Back to School...

It's that time of the year again, everyone is posting their back to school curriculum. This year has flown by so fast! I can't believe that my youngest is 6 and my oldest is 21 and a senior in Bible College, crazy!  Life goes by so fast, if you blink you'll miss it. Trying not to blink to much, lol :)

So, here's an overview:

Jacob:
Bible Reading- ACE
History/Geography- SOS
Math- Teaching Textbooks
Real Science 4 Kids- Queen Homeschool
Language Arts- Queen Homeschool
Word Builder- ACE
My State Sutdy- Queen Homeschool
Pictures in Cursive- Queen Homeschool
Copywork- Queen Homeschool
ASL- See It and Sign It

Luke:
Bible Reading- ACE
History (A living History of Our World VL 1)-Queen Homeschool
Math-Teaching Textbooks
Science (nature journal)- Queen Homeschool
Language Arts- Queen Homeschool

Word Builder- ACE
Picture in Cursive- Queen Homeschool
Copywork- Queen Homeschool
ASL- See It and Sign It

Laura:
Bible
History-Various Living Books
Math- Math Mammoth
Nature journal/living books
Hooked on Phonics
Community Helpers- Color of Language
ASL- See It and Sign It

Grace:
Bible
Math- Math U See
Hooked on Phonics
Community Helpers- Color of Language
ASL- See It and Sign It

We learn ASL (American Sign Language) together as a family, this year I found this awesome curriculum at our local Homeschool Convention. I bought both volumes as we can use the first as a review and really dive into the second one. Because Grace is deaf this is obviously very important for us as a family to master, so I pass  what we finish along to extended family and friends.  The community helpers that the girls will be doing together is part of a curriculum written to teach deaf/hh children. I love this web sight (Color of Language), now that Grace is older I will be utilizing this sight much more than I have in the past. If any of you out there want to learn sign language in your homeschool this is an excellent web page to check out. It can work with hearing as well as non-hearing children (and us adults also. ) ;) 

Time to get to some packing, yes we plan on moving as soon as the Lord provides us with the house that He has for us to live in. We want/need to be closer to our church. Praying He moves us soon.

Happy Homeschool Planning,
Christine
Phil. 4:13

Tuesday, September 7, 2010 ~ 1st Day of School!!!  Only 169 days to go...LOL...
This is my favorite part of school, the first few weeks are full of excitement and expectation. School is so much more fun now than when spring comes around. This year I'm teaching 4th gr., 2nd gr., 1st gr., and K, no highschooler this year (1st time in 7 yrs. *sigh*).  My youngest is deaf (she has bilateral Cochlear Implants), so it's a challenge getting the right type of curriculumns for her, mostly I make up my own worksheets for her. She is so smart, she knows her sounds of the alphabet already. I was so surprised when I heard her doing them the other day, she taught them to herself using starfall.com, this is a great resource, I highly recommend this webpage for phonics.

I love that I can sit at my dining room table with my children and watch them learn. Whether it be learning to read, learning new math facts (or dealing with old ones, hehe), learning their colors, studying artwork, learning a new hymn and who wrote it, and most importantly, learning Bible truths! Truly this is what why we started homeschooling in the first place. So our children will learn how the Bible and it's truths pertain to EVERY part of life! I feel so blessed that God has allowed me do these things with our dear children.


For all my fellow homeschoolers, my prayer is that you have a GREAT year this year, and that your homeschool sees the many blessings of God!

God Bless,
Christine
Phil. 4:13