School

Several of you have asked about how we homeschool, so here's a taste of what we are doing today. We use Sonlight curriculum and augment with a few things of our own. Our school day started with recess! This lets the kids get those last wiggles out while I start laundry, load dishes, etc. Then the kids rotated on science (this week we're reading a biography of Rachel Carson called "Listening to Crickets"), handwriting, and piano practice with mom. "Homeschool Family Fitness" gives us lots of great lessons for PE on the days we aren't training for the OKC Kids' Marathon. Then we took a snack break (and I usually switch loads of laundry) before tackling another rotation of reading (Olivia - "Hop on Pop", Benjamin - "Viking Adventure", Sarah - a biography of George Washington), math, creative writing, spelling, & history (today we started reading "If You Were There When They Signed the Constitution"). We finished our morning with our music studies (other days we focus on our artist - Benjamin West). This week, we've been learning about the composer Rossini with some great broadcasts and lesson plans from "Classics for Kids". After lunch, we will tackle our TOPS unit of growing beans and corn. Then we will head to church for an after-school ice cream fellowship. Hope this gives you a glimpse of our school day for the month of January. Things will change a little when I go back to school in February!