Well, I disappeared from blog land for a bit. For those of
you who don’t know already, we moved back to Indiana in June after spending quite a
rough year in Ohio. Life has seasons of ups, downs, chaos, and peace. We are in a very content, peaceful place
right now. If you aren’t happy for us, you truly don’t have our best
interest at heart. We’ve moved forward, and that has meant leaving some people behind. There's no room for negativity in our lives! Thankfully, most have been loving and kind, and we love them right back. :-)
Summer will be coming to an end for us with school starting
on August 12. There are still several more pool, zoo, and park days in the
near future, but we have to get an early start on lessons in order for us to
take most of December off and still finish in May. The plan is to go someplace
south for Christmas…as in Disney World. Yes, Disney during one of the busiest
times of the year, I know. We’re crazy. I have a breakfast with the princesses booked,
so hopefully everything will fall into place! If not, oh well. There are plenty of other (cheaper) southern places to visit...and if you think of a good one, let us know!
For the 2013-2014 school year, we’ll be using Sonlight Core
B/C and Core E. Sometimes I look at other curriculum choices and think, “Oh!
That looks neat!!” Some of you moms are so creative! Until Sonlight stops
working as wonderful as it does for us, we’re sticking with it. The books,
scheduling, and way everything is set up just fits perfectly for our family. I
love how the lessons plans are already written out for me, and I can choose to
add to them or remove certain things as necessary.
Samuel – 4th Grade
Sonlight Core E: Bible, History, Geography, Science, and
Language Arts
Grammar Ace
Worldly Wise 3000: Vocab
Spelling Workout E (He’s an excellent speller so we won’t be
focusing on this subject too much.)
Handwriting Without Tears Cursive Success (my opinion…best
handwriting program EVER)
Teaching Textbooks 4: Math (really wish I would have chosen
TT5, he has started the TT4 lessons and finds them way too easy—he likes a
challenge)…I love Teaching Textbooks because the lessons are all on the
computer, and grading is done for me. So simple!
Sarah and Madelyn- Combined
Sonlight Core B/C: Bible, History, Geography
Sonlight Core A: Science (finishing up from last year and
then maybe we’ll do some unit studies)
Wordly Wise A: Vocab
Draw, Write, Now (adding this in just because it’s their
favorite)
First Language Lessons 2 (supplementing with this as
needed)
Sarah- 2nd
Sonlight Grade 2 Language Arts
Saxon 2 Math
Evan Moor Daily Paragraph Editing
Abeka Spelling 2
Handwriting Without Tears Cursive
Madelyn- 1st
Sonlight Grade 1/2 Language Arts
Spelling Workout B
Handwriting Without Tears
Horizons Math 1 (only using this because we have it from
last year, otherwise I’d use Saxon)
There you have it! We'll also be doing a co-op, gymnastics, lego club, and field trip groups. I'm looking into piano lessons, but have to wait and see how busy we are with what we're already signed up for.
Core E is so, so, so, so good. Clearly one of our favorites. lol You will love it.
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