Has it been a year?
I cannot believe that it has been a year or more since I last blogged. I guess I lost track of time but I hope and pray this year I can keep up with it. We will see!
We just got back from the beautiful town of Ludington. We had a great time camping together as a family. We went hiking at the state park and the view was great. It was very peaceful! Next we hope to camp right in the state park to enjoy nature at it’s best.
Well our school year will officially begin on the 28th of this month. This year I feel so unprepared - our oldest starts high school! I am anxious and praying that it will be a great experience not only for him but for me. Everyone is so shocked to learn that we plan to homeschool the boys through high school. I think that is where so many doubts come into my mind and plague me. But this is no different than when we started the homeschool adventure and everyone treated us like we were crazy. For the most part I think everyone can see the benefit that it has been to our family. Even though there have many numerous challenges it has been a great experience. I wouldn’t change it for the world!
This year’s curriculum line up is:
We will be using Sonlight for the older 4. Brandon will be doing Church History which includes History, Bible, creative writing, spelling and speech; Bryce and Brock will be doing American History which includes History Bible and Language Arts. Benjamin and Blake will be using My Father’s World first grade curriculum together which includes all subjects. I will be supplementing different reading books for them because they are not at the same level in reading. Math will be using Teaching Textbooks Algrebra for Brandon; Brock and Bryce will be using Alpha Omega curriculum again. This year the family will be learning Spanish using the Learnables curriculum. We use Mavis Beacon for typing. We will be joining a P.E. class this year at a local athletic club and joining a homeschool group for extra curricula activities. There music is done with their dad. He has been working with most of them either on drums or guitar and sometimes both. A few of them like to sing with him so that is included in the music education. Art I have a few books here that we will be using for art class. The younger 3 will be taking part in singing during our youth service this year. The older 3 will be doing a public reading of scripture during the same service and possibly a skit. I will also have the older two do the powerpoint and bulletins for the youth service to give them practice. We also make them take part in any service projects that we have going on at church during the year.
I will keep you posted on how our year progresses…
In Christ,
Tammy
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Wow, your kids do a lot! Perhaps it looks busier when you put everyone together in one paragraph. But *you* will be busy, for sure: five boys.
I used Sonlight Church History last year for my three students: 12th, 11th, and 8th. I found the history books fascinating and enjoyed reading everything; the girls did not. One book the girls did like, though, was _What if Jesus Had Never Been Born_ because it explained how people thought before Christianity. Having been raised in a Christian culture, it was eye-opening for them to see that people have not always valued children or the poor.