Thursday, January 28, 2016

Week 5

Last week we took a few days off and went camping.  It was our first time as a family in a tent.  It went great.  We can't wait to do another one.

As you all know I also use our get-aways to peruse strange second hand shops for books.  Yes, I found some more bargains on this trip too.  In particular I bought this:


A total bargain at $4.  All his paintings in a neat and organised book.


Noah is growing up.  I finally have a little toddler boy!




In the Maths department we started using these grid booklets for the girls to work out their questions.  I chose the ones that are roughly 1cm.  It's helping to keep all those numbers in the right columns.


Charlotte has been doing bits and pieces.  Each day I have it so she does something in the reading department, some flash cards, something from the maths department, and a random worksheet.   Occasionally I'll be adding a craft as well.


If you'd like a free copy of this worksheet, just click to download.


Miss 4 practiced her 3's a lot this week and she also started some morning work that I picked up from TpT.


Miss 8 gave me the BEST essay that she's ever written.  It's amazing how much improvement can be made on a little guidance.


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Friday, January 22, 2016

Week 4

This week I added in some sugar { as opposed to salt or sand } for Charlotte to write her letters in as we did her flash cards.   How it works is that I flash a letter card, then she tells me the sound that it makes and writes it in the sugar.


The girls started their Bible Survey with the story of Zachariah { John the Baptist dad }.

Throughout the year they will cover 60 highlighted stories from the New Testament, thus forming a nice little survey book, and a beautiful keepsake.





Friday, January 15, 2016

Week 3

Yep, can you believe it, we are already down and done with week 3 for the 2016 year.  We started the last week of December.

We've started counting books.
One may peruse our current listing HERE.



The girls have also done their 3rd Van Gogh.

You can find 30 FREE coloring pages for Vincent Van Gogh HERE.


This year Miss 4 has officially started formal education:


Miss 10 gave me an essay for Science:


And the girls continued with Nature Study.
This week the Cupmoth Caterpillar.


And finally, the little boy.


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Monday, January 11, 2016

My Scrappy Beginning Sounds and Writing

Yay, I finally did another book.  I bought some new "scrappy" clipart and thought it would work awesome in something like this:


Just click the link if you're curious.  It's not a freebie, but it might be of use to those who have beginner learners/readers this year.

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Friday, January 1, 2016

2016 Curriculum List

Here's our basic outline of main subjects and curriculum for the 2016 year.

Additionally, I've hyperlinked as much as I could to where one may purchase the same or read about each product.


Chloe 10

Bible:  Bible & Rod and Staff Book 6

English:  Climbing to Good English { finish 3, start 4 }

Writing:  Writing with Skill 1 { finish 1, start 2 }

Math:  Saxon 6/5

History:  Mystery of History II + coloring pages { SOTW II as a reader }

Science:  Rod and Staff 6

Character:  Workbook

Spelling:  Wordly Wise 5

Reading:  Various { Please check our reading list tab for 2016 }

Vocabulary:  Word Master 6 + Vocabulary words

Greek: Elementary Greek 1

Nature:  Various { Golden Project Book - Australian Insects }


Phebe 8

Bible:  Bible Story books

English:  Climbing to Good English { finish 3, start 4 }

Math: Saxon 5/4 { Probably will start 6/5 before year end }

History:  Mystery of History II + coloring pages { SOTW II as a reader }

Science:  Rod and Staff 5

Character:  Workbook

Spelling:  Wordly Wise 5 + All About Spelling

Reading:  Various { Please check our reading list tab for 2016 }

Vocabulary:  Word Master 6 + Vocabulary words

Greek: Elementary Greek 1

Nature:  Various {  Golden Project Book - Australian Insects }


Hannah 6

Bible:  Bible Story books

English:  Climbing to Good English 3

Math:  Saxon 5/4 { moving into 6/5 early on }

History:  Mystery of History II + coloring pages { SOTW II as a reader }

Science:  Rod and Staff 4

Character:  Workbook

Spelling:  Wordly Wise 5

Reading:  Various { Please check our reading list tab for 2016 }

Vocabulary:  Word Master 6 + Vocabulary words

Greek: Elementary Greek 1

Nature:  Various {  Golden Project Book - Australian Insects }


Charlotte 4

Bible:  Bible Stories and coloring

English:  CLE - Learn to Read

Math:  Rod and Staff 1

Activity Worksheets { mostly phonics }