Homeschool Memoirs -Wk 7

There are so many different kinds of snack foods, store-bought and homemade, and I would like to invite you to share what snack foods your family usually snacks on throughout the week.

Ummm...here are a few of our favorites:

Fresh Fruit (grapes, apples, bananas, strawberries, canteloupe)

Fresh Veggies (carrots, cucumbers, broccolli)

Stick Cheese

Popcorn

Granola Bars

Cheese & Crackers

Trail Mix

Cookies (No-bake oatmeal, choc. chip, oatmeal choc. chip)

Homemade Icees (summer)

Ice Cream Sandwiches

Homeschool Memoirs Week 6

***This week I want to invite you to take a moment and post a Summer Photo Essay memoir. Starting from around the official date of Summer to this past week - just give a basic summary of your summer as I know someone of you are photoholics! Haha! Make sure you jot down your memoirs about each photo so everyone can read about your summer. ***

Here are some highlights of our summer:

We love feeding the ducks

Fun at the playground

We spent a week up in the mountains of Southern Utah. This is Cedar Breaks....just gorgeous!
Fishing

The guys spent a couple of days building a clubhouse/swingset.

4-wheelin'

Many, many hiking trips.

The newest member of our family arrived this summer. Her name is Maggie. She is soooo sweet!

Homeschool Memoirs Wk 5

This week I want to invite you to share a few of your favourite things - er - sites. I know the list of favourite things could be never-ending, but I’ve made a list for you to do regarding your favourite homeschool things.

Here are a few of mine:



Freebie sites - Currclick Homeschool Share

Forums- Homeschool Share, Five In A Row, Sonlight

Memes - Homeschool Memoirs Sketch Tuesday

Bible-focused - Bible Gateway, Blue Letter Bible

Homeschool Memoirs Week 4

This weeks theme is :

something new you’re using, why you’ve decided to use it, and if you have used it how you like it.

We decided to splurge and get the materials from Institute for Excellence in Writing. I purchased the SWI A & C as well as the Theme-Based Ancient History materials. I can not tell you how excited I am about this! I had heard so many raving reviews but wondered if it was worth the expense. We are working on week 3 and I can definately see benefits.

Another new curriculum for us this year is Artistic Pursuits
My boys love art and this combines art appreciation with hand on techniques. I love that it came with a kit that had all the supplies we needed for the course. Very easy to implement. We are using K-3 Book 1 and it goes perfectly with our study of world history.

So far all the curriculum/schedules for this year are working out beautifully! That is something I am truly thankful for!

Homeschool Memoirs Wk 3

This weeks theme is routines. We are testing this out but so far so good!

7:00-8:00 Breakfast & Morning Chores

Everyone meets at the Table

8:00-8:20 Character Building for Families

8:20 -10:00 History, Map Work, Projects

10:00-10:45 Go over Math & English with ds 12
ds' 8 & 6 independent activities**

10:45-12:00 ds13 Math, English, Spelling independently
ds's 8 & 6 Math, Handwriting, Explode the Code, Read-Alouds

12:00-12:30 Lunch

12:30-1:15 ds 13 Read-alouds
ds 8 & 6 Independent activites

1:15-1:45 ds 13 Independent work (vocabulary, reading, Keys to Good Language)
ds' 8 & 6 Science

1:45-2:30 DS 13 writing
ds' 8 & 6 independent activities


** I have set up independent activities that they can do on their own. I created a lens here