Here at the Logan residence, the homeschool year is beginning on October 9th. Why October 9th? Well, as it happens, I was given a free Bob Jones curriculum to use last March. And as it turned out the first part of it was not related to seasonal things, but the second semester was! So, I put school on hold from July to October, and plan on resuming on Columbus day. I will begin with helping my son create a ship out of blocks, and we will be talking about Christopher Columbus, and his sailing in 1492. We will talk a bit about boats, and what life was like in 1492.
We will also be delving more deeply and consistently into the math curriculum that I have embarked on. It is for five year olds, but so far he seems to find it both interesting and easy. I am excited to continue with it. This next week we will be learning about more than and less than. We will be doing all kinds of fun things to help us understand value. We will be finger counting. Counting circles, and comparing sizes. We will get out the colored chalk and write on the black board (Peter just loves this!)
In our Hertiage Study we will be learning about Christopher Columbus, as I mentioned. Then it is on to Science, where we will begin looking at the Fall season, and how it is different from other seasons.
Peter tends to be ahead in both math and english/reading, but he is still right on for amount of knowledge about the world. He is doing a four year old curriculum for Heritage Studies and Science, and some odds and ends, like Nursery Rhymes, and short poems. The four year old curiculum also covers some basic music, like recognizing sounds going up and down a scale, and recognizing what music looks like. I may go further with this one, we will see. I desperately want a piano to teach him on. A free one!!
I can’t wait for the art projects. We are going to make finger painted leaves, and then a leaf mobile. It will be great!
Of course we always supplement with the Word, learning about one verse by memory every week. We read more verses and discuss them daily. (Well, I say daily, but actually that is the ideal, and I have not been super disciplined in the consistency of school to be honest. I try to do it everyday, minus the weekends, but sometimes it just doesn’t work out.)And this year there will be Hymn singing! I found a Hymnal at a yard sale for twenty cents!! WOOHOO.
Im still thinking about what to do for exercise for Peter. I need to get more dilligent about his exercise too! We have a huge back yard, but can you believe it? when I let him go outside he doesn’t want to run around!! He runs in circles in the house hopping, jumping etc, but outside!? never! I suppose I ought to just order him to run laps or something! He can count them as he goes if he likes, I bet he would love running if I ran too. (course fo rme that would be a long legged walk!)
Well this morning I put together all the curriculums into one place and mapped out the next week. I might do the next two weeks this afternoon, but I fid that if I am too soon to pencil things in, I just end up having to revise it later, because we missed a day or something.
Oh! on a side note! Last night I discovered (abotu forty minutes before we were supposed to be at our small group) that the stove is no longer working! I had the food on, and it was taking so long! I was like “is it me? or is the stove not working?” welp, turns out it was the stove. I had to microwave our chicken last night! Tonight I have no idea what to make. ANyone got any ideas?? I have small George Foreman grill, and a microwave, the oven might work too I’m not sure.
SIgning Off,
Mrs Meg Logan
Sounds like a great line-up! I remember doing a similar Christopher Columbus boat project with my oldest when she was just starting school…the Light and the Glory history books are sooo good. They went into the whole story of how CC started out wanting to minister to the unknown people groups of America, but ended up giving in to his lust after gold. They made a great lesson out of his failures.
My middle daughter used to not like exercising outdoors, but when we got a big trampoline that totally changed. She begged to go out and would jump for 20 minutes or longer. That was almost 2 years ago. And she still loves it. I send my oldest out to ride her bike for exercise, and the middle and youngest go jump!
Sorry about your stove! Do you have a crockpot? If so, come over to my site and check out my chicken fetticine recipe. :O)I love my crockpot, yesterday I got a roast and veggies going in the morning and the house smelled heavenly when we got home from our homeschool meetings. I’ve a similar grill to yours, and I like to grill chicken breasts on it (boneless, skinless) and then slice them thinly for use in chicken tacos. We use flour tortillas, and the basic toppings.
OH yeah I do have a crockpot!! Too bad it is too late today to use it! I think tonight I will just grill up some chicken and veggies on the side. Perhaps rice in the microwave, or i might skip a starch. I will definately come check out what you have over there!!
mmm chicken tacos, I could do that too, (i dont have ny premade seasoning, I might have to look up how to make it! lol
Mrs Meg Logan
We needed a piano last year for our oldest to start learning on, but we lacked the funds to buy a new one. One Sunday afternoon, I was looking through our paper’s classifieds and found one for sale. The man’s mother had died and she had an old piano. No one in the family wanted it, and they didn’t want to pay to have it moved someplace. They were selling it rock-bottom just to get rid of it. I snatched it up for $100!!! Check your local paper.
About the backyard–is it fenced in? My degree is in Human Development and Family Studies. One of our research studies involved children on playgrounds. On playgrounds that were not fenced, the children stayed in the center of the play area and did not run around, even though they had a very large area in which to play. Then, we watched children play on playgrounds that were fenced. The kids played and ran all over the place. It has something to do with the psychology behind boundaries and safety and security. Kids feel more secure in an area with established boundaries. Interesting, huh?
My sweet husband taught me how to cook on our grill. If I couldn’t use my oven, I’d go for the grill.
I hope you have a great start to your new school year!
No it isn’t fenced! (we do have a large area, nearly two acres of open field!) We haven’t fenced it because of the cost! I will mention this to my husband.
Mrs Meg Logan
You mean you’re not just starting that day because it’s my birthday?
Hehee.
ROFL, well happy birthday Rebecca!
You know, you may not have to put up a literal fence. You could try establishing some boundaries for him and see if that helps. I know how expensive fences are!