A Fly On My Homeschool Wall

I feel as if we've hit some sort of milestone . . . week 30!  I guess it's time to start thinking about how to wrap up our school year.  In our state, we have to reach a goal number of hours rather than days or weeks, and we so easily reach that goal that I rarely think about it any more.  The defining boundaries of our school years depend more on us than on legislation. I'm grateful for that. Our Morning Meetings continued much the same as last week with one addition:  now the older girls and I are doing some brain teaser puzzles together using this book that I picked up at a second hand curriculum sale last Saturday morning.  Pixie and Belle love it; Rose Red and Super Star not so much.  We definitely get thinking each morning! We've studied Mosiah chapters 19-21 this week, and we're finally getting the hang of The Family Proclamation paragraph 6 . In Math news, Super Star finished her Saxon 6/5 book!  This is big news for our math phobic,...

I took my daughters and got out the door for a jog/walk every morning this week.  It has made a tremendous difference in my ability to see clearly and handle the vicissitudes of life. PE for my girls; anti-depressant for me. Win-Win. Morning Meeting this week included: *A family celebration song taught to me by the parent educator at Ladybug's therapy office.  We're singing about one family member each day. *Article of Faith #3 *I Lived in Heaven *Isaiah 5:20 *Paragraph 6 of The Family Proclamation *Mosiah chapters 17-18 *The Clock--a Mother Goose poem *Bedtime Math We spent the whole week reading about Joseph--from his coat of many colors to bringing his whole family to Egypt--during Bible story time. The preschoolers started making homemade books about colors, worked on knowing where their bodies are in space by weaving themselves through this "web," had a sensory experience with colored shaving cream, played on the water table, played in the san...

We had a nice academic start to our week.  On Monday we began with our usual routine of basket duty, a breakfast Bible story, and then Morning Meeting.  Right now we're working on: Article of Faith #3 I Lived in Heaven Isaiah 5:20 Paragraph 5 in The Family Proclamation Studying Mosiah chapters 15-16 God Bless the USA (for our dance troupe) "The Clock" by Mother Goose Bedtime Math The older girls and I dove back into our music appreciation unit with a review of the 5 musical eras we're studying and an in depth look at Bach's life and compositions.  We had a grand time listening to a whole bunch of his music I worked with Nature Angel on some grammar and spelling.  She drew a gorgeous Swallowtail Butterfly and did a whole bunch of sewing on her own. This isn't the swallowtail, but it IS one of her many chalk drawings. This became a little purse, complete with strap and reinforced bottom. The littles and I made music with a bunch of g...