Showing posts with label My Put Together Curriculum. Show all posts
Showing posts with label My Put Together Curriculum. Show all posts

Friday, June 1, 2012

F is for First State ~

The other day Buck asked what the first state was.  Of course I knew the answer...  as I quickly Googled it - Delaware!  This reminded me of the geography study I've been wanting to do with the kids for a while using the Sleeping Bear Press series of Discover America State by State books!  I had wanted to buy these notebooking pages to go along with it, but never got around to it.  Then I came across these **FREE** Notebooking pages on Pinterest. 

So, I checked out F is for First State from the library and this morning after we were home from Mass we all gathered around the kitchen table and enjoyed it together.  As I read aloud they filled in info they heard like it's nickname is The Diamond State.  I printed off a state map and flag from Enchanted Learning and we glued them as seen below.

Then they colored in the flag to match.


Once they were finished we added the date to their time lines ~

and filed them in the back of their Book of Centuries.

Friday, October 21, 2011

1st Quarter Successes

It's that time again - the time I dread and afterwards am thankful for. 
This was a crazy first 9 weeks of the "school year," as most are.
We completed 5 weeks of schooling in July and August. On the Housecat's 15th Birthday, God gave us the gift of a new home.  The next weeks, basically the month of Sept., were spent packing, moving and unpacking, which in itself was a huge Home Ec. lesson. 

We are basically settled now and it's time for me to complete progress reports for the first qtr. of the year.  This can be a headache, especially for Buck (2nd grade) and Honeybee (1st).  There's no possible way to keep track of all that is learned.  My goal has been and continues to be to create a learning environment, our domestic church, where our children are surrounded by the beautiful and can hear God speaking to them. 

The Housecat and Snuggle Bug have become very good "independent learners."  They know what they need to accomplish from our beginning of the year, sit down, and are proficient in writing what they do down in their lesson planners.  Of course, I am available to answer questions and give direction when needed.  It is always a blessing for me to sit down with them and go through their completed work. 

Here are a few of the books they really enjoyed reading and studying this during this first quarter ~


Friday, July 15, 2011

10th Grade Plans for The House Cat

10th Grade???  Really???  You can't be serious!!!
Our baby girl is growing up!
OK ~ I got that out of my system -  now I can post our 10th grade plans.

Religion ~

History ~
note ~ I usually borrow as many books from the library as possible.
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Praying the Rosary keeps us close to Jesus