight D (history, Bible and literature)

  • We finished The Bears on Hemlock Mountain
  • Pocahontas and the Strangers
  • 100 Bible Stories
  • My First Catechism
Sonlight Readers 3
  • Clara and the Bookwagon
Language Arts
  • All About Spelling 2
  • Cool, Whoa, Ah and Oh (Interjections)
  • Schoolhouse Rock video "Interjections"
Math
  • IXL 4th Grade Math Workbook
  • Beast Academy
Abeka 4th Grade Science Textbook
  • George Washington Carver - we watched a BrainPop video about him
Art & Music
  • Piano practice

12th Grader

Classical Literature
  • Beowulf
Mathusee Stewardship

ASL Basics

Dual enrollment classes at the college 
  • She has the second highest grade in her English class with a 102% on her first essay

Tuesday, October 1, 2024

Homeschool Day 10/1

Today was our athletic co-op day, so we didn't do too much schoolwork.

4th Grader

Sonlight D (history, Bible and literature)

  • My First Catechism
  • Pocahontas and the Strangers
  • The Bears on Hemlock Mountain
  • Explore Native American Cultures!
Sonlight Readers 3/Language Arts
  • Clara and the Bookwagon
  • Handwriting without Tears Cursive
Math
  • IXL 4th Grade Math Workbook
Abeka 4th Grade Science
  • Plants without Seeds
French with Mr. Innes
  • Review

12th Grader

Classical Literature
  • Beowulf
Mathusee Stewardship

ASL Basics

Dual enrollment classes at the college

Monday, September 30, 2024

Homeschool Day 9/30

 4th Grader

Sonlight D (history, Bible and literature)

  • 100 Bible Stories
  • Pocahontas and the Strangers
  • A Child's Introduction to Poetry
  • The Bears on Hemlock Mountain
Reading/Language Arts
  • We finished Greg's Microscope
  • Freewriting
  • Mad Libs
  • All About Spelling 2
Math
  • Flashcards
  • IXL 4th Grade Math Workbook
  • Beast Academy
Science
  • Abeka's 4th Grade Science Textbook
    • Seed Design 
French with Mr. Innes

Art & Music
  • Just the Facts 2
  • Alfred's Book 2

12th Grader

Classical Literature
  • Beowulf
Personal Finance
  • Mathusee Stewardship
ASL Basics

Dual enrollment courses at the college

Sunday, September 29, 2024

Crunch Labs Project: Mirror Bank

 We have a subscription to the Crunch Labs physics kits and here's the project we worked on over the weekend: https://www.crunchlabs.com/products/mirror-bank

We love Crunch Labs.  The project kits are very good quality and the videos are excellent.  He explains the physics behind the build and shows you how to put the project together.

Here's our trick Mirror Bank.




Thursday, September 26, 2024

9/26 Field Trip to Fort Worth Botanical Gardens

 Instead of our usual schoolwork, we took a field trip to the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens.  The 4th grader said it was "the best day ever."  So, I guess it was a success!






















































Friday Co-op Day 9/19

 I am teaching a weekly mini-co-op class using BJU Press' 7th Grade Life Science textbook and lab manual.  The students are all boys in ...