The Homeschool Mother's Journal
In my life this week…
I've been super-crazy-busy. We are wrapping up our last days of homeschooling. We had our last learning record meetings for our homeschool-charter schools- this involved some preparation on my part..um, not my strong point. I am also busy looking ahead to next year, busy planning on curriculum purchases and having to make sure our course plans for Meg will satisfy her charter school requirements.
In our homeschool this week…
With our 3 youngest students, we continued our studies with Apologia's Exploring Creation with Astronomy. We did some narration, a crossword puzzle, read some colorful and interesting library books, and then we did resist-watercolor paintings of the planets and sun in our solar system. I really wanted to make a styrofoam solar system model...but realized that with my inner Jenn-ness, it wouldn't happen in a timely manner, so- watercolor paintings seemed the quicker way to go!
We survived the finishing up of Meg's term paper, also. Whew! It was a bit of torture, but at the same time I am so happy with the Biola Star Program she is taking classes through- I am beyond thrilled with the level of work that is expected of the students. Yes, it's a bit of work for the parents too- but I know she is learning so much and will be prepared for college by all this stretching. Saying that, I am still glad that the semester is drawing to a close and grateful for the Summer break!
My favorite thing this week was…
Our whole family, including the dog- heading to old town to watch Demi's martial arts class and then heading to the farmer's market. The evening was just beautiful, the weather- perfect!
What’s working/not working for us…
Narration was a really good thing this week. Not working- Well, I decided to end my struggle to finish up Sonlight core 2 and just move on and sell it. It's just not my favorite core. We are still using Sonlight and I am looking forward to doing Core 3/4 with the kids next year.
Homeschool questions/thoughts I have…
I am hoping I can find more of next year's curriculum used- I have found a few teacher's manuals that I need, buying them used is a big help to our budget :)
A photo to share…
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| Our solar system resist-watercolor by Amie |
how was learning in your home this week?