Kindergarten!!
This week, we’ll be finishing up my “tweener” plan that accomplished its goal of making Hannah wait until she turns 5 to start the Sonlight Core A (the kinder core). Lots of people even wait until...
View ArticleCore A 1st 6 Weeks!
Well, we started Core A 9 weeks ago and have accomplished 6 weeks of curriculum! One week off for Hannah’s birthday with family in town and one week off for a trip to Texas and a week of catch-up due...
View ArticleSecond Six Weeks of Kinder
We finished up week 12 last week (ok so we had a couple things left to do yesterday). Bible – We reviewed the Sing the Word songs for A-R this morning and Hannah and I did a pretty good job of...
View Article5th 6 Weeks of Core A
Wow, 30 weeks of Kindergarten down, 6 to go. Bible – We are in the Babylonian exile in Bible. Lots of fun and exciting stories going on with Daniel and then Esther and on. I had a good time reading...
View Article6th 6 Weeks of Kindergarten
We are done with the official 36 weeks of Core A! We have a few weeks of science left and 6 weeks of LA. I have another post coming in January to discuss my plan until we start 1st grade (Core B) in...
View ArticlePlan K
Ben is going to finish his world geography unit next week and then we’ll really get into his Kinder curriculum in December after our Thanksgiving trip. I’m planning on stretching this core from now...
View ArticleCore A (Kinder) Cost Analysis
“What does it cost to homeschool?” This is a question that seems to pop up a lot with people who are interested in the option. This is understandable since going to public school is ‘free’ (or already...
View Article1st 6 weeks of Kinder
We just finished up Benjamin’s 6th week of kinder (Core A) curriculum. It has been a bit longer than that in actual time, but with holidays in the middle. I think he’s a pretty cute kindergartner!...
View Article18 Weeks of Kinder
Living Log Ago and the children’s encyclopedia. Our primary readings have been missionary stories from these countries from I Heard Good News Today. We finished up House at Pooh Corner, Richard...
View Article4th 6 Weeks of Kinder
Benjamin has been chugging along in his kinder curriculum. We are calling this whole next year kinder still because he isn’t technically required to be in 1st grade until next fall. My ‘private...
View Article5th 6 Weeks of Kinder
Benjamin finished up week 30 before Christmas break, but I haven’t had time (or taken the time) to sit down and write it up. Throughout the move and all the transitions, we continued with our daily...
View ArticleDone with Kinder!
Benjamin has finished his history and language arts for Core A (or kindergarten)! We have a little bit of science left from when we got behind in the fall. I’ll post our plan for what we’ll call...
View ArticleCore A Lapbook
As a way of keeping a record and memory of what the kids accomplish in a year, we do one lapbook for the whole year (because I can’t handle much more than that!). I print out images of the books and...
View Article1st 6 Weeks of Core A
Yay, excited to be able to post about Ginny’s schoolwork and show pictures! The first 6 months or so of having her was spent trying to assess where she was in all the different subjects and try out a...
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