Week 1

1st week of school done!  We were all eager to get going on Monday morning.  :)

It was a good start to science because we had an experiment on day 1!  We are testing different mummification recipes.  

Another fun thing on day 1 was a red, white and blue snack because we'll be learning about the USA.

Nathan got to spend some time outside with Dad while the big kids did all their schoolwork with me. 

Kindergarten is going well so far!  He prefers to do the alphabet song by himself.  :)

We had beautiful weather this week so we had PE at a walking trail.

A Noun scavenger hunt:

A picnic:

A trip to the library, where they had kinetic sand:

Another science experiment:

Name crafting:

The twins like to do their independent work in their own space.  For Hunter that was the porch, with the cat close by:

For Lily, it was the desk in her room:

Everyone was happy with their 1st week of school, including me!  I really like all of our curriculum this year.  Yea!!!

Homeschool Curriculum

This is a quick post to outline what curriculum we are using this year!  More updates to come on Friday!!

Nathan:

-MFW Kindergarten and he will join the others for Read Aloud time

Lily:

-A Reason for Spelling

-Teaching Textbooks (Math)

-Drawn into the Heart of Reading (with various books)

-Rhythm of Handwriting

Hunter:

-Christian Light Education Sunrise Math

-Rhythm of Handwriting

-He'll be starting the Barton reading program after I've been trained (counts for reading and spelling)

Samuel:

-RightStart Math

-Rhythm of Handwriting

-He'll be starting the Barton reading program after I've been trained (counts for reading and spelling)

Shared:

-Grammar Ace

-IEW writing course

-Apologia Anatomy and Physiology

-Adventures in U.S. History (history and Bible)

-Read Alouds (our first one is Dr. Dolittle)

Summer Catch Up

School starts tomorrow so here's a bunch of pictures from summer!!

Brian and I had fun time away at a homeschool conference:

The kids had fun staying with my parents and swimming!!

Nathan is super excited about starting Kindergarten and has been writing and spelling all summer:

We have gone to a few movies this summer--Jurassic World was a favorite!

The twins went to church camp one week:

Brian took the kids to a family reunion and fishing afterward while I spent the day homeschool planning.  Everyone had fun!

After some lice outbreaks (ahh!), we did some buzz cuts:

The kids explored many parks and trails this summer!

Cherokee Trail

Bever Park

Palisades

We shopped garage sales!

And, we spent plenty of time at home with our cat, too.  :)

School starts tomorrow!!

August Already

I finally logged on to the blog to update the look for the upcoming school year.  I'll be putting some summer pictures on sometime and then moving on to homeschool posts!!  I'm excited for this new year!