How Great is the LORD!!!

My sweet Savior has blessed me with another year of home schooling! I really thought this was the end because my husband no longer supports it. BUT THE LORD is faithful for HIS will to be set forth!

We have been rather relaxed the past few years and I have been lazy with teaching. This year we are going to try Rod & Staff for most of our curricula. I have prayed about it and decided against My Father's World and feel the Lord has settled us on R&S. Math is still a tough one with Julie but I decided to step away from Singapore Math as well. She is at a level where I am no longer able to teach something like Singapore. We will have to find other ways and I am still praying and exploring options.

Our school year will begin on August 25th!

This fall, both girls have been participating in cheer leading!

Sooo...perhaps I will attempt to blog more of our home schooling adventures!?!?! 

Our family is expanding!!!

Popping in to let everyone know that our family is expanding!! We are bringing home this baby boy on April 4th!!

His name is Panzer and he is a Bengal kitten. We are patiently counting the days until we can bring him home!!

Mid-Week Check in....

Squeak is plugging along. As usual! Especially in math. I will add science and history beginning next week. I have also decided on which Chemistry Curriculum we will use after Astronomy:

Apologia Chemistry and Physics

The Junior Notebook is coming out next month. I don't need to order anything yet as our Astronomy Unit will be at least a month long.

Here are the school girls:

Packy (K)

Squeak (2nd)

We begin our year tomorrow....

August 26th is officially our first day of school. I haven't quite made a plan but have our material ready...almost. I have NOT ordered Singapore Math 4 yet. I am not sure I will be able to teach it because math and I are not friends. At all. SM 4 has stuff like Improper Fractions (*gasp*), for example. Even with the Home Instructor's Guide, I don't feel confident to teach the material when I have little understanding. Yes, this is Elementary Math but again, math and I are not friends! I am praying and considering what to do. For now, I have a website with 4th/5th grade math materials we can use to start the year with so I'm not concerned.

Anyhoo...I hope to blog more updates this coming year with pictures!!!

Preparing to start...

Our BJU materials have arrived! Squeak is very excited that the Spelling book has a giant puppy on it! We just need to order math materials and pick up a workbook for Packy at Walmart. The only supplies we need so far are tape and glue! Things are rolling along!

Hello August!!

Yes, I have not been blogging much. It was really fun to begin with then just fell to the wayside!

Our next home school year is fast approaching with Squeak starting 2nd grade and Packy beginning K!! Here are the main materials I plan on using this year:

Both:
Bible and devotionals
BJU Heritage Studies 2
Read alouds, crafts, PE, music

Squeak:
Singapore Primary Math 4 with other (TBA) supplements
Astronomy for science
BJU English and Spelling 2, writing
Readers and chapter books
Cooking/Baking

I have resources at home for Packy but she will get her own workbook and I think Brain Quest workbooks look fun. I think they are a little "behind" so she will start with Grade 1.

We have been busy this summer with summer soccer (both girls play and I coached), summer recreation, family camping trips and day trips. The LORD has blessed us abundantly and we are thankful for HIM!!!

If anyone is still reading our blog, HELLO!! And I hope I will be here typing more this coming school year!!

A week of Cooking and Baking

Squeak received the DK Kid's Fun and Healthy Cookbook for Christmas and we have really put it to use this week! We are reading through the different types of food and their health benefits along with making recipes in the book. The girls have also been tracking their fruit/vegetable intake this week. Additionally, we read about Creation in our Bible study and discussed how God made all of these foods perfect to fit our nutritional needs.

Here are some pictures of the girls cooking and baking. Squeak is learning how to use the stove and together, they have made breakfast (eggs and toast):

(these are from last week):


I will have to insert pictures another time because it is NOT allowing me to access my computer picture library!!