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I thought that I was done with figuring out what is going to happen to my future 9th grader.  I am back to square one.

This week was a busy week. 

Writing:

My older son is on lesson 8 in Elegant Essay.  […]

If you are new to my blog, my older son named the weekly report, WAR.  It stands for Writing, Arithmetic, and Reading.  That is why we call it: WAR.  I will combine both boys.
WRITING
My 8th grader did lesson 7 […]

Here is my WAR report:

Writing:

My 8th grader is on lesson 6 of Elegant Essay.  He is learning how to write a conclusion. 

He also writes a summarization of what he read for Exploring Creation through […]

If anyone recalls my post where I said that I finally figured out what I am doing for high school, guess what?  I no longer have it figured out what I am doing for high school.

I just shared my first dilemma is […]

OK, Everyone! This week has been a time to gather information in order to pray about next year.

Just to share, I had been having problems in the current music program.  So, I went to tour another music program […]

As many of you may know by now, I have not given an update due to illnesses.  First my sons last week and now I was sick this week.  So getting back on track as been a hard road.  But, since this has not been my […]

I think that I am almost there with my future 9th grader.  I just signed him up for Apologia Biology with a mom who will do it in her home.  I believe she is a science major.  I know she teaches gifted and […]

Last week was hard.  My older son got the flu. It turned into a nightmare.  He woke up with a temperature of 103 degrees on Monday.  My first clue that something was wrong was that I heard no violin playing.  He […]

On Monday of last week, my older son was battling temperatures of 103 and 102 degrees.  His fever broke by Thursday, but my younger son came down with it on Friday.  Here is the bizarre thing: when I took  my […]

My sons and I seem as if wherever we go.  We are hated.  No one likes us.  We are not accepted.  I do not understand why that is.  I do not know what is it about our family that no one like us.  What is it about […]

Well, it looks like I have my curriculum for next year.  I have decided for both of my children what they will do. Here goes: My future Ninth Grader 1. Tapestry of Grace Year3- Reading, Writing, Literature, History, Religion, and Geography will cover those areas. 2. Saxon Algebra 2-It will cover Math. 3. Exploring Creation [...]

OK, here we go again with our WAR report.  It was a little calmer this week because both of my sons’ teams were eliminated in the basketball play off in town.  It was very exciting to watch, but even more exciting that it is over. My older son had an eighth grade tournament last night [...]

Well, well, expert opinion is that if you want your child to succeed in college, have him learn how to play.  Here is the site: http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/12/29/christakis.play.children.learning/index.html Sorry for my snippyness, but to all those who I went to co-op with and wanted me to just have their 5 year olds sitting in a classroom…[Read more]

OK, if anyone knows how to upload pictures, please let me know.  I have had no success in uploading eversince blogger has switched.  I had a busy week.  I think I will share the week. Monday: My older son performed at a benefit concert at the Venetian for the Lighthouse Pregnancy Center.  He played the violin.  He [...]

As you all read in the request below, my older son had a benefit concert last night.  Thankfully, it went really well.  If anyone prayed, I am grateful.  He played the violin as an accompanist with the choir.  He performed with 3 girls.  He played well.  It was very exciting. He said that he was [...]

My older son will perform at the Venetian for the Lighthouse Pregnancy Benefit Concert.  The NJHSA Junior High Choir will open for the contemporary Christian artist, Mark Schultz.  He is known for the song Letters From War.  His website is here: http://markschultzmusic.com/tour/ The children will sing and my son is going to accompany the group [...]

Well, here I am doing our WAR report.  What does WAR stand for, you might ask?  It means Writing, Arithmetic, Reading. Writing: My older son worked on paragraphs all week in Time4Writing .  He got a 100% in both mechanics and contents this week.  He understands better the idea of creating an outline and how that helps [...]

Well, I am back with more news on the home front. I spent most of my weekend and week battling a bad cold.  I had body aches over the weekend.  Someone told me that it might be the flu.  Maybe I did have a touch of the flu, maybe I did not.  The weekend, I [...]

For years, I have had difficuly teaching my second son.  He has had me pulling my hair out on numerous occasions.  I want people to know that I have not had peaches and cream in my homeschooling years.  I have made a ton of mistakes.  I did not do things that I wish that I [...]

My Sixth Grader I have been struggling with my 6th grader over what to do with him with grammar.  I have decided that I am going to keep him in KISS grammar .  I keep going back to Rod and Staff , but I realize that it is too advanced for him.  I am just concerned about him being able [...]