Back to homeschooling yesterday, but we tried out parts of Oak Meadow to make it more interesting, and so I could see what the kids thought of it, and it went really well. We started with doing our Saxon meeting books - calendar & weather/temperature charting - then I told a story from OM, about a haystack and a magic spindle. The kids drew pictures of the haystack - Fairy turned hers into the letter "A" (OM kindergarten work), and Elf did copywork on his. After that we moved on to math, where I decided to give them a break from Saxon and do some review work instead. I love Learning Page print-outs! Then on to ETC, with Elf doing 2 pages in his new lesson and Fairy completing a lesson (3 pages done). Finally, we finished up by reading in our biology book about the sprouting of seeds/early life for a plant. At bedtime I read them a Chinese fairy tale, as we are now studying ancient China.
Altogether a good homeschooling day! I am slowly realizing that, yes, I can meld all the bits and pieces together of all the program aspects I like. I don't have to define our homeschooling style by any one name, except maybe eclectic.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Friday, April 4, 2008
Would this be too much?
I am thinking, in addition to the plans I have outlined for fall, reading stories about Rome and the Middle Ages to Elf, maybe a story or 2 a week. This way he'll have fun with the unit studies, and still learn a bit about chronological history. Is this a good idea, or just overwhelming?
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