It seems fitting for the first entry in this blog to be focused on what our typical day is like. So, here is what we did today:
6:30 a.m.: We ate breakfast and watched Nova.
7:30 a.m.: The children wrote one page in their writing journal.
8:00 a.m.: Antoinette did lesson 116 in Saxon Algebra 1. She should be beginning Algebra 2 this coming Monday. Grant did lesson 15 in Saxon 7/8. Raven did lesson 33 in Saxon 6/7.
9:00 a.m.: Antoinette worked in her honors biology. She should be beginning chemistry in about a month. Grant worked in his science at http://www.jason.org. Raven is learning about the human body in science. So today we began learning about the human heart. When she is done with learning about the human body, I plan on us dissecting a fetal pig as a family.
10:00 a.m.: All of the children finished the rough draft for their current writing assignment. Monday, I had them each draw a face. Then they exchanged their pictures and wrote a story about someone else’s picture. Today they exchanged their rough drafts with each other and corrected their sibling’s errors. Tomorrow they will make corrections to their story. Friday their story is due typed.
11:00 a.m.: Grant worked on his civics. His Civics lesson today was about civil duties and respecting the rights of others. Raven played Carmen Sandiego. Antoinette worked in Kaplan SAT.
12:00 p.ml: Lunch
12:45 p.m.: Antoinette read three chapters in Farewell to Arms. Raven read a book of her choice and worked in her writing workbook. Grant and I read two chapters in Huckleberry Finn together.
1:30 p.m.: Antoinette took a practice SAT test. Raven worked in her English grammar workbook and played her spelling bee computer game. Grant did a grammar exercise in correct comma usage and played the computer spelling bee game.
2:00 p.m.: Grant finished up a letter to his pen pal Meg in Australia. Raven finished up a letter to her pen pal Mayali in China.
Today, Antoinette was finished with school at 2:00 p.m. and the others were finished around 3:00p.m., but usually all of the children are finished by 2:00 p.m.
Here are some of the resources that I am currently using with each of my children:
Raven (age 10):
Figuratively Speaking by The Learning Works- This workbook covers figurative language, poetic language, and literary techniques. So far in the book she has done the sections on hyperbole, alliteration, metaphor, and simile.
Spectrum 5th grade Language Arts- She will be finished with this in approximately a week.
Spectrum 5th grade Reading- she will be finished with this in approximately a week.
Saxon Math 6/7- Raven is advanced in math. So, if you were to go by her age, she would be in 4th grade, but she is doing 6th grade Math.
Elementary advantage by Encore- In this computer program she is currently using the typing, Science, and the Social Studies. For Social studies the program has Carmen Sandiego.
Rosetta Stone Spanish 1-We did not do Spanish today, but usually we spend about an hour on Spanish.
Jump Start 5th grade and Jump Start 6th grade- She plays on these when she is done with all of her other school work.
Grant (age 13)
Middle School Advantage by Encore- He just finished all of the American History lessons, Grammar lessons, reading lessons, and currently only uses the computer program for extra help with math.
Saxon Math 7/8: Grant struggles a bit with math due to dyslexia.
Prentice Hall Literature- We have done several lessons in this book. The book is a bit older, but has some great literature examples, writing assignments, vocabulary lessons, and grammar lessons.
Writers Choice by Glencoe- I mostly use to teachers addition to come up with writing ideas.
Rosetta Stone Spanish- We typically spend an hour working on Spanish.
Civics by Glencoe- He does the assignments in here, but I also create my own special projects to go along with it.
Antoinette (age 16)
Honors biology by k12- This is a free curriculum. Antoinette enjoys it and is about done with it and will be beginning Chemistry soon.
Kaplan SAT- This is a bit pricey, but I found it to be one of the best college prep curriculums.
Saxon Algebra 1- She is about done with this and will be beginning Algebra 2 soon.
Rosetta Stone Spanish 1- She typically spends an hour each day working in this.
I did not like any of the curriculums available for high school literature, so we have created our own. I will share this with you at another time. Antoinette has completed all of her History, government, and economics courses. Currently she is preparing for all of her college entrance exams.
These are only some of the resources that I use to teach my children. In the future, throughout this blog, I will share those resources with you.
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