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Aug. 25, 2008
New Week - New Schedule
Well, that's not exactly true - it isn't a 'New Schedule', just a tweaked one. 
Our first "Subject" every day (Monday to Friday) is the Bible, we started out where I was having the kids just read their Bibles from a 'through the Bible chart' ... we'll still have the kids do that but I added something new to this time (and extended the amount of time on their schedules for this subject). I order some books from CHER, last week they came in and one of the books is called Christian Studies Book 1. There are three books in this series and from what I have seen so far I'm really liking - there is a section called Facts To Know, there is a memory verse, it is set up in a question & answer format and you can either use the Golden Children's Bible or you can have the kids use their own Bible's - which is what we will be having Josh and Charlotte use, this will give them practice with looking up verses in their Bibles.
I retyped out their schedules and printed them off - however, I messed up with the times (forgot to change the times when I moved the subjects around) ... this proved almost to much for Josh today. Have you ever seen the movie "A Bug's Life", the ants are carrying back food and this leaf falls in front of the one ant, he starts yelling "I'm lost!!!!!!!!" and then this other ant has to come over and guide the 'lost' ant around the fallen leaf. That's kind of how Josh was today - the times listed on the schedule did not line up with the time that was showing on the clock .... really messed him up, he almost stopped doing schoolwork today because of it. He really is a kid that has his schedule and needs it all to line up just so - good thing we understand how to work around his PDD.
We are also trying to figure out if we are going to keep our school year on a public school schedule (sort of - we start in August and finish in May), what I mean by this is have us take the same holidays that the public school does (2 weeks at Christmas, a week or so for Easter, etc). or switch to a year-round school schedule. Don and I have been discussing this and he feels that this would work really well for us (I'm thinking that he is right), the kids are trying to figure out if they will end up with more or less days off per year, lol.
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School Starts
~August 5 - 08~
-- a work in progress section --
*****DISCLAIMER*****
~Not all of the curriculum listed will be used completely~
Joshua 2008/2009
≈ Bible - reading through
≈ Saxon 8/7
≈ Math Games ...
... To the Top (board game)
... Math Blaster (on PC)
... Quarter Mile Math (on PC)
≈ English Smart 7 (workbook)
≈ Blogging
≈ Sequential Spelling
≈ Language Games ...
... Jarnac (board game)
... Upwords (board game)
... Scrabble (board game & on PC)
... Reading Blaster (on PC)
≈ Around The World in 180 Days
≈ Exploring Creation - General Science
≈ Drawing Textbook
≈ Read & Report
≈ Swimming Lessons
≈ Home Ec for Homeschoolers
≈ Typing program on PC
≈ Second Language - ASL
Joshua's Independent Reading List 2008/2009
≈ My Story series ...
... Battle of Britain: Harry Woods, England 1939-1941
... The Trenches: Billy Stevens, The Western Front 1914-1918
... Desert Danger: Tim Jackson, North Africa WWII
... Flying Ace: Jack Fairfax, Royal Flying Corps 1915-1918
... Spy Smuggler: Paul Lelaud, France 1942-1944(finished Sept. 2-08)
... U-Boat Hunter: Peter Rogers, HMS Arum 1939-1945
... D-Day: Lieutenant Andy Pope, Normandy 1944
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Charlotte 2008/2009
≈ Bible - reading through
≈ Saxon 6/5
≈ Math Games ...
... To the Top (board game)
... Math Blaster (on PC)
... Quarter Mile Math (on PC)
≈ English Smart 5 (workbook)
≈ Blogging
≈ Sequential Spelling
≈ Language Games ...
... Jarnac (board game)
... Upwords (board game)
... Scrabble (board game & on PC)
... Reading Blaster (on PC)
≈ Around The World in 180 Days
≈ Questions and Answers about the Natural World
≈ Drawing Textbook
≈ Read & Report
≈ Swimming Lessons
≈ Home Ec for Homeschoolers
≈ Typing program on PC
≈ Second Language - ASL
Charlotte's Independent Reading List 2008/2009
≈ Dear Canada series ...
... A Ribbon of Shining Steel - Yale, British Columbia, 1882(finished Aug. 23-08)
... Orphan at My Door - Guelph, Ontario, 1897(finished Aug. 30-08)
... Winter of Peril - Mairie's Cove, Newfoundland, 1721(finished Sept. 16-08)
... The Death of My Country - Quebec, New France, 1759(finished Oct. 10-08)
... Whispers of War - Niagara, Upper Canada, 1812
... Brothers Far From Home - Uxbridge, Ontario, 1916
... Turned Away - Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1941(finished Nov. 14-08)
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Extras the Kids Have Participated In 2008/2009
≈ VBS ≈ July 28 - August 1, 2008
≈ Skills Camp ≈ August 10 - 14, 2008
Our Schedule:
Monday to Friday:
≈ Core Subjects ...
... Bible
... Saxon Math
... Language Arts
... Science
Monday:
≈ Second Language - ASL
≈ Art
≈ Physical Education
≈ Computers
≈ Home Economics
≈ Silent Reading
Tuesday:
≈ Second Language - ASL
≈ Art
≈ Physical Education
≈ Computers
≈ Tea Time
≈ Silent Reading
Wednesday:
≈ Read & Report
Thursday:
≈ Second Language - ASL
≈ Art
≈ Physical Education
≈ Computers
≈ Social Studies
≈ Silent Reading
Friday:
≈ Second Language - ASL
≈ Art
≈ Physical Education
≈ Computers
≈ Social Studies
≈ Silent Reading
Saturday:
≈ Math
≈ Day with Dad ≈
Sunday:
≈ Church & Fellowship ≈
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