Getting ready....

For next year that is. I spent most of last week looking at new curriculum for next year. I think we are pretty decided and it is going to cost us pretty penny but with DS starting High School so I want really good stuff.

So, we will be using TRISMS for our main curriculum for DS and I'll incorporate DD into it. Then we are looking at using Teaching Textbooks for Geometry and High School Physical Science in your Home. We will probably use an online French course as well. We are also going to try incorporate some Waldorf methods in as well. For DD we will get a 4th grade Waldorf syllabus but still try to incorporate her into some of DS's work on her level for some subjects.

I'm really looking forward to it all a lot. I always look forward to a new year.

Anyone out there use the Waldorf method and TRISMS? I'd love to hear from you.

So much going on...

Sorry I haven't been around much lately. DH left for Afghanistan last week and so we were very busy trying to get in as much family time as possible before hand.

We did have a lot of good times and also some sad ones as we told him good bye.

We took last week off from school to be with him as much as possible but we are back at it this week. I have found a new site that is kind neat. It's called Free World U . We've been using the science for both kids and I think they picking up on it well. Science is our weak spot. I don't care much for it and neither does DS. Poor DD is missing out and I really need to work on this but for now this is going pretty good. DD has been rotating it and reading a little science book.

We've been taking some little practice tests to see where we are and where standardized tests think we should be. We have them scheduled in May so...

Well, that's it for now. Please keep my DH in your prayers and our little family too. The kids took his deployment pretty hard this time.