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Week 2 is still easy, for we have not started Spelling or art. Bible We started memorizing Philippians 1:1-8 History We started learning about the states by region. The older two have no problems. I need to remember more games with Lil Sis next week. Science We learnt about the elements and water surface tension This are the Slo-mo videos of the experiments Big Bro studied General Science on his own. He did these experiments this week. Big Sis did a science page on what she learnt. Language and Math Besides Rod & Staff, and Math, Big Bro started on writing. We are using Institute in Excellence for Writing this year. Big Bro had a LOT of fun listening to Andrew Pudewa. In fact, the other girls joined in because he was so amusing. =) We also started Mandarin Chinese this week. Lil Sis is finally writing words! Read A-louds We started Farmer Boy this week. Extras I attended a conference this week and we visited Connecticut...

I love week 1's. In the beginning, I learnt from the MFW schedule to make it light. It has made a huge difference to us easing into the new school year. Bible We did an ABC study of Philippians (author, Background, Context) and dove into memorizing 1:1-4. In the end I gave up doing "a Young Person's Guide to Knowing God" because I feel that studying and memorizing Philippians is enough. I let them do their own notations of the verses, something we learnt from this video . History We did a states Pre-test, in which the older two aced it, and Lil Sis needs work, which I was not surprised. We also learnt the northeast and south states. Science We learnt about atoms and how molecules changes. We watched this video that teaches about meringues, and we made some yummy meringue. Big Bro studied General Science on his own. He did these experiments this week. Density How molecules move (comparing cold and hot water) Bi...

We begin a new year today! I love to decorate the home a little to make the day special. Thank you, Dollar Tree, for the frugal decor. This year our school room changed. During the summer, we made some changes to storage to our dining and living room. Now this is our school room. MUCH less cluttered. We have essential supplies here. That includes the Math/English/Chinese that the kids will need everyday for their own work. This, is our favorite part of our living room now. The other books are stored here. Big Bro has his own caddy, because he is doing his own Math, Science, and Writing (Institute for Writing in Excellence). We have art supplies and Kindergarten manipulatives here. This morning, I am profoundly grateful for the fact I get to homeschool our kids and I get to spend so much more time with them. I do not think it's because I'm better than other moms or more committed. I think it is a gift from God and I treasure it a lot.  We beg...

This is our 8th year using the My Father's World curriculum and I still love it. We will have a 3rd grader, 5th grader, and a 7th grader using the 1850 to Modern Times materials. HISTORY We will continue from last year's study. This year, we will learn about the happenings in the world and the U.S from 1850 to now. We will also continue the state study and the president study. These are the examples of state sheets and president sheets I made for the kids. We will listen to Story of the World (The kids and I have enjoyed Jim Weiss' reading for the past books, so we will continue this year). We will also do activities and worksheets from the Activity Book. Lil Sis will do some worksheets from this book instead of the activities from the Story of the World. These are the read-alouds we will be doing.  (for the older two) (for Lil Sis) GEOGRAPHY We will learn the location of states and capitals. I have a feeling the S...

Bible We will finish the memorization of James even though school is "done". I hope to do reviews in the summer. History These last weeks we do research on New York State Study. We used the State Study Book and learnt about research, bibliography, paraphrasing, and quotations. Then the kids did their research online as well as from some books from the library. Big Sis' State Report Big Bro's State Report We read Bound for Oregon. This is a good read-aloud book. Big Sis continued reading her books of the "Little House Series". She found this book in the library which she thought was really interesting. Language The kids continued to do Rod and Staff English (and will continue to finish up in the summer). The older ones did not do spelling for these last weeks but Lil Sis continued with Spelling by Sight and Structure. Science No Science Art We did not do art. Book Basket Books we read for le...