Saturday, July 21, 2012

Not Back to School Blog Hop...Curriculum Week (2012-2013))

I'm participating in the "Not" Back to School Blog Hop with Curriculum Week.  The kids will be going into 3rd grade this year and below is our curriculum for the upcoming school year.

Who Is God and Can I Really Know Him? Biblical Worldview of God and Truth

"Who is God?" textbook and notebook
This is our 1st year to use this.
We will also be learning a Bible verse every month.
Shurley English Level 3 Kit  -
Shurley English 3rd grade
This is our 2nd year to use this.
The Mystery Of History, Volume 2: The Early Church and  the Middle Ages
Mystery of History Vol 2
Textbook, timeline figures, and reproducible CD
This will be our 2nd year to use M of H.
Portable Walls
 Institute for Excellent in Writing student portfolio
All Things Fun & Fascinating by Institute for Excellent in Writing
We will attend a co-op once a week for this class.
This will be our 1st year to use IEW.
Math U See Gamma
This will be our 3rd year to use this.
Spelling Power
Spelling Power
This will be our 1st year to use this.
Mikes Inspiration Station Art DVD's Vol 1-6
Mike's Inspiration Station are DVD collection 1-12
This will be our 1st year to use this.
Overhead Teaching Kit: Cursive Handwriting Lessons
This is one of the books that I'll be using for cursive handwriting.
I've made a copy of each page and they will go in a page protector for the kids to write on with
dry erase markers.
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This is a 2nd book that I will be using for cursive handwriting.
Horizons Health 3 Teacher
Horizons Health
Student book and teacher's book
This will be our 1st year to use this book.
Reading Comprehension Grade 3
Teacher Created Resources
Reading Comprehension
We will be using this along with some SRA stories that I found  at the thrift store.
They will also be assigned one book report per month.
Christian Liberty Nature Reader Pack, 5 Volumes, Second Edition   -
Christian Liberty Press Nature Readers
We will be reading books 2-5
Flying Creatures of the Fifth Day: Exploring Creation with Zoology 1
Apologia Science
Exploring Creation w/Zoology I textbook and notebook
This is our 2nd year to use this but our 3rd book to use.


 
Simply Music DVD program for piano at home.

We started this summer and LOVE it.  The kids are picking up piano playing fast.

That is it for our curriculum that requires books/DVDs.  We will attend a K-6 grade co-op once a month for P.E., snack, and  a lesson .  We will also attend the IEW  co-op once a week.  The girls are taking a homeschool gymnastics class and will attend their 1st year of Keepers of the Home.  Clay will be playing Upward flag football and will be working on his Bear badge in Boy Scouts.


Thursday, July 12, 2012

I'm Back....with 3rd grade!

We are starting our 3rd year of homeschooling in just a few weeks and I realized what a slacker I have been with this blog.  I didn't make a single post during 2nd grade and we did some fun stuff.  One of my personal goals this year is to update this blog more with activities, experiments, projects, and field trips that we do.  Happy Homeschooling everyone!

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Trip to Half Acre

Me, hubby, & the kids taking a walk with cousin Marc on his new land (during hunting seaon). We looked for animals tracks and studied habitats.

Family Photo
Moo all pooped out from so much walking. She was glad to hear that we were headed back to Aunt Wynell and Uncle Vern's trailer for some YUMMY lunch!!!

Thanksgiving food & crafts

The kids making mini cornucopia's They turned out really cute......waffle cone and Runts.....simple.
Pilgrim hats.....round chocolate striped cookies, mini Reese PB cups, white icing, & Reese Pieces.
They also used water colors to paint Pilgrims.

Weekend in Auburn

Our sweet friends that just moved to Auburn, invited us over for the weekend to celebrate the trio's birthday and to tailgate at an Auburn game. Above is the cookie cake they gave the trio. My trio with their older triplet friends.
This is what it looks like when you try and take a picture of 2 sets of triplets.
Every now and then you get lucky and get one of these shots.
This is a very forced "Yes Mom" shot for me!!!

Halloween

Hannah Montana, Darth Vader, and black cat.

Trip to North Carolina

We stopped by an Amish store and the kids tried on several different types of hats. Some of the yummy goodies they had for sale.
Our manditory trip to the apple orchard.

This trip completed our study of apples and Johnny Appleseed.
They had a bee hive for visitors to view.
Being silly with the Hickory Nut Gap Farm sign.
They had several signs like these educating kids on the different farm animals.
Not only did we get a bushel of apples but we also got a pumpkin.
Coming down BlueRidge Mountain.
Playing in the ice cold water.
Moo couldn't stand the water.
We were there just in time for the leaf changes.
So pretty!
Do you see the bee?
The girls posing (and resting) at an old house site.
Road side farmer's market. Love it!!!