School's In

Tomorrow we will complete our second full week of school.  For us this is a landmark year for a couple of reasons.  First, it is the first time in 7 years that I have only had 3 girls enrolled in The Brown Academy For Girls.  Caitlin has moved on.  Secondly, This is probably the first year EVER that we've gotten started so early.  Im usually the last holdout among my homeschooling mommy friends.  What?!?! It's Labor Day already?  Guess that means we gotta start school.   

This year it just felt right to everyone involved to get back into a routine.  SO we plowed ahead.

Holly 10th Grade

Teaching Textbooks Algebra 1

LifePacs by Alpha Omega Press for Science, History and Bible

Wordly Wise 3000 -10, Easy Grammar and Natural Speller for Language Arts

Holly and Abbie will both be reading and researching famous American authors.

Holly is currently working her way through the strange world of Edgar Alan Poe.

Abbie 9th Grade

Saxon Math

LifePacs for Science, History and Bible. 

(She thought she wanted to do Apologia General Science but after further inspection decided she would wait another year) good choice Abs.

Wordly Wise 3000-9, Easy Grammar and Natural Speller

Abbie is excited to be starting Spanish 1 soon and is currently researching the works of O. Henry.

Miriam Grace 6th Grade

Saxon Math 

LifePacs for Science, History and Bible

Wordly Wise 3000-6, Easy Grammar, Natural Speller and A Reason For Writing

Gracie is researching hot air balloons and plans on building a miniature hot air balloon as soon she gets it all figured out.  I hope she doesn't blow up the garage. 

A few days ago, after a long research session she came to me asking if she could disconnect the propane tank off of daddy's grill.  She needed it for fuel for her hot air balloon burner. YIKES!!  

What am I gonna do with that kid?!

I told her that daddy need it to stay connected so that he could cook our supper.  I quickly thawed out the pork chops.  Phew.... dodged that bullet..... for now.

If you're not home schooling your kids, you're missing a blessing... just sayin.