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 For school year 2021 - 2022 we will have a 4th grader, 7th grader, 9th grader, and 11th grader. And we will have a three year old tagging along on the side. 4th Grade and 7th Grade History We will be following Exploration to 1850 materials. The spine this year will be: Story of the World vol 3 Exploring American History And Building a City on the Hill Some other books for read-a-loud or materials will be However, we will not follow the state report, James study, art, and music. Bible We will attempt to follow bible study from Bible Study Fellowship I don't know how it will work but I think it might be helpful. Science We will do Botany and Zoology, using the materials suggested, possibly with two other new homeschoolers as a mini co-op. =) Lil Sis will also do some other science as part of her 7th grade science. However, instead of General Science, or Science in the Atomic Age (Wile), she will listen in to Botany/Zoology (without doing the assignments/projects), while adding Earth...

  We are DONE!!!!!! Well, the next two weeks the girls are going to do English, Math, and perhaps read. Big Sis will finish up her Algebra I and Biology. So proud of all the work the girls have done this year. And I'm very pleased with how we used lapbooks this year as well. I think it really helps with keeping memories and retention. We finished the last big of mapwork this week and compiled our lapbooks. On the side note, our library reopened for to-go service and we are so so excited. Time to get REAL books!

 This is how we did SAT prep for the firstborn. He went through the whole book. But the information was really hard to stick! So he did the first practice test. Then we are going through the test together a few questions at a time. Next he will be using Khan Academy t o practice. He will do the diagnostic tests (there are 8) on the site and do 15 mins practice everyday. That will be about 10 questions. Maybe the next half year he will increase to 20-30 mins? He will review the strategies from the Princeton book regularly. Every two months he will do a full length practice test and go through the questions. He has a year and hopefully this will give him enough practice. 

 Week 33???? Wow! For history, we are learning about the North American Indigenous people. We went by regions. and did this lapbook component. So sad my printing came out bad. We finished up out Astronomy Lapbook! So proud of their work! We are going on a vacation next week and we'll come back to finish up the last week of official school, then they will do more English and Math (and Biology for Big Sis) for two more weeks before summer! Woo-hoo!! On a side note. This is so important. Mom's time with God. To take in nourishment. To rest. To talk to God. To listen. I am thankful for times of communing with my Savior.