Wednesday, August 11, 2010

It's that time again...

Time to get ready for our school year!:) Even though there has been so much learning going on around the Smith household with baby Micah now apart of our family!:) Its also time to get ready to start back with our basic school subjects with also a TON of field trips planned!!

Planning this school year was alittle bit different with a newborn and adding a 2 and half year old who is ready to learn into the mix hehe;)... So I had to come up with a new scheduling format, and the answer to my prayers was in "Managers of Their Homes" book and kit! It is AWESOME and I highly recommend it to all families!! :) Here is some pics of our schedule all set up:)

Everyone is color coded so we all know who is doing what at what times:)





I laminated the time sheets, names, and activity squares and then added velcro tabs on both the time sheet and activity squares to make it easier to move things around when needed!:)

If you want to learn more about this AWESOME book and kit you can find it here: http://www.titus2.com/ecommerce/products/prod_listing.php/1100

And then it was time to figure out what materials to use this year;)..Most of it was pretty much the same with a few things added in;) Here is our list!..

Bible: We will be doing our morning readings and devotions and fun activites from our awesome Hands On Bible!:)

Spelling: All About Spelling( I found this Spelling curriculum to be a awesome blend of not only spelling but also phonics! And it is a multisensory curriculum which I LOVE!

Math: We will continue with Math U See, which is also a multisensory curriculum and it made Math click with my kids and we can't wait to start back!:)

Writing and Language Arts: Morgan will be finishing up Primary Language Lessons and starting Writing Strands..Maddie will be start Handwriting without Tears( Can't wait to start this as I have heard amazing reviews!)

Reading: They will both continue with their computer program( Sound Reading) and I have bought the book "Teaching to Read using Manipulatives" and I am SO excited to use some of the creative hands on ideas in there!) and of course LOTS of read alouds from the library:)

Mason will be starting Preschool Activties in a Bag and is SO excited to start his schooltime hehe;)

And we will be adding our My Father's World curriculum back in Jan! SO excited about that!:)

We also have SO many fun field trips planned! Here is just a few:)

* Alpaca Farm

*Back to School Party

* Popcorn Farm

* Fishing Class

*Greensboro Recycling Center

*Animals of the Piedmont Class

*Old Salem

*Police Safety Class

* Greensboro Airport

And thats just for the next two months!!:)

Our first day will start August 23rd( with a field trip, how cool is that?!?hehe) and I have decided to start a year round approach so we will go 6 weeks on and then take one week for vacation, I think we will enjoy this so much more as it will give a more relaxed approach to our homeschooling:)

We are SO excited to get back into the groove of things and look forward to seeing what all God has in store for our homeschool year!!:)

3 comments:

  1. Sounds like you guys have an awesome year planned - can't wait to read about it!

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  2. you have another blog! This sounds great! Are you doing school while baby naps? So inspired!

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  3. HOPE ALL IS WELL AND I WILL BE PRAYING FOR YOU ALL HOPE MASON GETS ALL THE BENIFETS OF ALL THIS LEARNING AND MICAH TOO....GRANDMA SMITH LOVED ALL THE PICTURES I TOOK HER TONIGHT AND PUT ON HER BOARD SHE LOVED LOOKING AT HER FAMILY SHE TOLD ME TONITE HER FAVORITE SONG IS AMAZING GRACE AND WE SANG IT TOGETHER....IF I CAN HELP YOU LET ME KNOW THE BABIES ARE IN SCHOOL KATE WILL START WEDNESDAY AND I AM ALL ALONE.....SURGERY PROBALLY IN OCT????? MAYBE....NO DATE SET YET BUT REAL SOON.....

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