Wow i have been away from homeschoolblogger way to long. So much has changed! So far it looks like good changes. Well since this is a homeschool blog..i will talk about homeschool life. We are headed towards the last few months of homeschooling. We have been going to a co op on tuesdays. I teach science and history to about 6 kids (my daughter is one of them) I love every minute of it..we dissected a cow eyeball, sheep brain, cray fish, a two frogs. Each child was able to order which ever kit they wanted and we had a blast, it was so interesting! Lets see my oldests will soon be 17 and finishing up his 11th yr of homeschooling. God is just leading him to greatness..he is a faithful servant to God and a blessing to my husband and I. My 15yr old is finishing his 10th yr and he will soon be evaluated to see if he has a learning challenge . So i know how to move forward with his education and open or close doors where they need to be. He is an awesome, energetic, creative, smart young man and God will also lead him to do fabulous things for God’s kingdom! My 11yr dd she is colorful, precious, creative and just a blessing..she is finishing up her 7th yr of homeschooling..hard to believe..so many changing are happening for her..she teeters between (hence the term tweens)little girl and tween girl..lol.. we have been using the free resources available on the internet..saxon is great but it wasnt what my kids needed right now.. we having been using www.khanacademy.com and www.englishgrammar101.com for my 15yr old son. He only sees small amounts to do at a time and seems to love it.. next yr we may continue..not sure..but i know we are using mystery of history..im so excited and a dear friend blessed me with the set..God is good. My oldest son sang on stage during worship..this was his 2nd time.. hes been teaching himself guitar for a few months..its amazing how fast he is learning. my 15yr old is a member of a lego club now ..he loves it..that one of his things..he is into nerf weapons right now..im a bit unsure about the weapons but i know its a boy thing.. I think thats all I have right now.. I hope i get to update a lot sooner next time.. God is amazing and has been leading my husband and I in new ways at our church and i can’t wait to see what God does next.. its never a dull moment for sure !
WELL WE STARTED OUR SCHOOL YEAR ON THE 8TH . I SO FAR HAVE DONE WELL AT KEEPING TO OUR SCHEDULE. WHICH REALLY ALLOWS THINGS TO FLOW. WE HAD SOME ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENTS THE FIRST TWO WEEKS .
WE ARE USING A MISH MOSH OF CURRICULUM THIS YEAR. ABEKA, BOB JONES, ACE, ROD AND STAFF. IM PROBLEY LEAVING SOMETHING OUT. ZACH IS IN 10TH , JAKE IS 8TH( HAS BEEN MY STRUGGLING LEARNER TIL NOW! IS IMPROVING IN HIS READING SKILLS SO MUCH I WAS ABLE TO PLACE HIM IN 8TH!) AND MY DAUGHTER SARAH IS IN 5TH.
FOR THOSE INTERESTED THIS IS WHAT OUR SCHEDULE LOOKS LIKE:
WAKE UP /EAT/DRESS 8 AM
BIBLE 9 AM
READING
ENGLISH
SPELLING 9:30AM
BREAK 10:30 AM
MATH 11:00 AM
LUNCH 12:00 PM
HISTORY 1:00 PM
SCIENCE 1:30 PM
ART/MUSIC ETC 2:00 PM
NOW WE ALSO HAVE THE REST OF THE DAY SCHEDULED TOO…
MY OLDEST DOESNT FOLLOW OUR SCHEDULE HES MOSTLY AN INDEPENDANT LEARNER .
WE JUST USE THE BIBLE AND THE LEADING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT TO LEARN GODS WORD.
FOR READING WE HAVE OLD ABEKA READERS AND WE READ FOR 20 MINUTES M-TH TOGETHER AND FRIDAY IS COMPREHENSION TIME READING QUIETLY.
ENGLISH IS BJU 6TH GRADE FOR BOTH YOUNGER KIDS
SPELLING IS JUST A LIST I GIVE THEM EACH MONDAY .THEY HAVE TO WRITE THEM 5X AND GIVE A SENTENCE FOR EACH AND TESTED ON FRIDAYS. NEXT YR I MAY VENTURE INTO THE SPELLING NOTEBOOK METHOD. MY OLDEST USED ABEKA PLUS HAS LITERATURE.
MATH IS BJU FOR MY OLDEST (GEOMETRY)
SAXON FOR MY TWO YOUNGER ONES
HISTORY..WE USE ACE 8TH GRADE SOCIAL STUDY AND I READ TO THEM AND HAVE HANDS ON FOR GEOGRAPHY AS MUCH AS WE ARE ABLE. MY OLDEST USES BJU.
SCIENCE MY OLDEST USES ABEKA BIOLOGY PLUS LABS, AND MY MIDDLE IS USING ACE , MY DAUGHTER IS USING ROD AND STAFF( I LOVE IT !!) I ALSO HAVE ABEKA ART FOR MY DAUGHTER. I WILL BE GETTING BJU GUITAR LESSON BOOK FOR MY OLDEST SOON. WELL THATS WHAT WE DO. SO FAR ITS WEEK 3 AND WE ARE GETTING USE TO WAKING UP EARLIER. LAST YEAR MY HUSBAND I HAD A RESTAURANT AND IT WAS SO HARD TO HOMESCHOOL AND HELP MY HUBBY ..I WENT IN MORNINGS AND MY SON WORKED LUNCH. BUT WE DID IT. WE HAD TO CLOSE OUR BUSINESS WHICH IS OK. I FEEL BLESSED TO GIVEN THIS TIME AGAIN SO I REALLY WANT TO BE A GOOD STEWARD OF THIS TIME GOD HAS GIVEN US.
It is amazing to me how fast time goes by . Its been since Oct 16 since my last entry. Wow.
This is a homeschool blog so i will blog about homeschooling. Our hsing year is almost done til we take a break for summer;although we will continue in reading, cursive practive and multiplication practice. May 29th is our last day. This year was more challenging then others but at the same time more exciting. My husband and I have a restaurant now and we had a bit of a hard time trying to figure out how to have me at the restaurant plus effectively hs the kids. We finally after many trials and errors we found out what works. I go in while the kids are sleeping. I go in at 5am and help open up and take care of breakfast shift and my oldest hes 15 in 2 wks wakes up @7AM. And is independant in his studies. Then @ 10 or sometimes 9:30 i go pick up my oldest and bring him in and he works til 2 or 3..then we close(during tues-thursday) anyway..i come back home and teach the younger 2.
This year has been one of my favorite years because I have taken on more of a go with the flow approach and we have had more fun with science and history and just relaxed more..we have still had those days we all tend to have. But I seem to lean more and more towards some what the Charlotte Mason Methods..although i don’t proclaim to know all of her ideas. Well i will enter more later..i have to go get the hubby and son…God Bless!!!
ITS BEEN SO LONG SINCE MY LAST ENTRY. LIFE AS YOU ALL KNOW GETS SO BUSY. SO MANY NEW THINGS ARE HAPPENING AND HAVE HAPPENED SINCE MY LAST ENTRY. LET ME START BY SAYING I AM MY HUSBANDS 2ND WIFE. HE HAS THREE CHILDREN FROM THAT MARRIAGE. THE KIDS GREW UP WITH OUT HIM FOR REASONS I WONT DISCUSS. WELL ITS BEEN 18YRS SINCE HES SEEN THEM..UNTIL ABOUT A MONTH AGO HE HADNT EVEN SPOKE TO THEM. WELL THROUGH AN EMAIL I SENT TO THERE HALF SISTER WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE THEM OUR CONTACT INFO AND LOW AND BEHOLD ..ON A SAT AFTERNOON WHILE CLOSING OUR RESTAURANT(ANOTHER NEW THING I WILL SHARE) WE GOT A CALL FROM THE OLDEST SON BRIAN WHO IS 28. WHAT A BLESSINGS..AFTER SOME AWKWARDNESS AND SORRYS ..FORGIVENESS.. WE FIND OUT WE HAVE A DAUGHTER IN AND LAW AND A GRANDDAUGHTER!! ACTUALLY ALTOGETHER WE HAVE FOUR GRANDCHILDREN~!!!! OUR SON(MY STEP) ADAM IS A LITTLE CAUTIOUS AT THIS POINT..BUT THE SAT BEFORE LAST WE RECIEVED ANOTHER CALL FROM OUR DAUGHTER RACHEL!!! AND BEFORE WE KNEW IT MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING TO WHERE SHE LIVES TO PICK HER AND HER BABY UP FOR A WEEK LONG VISIT! WE ARE SO OVERWHELMED WITH GODS PLAN AND HOW IT IS COMING TOGETHER. 18 YRS OF A PRAYER.. GOD MADE A WAY WHERE WE COULDNT SEE A WAY..THROUGH GOD THE KIDS HAVE FORGIVEN MY HUSBAND AND THE THREE CHILDREN MY DH HAVE TOGETHER HAVE BEEN ABLE TO START A RELATIONSHIP WITH THERE HALF SIBLINGS. MY STEP DAUGHTER AND MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER LOOK SO MUCH A LIKE ITS AMAZING.. WE TRUST THAT GOD WILL CONTINUE TO GROW THE RELATIONSHIPS WITH EACH OF THESE ADULT CHILDREN. THEY HAVE EMBRACED ME AND THERE SIBLINGS THEY DIDNT KNOW EXISTED UP TIL A MONTH AGO.. OK NOW THE NEXT NEW THING.
THE PIC OF MY 18YR OLD STEP DAUGHTER AND HER BABY WHOS 6MOS OLD, OUR 14YR SON, OUR 12YR OLD SON, AND OUR 9 YR OLD DAUGHTER. 
MY HUSBAND IS A CHEF (BY TRADE) AND HAS ALWAYS DREAMED OF HAVING HIS OWN RESTAURANT. WE HAD ONE A LONG TIME AGO THAT JUST DIDNT MAKE IT . WELL GOD HAVE THAT PASSION TO MY HUSBAND AGAIN AND AUGUST 13. WE OPENED OUR DOORS TO OUR RESTUARANT CORNERSTONE RESTUARANT. ITS BEEN A STRUGGLE TO GROW BUT IT DOES CONTINUE TO GROW. SO MANY BLESSINGS AT ONCE!
WELL THE THIRD NEW THING IS WE PUT OUR DAUGHTER IN A CHRISTIAN SCHOOL A HOP SKIP AND JUMP FROM THE RESTAURANT. I STILL HAVE MIXED FEELINGS BUT ITS A VERY VERY SMALL SCHOOL AND THEY HAVE FOUR DAYS THEN THREE DAYS ROTATION.. I STILL HOMESCHOOL THE BOYS IN THE RESTAURANT WHICH IS HARD SOME DAYS. I MISS MY DAUGHTER WHEN SHES NOT THERE BUT SHE IS DOING SO WELL THERE BUT IT IS EXPENSIVE AND WE ARE LEANING ON GOD TO MAKE A WAY . I WELCOME ANYONES COMMENTS OR EXPERIENCES ON ANYTHING IVE SHARED. IM SURE THERES OTHER THINGS BUT I WILL KEEP AS IT IS.
ITS BEEN AWHILE SINCE I LAST POSTED AN ENTRY..SEEMS TO BE THAT WAY FOR ME. I LAST POSTED ABOUT THE LITTLE GIRL NAMED ANGELA THAT WE TOOK INTO OUR HOME BECAUSE HER PARENTS ARE IN JAIL. SHES BEEN HERE NOW FOR ALMOST 5 MONTHS. SINCE I LAST WROTE SHES BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH CROHNS DISEASE. WHICH IS A DISEASE WHERE THE IMUNE SYSTEM IN THE INTESTINES GOES HAYWIRE AND ATTACKS IT SELF AND CAUSES INFLAMATION, BLEEDING AND DIAREAH AND STOMACH PAIN AFTER EATING. ITS VERY RAIR FOR A CHILD AT AGE 5 TO HAVE IT. IT CAN BE HEREDITARY. HER MOTHER HAS IT VERY BAD. ANGELA IS DOING BETTER NOW SINCE SHE WAS PUT ON ANTI INFLAMATORY MEDS. THE FAMILY HAS ADJUSTED WELL TO HAVING HER HERE BUT SHE WILL LIKELY BE GOING EARLY JUNE.. WE ARE PRAYING ABOUT WHAT TO DO .. SHE WASNT IN A GOOD SITUATION BEFORE..I WONT GET INTO DETAILS.. ANYONE WHO READS THIS PLEASE PRAY WE DO WHAT GOD WANTS NOT WHAT WE SEE WITH OUR EYES. WE CAN MAKE QUICK JUDGEMENTS BASED ON WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID AND BASED ON HOW OTHERS HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST. IF HER MOM HAS MADE A TRUE TRANSFORMATION I PRAY GOD WILL REVEAL IT TO ME SO I CAN FEEL FREE IN GIVING HER DAUGHTER BACK. THE DAD ALSO NEEDS PRAYER HE SHOWS NO OUTWARD SIGNS OF CHANGE. MY INTEREST IS IN WHAT IS BEST FOR ANGELA. SHE HAS A RELATIVE WHO IM HOPING WITH TAKE HER IN. THE SAME RELATIVE HAS HER BABY BROTHER AND IS ALMOST FINISHED ADOPTING HIM. OK NOW ON TO HOMESCHOOL NEWS.
THERE ISNT MUCH TO TELL..LOL ITS THAT TIME OF YEAR WHERE WE SEEM TO HAVE TO PUSH THROUGH. GOD HAS REVEALED WHY THIS IS HAPPENING AND WE ARE MAKING THE CHANGES. I ORDERED TIMES TALES DELUXE WITH DIVISION AND ITS AMAZING HOW FAST IT WORKS! MY DAUGHTER WHO IS 8 KNOWS HER MULTIPLICATION! MY SON WHO HAD BEEN STRUGGLING IS DOING GOOD WITH IT TOO.. I LOVE IT! I HAVE MORE TO SHARE BUT NEED TO FINISH THAT LATER.
IF YOU HAVE ANY PRAYER REQUESTS PLEASE LEAVE THEN IN THE COMMENT AREA AND I WILL PUT THEM IN A NEW CATAGORY NAMED PRAYER REQUESTS.
Tammy