File and Fun and an answer for Dawn

We have had quite a few months around here!  Our family has been sick with sinus infections, bronchitis, strep, and Pneumonia...


Now that we are mended...we are getting back on track.   We are currently working on the Middle Ages.  While we were sick we were able to watch...Worst Jobs In History-The Middle Ages and Ivanhoe from the A&E version.   Very informative!

Finding out that we only have 5 more weeks of school left has put me in a tizzy!  I wanted to be done with The Renaissance and into the Age of Exploration before the end of the year!  Swiss Family Robinson makes for a great summer unit study!


But to answer Dawn of By Sun and Candlelight...She asks:  "What's in Yer File Folder This Week?"

I have some worksheets for the twin girls...and a science ditto of the older kiddos.  I wish I would have taken pictures of Middle Ages Pages that I have...phooey!

At the end of our unit study we will be having a Feast with a movie made by children.  We were going to do Robin Hood...but my husband had a better idea!
Luke 14:16-24  The Parable of the Great Supper!
They will act it out in Medieval attire with Medieval recipes if we are able.  I wrote on my sticky note Acts I, II, and III.  Maybe it can be a three act play.  We shall see.

Here is the Bible my husband bought for me when he worked for Barnes & Noble long ago!  It has illustrations from The Vatican Library.  Very appropriate for our Middle Ages unit!

We usually use this Bible in the Church's Christmas Float every year.  The size of it makes it very visible to the spectators as our sweet Papa Jim reads it aloud.

It is enormous!  And heavy!
I will try to keep you updated on the progress of this wonderful Parable that Jesus shared.  So glad that He found me on the" streets and lanes", "the highways and hedges" and compelled me to come to the Great Supper! 

 Looking forward to finishing this week with some learning and gratitude to our Lord and Savior!

I love it that we can share homeschooling ideas, family love, friendships, and our Faith...

Weekly Reflection

Oh how we love fall.  Praise the Lord for Seasonal changes.  Even if it is Florida with all it's heat and humidity!  There are cooler mornings, sweet smells in the air, and wind blowing through the trees. It is going to rain soon.  The smell is in the air along with the dark clouds.  But it is lovely.

Not much really going on here.  Just a little BIG family home schooling and attending and serving at our local church body.  Loving one another and loving Jesus!

 Homeschool is going well.  With a few sick days that are finally over, are getting back to work!  Onto studying Ancient Greece!  Oh it is so fun to do this unit study!  I have been planning and searching for links and free lapbooks and notebooking pages.  I wish I could have been homeschooled!  So much room for the imagination to brim over and create...

 My "Blogger-Writer".  Always with a computer, a journal and pen, or scrap piece of paper ready to write. She actually interviewed my boss from 20 years ago at Publix!  That was funny!

 My sweet twin girls.  They are reading now!  No more spelling things to my husband in front of them!

 Some friends call him "Stompy"!  He was having a frustrating time with his math this day.  We got through it.  Doing okay now.  

 I still am trying figure this one out...puzzling.  I wonder if they are giving cart rides on a wagon?

 Here is our rose amongst the trees.  It is very sunny today.  As I write this post it is sunny and Rainy at the same time.  I tried to get a picture of it to share on here, but just managed to get myself and my camera wet.  Eeek!

 Playing calico critters...such fun, such imaginations, such a mess!  But they will pick it up, I am sure of it.

I love this math program that one of the twin boys is working on.  When we rearranged the living room, we connected the computer to our t.v.  It is interesting.  Now the boys and dad can play civilization and everyone can see!

2011 Not Back To School Blog Hop

So I am so excited about this new year!!  We are changing things up a bit.  I discovered these Teaching Textbooks last week and am just so excited to get to order them!  I asked the Lord to provide so we could purchase this excellent computer math program.  And He did!  Praise Jesus Lord of All!

And speaking of the Lord providing!  A dear friend who didn't know I was praying about curriculum and what to do this next year, brought me this unit study to look at and possibly borrow!  I am so glad she did!  Because it is going to cover a gap in history that I just found out we had for three of my children! God is so good!

We are hoping to continue our oldest in the 10th grade S.O.S.

I will be using Rod and Staff for my twin daughters.  They are going into 2nd grade.  And will join us during the unit study time with the twin boys and Bugnanny(big sis).

I have six children.  Grades 2, 6th, 8th, and 10th.  May the Lord Bless this school year at our home as well as yours!

Guess what?!

Guess What!!

Our netbooks will be here today! Hello Switched On Schoolhouse!

I guess we can start right away.

If anyone is interested in SOS for homeschool please check it out! A sweet lady who works for them wrote and told me how to put a link on here Yay! And Thank you so much!

Here's the link: www.aophomeschooling.com/switched-on

I am so excited for the older four to have this oppurtunity. I am sure they will feel very important with their little netbooks. We purchased them through Dell. I guess I should leave a link for Dell, but for now, I am just going to say Google it!

Yesterday the book I ordered came! It is called Story Starters by Karen Andreola.

It is really neat! The pictures are so great too! I also recently purchased the book For Instructions In Righteousness by Doorposts.

More to come soon! I am gearing up for a wonderful next part of our school year!

Homeschooling Updates

The honey bees.
My twin girls are lapbooking along with the Rod and Staff schooling. We are enjoying cutting and gluing. Well, I am enjoying cutting and gluing! These lapbooks are from Danielle's Place. Along with the lapbooking ideas at Lapbooking Lessons. Here is our school bulletin board. All set for 2010. This helps the younger ones to write 2010 instead of 2009.

My husband and I are considering switching the older four children to SOS Switched On Schoolhouse curriculum.

www.aophomeschooling.com/switched-on

We were recently blessed with 4th and 5th grade and hope to obtain 6th grade here shortly. My oldest child is currently using 7th grade SOS and is doing quite well.

This will allow me more one on one time with the twin girls for reading lessons and so on. They do recognize some words. But sounding out words are another story. So goodbye Konos Curriculum(sad). But I know this is going to benefit our homeschool more than struggling along. We will continue with Rod and Staff math and phonics. I think my husband wants to continue the R & S math for all the children. But we shall see.