Week 2

 Sadly, no pictures this week. It was a short week so we crammed as much in as possible. Science was a fun one this week with the periodic table of elements. The text explained things so clearly—it’s a good fit! Nathan doesn’t seem to love his literature—I’m not sure if it’s the Sherlock story or the questions involved. Otherwise, it’s going well—a good start!

New School Year

 

Our new school year started this week with only one student!!  Nathan is a sophomore this year.  We started easy with just a run through of things, lunch out and then a couple games that were a part of his curriculum.  We then had a few days of getting into the work.  It’s a lot of work for him independently but he did great.  I’ll add a rundown of his subjects below.  I’m looking forward to have this time with my quietest, youngest child!!

Subjects: History plus presidents, Biology, Bible study (book of Mark right now), Copywork for spelling, Daily art journal, Literature study (Sherlock Holmes short story is his 1st reading), Math, Spanish, Writing book (which involves drawing), Daily Grammar and our Read Aloud.

Our first book for read aloud is “Impossible Creatures” !!

Graduation

Samuel is officially graduated! We all had a great time at his party and it was fun to celebrate the end of this chapter. I have one more student—how can it be?? Now, we will enjoy a summer break!! 

 

Last Week of School

We had 3 days of school to wrap up the year. We finished history and read aloud. They got to an ending point in math. Nathan picked Julius Caesar as his top Shakespeare read for the year. They finished their writing paper. It was a full 3 days! I gave them end of the year gifts—and used Christmas bags bc I wasn’t buying new ones—and we had a fun dinner out. Next up is graduation!!

 

Week 36

 This year’s final art project was completed this week. We used actual flowers and leaves to decorate the paper and then drew a greenhouse around the dried paint. 

We also finished our science and grammar texts. We have a few days of school left, a meeting with our supervising teacher and then a graduation party to prepare! 

Week 35

 

Lily had a fun write up for her job this week so I have to share that even if it’s not homeschool related!!

We are focused on finishing up things for school. We did begin our final art project but that will get wrapped up this week. We are learning history that happened when I was in high school so they think that’s pretty funny. 8 days left!!

Week 34

This week was a short one because we had a day off for Brian’s birthday and then 2 days off for an early anniversary trip!  

Now we are in May and we’re down to 2.5 weeks of school!!! We have a lot to finish up and prepare for graduation!!