While no day is typical, I kept track of one frigid day this winter when we were home all day. We have a general flow to our day, but the subjects we do each day are different. This school year I have a 7th grader, 5th grader, and 1st grader.…
My two boys are using Art of Problem Solving math curriculum. My oldest started with Art of Problem Solving Pre-Algebra and now he is using Art of Problem Solving Introduction to Algebra. My younger son started Art of Problem Solving Pre-Algebra this school year, but he only spends time on…
This school year my 7th grader, 5th grader, and 1st grader are exploring countries in Africa. We’ve been enjoying unit studies for North America, Asia, Europe and the Middle East over the past seven years and this is our first time in Africa. Morocco was the first stop in our…
My son is exploring different kinds of cells as part of his microbiology unit study. He loves making things out of food, so he wanted to make models of the different kinds of cells in the kitchen. First he drew a picture of the cell model and then he had…
The first time I was exposed to Shakespeare was in a high school classroom. The one and only play we read and discussed was MacBeth. Even though we spent a long time reading and discussing the play, the archaic language made the story line quite difficult to follow. As a…
My 10 year old son discovered Blender this past summer. He loves computers and art and has an interest in a future with computers. He had spent many years on Scratch and was looking for something more. When he discovered Blender, he knew that he had to learn it. He…
My son enjoys baking so we have incorporated some baking projects into his microbiology unit study. For this one he made a plant cell model out of cake and candy. A little while ago he made an animal cell model out of cake too. To start with he looked over…
For this school year my kids were in 5th grade, 3rd grade, and Junior Kindergarten. 5th Grader Bible – Precept Upon Precept – Ephesians and Story-focused Fruit of the Spirit study. Watch The Visual Bible – Matthew, The Gospel of John, Acts, Nest Animated Stories From the New Testament, The Jesus Movie, Greatest Heroes & Legends of…
This school year I had planned to use Ellen McHenry’s Cells with my highly creative 10 year old visual-spatial learner. We had both really enjoyed her Excavating English book, but I can’t say our experience was similar for the cells book. My son was not connecting with the material. If…
At the end of last school year my 10 year old expressed continued interest in learning Japanese. Since Kindergarten he has been learning Mandarin. I didn’t want to add another language to his plate so I decided to let him have a go at Japanese and drop Mandarin for now.…
