Curriculum for 2009-10

I am so excited that I have just about finalized all of our plans for our next school year. It is difficult having to answer to others but it is just my reality. It does matter what texts you choose and how you lay out their high school years. For Bryan I must answer to the NCAA and for Aaron I must document everything for the schools and scholarships he hopes to pursue. So that being said.....

Jonathan 2nd grade

• Continue with early readers
• Abeka Math 2
• BJUP English 2
• Writing with Ease (love this!)
• Spelling Workout B
• Wordly Wise
• Letters and Sounds
• Noeo Science Biology 1
• Mystery of History Ancients
• Lots of memorization
• Bible Stories

Allison 5th grade

• Easy Grammar 6
• Abeka Math 5
• Spelling Workout F
• Wordly Wise 5
• Apologia Swimming Creatures of the Fifth Day and Land Animals of the 6th Day
• Mystery of History Ancients (literature, timeline and projects included)
• Ancient History Based Writing, The Institute for Excellence in Writing
• Kay Arthur's Inductive Bible Study For Children
• Latin for Children A
• Lots of memorization

Aaron 9th grade

• Honors English 9 with Ancient Literature (outside class)
• Honors Biology Exploring Creation with Biology (outside class with lab HARC)
• Latin Wheelock's Latin Text (online class through Lukeion Project)
• Cultural Geography BJUP text with projects
• The Art of Problem Solving Geometry
• The Art of Problem Solving Discrete Math Counting and Probability and Number Theory
• Logic Traditional Logic I Memoria Press
• ACT/SAT Prep

Bryan 11th grade

• English 11/ Lightning Literature British Literature (1st sem) Shakespeare tragedies (2nd sem) Vocabulary Wordly Wise 11, Grammar Easy Grammar Series 11
• Cultural Geography BJUP
• Spanish 1 (outside class HARC)
• Marine Biology (online class through Apologia Academy)
• Geometry Teaching Textbooks
• Writing for high school Write at Home Online
• P/E Golf lessons and practice
• ACT prep

I think that is it! It is going to be a great year but lots of running around. I am excited about the online classes especially since they don't require travel.

Apologia Elementary Science

I absolutely love these books. I was worried that we might get bored with one subject so I bought all of the zoology books. This way we can change it up if we need to. We are working through Swimming Creatures of the Fifth Day and so far boredom has not been an issue. Allison loves ocean animals. We are doing the ocean box and the lapbook that is sold by Knowledge Box Central. Way too much fun!

Hockey nut

Well, I am going to admit it, I am insane about hockey. My boys are proud and embarrassed at the same time. I am a screaming red neck when it comes to the Carolina Hurricanes. I can't stand to think that their season may be coming to an end. But I must not give up hope. I will be the forever optimist for these next few days. I know that it can be done and I will be freaking out the whole time! I am going to try to control myself. Not really possible.
LET'S GO CANES!!!!

Morgan

I have been away from my blog for almost a year. Since the addition of Facebook in my life I have used it for communication but I want to get back to work here. I have to say it was my friend Michele that has inspired me to start putting my thoughts down again. Thanks Michele! ( I did steal one of your songs, couldn't help it)
This has been an incredible year for us. It is so amazing to graduate a young adult from your homeschool. Morgan has become everything I have dreamed for her. She is beautiful, smart, fun, loves her mommy, and has a huge heart for Jesus. What more could a mom ask for? I am so proud of her. As we prepare to send her off to college I have such mixed feelings. I am so excited for her but my heart will have such an empty spot when I get up each morning and she is not in her home. She is busy most of the time now but it will be different. At least she is here at night and I get to see her first thing each morning. It will be hard, but also an incredible blessing. I thank God everyday for her.

Teenagers

Are awesome!!! I love being a mom to teenagers. Yes, it is challenging some days but it keeps you young. I love watching them develop their own likes and dislikes (well mostly). I also learn from them and enjoy many of the things they enjoy. Here is an artist my daughter introduced me to and I just love his music.
Thanks Morgan!

Jeremy Camp - Beautiful One

End of school in sight

As we come to the end of another school year I always ponder things; how can we improve, what worked and what didn't. I am pretty happy overall with the way the year has gone. I always wish that I had accomplished more. I guess this is a good attitude and always keeps me striving for higher goals. The older kids are all finished with the outside classes and I have to say that it went very well. I am blessed to have such resources available to me.
Morgan took her ACT for the first time and scored high enough to get into the colleges she is looking at. We were so proud of her. She will take it again and try to improve her score a bit more. She is only one point away from being eligible for the presidential scholarship at a private Christian college she is interested in. She is only a junior so she has time.
We also just finished out ITBS for the next 3 and we are glad to put it in the mail. Jonathan does not have to be tested yet. But he is doing so well with his reading and math skills. He is reading new books everyday. He still has the wiggles most of the time but I see him starting to settle down some.
We are preparing our home for an exchange student from Korea. We are so excited for him to come. The program is called English n America. He will be with us all summer.
So now we start to pack up all of the work we have completed and pull out the new stuff. I love new books and new topics. This is such a fun time of year!