Week 23- New Year, New School Plan

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Our new school plan is in place, and seemed to work really well this first week.  Here is what our school week looks like now.

Lillian's new curriculum

Monday through Thursday each child is on their own schedule, doing their own individual work.  Logan and Savannah are on the computer doing school with the Easy Peasy All in One Homeschool program for their grades. I am available to them whenever they need help with anything.  I teach Lillian each of her subjects and then she works on her work, with me also available to her if she needs anything.

Friday will be used for group art, Drive Thru History dvd lessons, King of Glory dvd lessons, board game school, group biology, or other fun activities.

I'm going to try and keep a more detailed account of what each child does each week.  Here is what they accomplished this week.


Logan:
literature: created a power point presentation on Wordsworth, vocabulary words, reading of Tom Sawyer, book report on a book of his choice
foundations: learned about human behavior, alertness, and learning to know your surroundings
music: log drums, sounds in nature, how to whistle
history: Greeks, Athens, Sparta, Peloponnesian War
Bible: Abraham to Isaac
thinking: reasoning puzzles
health: the dangers of e-cigs
math: algebra test, and how to make a proposal




Savannah:
biology: muscular system, skeletal system, skin
computer: online safety skills
pre-algebra: fractions
literature: poetry study, book report on a book of her choice
Bible: the book of Matthew
history: Ancient Egypt
health: how sugar affects the immune system
art: make papyrus



Lillian:
science: circulatory system, respitory system
art: lines, blueprints, lines of movement, storytelling with lines
math: addition and subtraction facts, counting money
literature: vocabulary words, book report on a book of her choice, writing, adjectives and nouns
geography: leaned about the continents

Read Aloud: 

We finished "The Westing Game" over break, it ended well and we all enjoyed it. We started a non-fiction book for our first read aloud of the new year. We are reading "Peter Stuyvesant, the Boy in Wooden Shoes." So far, everyone loves it. Dad picked this one out for us, so it's a win.

Friday School:

We watched an episode of Drive Thru History, Lost in Rome.

We watched an episode of King of Glory, introduction and days of creation.


We played snakes and ladders and learned the history of the game, it originated from Ancient India, who knew!




For art we did cave drawings and sketching our favorite Sonic the Hedgehog character.





The kids and I did not leave the house but once this week, to get groceries and animal feed.  It has been so very nice!!

We did have a meeting with Logan's case worker this week.  The rest of the time has just been spent on chores that needed catching up on, getting over some illness, and preparing for the bad weather we had last night!


I did find these art books to add to our collection of project ideas this week.  Two of them I got free from the library and the other one I got for $4 on thrift books!


Dad and Papa got our driveway entrance finished this week.  It looks really nice.




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