This will be my first time doing AmblesideOnline Year 1, although I’ve read many of the books to the older kids over the years. I’m looking forward to reading them again with Mr. L, who is eager to learn all he can about this big world. My days sometimes feel like a round of 100… Continue Reading
This will be short and sweet as Mr. E will be doing AmblesideOnline Year 5 pretty much as scheduled, but I am making a few adjustments which I will note below. They recently changed the schedule to stretch out The Complete Book of Marvels over Years 5 and 6, and dropped two of the Year… Continue Reading
We’re still on summer break, but here’s what I’m hoping to accomplish together this fall. Daily Bible & Catechism: We will continue to read through Comforting Hearts, Teaching Minds – we usually review a previous Lord’s Day section each day, along with the current one. Memory Work: Scripture: Isaiah 40: 21-31 (although I’d like to memorize… Continue Reading
While talking to my dad over Skype the other week, he mentioned that when he was growing up, 7th grade was considered the first grade of high school. I found that interesting considering Year 7 is the first House of Education year of the AmblesideOnline curriculum. I rather like the idea of six years of… Continue Reading
It seems like each new AmblesideOnline year takes longer to plan. Sometimes I just have to sit and stare at the AO pages I printed for my binder: marking them up, shuffling things around, thinking about what’s most important and what can be set aside. That’s going to be a bit different for each family,… Continue Reading
Like last year, our third term will be interspersed with vacation, VBS, and summer camp, and will probably last at least through July. And as usual, some of the books are continued from last term’s Morning Time. Daily Bible & Catechism: Still reading through Comforting Hearts, Teaching Minds Memory Work: Scripture: Psalm 138, a Psalm very… Continue Reading
We have just about finished up our second 12-week term of the school year, with a few things to catch up on over this break week. For some reason I get antsy to start planning the next school year around this time of year, even though it’s months off. I’ve already been looking over the… Continue Reading
I was going to post preschool/kindergarten plans today, but needed a bit more time, so instead I’ll share what Mr. E will be up to in the coming school year. 🙂 Bible: He will finish The Child’s Story Bible by Catherine Vos, then start reading his ESV Bible through from the beginning. History and Geography: He’ll do the AmblesideOnline… Continue Reading
As I did for 9th grade, I have taken the AmblesideOnline Year 6 plans as a starting point and made changes as I saw fit. Mr. D is an “old” 6th grader – he turns 12 in October – but I don’t want to push him into a higher grade even though he might technically… Continue Reading
We may have just finished the 2015-2016 “school year”, but I’ve been getting ready for the 2016-2017 one. I needed to decide what we were doing for the required homeschool notifications due next week anyway, so I’m glad I was in the planning mood. 😉 I’ll be sharing our plans over the next few Mondays… Continue Reading