Week 26

I'm back and refreshed from my holiday over to the other side of Australia.  I went to see my oldest boy for 8 days + 2 travel days.   We also weaned Noah, who stayed home with daddy - I think it was perfect timing.  

Today I tried out making sour dough bread in a bag and here is the result:

The most success I've had with bread making, so I'm super happy with that.  It was also the EASIEST to do as well - so I'll definitely be doing re-runs and experiments with different types now in the future.

This week we are still doing the Robinson Curriculum and rather than just give you a chart of what the girls are reading I thought I'd give you a visual instead.

Chloe { 11 }:

Saxon as usual - one lesson a day.

And I swapped the writing portion out for this textbook usage this week.  

Just laying the foundations for Shakespeare with Tales from Shakespeare { Lambs }.

This book is huge, and has the complete collection.

Another huge book.  I've slipped it in under my science tab.  Just two chapters a week at this point, but we can always change it up as we go.

Yes, even text books can be used as readers - just do all the reading without having to exhaust yourself with all the busy work.  :o)  

And then a couple of times a week do a country as well:

For fun we're also including this as well, this week.

And this gorgeous collectable old time book as well.

And I think that  is pretty much what Chloe will be reading / doing this week.

Ok, let's move onto Phebe { 9 }

Saxon Math as usual { sorry no photo today }

And the writing was swapped out for this:

I just love OLD books.

From the RC list.

Good social studies reading.

From the RC list { Henty }

For science reading:

Hannah { 7 }

Saxon

And like the other girls, I swapped Hannah's writing out for work from this book as well.

I have a heap of illustrated classics - not considered RC by any means, however I like them, so we use them.  :o)  

Another children's Bible - I can't even tell you how many different children's bibles we keep, it's probably criminal and very greedy, but it makes it super easy to keep re-visiting those stories with slight variations.

Another old time GEM I managed to score along the way - Great Events and Famous People.

Today she read about the Boston Tea Party.  Tomorrow it is Paul Revere's Ride by Longfellow, yes, Longfellow - at the precocious and tender age of 7.  That is what RC does for you.  It doesn't hold you up till your old and grey - oh no sir it does not, in fact, it does the opposite, it opens the world like a rare and beautiful flower and let's you taste the honey before the bees make off with it.

And boring science - for the time being.  ha!

This week I'll be linking up with:



I hope you will join us.

Thanks for visiting!!

The Three Little Pigs

Today I have a little writing packet that is very specifically made to teach beginning writers how to write a paragraph.

I've included 4 different types of writing.

Just click on any page to download.

Each draft page is set in a flip book manner.

This helps to separate out the sentences.

You'll find the flip book bases at the very end of the file.

I've also included final draft pages as well.

Yes, so thank you for visiting.

I hope these can be helpful to your beginner writers.

Resting with the Robinson Curriculum

It's time for us to take a small RC { Robinson Curriculum } detour and put our traditional school books aside while we school from rest for a while.

Here is what the girls will be working on this week and next:

Saxon Math { a lesson a day }
4 Readers at 30 mins / or chapter each day.  I've tried to diversify their reading a little.

Writing { outlining and a written page of work }

At the moment I've scheduled it like this:

Daily Schedule - Chloe

Subject	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
1 hour	Math	Math	Math	Math	Math
30 mins	Into All the World	Handbook of Nature Study	Into All the World	Handbook of Nature Study	Into All the World
30 mins	The Great Gatsby	The Great Gatsby	The Great Gatsby	The Great Gatsby	The Great Gatsby
30 mins	Our Sunburnt Country	Shakespeare { Lambs }	Joan of Arc	Geography Country: ________	Inventors P. ____
30 mins	Poetry Frost	Joan of Arc	Sherlock Holmes	Joan of Arc	Sherlock Holmes
1 hour	Writing	Writing	Writing	Writing	Writing

What a page of writing looks like this week:

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For Phebe I have:

Daily Schedule - Phebe

Subject	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
1 hour	Math	Math	Math	Math	Math
30 mins	Into All the World	R & S - 5	Into All the World	R & S - 5	Into All the World
30 mins	In the Reign of Terror	In the Reign of Terror	In the Reign of Terror	In the Reign of Terror	In the Reign of Terror
30 mins	Desert Wildlife	Desert Wildlife	Desert Wildlife	Desert Wildlife	Desert Wildlife
30 mins	The Mystery of the Shattered Glass	The Mystery of the Shattered Glass	The Mystery of the Shattered Glass	The Mystery of the Shattered Glass	The Mystery of the Shattered Glass
1 hour	Writing	Writing	Writing	Writing	Writing

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For Hannah I have:

Daily Schedule - Hannah

Subject	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
1 hour	Math	Math	Math	Math	Math
30 mins	Living Together On Gods Earth	R & S - 4	Living Together On Gods Earth	R & S - 4	Living Together On Gods Earth
30 mins	Stories from Uncle Remus	Stories from Uncle Remus	Stories from Uncle Remus	Stories from Uncle Remus	Stories from Uncle Remus
30 mins	Bible Stories	Bible Stories	Bible Stories	Bible Stories	Bible Stories
30 mins	Great Events &  Famous People	Great Events &  Famous People	Great Events &  Famous People	Great Events &  Famous People	Great Events &  Famous People
1 hour	Writing	Writing	Writing	Writing	Writing

You know what would be really awesome is if I posted photos of all the books etc.. that they read from.   Definitely look for that in the future when we do RC.

Thanks for visiting.

Decode and Write

I finally decided to separate out these particular types of worksheets and finish off the short vowel sounds since that is where Charlotte is these days.  Then I bundled them up and put them on TpT as well.

If you're interested, there are 10 worksheets in the pack { 2 worksheets x 5 vowels } and I've priced it at $2.00.  You can print them up a bajillion times if you like for personal use.  Priced as if you had only one student, but if you have any more than that, it will make it a bargain buy.

Just click the cover to go and check it out.

Thanks for visiting.