Homeschool Wrap Up Week 1

It was so hot this week!  August in SW Arkansas can be brutal.  I am very thankful for air conditioning.  We started our new school this week with a few of our subjects.  I haven't even ordered all of our books yet and we wont be up to a full schedule until after the county fair.  For the next few weeks we will do half days in the afternoon when it is blazing hot!  And I hope to put together some posts talking about curriculum choices for this year for each grade later in the week.

The biggest change for our homeschool this year is that we have one less student.  Nick has gone into public school full time for his senior year.  There were a few computer classes offered at the school that he wanted to take and he is also taking two classes for concurrent college credits that by taking through the high school he could take for free.  So he is gone the entire day which is very strange for me.  It's hard wrapping my mind around the fact that he is a senior and will be going to college next year.

The local public schools started back on Tuesday but we did not because Miss Willow had a check up in Hot Springs and Chelsea is not able to drive yet so we took them.  She got an A Plus from the doctor and doesn't have to go back for a month.

Homeschool Wrap Up Week 1 

Bible: Last year we finished up reading through the book of Mark so this year we started the book of Luke.  We are reading one chapter per day.

History: We will be finishing reading Passport Ancient Rome from Home School in the Woods before jumping back into The Mystery of History.  We are not doing any of the activities just reading through the lessons.  We completed 3 stops this week.

Music Appreciations: We are working on a review of Music Appreciation Level 2 from Zeezok.  The composer we are studying is Chopin.  It includes a biography of each composer, music to listen to, and extra information and activities.  We are in the process of reading Chopin the Early years and will be finishing that book up next week.

Art: We are reviewing an Art History video series called HIGASFY for grades 1-8.  We watched the first video (30 minutes) on the Introduction to the Impressionist Period.

Math: I have Emmie, Lily, Christian, and Anthony working on CTC Math.  Alex picked up MUS Pre-Algebra where he left off last spring.

Language Arts: Lily is reviewing a LA workbook from Reading Eggs and finished the first two lessons.  We are supposed to have access to Reading Eggspress online for 4 weeks to go with it but I haven't received that yet.  She also worked on Typing Tournament.  I have not started the other on their language arts yet.


Other Activities this Week:

Tuesday we took the baby to the doctor.

Wednesday Samantha came over to help us with the pig. 

Thursday The girls had music lessons, we ran errands and went grocery shopping, ran home to unload groceries and then had to leave again.  There was a mandatory meeting for students taking concurrent classes and their parents.  After the meeting Nick, Christian, and Alex went to the Cattlemans dinner to help set up and auction off desserts to raise money for 4 H and FFA.

Friday I think we stayed home.

Saturday we had clean up at the Howard County Fair grounds.

I have spent every evening working with Nick and his pig.  Actually we all have it has turned into a family project.  And I have a sick goat.  She is not at all well.  Taking her to the vet this morning and hoping they can do something for her :(

I hope you had a great week!

Happy Homeschooling!