Weekly Wrap-Up: The One with an Official Preschooler

Well it's official. We have  a preschooler in the house. The very last one. I may just flunk her every year so she can stay in pre-k forever, sniff.

Since Mackenzie was at a music camp this past week, I thought it would be a good time to start up preschool with Kayleigh. We could do everything we wanted with no interruptions for help with fractions. And we could throw in some special stuff just for her since poor Kayleigh generally spends her life waiting for big sister to finish her activities or on field trips with sissy's friends.

It went exactly like one would expect it to with Kayleigh. What you thought she'd like she didn't and what  you knew she'd like she didn't. lol Typical Kayleigh. She did like a lot of stuff. She just doesn't want you to know because she's persnickety like that.

If you're interested in what I'm using for preschool you can either click the preschool page link at the top of this page or click HERE and read my post about it. Or THIS post. The choice is yours. And no, I don't have an obsession over curriculum. Buying or writing about. I don't know what your talking about. lol

Bible

We're kind of mixing up Sonlight's core P 4/5 Bible with the memory work from our Raising Rock Stars Preschool from last year. We have all kinds of nice printables with those verses plus the ABC Bible Verses book. So I wanted to reuse those verses again so she can really commit them to memory. Plus I added in Right Choices from the old core P 4/5. Why they removed that  wonderful book is beyond me. Maybe it's out of print? If you can find it, buy it.

And boy are those verses really working on her heart. lol

Picture my two children bickering, Kayleigh being the instigator this time around. I remind her of this week's verse, "A soft answer turns away wrath, Kayleigh." (And I was really proud of myself for not doling out the wrath that I was feeling over the bickering. Woot!)

Kayleigh's response, "I CANNOT do that at all mommy!"  ROFL Apparently this week's virtue, gentleness, didn't sink in either.

Language

Well first up was books. Lots of them thanks to Sonlight. She loved the reading as I knew she would. Her favorite was the Berenstain Bears Book of Science and Nature. Just like her sister. We read a weeks worth of that in one sitting.

She also liked looking up story locations from The Lion Storyteller Bedtime Book and Stories from Around the World on the globe.

Developing the Early Learner was a surprising hit with her too. I thought that would definitely be an issue for her.


We also started using Language Lessons for Little Ones this week. I was excited to try this one because it gives a very gentle introduction to narration through picture study mainly. Kayleigh does like to look at art, and narration was something that Mackenzie would struggle with, so I'm hoping starting her with this gentle approach early will help Kayleigh in the future.



It even contained some "copy work." LOL  She did alright with it considering we haven't really worked on handwriting a lot. I gave her the option to skip it but she didn't want to.
That child is always surprising me. I'm sure she'll get better at it once we actually start working on printing.




We started the second section of All About Reading Pre-1, the lower case letters. We did 'a' this week. In the poem book there was a poem about animal crackers so we made a really cute snack that I saw over at Delightful Learning, an animal cracker carousel. All you need is an apple, peanut butter or nutella, one berry, and some animal crackers. Kayleigh was thrilled!!! She also had fun doing her craft for her alphabet book and with the syllable activity. The activities they come up with to teach reading are so clever in their simplicity. If you haven't checked out their products, you should.





On the "written language" front, we started Handwriting Without Tears' Get Ready for School activities. No book work here. Just getting familiar with the wood pieces through songs and games. Always fun! We polished the pieces, used them for a guessing game, and made music with them. Afterward Kayleigh wanted to teach me the names of the different pieces. And Strawberry Shortcake knows them too now. lol

Math

We started working with our new math choices this week. I think her favorite was actually the Math-U-See. That really surprised me. I thought for sure that the Family Math for Young Children would be the winner with her. One would think that a math activity involving the outdoors, chalk, jumping and running would be the preferred method of learning. Especially when deal with a child who is famous for her loathing of coloring and the like. Just goes to show how little that I know. lol  She did the activity, involving positional/directional words, for a short stint but she quickly turned it into an art activity.

Other Stuff

We did some apple printing using the leftover apple pieces from our special snack. We had her BFF come over for lunch and a playdate. We were supposed to do some water play but the weather wouldn't cooperate so we made cloud dough (flour and baby oil) instead.

We did a lesson in Artistic Pursuits that she loved. She got to give a me a tour of her room so she could show me some of her favorite things. Then she drew some of them.

We went to Chick-fil-a another day to lunch and play with her BFF again. Took an impromptu trip to Krispy Kreme.  And blew bubbles.

All-in-all, I think she had fun. She's having some major 'tude about some review items but other than that it was pretty smooth sailing. For her. lol


So how was your week?




Linking to Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers, Homeschool Creations, Homeschool Mother's Journal, and Homegrown Learners

Not-Back-to-School Blog Hop: Curriculum Week

Sigh... I love curriculum. Researching it, purchasing it, planning for it, talking about it, blogging about it. Uh, yeah, this isn't my first blog post about curriculum this year. Or the third. =o)

I have decided that, for the purposes of this particular blog hop, it would be easier to write a new post that incorporates the whole sha-bang into one post. It has nothing to do with being obsessed with curriculum. It's a convenience to my readers so they can read about everything in one place. I'm being nice. Not obsessed. Honestly!

Mackenzie,  Sixth (sniff) Grade

My Mackenzie has a bit of a math phobia. Typical I know, but she's really, really good at it when she doesn't psych herself out. We're talking perfect math scores on her standardized tests for the most part. So this year I'm going to trying to break through this math wall she's built by adding in some living math type options. Fingers crossed! I can't take the crying anymore. Gah!!!

Bible

** What We Believe series - Apologia
** God's Great Covenant, New Testament - Classical Academic Press

Language Arts

** Growing With Grammar 6
** Institute for Excellence in Writing level B
** Word Roots levels A1 and A2
** Sonight Readers and Read Alouds from Core F, Eastern Hemisphere
** Vocabulary/Spelling City - for spelling as needed and select vocabulary from readings

Math

** Math-U-See Zeta
** Life of Fred Decimals (supplement)
** Family Math : The Middle School Years (supplement)

Social Studies

** Sonlight's Core F, Eastern Hemisphere - Finish second half
** Sonlight's Core G, World History part 1 - if we finish Core F early

Science

** Exploring Creation with Zoology 2: Swimming Creatures of the Fifth Day - Apologia

Other Stuff

** A Young Scholar's Guide to Composors
** Classical Kids cds
** The World's Greatest Artists
** Visual Latin
** Artistic Pursuits
** Private Piano lessons through Young Musicians of VA
** soccer, basket ball and cheerleading through Beach Junior Athletics

Kayleigh, Preschool 

With Kayleigh, it's all about options. I never know what she's going to be willing to do so I'm ready with a lot of choices this year. It may or may not work for me. lol To quote Mr. Forrest Gump, Kayleigh is "like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're going to get."

She's also really close to a break through with her reading. She knows all of her letters and sounds, has started a nice foundation of sight words, and she's just on the cusp of figuring out blending. It's an exciting time for her. And for me. Mackenzie taught herself to read at a very young age so I didn't get to teach her to read. I'm excited to finally be able to claim that I taught my own child to read instead of having taught everyone elses. lol

Bible

** Raising Rock Stars Preschool Memory Verses
** Sonlight p 4/5 Bible along with Right Choices

Language and Reading

** Language Lessons for Little Ones
** All About Reading pre-1 - finish second half
** Get Ready for the Code series
** You Can Read sight word program

Literature

** Sonlight p 4/5 Exploring God's World
** Before Five in a Row - when we feel like something different

Math

** Math for Young Children
** Mathematical Reasoning
** Math-U-See Primer - first 10 or so lessons only, if we happen to feel like it

Other Stuff

** Maestro Classics/ Classical Kids cds
** World's Greatest Artists - Sit in with Mackenzie for at least the art projects
** Artistic Pursuits - The Way They See It
** Get Set for School - Handwriting Without Tears
** Preschool Music Lessons at Young Musicians of VA
** Dance lessons - Danceland 2, we hope
** Soccer Tots and Basketball Buddies through Beach Junior Athletics - Please note she usually refused to participate. Except for the snack. She always jumps in when it's time for the snack.


So there you have our plan for the 2012-2013 school year. Of course, as we all know, the best of plans change so we'll see how well this one worked out a year from now.

Click the blog hop button at the top of the page to see what other homeschools are using this year. And pop by next week to get a peek into my school room.

Review: King Alfred's English

From the Website:

Do you remember the first time you looked under the hood of a car or popped off the back of an electric toy to see the inner workings? Well, most of us go through our entire life speaking a highly complex and organized set of sounds we call language without ever getting a glimpse under its hood. So come have a look at some of the hidden springs and gears that have steered energized English over the centuries. King Alfred's English provides a guided tour of forces and events, conquerors and writers that have shaped, simplified, matured and expanded English into what it is today -- the first truly global language in history.

First of all, when I read the title of the book, King Alfred's English: A History of the Language We Speak and Why We Should Be Glad We Do, I was immediately very interested. Then I read the synopsis above. After reading it, all that I could think about was how badly I wanted to read this book. My daughter and I had started studying Latin last year and, because of how fascinating that has been, I've been really interested in the history of our language. I wanted to read this book...for me!

About King Alfred's English

A light course in four subject areas:

History - Get a fun and enlightening view of English history in the format of major language "invasions" and how they changed the shape and form of English.

Linguistics - Learn how words morph and mutate, how grammar shifts and simplifies and, with some crazy word histories thrown in, get a fresh look at language altogether.


English Literature - Woven into this history are the stories of several key English authors whose prose and poetry influenced the development of English. Optional online literature selections that expand the lessons are available on the course website.

The English Bible - See why the English Bible had an unparalleled impact on the development of our language. Learn the story of the Reformation and the men who, in some cases, gave their lives so we could read the Bible in our native tongue. 

Also available: FREE supplemental Material for Students. Worksheets, tests, and research activities with links to related topics are available for each chapter at www.theshorterword.com

My Experience

My first impression was a good one. When the book arrived it was autographed by the author, Laurie J. White. That shows me that she is passionate about her product. And she should be. It is fascinating. I learned a lot of the history of our language and about history in general.

For starters, I learned that writing X-mas instead of Christmas is not like "crossing the Christ out of Christmas" like my aunt used to nag me over. She just doesn't know a lick about the Greek alphabet or the Roman emperor Constantine.

British and English are not one in the same. In fact, they weren't even on friendly terms. 

That guy who coined the phrase, "Ain't ain't a word because it ain't in the dictionary", doesn't exactly have the whole story. It might not be in the dictionary but it is in the works of Austen and Shakespeare. Poor 'ain't' is an example of shifting grammar standards.

Want a little clue about why the English language can be a tad confusing, especially on those SATS? Just compare dictionaries around the world.

    French dictionary - 100,000 word entries

    Russian dictionary - 130 000 word entries

    German dictionary - 185,000 word entries

    Oxford English Dictionary - 615,000 word entries

Wozers! Mystery solved. lol

I told you that this book was fascinating! And what I've shared with you is the tip of the iceberg in the fascinating facts category. I feel ready to play some Trivial Pursuit.

And, on top of making me feel smarter, it would be a wonderful source for a full semester of history for your middle school or high school student. With all the extra articles, videos, worksheets, tests (and more) that she provides on her site, for FREE, you could easily award your student a half credit if you do it right. I'm looking forward to doing just that with my daughters when they're ready for it.

I love this book!

F.Y.I.

Website: http://www.theshorterword.com/king-alfreds-english/

Age Range: 7-12th grade and for curious adults

Price: $16.95 for soft cover and $5.95 for the Kindle

There are many ways to purchase the book, so be sure to check the website to see them all. There are also samples available on the website. 

And guess what?? The author is generously offering 50% off for the first five readers who comment on this review. So if you're interested in the fascinating history of our English language leave a comment and don't forget your email addy, so I can send you the discount code. The code will be good through September.

Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this book for review purposes. All opinions are my own.

Make Room Monday #7 on Thursday: Wordly Wise B

I'm still cleaning off my book shelves and offering up homeschool curriculum that I no longer need. I've got to make room for all of our future Sonlight cores.  =o) Instead of sticking with my original plan of just holding a give away every Monday this summer, I've decided to take advantage of Homeschool Creations Curriculum Clean Out linky and give away something every day this week.

Today I'm offering up a brand new copy of Wordly Wise B. Never been used. This series never really appealed to my older daughter so we stopped using it. Ahhh, how wonderful to be able to use what works for my children. I love that about homeschooling.

Yes, I realize that my younger daughter might be able to use this one day but less stuff makes the hubby happy and it's fun to be able to bless someone else. Plus, she doesn't seem to like workbook type things all that much so I'm leaning towards this not being a win for her.

Wordly Wise is a filled with fun vocabulary-building exercises to strengthen students' thinking and writing skills. Students learn multiple definitions of words and use them in sentences and puzzles. This particular book is about a third grade level.

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The Story of a School Room ~ Back to Homeschool Blog Hop

Next up on the blog hop is another favorite topic for homeschoolers, the classroom space. I love taking a peek at what other people have got going on in their school rooms.

Our school room has gone through some major overhauls over the last few years. The first being one of epic proportions. I've written about it before so I'm going to give you a full recap because it's so amazingly awesome. 

The Story of our School Room

There once was a school room that was...okay.

There was some furniture that was too big for the room and it's purpose. Not nearly enough storage or shelving. We are Sonlighters, after all.

Not to mention the the Wee Babe (yes Kayleigh was a babe when I first wrote this) hated it!!! She'd enter the room and start tearing stuff apart. At one point we moved a book shelf from our living room into it around Christmas (to make room for the tree).  And left it there. Then, we ordered next years curriculum in January and had no place to store it. So it wound up in the middle of the room that the babe had trashed.

The result is in the lower right hand corner... Beware it isn't pretty. Not for the faint of heart. But I like to keep it real. And it was real ugly.

While looking at the pit, my hubby and I made a tough decision to postpone a much anticipated trip to NYC this summer. This has been something we promised our eldest on her 7th birthday. She's 9 now. We decided it wasn't the best use of our $$$ when there were things around the house that wanted to improve. So we broke the news.

We eased the tears with a trip to Build-A-Bear, and signed her up for the drama and church camp she's been wanting to go to. Oh and a weekend at Great Wolf Lodge. Bribery at it's finest.

We replaced the trip to NYC with a trip to IKEA. Oooh, it's not down the road, so we emptied out the van and buckled in. And being the mean parents that we are, we brought some school along with us. Yes, that's right, we canceled her trip and made her do school on the way to a boring store. =o)

We wandered around IKEA with our map and our pencils and furiously scribbled down everything that we we planning on getting. And a few things that called out to us while there. Whoaaa! Look at that cart? Maybe we weren't so wise with the $$$? Of course we were, it's IKEA. Cheap, cheap,cheap. We actualy came out $200 under our limit. Yay wallet!!!

Then we spent about 3 hours total assembling 11 pieces of furniture. Easiest assembly of our lives. IKEA is our new favorite place. Those shelves from Target or Walmart take about 30 minutes a piece. And that's for a small, 3-shelf, bookcase. We built a 6 shelf bookcase from IKEA in 10 minutes.

Then came the sorting, purging, and organizing. Ack!!! Long, not fun work. But we called the "Big Guns" to help with the purging.

Yes, it would have been cheaper to rent a truck or dumpster and haul it out ourselves but we decided our sanity was more important. (I'm a tad on the weakling side. LOL) Plus, we removed a bunch of shrubs that we hated and cleared out the garage while they were at it. They took it all. And they recycle and donate everything that they can. Which saved us several trips to several different places. Worth every penny. If you have it.

And the moment you've all been waiting for... The after shots. Not bad, right? I wasn't really thrilled with the red walls that now clashed with the green and blue bins, but one step at a time.

Today, about two years later, it still looks pretty much the same. Including the red walls. LOL We've added a couple of more pieces, like piano keyboard for our little prodigy and a table for the tot, but for the most part it's the same. And as wonderful as it is, we still do school all over the house and the yard. Well not the yard this year because we'd melt. But when it's not 300 degrees out, we love to school outside. 

If you'd like a closer look, and you happen to be a subscriber to The Old Schoolhouse Magazine, you can open your May 2012 issue and get a virtual tour of our classroom. And find out just how fast that I talk in real life. Good luck with that. lol

But don't get yourself too attached to this room. Because guess what? We're going to give it one more major over haul come October. We're moving it one city over into our new house. We're just waiting on completion. But here's a sneak peak at the future home of the Sonlight Academy for Girls...

I can't wait! It's going to be bigger, brighter, and not red. =o) I'm thinking a very pale blue....

Well now that I've shared so it's your turn. What's going on in your schoolroom?

Make Room Monday #6 on a Wednesday: AIMS From Head to Toe

I know it's not Monday, again, but I can't help but take advantage of the Curriculum Clean-Out linky party over at Homeschool Creations. So I have to keep posting more. Don't worry, my shelves are still over flowing so there's still plenty of free curriculum to be had.

Today I'm offering up a wonderful science resource, From Head to Toe, from the AIMS foundation. If you have plans for studying the human body then this gem is for you. And it comes with a CD of the printables which is wonderful because the book is huge and that makes copying hard. We really enjoyed the activities in this book.

About From Head to Toe

This revised edition of From Head to Toe, which includes 25 new activities, will guide students in explorations of the systems and senses of the human body. Students will look at how the nervous, circulatory, respiratory, digestive, urinary, and musculoskeletal systems work together to keep us alive. They will also explore how our sensory organs provide us information about our world.

Students will be engaged as they create models for each system and see firsthand how things really work. In the activity “Breathe In, Breathe Out,” students will use a two-liter bottle, balloons and straws to build their own set of “lungs” and to see what happens as air is inhaled and exhaled. In the activity “The Food Tube,” students will work as a team, creating a life-size tracing of a classmate and calculating the length and location of the digestive tract; they will be amazed as they discover the crepe paper used to represent the small and large intestines measures up to five times the height of the body.

Teachers will enjoy the flexibility that From Head to Toe offers, as they can adjust the depth of each unit to fit the needs of their class. They will also find the rubber band books—small books the students assemble and hold together with a rubber band along the spine—ideal in providing necessary content and relevant information.Whether building a model heart or acting out the actions of neurons as they transmit messages to and from the brain, From Head to Toe provides a broad, complete look of the human body that will engage students as they learn about their magnificent bodies.

Read a more detailed account about our experience with about book in my review that you can find HERE.

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Curriculum Planning, My Style ~ Back to Homeschool Blog Hop

So you know the method behind our homeschool and our curriculum of choice. Next up... what do I do with it all of this stuff? With school just around the corner, it's curriculum planning time. And guess what? I'm totally finished with my planning for the 2012-2013. All of it. For the entire school year. Every last assignment. For both of my children. Seriously... For realz... I'm really on the up and up. Done. And it didn't take as much time as you might think.


Do you want to know my secret to curriculum planning?

Stefanie's Curriculum Planning Secret

It's simple really... it's called Homeschool Tracker. Yep, that's the big secret. I've been using it for about 6 years. It's revolutionized my curriculum planning.  What's so great about it, you ask? Everything.  It tracks attendance, hours, books I own, assignments, grades (weighted or not), transcripts, scope and sequence, chores, field trips, appointments, and a thousand other things that I cannot recall.

There's a Homeschool Tracker Basic (free), Homeschool Tracker Plus ($49 plus free updates forever), and now they offer an online version. I have used Plus pretty much from the get go because it offers more features, including my beloved Lesson Plan feature.

However last year, we ditched all PCs and switched to Macs. A great move for us (and everyone in my NSOHO lol) but HST is only a Windows (boo) based program. Sniff, sniff. Mac users can still use the program but it involves partitioning your hard drive to create a Windows side. Which mean you run Windows on it. Which does two things 1) It makes that your Mac susceptible to viruses via the Windows side. Don't go on the internet on the Windows side. 2) You now have Windows on your Mac which bogs your system down as only Windows can do.

But I loved HST so much that this is what we did. Until they released the Online Version.  I've been Windows free for a month now. Now that Windows has been booted off, I'm back to warp speed baby!!! Woo-hoo!!!!! It's a bit different than the HST+ that I'm used to, but it does everything I need. They even moved ALL OF MY DATA from HST+ to the new program. All of my hard work from the last few years are locked and loaded in the cyber world.

Okay, enough gushing, on to how I do the actual planning.

Step 1

Pray. Got to give it to God first. He's ultimately in control.

Step 2 Create a New School Year

Creating Terms

I choose the start and end dates, number of required days, number of terms, add in known vacation days. Homeschool Tracker tells me how many days I have available. I usually schedule each year for more than 180 because we like to take days off when we like to take days off. It's how we roll. Flexibility is one of the many blessings of homeschooling.

Step 3 Resources

Resources, nice & neat

Next I add the resources that I plan on using for the year. This used to take me forever to type in. Then I noticed the little blue ISBN hyperlink. Type in the ISBN number and it will enter all the information about the resource: title, author, publisher, type of resource. Fabulous! Even better, go to Amazon and just copy the ISBN numbers from the site and just past them in. Saves a lot of typing.  And it even includes a little thumbnail of the cover. That thrills me to no end and it will come in handy seven years from now when I need to find the books for Kayleigh. I'll know exactly what I'm looking for.

Step 4 Create Plans

My Lesson Plans for the Year

Next on the agenda is to create the lesson plans using the lesson plan feature. First I name the plan. Generally I name it after the resource or the core. My Sonlight cores get one lesson plan per core. So all the Bible, history, readers, and read alouds will be under one lesson plan. All other resources get their own individual plans. That's just my personal preference that's geared to how my mind works. Limited workings as they might be. lol


Once the plans are created, I can start entering assignments for the year. That's right, for the entire year. Some of them are incredibly easy because I can use the auto increment feature. I can set up all the assignments for the year in minutes. Math is usually like this and books where you only read one chapter a day. The auto increment feature lets you zoom right through that process with ease.

Auto increment makes planning easy

Other assignments can take quite a bit longer because you have to type in everything individually. It does take some time to set up but it's well worth it in the long run. I have the time to do all this during the summer when we're not schooling or doing a lighter load. To have to do this in the school year would just be painful. By entering all of the assignments for the year now, I save myself a lot of time when I'm busy teaching.

Lessoning planning during the school year is just a few clicks to choose assignments for the week and then printing out the assignment sheet. It takes me less than ten minutes once a week. That is such a blessing for me.

The Lesson Plan feature is hands down my favorite thing about Homeschool Tracker. I heart it!

A Sample of our Core Plans for the Year

 With the lesson plan feature you can create reusable lesson plans. As in you can reuse them with subsequent children. And not have to enter all of the assignments again. I use Sonlight as the spine for our homeschool. Do you see how huge this is for me? I only have to type in the assignments for the 8 billion books per core once. Just once! And I can use them again for all my children. Okay, I only have two but still that saves hours and hours and hours of work. lol

When Kayleigh moves up to the levels that I have entered as lesson plans, all that I'm going to have to do is click on the assignments I want to use for that week and submit them to the weekly plan. How fabulous is that? Just look at that screen shot. I just have to click on the assignments I want and then print them out. Soooo easy! (And psssstttt...you can even share lesson plan files with other HST users. And they can share theirs. You could potentially plan your year by just exploiting importing somebody else's hard work.)

Easy to Reschedule

And if we don't get to everything I have planned, rescheduling is just a couple of more clicks. The reschedule feature is my second favorite thing about HST. When I go back in HST to enter grades (just the # possible and # correct mind you, HST figures out the rest for you) I just use the reschedule tool to move items that we didn't complete. It's so simple. It's so much easier then having to erase and rewrite on a regular planner. And tidier too. I can reschedule a bunch of assignments in about 30 seconds.

Since flexibility is one of the keys to successful homeschooling, I have to tell you that having our assignments for the year entered does not restrict us in any way. If I choose skip assignments, it's as easy as not scheduling them. Into the archives they go. If I want to add a new find or a review item, it's just as simple. I can add them as regular assignments without creating a fancy-smancy lesson plan for them. Rabbit trails?? Again, just don't schedule assignments until I'm ready to use them.

Assignment Report ready to be completed

So tell me, what are your curriculum planning secrets? Particularly from you parents of highschoolers. I need to take notes because I've only got three more years til we hit there. Waaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!!

And be sure to click the button at the top of the post and see my Crew Mates takes on curriculum planning are. Tomorrow we're talking school rooms...don't forget to stop by and see mine.


P.S. Are you looking for free homeschool curriculum? I'm currently giving away Learning About God from A to Z, ends 8/5, Preschool Art, ends 8/6, and From Head to Toe, ends 8/7. And more give aways  coming.