Last nite: Children's Ministry lock in- the usual pizza, snacks, games, movies, deflating air mattresses, and very little sleep! Today: being lazy on a rainy day and lesson planning for the week ahead. This week we continue on our snow theme moving from Snowflake Bentley to finish Katy and the Big Snow and then to Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening. That leads us into our big poetry unit- I love it when a plan comes together! I get so excited when I start lesson planning and think of all the fun ways we can learn together. For those of you who homeschool, maybe you are like me and are always looking for what someone else is using to get good ideas. So here is our list for this year:
Bible: reading thru the Living Bible a chapter a day
Growing with Grammar
Sequential Spelling ( Love love love it!!)
Phonics Pathways
Hooked on Phonics- 1st grade
Math U See
Writing Strands
Mystery of History
Five in a Row
KONOS
Homeschool Share website
After 5 years I feel like I have finally " hit my stride" and have found what fits for our family. God is so faithful- this is truly a creative endeavor with Him, as He answers my questions, leads me in the right direction and provides for the things that we need. Sometimes it is as small a thing as going to the thrift store and finding a book for a quarter that fits right in with our unit study that week, or Him leading me to an awesome website with a lesson plan or an activity that will help me teach a topic. Teaching my children is the most difficult and most rewarding thing that I have ever done! So since I need to get back to planning, enough blogging for today! Happy Schooling!
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