2009/ 2010 School Year June 13, 2009

It is hard to contain my excitement.  We just finished the 2008/2009 school year and it is taking all I have to not start our 2009/2010 school year right now : ) We are having such a great time.  The only thing that is stopping me is- I promised Jelly Bean I would dedicate the Summer to her Weaver Interlock studies, so this is sustaining me for now.  Learning is so much fun with my children.  I thank the Lord each and everyday for allowing me the wisdom to homeschool my children.  This is the curriculums we have decided on for next school year-

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I will use Weaver Skills Evaluation throughout the year to check each child’s progress.

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Fairy Girl (rising 6th grader):

Switched on Schoolhouse (SOS) Math

SOS Language Arts

SOS Spanish

Weaver- 6th grade for Health, Bible, History, Science, Grammar, and Penmanship

Use Brain Quest Workbook, Usborne Books, King Fisher Books, Core Knowledge books amongst so many others for supplementing learning.

All about Spelling

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Lego Boy (rising 4th grader):

SOS Math

SOS Language Arts

All about Spelling

Weaver- 4th grade (as noted above for Fairy Girl)

Supplement books (as noted above for Fairy Girl)

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Sunshine (rising 2nd grader/ 3rd grader):

Math U See- Beta

SOS Spanish

All about Spelling

Weaver: 2nd grade (as noted above for Fairy Girl)

StarFall Workbook 2

Horizon Health

Supplement books (as noted above for Fairy Girl)

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Jelly Bean (rising Kindergartener):

Leap Frog Phonics for Leap Pad

Bob Books

Teach your Child to read in 100 easy Lessons

Weaver: Kindergarten (as noted above for Fairy Girl)

Math U See Primer

LIFEPAC Kindergarten Language Arts

Supplement books (as noted above for Fairy Girl)

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For all children- I will use Various books of interest that relate to our subject.  I will also use various computer learning games as a supplement and websites that are of interest and educational such as Starfall and Brain Pop/ Brain Pop jr.

All About Spelling/ Homeschool April 19, 2009

 

I ordered this product specifically for my oldest daughter (11 years old) who needs the damage undone from a public school “lack” of education.  It has quickly became one of our favorite homeschool curriculums.  We have discovered that reading and writing are two different skills.  While my daughter could breeze through many books, she was having difficulties with actually writing a majority of her words.  It pained me to see her struggle so much when she has such a love for Literature.  What we found out was that she was spelling phonetically the way she heard the words pronounced.  Well on some words this is not adequate.  In example, try to spell “consequence “the way you hear it.  How about “Jewelry“? Now you get my point.  Within the first two lessons my daughter understood that anytime you write a q there will be a u behind it.  It is simple rules like this one that has enabled my daughter in spelling efficiently.  I had been looking for a program like this for almost a year when I stumbled across All About Spelling.  I believe in this program so much that I have become an affiliate for All About Spelling.  What I found out was it is not only good for my oldest daughter but also my 9 year old son, my 7 year old daughter and soon it will come in handy for my soon to be 5 year old daughter.  All about Spelling is a Multi-Sensory program, so it works well for my auditory learner, my kinesthetic/ tactile learner, and my visual learner, which eliminates the need to buy multiple products.  I especially LOVE that there is no need to buy the program more than once, as it is reusable over and over again for all age levels.  Some programs you buy, you must buy another set of books for each individual child- this is not the case with All About Spelling.  Anyway, here is some additional information below straight from All About Spelling.   

 The answer you’ve been seeking for teaching spelling…

 

“The Multisensory Spelling Solution”

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All About Spelling is a logical step-by-step program that will put your child on the fast track to spelling.

Say goodbye to hours of lesson planning each week. All the research has been done for you and translated into fantastic scripted lesson plans. (You will teach like an EXPERT from Day 1.)

 

Reach the visual learner, auditory learner, and kinesthetic learner…and you don’t even have to know which learning style your child has. (This is a super-effective method of teaching that takes advantage of how the brain works.)

 

Learn strategies for ACTIVELY involving your child in the lessons…so you can keep his or her attention without trying so hard.

 

Solve the “Transfer Problem.” Getting the words right on a test is not the same as being able to spell the words correctly in real life. A simple-to-use technique solves this problem…and helps kids learn AND apply much better.

 

Discover a simple little tip that automatically insures that kids know whether to use J, G, or DGE for the sound of /j/ at the end of a word. This tip – and dozens of others like it – REALLY simplifies spelling

 

Use manipulatives to help spelling concepts really sink in. Join the homeschooling families who have completely turned their children around and made them excited about learning. (You can make it EASY and FUN for your child to learn from you, too.)

 

Avoid the biggest obstacle in learning spelling: most spelling curricula unknowingly make it much more difficult than it needs to be. All About Spelling simplifies the process of spelling…and allows your student to learn quickly

 

Build your child’s long-term memory using two very effective techniques – intensity and frequency. You’ll learn EXACTLY how to do this…

 

End “Suffix Confusion.” With this fail-safe method, adding suffixes becomes crystal clear.

 

See for yourself at

www.allaboutspelling.com/blessedinnerlight

 

A New Year January 10, 2009

The New Year is upon us.  After a break to celebrate Christmas and the New Year we are full force ahead with our studies.  During this second half of the school year the kids and I have decided on the following subjects to focus our studies on-

The Five Senses
Planting
Egypt
The Water Cycle
American Revolution
The Human Body
Self-Esteem and Puberty
Astronomers
Planets

Careers
Owls
Dolphins
States of the United States

World Geography

Art

Anger Management/ Life Skills Training

Language Arts

Math

We have decided to use technology, reading, field trips, lapbooks, unit studies, and file folder games to accomplish our learning.

We are excited and looking forward to our future studies and the LOVE of Learning that comes along with them : )

I of course am busy gathering resources to accomplish our broad choice of subjects.

Blessings,

Jennifer