I Can't See, But... I Can Imagine Contest

Another wonderful contest has came our way, but it ends tomorrow (10-1-07) so hurry and enter! There are 2 wonderful items available to win: I Can't See, But... I Can Imagine and Song's from Grandmother's House.

For details about the the book with cd, click here: I Can't See, But... I Can Imagine

For more details about the cd, click here: Songs from Grandmother's House

If you would like a chance to win this wonderful book: I Can't See, But... I can Imagine or the Cd: Grandmother's House, you will need to leave a comment with your blog, website, or email address here: I Can't See, But...I Can Imagine Contest .

Wonderful Interactive Educational Website

While doing a little research I stumbled across this wonderful interactive website. It has loads of information from Ancient Egypt, to the Aztecs, Castles, to Nursery Rhymes, and so much more! I just had to share it with you all.

It is called: Website of Snaith Primary School

Have fun exploring!

Time Travelers Colonial Life: Day 13

For Day 13 we did Lesson 22: Plantations & Slavery in Colonies and Lesson 24: Putting the Lapbook Together

Today we learned about different types of plantations colonist had: rice, cotton, tobacco, sugar, & indigo as well as the different types of slavery.

We talked about bond servants, indentured servants, and redemptioners. All of whom worked for an appointed amount of time for someone and then often given a piece of land for their own once the debt has been paid. But sometimes, they were forced into slavery. We also learned a little about a slaves life.

There were different types of houses on a plantation. The Manor House (the plantation owners home) and slave quarters a.k.a.: slave row. Some slaves worked in the main house and some worked in the fields. Those that worked in the masters house often lived in the home and were kept separate from the field slaves.

We learned about John Newton, how he was a slave trader with a heart with out God to a Servant of God that stood against the slave trade. We also sang Amazing Grace, which is one of many songs he wrote.

We made a lapbook fold on the different types of crops that were grown on a plantation.

Today was a WONDERFUL day because we put all the lapbooks we have worked on over this study into their file folders. Our lapbooks are now complete! This is our last "official" get together. I will miss this mini co-op gathering, but I am happy that I have created some wonderful new friends! And we are now doing zoology with these wonderful people and a couple other wonderful families! This was just the beginning of a new journey in our life.

Our last event will be our Colonial Spree, which we will be having in October, due to all our busy schedules. Once we have our spree (dinner) I will post about it on our blog!

Time Travelers Colonial Life: Day 12

For Day 12 we did Lesson 19: Holidays in the Colonies and Lesson 21: Crime & Punishment

Today we learned about different ways the colonist celebrated Thanksgivings Day, Christmas Day, Easter, and Valentine's Day. We also learned about the origins of each holiday. We made a Pomander, which was either used as a Christmas decoration or given as a gift. It smelled wonderfully! (hint: if you are making this with a large group, make sure to check out restaurant supply stores for large containers of cloves)

We also learned how the colonists dealt with crime and the punishments for different types of crimes. England was shipping off their criminals to America, therefore the colonies were dealing with an ever growing crime rate.

For lesser crimes, public humiliation was the common punishment. This could be anything from having to wear a sign around your neck, to being placed in the stocks (btw, this is a neat interactive site for a medieval castle for grades 1-3), to wearing a brank: a gossip bridle.

There were many serve punishments as well from branding, to having a limb removed, and more... You can do research on the topic and find about some other types of punishment if you choose.

We then created a picture of tarring and feathering and learned that this method of punishment was for those that supported England, aka "traitors".

And we even played a game of "Artisan Charades". Even the adults played along!

Time Travelers Colonial Life: Day 11

For Day 11 we did Lesson 17: Colonial Artisans Part 1 and Lesson 18: Colonial Artisans Part 2

Wow, so much accomplished for this day! I am amazed all the different trades that were within a community.

We learned about Apprentices, who are folks that learned from someone that was already skilled in a trade. Different types of trades we learned about where: Carpenters, Blacksmiths, Whitesmiths, Gunsmiths, and Glassblower to name a few.

Our activity for this day was to make our own tin candle holders. We filled out containers up with water and froze them. Once frozen we used the provided patterns and punched holes in the tins using a nail and hammer. The kids had a BLAST doing this and some did more than 1 of them.

We also copied "The Village Blacksmith" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and read this poem out loud. What an amazing poem.

We also created a file folder game titled "A Trip To Town". The the instructions to make and play this game is included in the study cd: Colonial Life. It was fun game and turned out beautifully.

Time Travelers Colonial Life: Day 10

For Day 10 we completed Lesson 16: Health and Medicine

We talked about how in years gone by that not all doctors were taught in universities and had a doctor certificate in education. That some of them learned from someone else in the community. A lot of people died back then from disease, child birth, etc. that we now have cures for and better educated people (Doctors, etc.) to help treat a medical problem, not the symptom.

They used many strange treatments from bloodletting: draining the blood out of someone trying to get the "bad" blood out of the patience system, to using leeches, or blistering: putting a hot poker on the skin and all the poisonous fluid will be drawn into the blister where the hot poker was placed, and lots of other interesting "cures" that I am happy they don't use today.

We also talked about the different type of plants and herbs that Apothecary shop would have to help fight against what ever would be ailing someone. The Apothecary acted as a pharmacies, doctor, & dentist.

Weekly Report: Week 2

This week was short and sweet as we went on a family vacation from Wednesday - Saturday. We didn't go far, just to Everett and then spent the time doing all sorts of family activities in Seattle. What a beautiful city it is!

Monday:

Everyone did school except for Timmy. He was happy I let him off for the day.

Jessica attended her last Online Narrative Writing class until Oct. Her next online writing class will be Elementary Report Writing. She really enjoys Home2Teach and I plan on using for as long as we are able to.

Nothing too exciting happened this day, just a normal school day...

Tuesday:

We didn't get a lot done today, as I was getting ready to leave on vacation the following day. And I was busy getting all my co-op class items pulled together for the facilitators that were teaching for me while we were away playing. Thank you Charlyn and Pam for taking over my class for me.

Jessica did get to attend 2 online Latin Classes and thoroughly enjoyed both of them.

Wednesday:

Today we headed off for our family vacation. Like I mentioned earlier, we didn't head far, but had a wonderful time!

Greg has always wanted to go to Old Country Buffet. So this is the place we went for dinner. All we have to say is it was our 1st and last Old Country Buffet experience.

Thursday:

The kids started out the morning by spending some time in the hotel pool and hot tub. Poor Timmy, since he was in a cast he didn't get to swim. But we did allow him to go in the pool and tub, but his arm had to stay on a towel a the edge of both places. I am surprised he even wanted to do that. But I guess being in the water a little is better than not going in at all...

Then we headed out for an adventure at Pike Place Market. We spent several hours here just browsing all the shops. We even got the chance to see them throw fish around at the Pike Place Fish Market. We picked up some goodies while walking around; a few "must have" items at a bakery, smoked salmon at the fish market, big jaw breakers of the kids, some maple smoked jerky, a few other items, and a Polish Pottery Piggy Bank for ME!

After Pike Place Market, we went to the Seattle Aquarium for a quick tour. We haven't been there since they remolded the place and it looked wonderful! I loved the full wall aquarium that you see at the beginning of the tour.

For dinner, we went to Izzy's Pizza for their buffet. It was pretty yummy!

Friday:

Today we headed off to the Pacific Science Center. When we first arrived there, we went to see the Imax show "Dinosaurs Alive 3-D". It was a great show. I jumped 3 times and the kids jumped at times too.

After the show, we toured the Butterfly House, and walked around main exhibit area. We even did a simulation of a roller coaster ride that was amazing. Now this is my type of roller coaster ride. No risk involved with my life! We watched some bubble demonstrations and had a wonderful learning experience.

By now, our tummy's were very hungry! So we heading off to the Food Court at the Seattle Center, which was right next door. Jessica said she knew where we had to eat at. It is a place she has gone with another family a few times and loved it. It is Quincy's Burgers! And boy was it GOOOOOD!

Afterwards went went to see the special exhibit: Colossal Fossils . The kids loved digging for dinosaur bones and watching the special movies they had on display.

(no pictures yet as DH is fixing his computer and that is where the pictures are stored)

After we were done with the exhibit, we went for a monorail ride to Westlake Center, a large mall. When we arrived to Westlake, we heading to Godiva Chocolatier and everyone got to pick out one piece of chocolate. Of course that didn't apply to us grown-ups. Then we got on the monorail and headed back to the Seattle Center, then got in the car and heading back to the hotel.

Passing out chocolates:



What a fun filled day!

Saturday:

Today we just spent the morning milling around the hotel, letting the kids swim and taking our time until check out time. Once we left the hotel, we went to Mukilteo Lighthouse. What a pretty place. This isn't a large lighthouse, it was used more to tell the ships to turn here to continue passage through the straits.

(scroll over pictures to read captions)

Then we heading off to Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium. This is one of our favorite places to go. They have been remodeling the zoo the past few years and it is getting better and better with each visit we make to the zoo. While there, we were able to watch them feed the walrus's, clean ET's (the male walrus) teeth, have them do a few tricks, etc.

(no picture yet as DH is fixing his computer and that is where the picture are stored)

After our stop at the zoo, we went to for dinner at Famous Daves BBQ! OH IT WAS SO GOOD! We have been to the one in Montanna last summer on our way to Yellowstone and just loved it. We told them them must get one out our way. Well unknow to us, they had one in Tacoma for about a year and a half. We are all very happy that this resturant is in our area!

And that concludes our Weekly Report: Week 2

Timmy's, a.k.a. Broken Bones, Update

Timmy is doing just fine now. He got his cast on last Tuesday (9-18-07) and of course he picked out orange for the cast color. The staff thought he chose that color for Halloween, but nope... his favorite color is orange.

He will have his cast removed in 2 more weeks. Yes, that is quick. Kids heal a lot quicker then us adults. Please continue to pray for our little guy!

Enjoy the the pictures:

HOAC Quarterly Freebie: Art Appreication

All I can say is WOW! In The Hands of a Child (HOAC) have out done themselves again! Click on this image and look for the "Freebie" button on the left hand side of the page and click on the button:



This project pack: Art Appreciation Grades 4 & Up is amazing! It covers 10 different artists and other art topics as well. Anyone can go to the Freebie section and download this wonderful e-book. It will only be available for 3 months, so hurry and download it while it is free.

And if you're a Super Member, remember to download the current freebie that comes out around the 15th of each month. Right now they have Beavers for Grades 3-8 and Busy as a Beaver for Early Childhood (pre-school until approx 5-6 years old). Both are wonderful too! They also have Mozart for Grades 4 & up, and I "think" this will be the last month for this Project Pack.

It is worth it to become a Super Member, as you get a free new Project Pack each month which haven't been released to the public yet. And you get all sorts of other bonus's too. Click here for more information: HOAC Super Member.

FREE Project Pack by In The Hands of a Child: The Pilgrims

This is a WONDERFUL lapbook that we did last November 2006: The Pilgrims. I couldn't recommend it highly enough and "FREE" is definitely a plus! We added a few of our own folds and a couple I liked from KBC.

I have done several In The Hands of a Child Project Packs and LOVE THEM ALL! I haven't been disappointed yet! They are wonderfully put together with loads of information included in the research part of the Project Pack.

Click here for the coupon code: The Pilgrims Project Pack by In The Hands of a Child which expires October 31, 2007.

Or check out the site it came from: Living on a Dime. Scroll down a bit until you see Pilgrim Project Pack.

Detail on how to use the code: Put the coupon code in the coupon code area and hit "Update.", and the "pay" section should read $0. Complete the order process choosing "Money Order" and then check your membership order section to see if it has been approved. It will state on the web page when the lapbook will be available for download. They are normally pretty quick about approving the orders.

Have fun doing this WONDERFUL Project Pack!

Weekly Report: Week 1

Monday Sept. 10 was our first day of school for this year. I had their schedules completed the night before, all materials gathered and ready to use, and the kids were put to bed early Sunday evening.

But before we even started the week, the forces of summer/life were still at hand around here. I am amazed AND excited to say, we accomplished all our assignments/goals for the week!

Monday was a WONDERFUL 1st day of school. Each of the kids had their own assignment chart and enjoyed marking off what they accomplished. I also required the kids to read alone for 30 min. each school day. They loved this. My son Timmy, who was slow at learning to read, choose Series of Unfortunate Events Book 1. I was worried, thinking it would be too much for him, but he really wanted to read it and is enjoying the book. When Dad came home in the evening, my son told him that today was a great school day and much more organized than it has been in the past... UGH... Thanks son... But to be honest, it was an organized day. *Ü*

Grandma is picked up the kids on Tuesday morning and took them to her house for a day at the lake. It was a hot day here in WA. The kids loved spending the day with Grandpa and Grandma! Amazingly, the kids had most of their school work completed by the time Grandma arrived at 10am. Who kidnapped my kids in the middle of the night and replaced them with ones that are EXCITED about school!?!?!?

Wednesday was Jessica's 12th B-day. Nana invited us to a breakfast celebration to honor Jessica's big day. Where did Jessica choose to dine... Family Pancake House of course. To her surprise, they brought her out a pancake face with whip cream, chocolate chips, strawberries, & bananas. She had a few bites and I told her not to worry about eating any more, since she ordered french toast for breakfast. Poor girls couldn't eat all her food... But she was happy.

Thursday was our 1st day back at co-op. And we also had an afternoon co-op for Zoology 1 that started the same day. Click here 1st Co-Op Day, to read more about that day. Yes, Thursdays are going to busy days around here.

And Friday, a wonderful homeschooler from our area came to my house to give me a lesson in Edu-track! I am soooo excited and pleased that someone is willing to lend me a hand. Our homeschool community is wonderful!

But... On this day, my son broke his elbow playing in the woods by our house. He fell off a log that they were using at a teeter-tottor and has a radial head fracture of his left elbow that goes through is growing plate as well. We were told he would have surgery, but he ended up not needing it as he is one of the 20% with this kind of injury that won't need surgery. He isn't out of the woods yet, so please keep him in your prayers; that he will heal properly, sleep through the night, and his pain will be minimal.

Again, I was surprised we accomplished all I was hoping we would for the week, especially with all the obstacles that came our way. God is so good!

Here are some highlights from each child:

Jessica: She is soooo excited to begin Latin and LOVED her Latin class at co-op. She LOVES her Lightning Lit 7 curriculum. And I must say I do too! So far, with all of 1 week, I love this curriculum! She read "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" and enjoyed doing the worksheets. For writing, she wrote a biography about her dad. She did a wonderful job.

When asked what was your favorite activity for the week, her reply, "I really enjoyed Latin."

Timmy: We are waiting for TT5 to come out so in the mean time he is doing Spectrum Math 4 for review. He is cruising along in it. I think I will jump him ahead, or will need to get book 5 for him. He really wants to do math on the computer like his sister, so I don't want to purchase a full curriculum, since I have my mind set on TT.

When asked what was your favorite activity for the week, his reply,

"The times I didn't have my arm broken."

Holly: I would have to say, she is having a hard time adjusting to her school work. I am trying to take it slower with her and easing her into the routine. She is enjoying GWG 3, but I think she would have liked the simplicity of LL3 more at this point. But it is only 1 week, so time will tell.

When asked what was your favorite activity for the week, her reply,

"Art class at co-op."

Jake: Oh my little boy. I can't believe I won't have a Kindergartner again... for the rest of my life... I feel like some doors are closing in my life as he get older each year. Isn't that how it is for us mommies. He is in 1st grade now. He is enjoying doing math in a book like his older siblings. He doesn't buck anything and has worked ahead in his copywork book.

When asked what was your favorite activity for the week, his reply,

"Zoology."

And there you have it, Week 1 Review

Nice Matters Award

"This award is for those blogger's who are nice people; good blog friends and those who inspire good feelings and inspiration. Also for those who are a positive influence on our blogging world. Once you've been awarded please pass it on to others who you feel are deserving of this award."

Thank you Lisa for thinking of me! I feel so.... SPECIAL!

I am glad you found out the scoop on how to pass this on & posted the details, because I would have been asking you all those same questions! That was a very "NICE" thing for you to do for others!

Now for me to pass it on to 3 wonderful bloggers....

The one person that jumps out at me immediately is Tami! She is always thoughtful, helpful, encouraging, sharing, inspiring, and so much more. I always enjoy seeing her posts on the WTM board and viewing her blog. She is so creative and always doing wonderful learning projects with her dd, or heading out on some kind of adventure with her family. Thank you, Tami for being you!

Another person that comes to mind is my dear friend Roberta! Though she doesn't blog much about her homeschooling side of life (still hoping she will....), I enjoy her blog and enjoy seeing the silly things her dh comes up with to post. They are both wonderful people.

And finally, a person that came to my aid when I just created this blog for the 1st time. I had no idea what I was doing... I was frustrated... confused... and a wee bit angry at my computer for a little while. So I posted a "HELP ME", post to the WTM board and this person contacted me... A total stranger to her... to help a fellow blogger in need. I couldn't thank her enough for all the emailing back and forth and the wonderful advice she gave me. Thank you for being so nice, Melkhi!

I wish I could pass it on to more people, as I think there are so many helpful & "NICE" bloggers out there!

Hands-On Teaching Tips! Newsletter

Amy Pak's current newsletter just came out. I always enjoy reading her newsletters as it is full of wonderful tips, idea’s, and freebies! She even has some Timeline helps included.

With-in this edition of her newsletter, her son Jaron wrote a wonderful article about Ancient Egypt. This is the first in a series of articles for “Great Empires Series”. It is wonderful!

Make sure to sign up for her newsletter so you can receive this wonderful newsletter in your email box! Sign up form is located towards the end of the newsletter.

Click here to be directed to her newsletter: Hands-On Teaching Tips! Newsletter

(permission was granted to share newsletter information on my blog)

Terrestria Chronicles Contest

Wow! These books look wonderful. It is a series my children would defiantly be interested in, so I just had to enter the contest. Click on the link below to find out more information about the contest.

Enter to win the complete set of Terrestria Chronicles on the HSB Company Porch!

And to find out more about the books, click on the picture above or visit Dunlop Ministries.

And click on the video below to get a feel for what the books are about:

First Day of Co-op 2007-2008

Well this week we had our first day of co-op. What a long day... Up by 7am, out of the house around 8:40am, and not home until a little after 5pm. Our first co-op starts at 9:30 and is over at 11:45am. The kids had a wonderful first day! Here are highlights from our 1st co-op day:

Jessica just LOVES her Latin class. She was reading her book: Latin in the Christian Trivium in the car on the way home and is excited to attend her online class in addition to her co-op class day.

Timmy and Jessica take a class together called "That's in the Bible." They both said it was great and they can't wait to get started reading scripture.

Timmy takes my 2nd period art class, so of course that was his best class of the day! *Ü* We are using Atelier Level 4. I will post his picture next week when it is completed. They are designing hot air balloons and mixing colors to use a wide variety of colors to paint their balloons.

Holly and Jake take my 1st period art class. We are using Atelier Level 3. We read a book, A Tree is Nice, and they drew trees (using chalk and liquid starch) showing the roots, ground, trunk, branches, and leaves. They turned out wonderful!






Direct quote from Jake regarding his picture: "The blue is for the water going to the roots".

Then they both take Build-A-Body Basic Anatomy class. They both had the outline of their bodies drawn on large paper. They also cut out a skull. Holly said that was gross! LOL My little girly girl. Jake said he had a great time. Of course he got to see his friends from last year so he was in heaven!

After this co-op, we headed to our friends house to have lunch and then do our 2nd co-op of the day: Apologia Zoology 1. Oh it was wonderful! We reviewed material the kids read during the week, we did both "Try This!", and did a little lapbooking. We built our gliders, but the kids will test them at home, record their findings, and report back at our next co-op day. By the time we were done, which was around 3:30 pm or so and after I had to run back to the 1st co-op building (I forgot my folder with my receipts, teaching notes, etc. there), we didn't get home until after 5pm. I also needed a little visiting time with adults, after my 1st co-op crazy day!











All in all, today was a WONDERFUL day and I can't wait for the rest of our year! We have made wonderful new friends, all the while cherishing the olds ones too, made changes in our homeschooling schedules/idea's that I think this is going to be one of my BEST years of homeschooling!

Time Travelers Colonial Life: Day 9

For Day 9, we completed Lesson 14: Villages & Cities

We learned about how villages differ from cities and what types of stores you would find in each area. The heart of either community is the General Store. Here people would gather for church (if there wasn't a church building), have school (if there wasn't a seperate schoolhouse), purchase needed items, was the main gathering place, post office, and so much more.

We also mapped the 13 original colonies. We were puzzled at first that there were 2 Massachusetts on the map, thinking this might be an error, but as we read more, that was the way it was back then.

We also created postcards from 4 different areas; Boston, New York, Williamsburg, & Philadelphia. The assignment was to write a post card to someone back home as if you were visiting the location during colonial times. Or to write a brief history of the location mentioned on the postcards. Here are a couple samples from my children:

Jessica:

(New York)

Dear Grandma Marie,

We walked to the market today. I got some beautiful fabric to make a new dress. Can't wait to see you again.

Love, Jessica

Holly:

(New York)

Dear Mom and Dad,

We went to the general store and bought eggs. We fried them up and ate them. They were good.

Love, Holly

Timmy:

(Williamsburg)

~The Governor's Palace~

Building began in 1706 and was complete in 1722. It too many years to build due to the mounting expense. It sits on 63 acres on the cities north side. It had 3 floors; 3,380 sq ft. each, a cellar with 11 wine bins, & an iron balcony at the center upper window. 9 governors lived in the original house (including Thomas Jefferson). The original house burnt to the ground in 1781 & was rebuilt in 1934.

We were also blessed with a wonderful Show and Tell. Another family went to see some colonial ships that were in our area, and they brought back with them a Tea Brick. When the Boston Tea Party happened, they didn't dump loose leaf tea into the harbor, they dumped Tea Bricks. This is 1 section of a larger brick. If my memory is correct, there are 8 blocks like this one that makes 1 larger block, that is stamped with the mark from the company that made the brick. The larger block can provide tea for a family in China for an entire year. That is a LOT of tea!

How do you use this brick you ask? Well you put it in the pot of hot water and let the tea turn to the desired color you wish it. Then remove the brick and set it aside until you desire more tea.

As you can imagine, all this compressed tea must have made the harbor very tea'ie.

Time Travelers Colonial Life: Day 8

For Day 8, we completed Lesson 13: Colonial Pleasures & Pastimes

We had so much fun this day! We played all sorts of colonial games. Some of the games we played where:

Nine Men's Morris
Cat's Cradle
Made a "Fortune Catcher"

We Created Silhouette's as well. To make the silhouettes, some kids designed their own pictures from black construction paper, cut them out and glued them on the red paper so the pencil side didn’t show. And some children used the graphics provided in the study. I added my silhouette of Jake. Both Jess and Greg said I didn’t do it free hand, but I did!

We also talked about Bees (a little more in-depth then in previous lessons), Spree's, & "BEAUS" a.k.a. courting.

One of the interesting things parents did in regards to courting was to use a candle (known as a courting candle), to determine the amount of time a boy could visit with their daughter. If they liked the boy, they would sit the candle high in the candle holder so the candle took longer to burn. If they didn't like the boy, they would place the candle as low as possible in the candle holder so the visiting time would be very short.

Another tidbit (learned separately from the curriculum), about the candle is the phrase, "burning the candle at both ends". Yes, it could mean many things, but in regards to courting, sometimes parents would light the candle at both ends making the candle burn as quickly as possible to shorten the amount of visiting time. Amazing!

Below are some picture of our review board game. If the kids answer a question correctly, they would receive a candy. If they choose a bonus card, they would receive 2 candies for answering the question correctly.

And someone brought us Lemon Puff's, a recipe from the Book of Goode Cookery! They were so yummy I could have eaten the whole plate by myself. They were light like a marshmellow, but yet crisp.

And with Amy's permission, here is the recipe:

Lemon Puffs

Take a pound and a quarter of double refined sugar beaten and sifted and grate the rids of 2 lemons, and mix well with the sugar, then beat the whites of two new-laid eggs very well, and mix them well with the sugar and lemon peel; beat them together an hour and a quarter, then make them up in what form you please; be quick to set them in a moderate oven do not take off the papers till cold.

(A Modern Translation) Thank goodness for this!

1/2 c. sugar

grated rinds of 2 lemons

2 egg whites

1 tsp. lemon juice

Preheat oven to 250 degrees. Beat egg whites with mixer in a separate bowl until it forms soft peaks. Beat in one-half (1/4 c) of the sugar and continue on high speed until it forms stiff, firm peaks. Briefly mix in the lemon joice. Fold in remaining sugar and lemon rind, being careful not to overwork the mixture. Place by the spoonful on parchment-covered cookie sheets, or place spoonfuls on oiled brown paper bag on a cookie sheet. Place in oven and cook for around 40 min. or until delicately golden. Allow to cool completely before removing.

Holly's 3rd Grade Curriculum 2007-2008

Here is the curriculum we will be using with Holly this school year:

• Top left shows our Art Curriculum, Atelier. This will be a course she will take at our co-op, which I just so happen to be teaching. *Ü*

• Top right is our Language curriculum, Growing With Grammar. I used this for the first time last year and feel in love with it. It is easy to implement, but still well grounded so the kids learn AND retain the information. Holly used First Language Lessons for grades 1 & 2. I think she will enjoy this curriculum too. I did get the chance to look at FLL level 3, and I created a thread about it. Click here to read it: First Language Lessons Level 3.

• Bottom left is our science, Apologia Zoology 1: Flying Creatures of the Fifth Day. I am really looking forward to using this this year. We will be participating in a co-op with 5 other families. The kids are really looking forward to doing this one, not only because of the topic, but because of where it will be held. LOL *Ü* Silly kids...

• Bottom Right is her math, A BEKA. It is a tried and true math program. This is one curriculum I have never switched from for the elementary years. But with saying that... I am switching Timmy into Teaching Textbooks for 5th grade. But I would do make that switch with any of the younger years. Just my personal preference.
  

• (L) For history, we (ok I) decided to deter from our original plan (MOH) and go with, Time Travelers Cd's from Homeschool in the Woods. To start with, we will use New World Explorers, then jump (since we did Colonial Life this summer) to American Revolution, and by then hopefully they will have something else out by then. If not, we will just do one of their Hands-On History Activity Paks.

• (R) And for copywork, we will be using History Scribes CopyBooks. They are loaded with all sorts of topics, from horses, to birds, pets, flowers, etc. Each book is enough for 1 month worth of copywork. We purchased their vacation combo and have 30+ book to choose from. The kids have already chosen their topics and are looking forward to starting.

Holly will also be taking a class at co-op titled: Build-A-Body Basic Anatomy. She will be learning all about her body & nutrition, do hands on experiments, and more. She will also do Home Economics with our family. For this we will be using, Home Economics for Home Schoolers from Pearables. She will also take a sewing class at a friends house. For reading, she will be using Pathway Readers and Hooked on Phonics, as well as other books she will choose to read on her own. We will also be doing a few lapbooks over the year as well. Holly really wants to do the Horses Lapbook from Hands of a Child. I would love to add in music, and may do that further into the year.

Now for the break down:

Math: A Beka

Language: Growing with Grammar & History Scribe Copybooks

History: Time Travelers Cd's

Reading: Hooked on Phonics and Pathway Readers

Science: Apologia Zoology 1 & Build-A-Body Basic Anatomy

Art: Atelier

Electives: Home Economics for Home Schoolers & Sewing Class