The kids are rocking school this year! They are doing so freaking amazing I'm so proud of them. so... we ended up adding in easy peasy history for the girls, and then we added in zoology. They are doing amazing with it. Dylan is still doing the CLEP early American history and biology and he is doing sooo good. I was so surprised at how well he is grasping things that are college level. It's hard and yet he's doing great. He's been doing math through algebra-class.com and it's helping him so much with making sure he is perfectly able to go straight through all of the concepts of algebra so he can be ready for algebra II soon. Maybe at the beginning of summer , we'll see. He's doing great. The girls are still working on basics so that they can fly right through their math once it comes in the mail. We have decided to order it for Christmas.. they will be doing life of fred and workbooks to compliment it. For now we are working on basics so that they will know what to do easily and quickly and smoothly. Marlee still struggles with math big time- but that is due to autism and learning disabilities and we are just super thankful that she is way ahead in every other subject! Seriously that girl is a beast when it comes to school! She will sit down and focus and knock out a couple of days at a time and she loves it! Im very proud of her. Syd is doing amazing with 6th grade. I still can't believe my baby is doing 6th grade work. Plus some 8th grade for history and zoology. Zoology is her absolute favorite and she is so good at it! It's right up her alley as she loves animals so much. The work is hard, it's 8th grade work and their are a lot of classification charts etc.. but she is doing just awesome with it and barely ever asks questions. When I check through her work and do our little weekly review etc ... I'm just amazed! All three kids are completely comprehending all of their work and doing amazing.
We will be adding in a writing and comp class for Dylan soon, and then we will add in piano/music and art two days a week soon. We will continue to work hard through November and then December we take off every year to do service projects and read etc and enjoy Christmas time.
Sunday, November 15, 2015
Monday, October 19, 2015
school 2015-2016
Trying to find a way to keep records easily. The kids are 14,13, and 11 now. :) Dylan is a freshman in high school !!! Marlee is doing 8th grade in everything but math- I'm so incredibly impressed with her. She wasn't supposed to be able to even read or potty train. And look at her! Syd is doing 6th grade. I'm so proud of them.
Dylan is doing early morning seminary monday thru friday from 6:15 until 7:20 am. He loves it so much. It's amazing for him. He has his best friends, he loves the schedule of getting up each morning and having the routine of doing work each morning and doing his work before bed for the next morning. He loves being challenged with the work and study. I think I can use that as a credit for school also.... I will have to look into that. There is writing and speeches and memorization etc... and it's for four years all school year long. hmm.....
He also finished his very first high school credit which was a computer programming course through khan academy and it was a 8 week course he did over the summer. It was called 'Intro to JavaScript' and he finished with flying colors! He is going to go on to the Advanced JavaScript course soon, but wanted to get a good hang on his regular school work first especially since he is taking two CLEP level courses.
Ok, so he's also doing allinonehighschool.com and his work load this semester is CLEP level Biology which is 10th grade level, CLEP level Early American History which is actually 10th grade level, 9th grade English Literature and Composition, His math is reviewing Pre-Algebra and will be starting Algebra 1 soon. I wanted to make sure he had a perfect foundation before he starts all of his huge high school math classes because he will be doing college level math. He is reviewing pre-algebra and other basics through khan academy, algebra-class.com and shelovesmath.com lots of work!!!! I'm also having the kids each read a literature book at all times. Dylan just finished The Giver. He loved it. He's reading a series right now.. and then after that series we will continue with 9th grade literature books. If they can keep him interested. All of my kids read on college levels so I have to be picky with books because they've already read so many great classics etc .... something I've always been big on! Making sure they are constantly reading classics. For PE- Dylan has been running, lifting weights, and doing different exercises through pe online. He is also doing cursive worksheets to encourage nice penmanship- even though cursive isn't required anymore, I still want my kids to have excellent penmanship. Dylan has excellent handwriting but hates cursive so I'm making him practice more ;) I think that's it for now.
Marlee is doing 8th grade through allinonehomeschool.com and also some from ambleside online. She is plowing through and I can't believe how much school work she completes each day! She is constantly wanting to add more... she's always been this way ever since she learned how to read. it just opened up a new world for her. Right now she is doing math, spanish 1, vocabulary, reading, writing, grammar, early american history, zoology, and music. She also does cursive, copywork, and reads literature books. She just finished A Wrinkle in Time.
Syd is doing 6th grade through allinonehomeschool.com she is doing great! She doesn't like poetry tho hahahaha! She is doing math, Spanish 1, reading, vocabulary, writing, grammar, early american history, zoology, music, and art. She does cursive, copywork and reads literaturebooks. She just finished Mrs. Piggle Wiggle. :)
We do gospel together as a family.
Dylan is doing early morning seminary monday thru friday from 6:15 until 7:20 am. He loves it so much. It's amazing for him. He has his best friends, he loves the schedule of getting up each morning and having the routine of doing work each morning and doing his work before bed for the next morning. He loves being challenged with the work and study. I think I can use that as a credit for school also.... I will have to look into that. There is writing and speeches and memorization etc... and it's for four years all school year long. hmm.....
He also finished his very first high school credit which was a computer programming course through khan academy and it was a 8 week course he did over the summer. It was called 'Intro to JavaScript' and he finished with flying colors! He is going to go on to the Advanced JavaScript course soon, but wanted to get a good hang on his regular school work first especially since he is taking two CLEP level courses.
Ok, so he's also doing allinonehighschool.com and his work load this semester is CLEP level Biology which is 10th grade level, CLEP level Early American History which is actually 10th grade level, 9th grade English Literature and Composition, His math is reviewing Pre-Algebra and will be starting Algebra 1 soon. I wanted to make sure he had a perfect foundation before he starts all of his huge high school math classes because he will be doing college level math. He is reviewing pre-algebra and other basics through khan academy, algebra-class.com and shelovesmath.com lots of work!!!! I'm also having the kids each read a literature book at all times. Dylan just finished The Giver. He loved it. He's reading a series right now.. and then after that series we will continue with 9th grade literature books. If they can keep him interested. All of my kids read on college levels so I have to be picky with books because they've already read so many great classics etc .... something I've always been big on! Making sure they are constantly reading classics. For PE- Dylan has been running, lifting weights, and doing different exercises through pe online. He is also doing cursive worksheets to encourage nice penmanship- even though cursive isn't required anymore, I still want my kids to have excellent penmanship. Dylan has excellent handwriting but hates cursive so I'm making him practice more ;) I think that's it for now.
Marlee is doing 8th grade through allinonehomeschool.com and also some from ambleside online. She is plowing through and I can't believe how much school work she completes each day! She is constantly wanting to add more... she's always been this way ever since she learned how to read. it just opened up a new world for her. Right now she is doing math, spanish 1, vocabulary, reading, writing, grammar, early american history, zoology, and music. She also does cursive, copywork, and reads literature books. She just finished A Wrinkle in Time.
Syd is doing 6th grade through allinonehomeschool.com she is doing great! She doesn't like poetry tho hahahaha! She is doing math, Spanish 1, reading, vocabulary, writing, grammar, early american history, zoology, music, and art. She does cursive, copywork and reads literaturebooks. She just finished Mrs. Piggle Wiggle. :)
We do gospel together as a family.
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