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I finally got my order in and ordered the resources needed. I am SO stoked! I have not been this enthusiastic about school in a while! Admittedly I was trying to do too much and none of us were enjoying the stress HA. The first 2 terms were bliss as we stuck to our plans, then term 3 became an ugly mess of fill in the learning outcome holes and cram. Let it go, right!?
I am thrilled to be trying the new Keep it Simple plan. Middle Ages, Enrichment Vol1, and the Individual 4 for my son, mimicking that plan layout for my older daughter but using her level appropriate resources. I think it is going to be a very good year. Just wanted to share my happy.
What are you looking forward to this year?
I’m excited about this year as well! We’ll also be studying Middle Ages.
This year I’m going to try a more traditional CM schedule. I studied the P.U.S. charts and used the matrix from the Sabbath Mood blog to come up with something similar. I think having set time limits for each subject will be helpful to my DC as well. I tend to go over these limits and we struggle to get through everything.
I’m also adding in some new subjects that I came across on the charts. Practical Geometry, Paper Sloyd, Drill, and Spanish Songs are some of our new subjects. We have the Family Time Fitness program, but I could never fit it into our schedule. It’s now our “Drill” curriculum and should provide a nice mid-morning break. I’m also determined that this will be the year we finally get around to Shakespeare.
I’m going to have 3 of my DC go through Print to Cursive Proverbs, so hopefully their copywork will be in cursive before the year is over. My oldest really just needs to learn the capital letters, so she’ll only do some of the book. She also needs some practice transposing typed writing into cursive. I think the timed lessons will be helpful here and they can go through the book at their own pace.
The new lesson plans look very helpful. If I hadn’t already planned out our year, I’d be tempted to give them a try. Using Language Well looks really great too. I already purchased ELTL so I don’t think we’ll be adding ULW, but I am planning on using Spelling Wisdom in place of ELTL’s dictation lessons.
That blog is awesome! Thank you for the link! Going to spend some time there.
We used an American Ballet exercise DVD (Sarah Jessica Parker on the front) one year for drill…. those ballerinas are true athletes. I ACHED for a few weeks, the children slept WELL at night, ha! It’s been a couple years, may have to dig that baby out again. It is nice to get some kind of drill in though!
I am excited to add Shakespeare this year too! I hope they like it. We are all looking forward to Pilgrim’s Progress.
I am hoping this is a good transition for my Kg-er to officially come into the mix too. He is keen to “do” school and transitioning into more family topics will help.
Looking forward to hearing how your year unfolds Holly!
Sounds great you two!
I think what I’m most excited about for this year is seeing how my children grow to love literature more. My oldest has been there for a while (she’s 14) but the 10 year old boy and 9 year old girl have been pretty narrow in their reading material of choice. We’re pushing those boundaries by trying a variety of genres in their assigned literature lists this year. So far they have each just finished a biography and loved it. Yay! The younger 5 boys and I will be reading together of course, and the 7 year old reads anything and everything he can get his hands on, so the 10 and 9 year old were really the ones I am excited to see going through the year.
Tristan,
that is exciting to see! I think it is one of the rewards of CM method, the relationships formed with very good books. I love when my children find interest in something special. My son studied the pilgrims and really formed a connection to their perseverance and faith. Which is interesting in a way because we are Canadian, but even at his age of 10, he sees the heritage laid out. Homeschooling is very bountiful.
Tristan, that’s something we need to work on as well! I think you posted earlier about your DC liking fantasy books and that’s what mine seem to be most interested in as well. I have a difficult time getting them to read any sort of historical fiction (which seems to be the basis for most homeschooling programs! ).
I may set up a free reading list for each of them like AO does.
Holly – yes, mine like fantasy and would pick that up over most anything. I simply told them that this year their assigned literature list (which they read 1 chapter from per day) would be a variety of genres to try. I kept short lists so they’ll have to get to the non-fantasy books. 🙂
So, for Joseph and Emma these are the first lists of 5:
Joseph, age 10:
- The Hardy Boys 1st book The Tower Treasure – mystery
- Who Was George Lucas? – biography
- Old Yeller – fiction
- The Blue Fairy Book – audiobook, fairy tales
- The Sword in the Tree – historical fiction
Emma, age 9:
- Nancy Drew 1st book The Secret of the Old Clock – mystery
- Who Was J.K. Rowling? – biography
- Old Yeller – fiction
- The Blue Fairy Book – audiobook, fairy tales
- The Door in the Wall – historical fiction
After they have finished those five they will get a new list of 5.
In their free time they can read any genre they wish. So they still will get in plenty of what they enjoy, but they’ll be nudged into new genres during school.
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