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...
So this year I am so excited about our school room change up!
Last year I had the older four in the Parlor at the round table doing S.O.S. curriculum on their netbooks.
But this year I get to do a full year unit study program with 5 out of 6 of my children. So I moved us to the kitchen. I am using our big square table that has a bench with storage and our cabinets that are hardly used for anything other than stashing large things.
I am glad that we get to use these cabinets. I sit in the chair in front of the new school cabinets, so they will come in so handy.
In this cabinet is my file crate system, pencil basket with index cards and white board spray, Books that we will be using for the next 30 days and a calendar. I am on my second year using Dawn's file crate system from http://dawnathome.typepad.com/by_sun_and_candlelight/file_crate_system/ I just love her organizational thoughts on this file crate system! I hope that you go and check it out. I will simply pull out the basket and get the folder that I need out for the coming week.
Sorry for the dark, blurry picture. But that is week 1's folder. I will simply put any printables or scheduled appointments, recipes, or ideas in that folder for that particular week.
This is the bottom cabinet. It has our glasses and patch for the kids that use them. Some math manipulatives, 3 ring binders, books we will use next year and our American Flag.
This is our top cabinet. It has colored envelopes, my journal, a lapbook project, spiralbound notebooks, and books that we will use later in the year.
So blurry! My apologies...my camera cord is missing and I am forced to use my daughter's kodak. But this is where my twin daughters will sit for school. I love our farm table! It has four drawers. So the twin boys across the table will have two drawers too.
This is a great organizational idea from a very crafty friend of mine! The kiddos just grab the flower pot of whatever medium they choose for their artwork and just put it back when they are finished. These are actually plastic "clay looking" flower pots. Very useful! I love finding a new way to use things around the house! Speaking of that, does anyone have an old wooden screen door they don't want anymore! I need it for my pantry door...
So here is our white board. I have the first days lessons ready. Can you tell what we are starting our unit study on? To the right of the board is our artwork clothes line. I will probably be adding a shelf above the lines and another line or two below the current ones.
My oldest child(tenth grader) will be in and out doing things with us. He will be continuing in the computer curriculum. But he will be helping me with some of the unit study this year. He loved the Egypt study he did when he was younger, so this is going to be fun for him.
