This is the start of the 2016/2017
school year. I am going to attempt to recap
it to the best of my ability.
This year I have a
pre-schooler - Taggert (4)
First grader - Tillie (7)
Fourth grader - Wesley (9)
Sixth grader - Matthew (11)
We start out our days with daily
nature hikes. It really helps settle the kids
into their day. It helps with focus and
concentration.
With Taggert he wants to be just like the
big kids. We always buy him little
work books to do practice in. Coloring
books he can color in while we
do sit down work. It only
lasts a little while....then he is usually
off playing in the other room.
Tillie's year we decided to do
a more deliberate attempt at a
reading curriculum.
I chose All About Reading.
She loved it and
she picked it up quickly.
Wesley's year was comprised
of Man and animal block and
Norse mythology.
Matthew studied the Romans.
We also studied all of ancient history
with the Story of the World Vol.1
Everyone loved this including me.
The kids began September taking classes
at the Hammond Community library.
We drove to Hammond, WI every Friday
for a day of classes.
Matthew's class schedule consisted of
Writing and Grammar,
Speech, and home economics.
In the second half of the year
they dropped speech and switched it
with wood burning and a Dave Ramsey
finance class.
Wesley and Tillie did
geography, science and reading.
They only went for half of the
time. Taggert and I hung out in
the library. We made a lot of
new friends through the Hammond
experience it was great.
During September we joined back
up with our homeschool co-op group
Tree of Life. With these friends we are
busy on field trips almost every Tuesday.
This month we attended Rumpelstiltskin
at the Festival theater in St. Croix Falls, WI.
I love this theater and all of their productions
are amazing. We also had our annual trips
canoeing down the St. Croix river and
Stone soup on Heidi's land.
This was a great month and everything
worked out very well.
Until next month,
Blessings
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