Finally, an update...

Thought there's not much to report! It's been a slow week, and we honestly haven't gotten much done, school-wise. We have gone to a buddy gymnastics day, started cleaning the house for Thanksgiving company, gotten M's arm in a proper cast, and so on, but we really only hit the books on Tuesday. I do have lessons planned for today (phonics/spelling, math and science) to finish off a few things for the week, but that's about it! I found a website with free printable grammar lessons, so we'll start with nouns on Monday.

I have been working on choosing my classes for the spring semester at the community college, as I can register in just over a week. Biology, more advanced algebra, world history, and maybe an online typing/keyboarding class. I am trying to get my typing speed up, as this is one of the major things administrative jobs look for, and I honestly can not stay working for a grocery store forver, or even the next few years while I finish college and credentialing. Anyhow, it looks to be a busy semester, but manageable.

I am also trying to reorganize our homeschooling lessons. I have ordered (well, the charter school ordered) a couple of actual science workbooks for Elf. Each one has 10 units - one book is biology and one is chemistry. I asked around on several message boards about these, because I had heard yes they were secular, no they weren't... eventally I got enough good feedback to try Real Science 4 Kids. We ordered the pre-level ones that are supposed to be good for 1st-2nd grade. I did like the sample pages I viewed online. Anyhow, I need to really be a little more diligent about hitting all our subjects each week. We;ll go for a couple of weeks without touching certain books, and then I feel like we're behind, which we aren't really, but it feels that way. So, I am looking back over my plans, and trying to actually incoporate them into our homeschool days.

In other news, M and I are celebrating our 12th anniversary this weekend (it's technically Monday). Twelve years.... I won't say it has all been an easy ride, but definately worthwhile! We're just going to go out to dinner tonight, by ourselves.

Have a good weekend!