The following titles are by no means all the books the children have read, six months later it is a little hard to remember. However the lists include a good sampling. Books Chiara readReal Learning, Education in the Heart of the Home – Elizabeth Foss Beyond the End – Mother…
2009 was a dark year as I suffered terribly from burnout, perhaps not surprising when you consider I had been homeschooling for ten years. Motivated by fear I seriously considered sending Chiara to school in 2010. I started 2010 with a determination to climb out of the pit, and…
EnjoyedChiara*Enjoys all subjects which is why career choice is difficult.Term1-2; Geography (Runkle)Term 3-4; History (SOTW)Essays with SisterDictation (Spelling Wisdom)Spelling (Spell of Words) DominicCreative Writing, (Did lots and loves writing)History (SOTW) did lots XavierScience (Weather Unit Term 4) Learnt lots, didn’t write much.Reading – Literature ListHistory (SOTW)Geography (Globalmania) Learnt where most…
http://seejamieblog.com/2010/10/weekly-wrap-up-the-one-where-im-the-host/ FaithChiara worked diligently on Understanding the Scriptures. She also studied a couple of the Friendly Defender cards, she thought it time to study some apologetics. And spent time reading and writing a narration of a chapter of The Signs of Life – Scott Hahn. Finished reading Derring-Do Mary, the…
First week back started with promise. Children all worked with a will and a surprising amount was accomplished. FaithChiara is nearly finished Understanding the Scriptures. She has so enjoyed this program. Dominic started Our Goal and Guides, I read to him and had him narrate each section as we went. …
This term I am determined to give more considered time to my youngest three. Genevieve is (K) and Saxon is (Pre-Sch.) In the past I have tried Little Saints and whilst it is well set out I think I need something even easier/more flexible. To this end I have decided…