Good Saturday morning, dear cyber friends.
Well, public schools here are now out for summer vacation! Yea!! DD is home now. We are very excited.
We've decided to try our hand at Latin so I've ordered a program and we will start it this summer. It will probably be a little too easy for DS but DD wants to do it too so... I figure that DS can work through it faster if he wants. I just didn't want it to be too much and us give up on it, so I think this is the best option for us. Check back later though and I might tell a different story. hehehe
We are spending the day cleaning house. I want to start our summer out right and see if I can get them on a routine of chores. I'm terrible about this myself so any suggestions would be great.
I best get back to work. Have a fantabulous weekend!
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
You're Invited!!
You are invited to an Usborne Books e-Show to explore the world of Usborne Books. A child's interest in reading and learning is stimulated by the lavish illustrations and informative content. There are over 1300 bright, colorful and fun titles covering activities, puzzles and a wide range of subjects for children of all ages.
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Place: www.ubah.com/HOS59162
When: Today thru 5/26/2006 11:59:00 PM
Everyone is welcome, so invite a friend.It's a rewarding experience when a child opens a book and discovers the magic of reading.
These are great books for homeschooling! We use and like them a lot. The 10 Terrific Weeks that they offer are pretty neat too. I hope you will come check it out!
Friday, May 12, 2006
Neglect...
I know. I've really neglected this blog. I'm sorry. No excuse really. I've been trying to get some things done around here. Not very successfully, I might add.
We've been slowing down and trying to make things more relaxed. I'm not sure that is the right way to put it but for now... it will do.
I'm looking into the Latin-centered curriculum. DS is very interested in learning Latin AND Greek. It is very interesting and I'm trying to learn what I can about it but I'm not sure where to start since he is older. I seem to be having that problem with what ever curriculum I look at these days. I guess I should say style not curriculum. There are so many styles out there. Many of them have cross overs so you can incorporate several of them together. I just need to learn how to do that!
I'm thinking of ordering Prima Latina. I know that it is a little young for DS but I thought I'd use it for both DS and DD (she's homeschooling soon too!!). I thought we might start this summer and just do a little each day. DS might move more quickly through it than DD and that's okay. I just thought since it was aimed at the younger grades it might be a good summer time program. You know not too hard that it would make him lose interest.
I don't know. I still can't decide about history next year. We are going to move into the Middle Ages. We really enjoyed it when I just found things for us to do and read but I worry if I'm showing him everything, or leaving something out. We were thinking about SOTW. It says that it can be used with older children but I don't want him to be bored. I may use it as an outline to follow and then still do our own thing. The History Odyssey was just more than he wants. He gets bored after being on one subject for too long or when it makes him move on before he's ready so... Plus he hates some the activities.
We'll be sticking with our Saxon math. It seems to work pretty well for us. Science? Not sure again. But we will figure that out.
So... I guess we are where we always are. Still trying to figure things out for us. That may be a never ending process...
We've been slowing down and trying to make things more relaxed. I'm not sure that is the right way to put it but for now... it will do.
I'm looking into the Latin-centered curriculum. DS is very interested in learning Latin AND Greek. It is very interesting and I'm trying to learn what I can about it but I'm not sure where to start since he is older. I seem to be having that problem with what ever curriculum I look at these days. I guess I should say style not curriculum. There are so many styles out there. Many of them have cross overs so you can incorporate several of them together. I just need to learn how to do that!
I'm thinking of ordering Prima Latina. I know that it is a little young for DS but I thought I'd use it for both DS and DD (she's homeschooling soon too!!). I thought we might start this summer and just do a little each day. DS might move more quickly through it than DD and that's okay. I just thought since it was aimed at the younger grades it might be a good summer time program. You know not too hard that it would make him lose interest.
I don't know. I still can't decide about history next year. We are going to move into the Middle Ages. We really enjoyed it when I just found things for us to do and read but I worry if I'm showing him everything, or leaving something out. We were thinking about SOTW. It says that it can be used with older children but I don't want him to be bored. I may use it as an outline to follow and then still do our own thing. The History Odyssey was just more than he wants. He gets bored after being on one subject for too long or when it makes him move on before he's ready so... Plus he hates some the activities.
We'll be sticking with our Saxon math. It seems to work pretty well for us. Science? Not sure again. But we will figure that out.
So... I guess we are where we always are. Still trying to figure things out for us. That may be a never ending process...
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