Come Check Out Some Books with Me

Come check out all of these great books on SALE!! Score some for just $5.  We have activity books, survival guides for teens, potty training books, and MORE!!!!

Human Body Preschool Activity Book

Social Skills Workbook for Teens

Anger Management Workbook for Kids

Social Survival Guide for Teens

Anxiety Workbook for Kids

ABC Bug Book for Kids

All About Rocks and Minerals for Kids

Exploring Nature Activity Book

Rocks and Minerals Field Guide

Field Guide All About Bugs

Fascinating Facts About Bugs

Herb and Plant Encyclopedia- disclaimer it's titled "The Green Witch's Herb and Plant Encyclopedia"

Basketball Biographies for Kids

The Story of Taylor Swift

Kindergarten Reading Notebook

Complete Book of Football Trivia

Potty Training in 3 Days

Let's Go to the Potty

My First Book of Baby Signs

My First Book of Emotions for Toddlers

Homeschool/School Curriculum on SALE by Subject

 

The curriculum filters aren't perfect but for the most part the subjects are separated.

Math

Science & Technology

Language Arts

Social Studies

Health

Foreign Languages

Creative Arts/Art

Amazon Homeschool Deals for 8/1/24

 All of the homeschool deals listed in "today's deals" https://amzn.to/3Wsa3jO

Homeschool Discounts for Pre-k-5th grade https://amzn.to/3LLzAiO

Homeschool Discounts for 6th-8th grade https://amzn.to/3A8y4ES

Homeschool Discounts for 9th-12th grade https://amzn.to/3A87coA

These are generated lists.  Sometimes it sticks a curriculum item in the wrong section.

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It's Almost That Time!!!

Can you believe it is almost time for school to start back!! My crews starts back part time in July so it is really, really CLOSE for us;-)  I wanted to do a quick post sharing what curriculum we are using and I would love to hear what everyone else is using!!!!

So let's get started!! I have two boys in 4th this year:-)  One is struggling so we decided not to move him forward to 5th.  The wonderful thing about homeschool is that there is no reason to stress him out!!  I'm going to start with what they are going to be using for the big 4th grade year!!!

Math- Teaching Textbooks, Dad's Worksheets (completely free), FREE Math (completely free)

Language Arts- McRuffy Press

Science- The Lab of Mr. Q Life Science (completely free)

Social Studies- Evan-Moor

As always we will supplement with free worksheets we find throughout the year, unit studies, Teacher's File Box, our monthly co-op classes, etc!!

Alright let me hear what you will be using!!!!

Our 1st Week Back to School 2016-2017

We started back to school last week.  As I type this I just finished printing and prepping our work for our 2nd week.  So that means the good news is.... We SURVIVED the first week back!!! But it was a LONG week.  All in all the boys did a great job.  The easy years are behind us and everyone took a big step up with their curriculum this year.  It is going to be a more intense schedule along with a more intense co-op.  We can do it!! (I think I might be saying that more for my benefit) 

This year for 1st, 3rd, and 4th grade we are using Complete Curriculum a digital downloadable curriculum.  It involves a lot of printing so I am glad I splurged on a printer last year:-)  We don't start co-op until the 2nd week of August but that is going to be here before we know it!! This year they are taking; sign language, geography, art, zoology, lego, and some other fun classes!! They love going to co-op and seeing all their friends.  Typically we do two days a week one week out of the month but this year we are starting a new co-op schedule of one day a week 3 weeks a month.  I am hoping that we have bitten off more then we can chew. 

Our first week involved a lot of review and getting back into the routine of things.  Basically the boys had to come to terms with the fact that they were going to have to suck it up and do school again.  Next week we start off (tomorrow) with a cool, fun glacier demonstration.  I think they are going to love it.

Here is a peek into our first week:-) 

School Started Back....What We Are Doing in 2015-2016!!!

Tomorrow starts our 3rd week of school and we have survived!! Not only did we survive our first week of school but we also survived our first monthly co-op. The kids were so excited to see their friends and I was so excited to see my fellow Moms:-)  Our co-op has tripled in size since last year and it is so fun!! The kids are great!!

This year my Sis has joined us on our homeschooling adventure and she is teaching Kindergarten to my adorable niece.  Being next door neighbors means it is super easy for us to do school together.  It is nice to have a back up for my off days:-)  For our at home work we are using MobyMax as our supplemental computer curriculum for all four littles.  The main part of Kindergarten for the two newbies is Little House Curriculum an almost completely FREE curriculum that we love so far, it includes all subjects!!  The other two are using Institute of Excellence in Writing....Primary Arts of Language Reading and Writing Program, Math 2 curriculum, timeline unit study for History and as always hands on science. 

So far everything is going with only one hitch.  Bad dreams...my boys are being plagued by bad dreams so sleeping in their beds has turned into an impossibility.  Tonight we read the story of the dreamcatcher and colored pictures of our own.  Tomorrow we are going to make actual ones.  So far so good; one hour later and everyone is still in their bed and there have been no tears. 

The oldest started highschool last week and so far he loves it!! ( He is in Public school) I am really enjoying hearing him talk about all of his classes and new experiences.  I know he will do great this year!!

We wrapped up our Sunday night with a huge family supper before Dad went to work and then hung out at the table doing homework and coloring.  It feels good to be getting back into our normal routine:-)