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Sunday, August 7, 2011

2011-12 Plans

Two more years. Five more years. These are the years I have left to be the main educator in my sons' lives. Wow. How time has flown.

Zach is now an 11th grader and Jake is an 8th grader. I'm lovin' every minute of these ages and grades. Reading and discussing books with them is my favorite part of homeschooling!

I've been busy making plans for their first 12 week term. They have been doing some math and literature reading for the past two weeks. Monday, August 8th, we will add in history. Wednesday, we'll add in more classes. By the following week, I hope to have most classes up and going. Easing into the year slowly keeps us all from feeling so overwhelmed.

Zach will be using Ambleside Online's House of Education Year 9 *lite* with some substitutions here and there. Term 2  of  AO's Year 4 is where Jake left off at the end of this past school year, so he'll start there.

Here's a sample of their Term 1 (12 weeks) daily schedule, which, of course, will be tweaked and tweaked when we get up and running!:)

Zach's line up...

Daily:
-Key to Algebra


Mon:
-ESV Study Bible (Exodus)
-History of the American People
-Draw Squad
-World's Greatest Composers (listen to 1 piece)
-German Demystified
-Count of Monte Cristo
-Driver's Ed.
-Fallacy Detective
-Short History of Nearly Everything
-Getting Started with Latin (book and website)
-Elegant Essay


Tues.
-ESV Study Bible (Exodus)
-Witch Hunt: The Salem Witch Trials
-Poets Corner (book and audio cd)
-German Demystified
-Scarlet Letter
-Driver's Ed.
-Are You a Liberal Conservative or Confused?
-Seven Pillars of Health
-Getting Started with Latin
-Elegant Essay

Wed.
-Shadow of the Almighty (Jim Elliot biography)
-Age of Revolution
-Draw Squad
-The World's Great Composers cd
-Count of Monte Cristo
-Driver's Ed. Online
-How to Win Friends and Influence People
-Short History of Nearly Everything
-Getting Started with Latin

Thurs.
-ESV Study Bible (Exodus)
-John Adams biography
-Poets Corner
-German Demystified
-Annotated Mona Lisa or The Gift of Music (alternate weeks)
-Gulliver's Travels
-Miracle at Philadelphia
-Evolution: The Grand Experiment
-Getting Started with Latin
-Elegant Essay

Fri.
-Mere Christianity
-Age of Revolution
-Count of Monte Cristo
-Driver's Ed.
-Six Easy Pieces (Physics Intro)
-Friday Free Write

-Driving practice: Every Saturday and Sunday for this first term.
-PE: Gym
-Cooking Skills: Learn to cook an entire meal (simple meal) from start to finish each month.


Jake's line up...

Daily:
-Math (lots of review and cementing some "holes" this first 12 week term)
-George Washington's World
-Megawords
-SL Science G

Mon-Thurs.
-The Child's Story Bible by Catherine Vos
-IEW's All Things Fun and Fascinating

Mon.
-Kidnapped
-Draw Squad
-World's Greatest Composers cd (listen to 1 piece)

Tues.
-Abigail Adams biography
-Usborne Book of Art

Wed.
-Robinson Crusoe
-Draw Squad
-World's Greatest Composers cd

Thurs.
-Tales from Shakespeare
-The Complete Book of Marvels: The Occident by Richard Halliburton

Fri.
-"But Don't All Religions Lead to God?" (bible)
-This Country of Ours or Trial and Triumph
-Friday Free Write

PE:
-Fall: Cross Country (while training for 1/2 marathon that's in October).
-Winter: Basketball
-Spring: 5K season (with dad)

It sure looks good on paper! We'll see how it all goes TOMORROW!:)

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