We have been busy here finishing up school before spring break. We have about a month left then we will take a 6 week or so break and start our new year in July. We do school year round with 2 or 3 three longer breaks throughout the year. It works great for us, Kiddo can’t handle the heat of summer so it is a great time to get school in and then in spring and fall when the weather is cooler we take a break and enjoy the outdoors
I have been researching and researching curriculum for next year, with geography being the trouble subject this year. I just can’t find what I want so I will piece it together. Kiddo wants to learn Japanese this year, really Japanese! I have tried to talk to him out of it without much luck so Japanese it is. I am going to use LiveMocha and see how it goes. I have started a list of literature I want him to read this year, he reads so much on his own I have never really made him read certain books but this year I have started a list with his input.
Here is my curriculum list for next year I have not ordered yet so it is subject to change 
Bible – Telling God’s Story 3
Gotta Have God Devotions for Boys
Science – Apologia Zoology 3
Apologia Chemistry (when finished with Zoology, he can not wait)
Math – Teaching Textbooks 5
Singapore Math 4A
Beast Academy
Language Arts – Easy Grammar 4
Sequential Spelling
Wordly Wise 6
Handwriting Skills D
Geography – Apologia Around the World in 180 Days
Geography Coloring Book
Horrible Geography Book Set
Foreign Language – Japanese via Live Mocha
Art – Atelier (still working on it)
Music – Piano Lessons
Stories of the Great Composers 1
Literature – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The Hobbit
Black Stallion
Little House in the Big Woods
Tales of 4th Grade Nothing
Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
Conqueror and Hero The Search for Alexander the Great.
I have commented on here before how Kiddo just can not/will not memorize his multiplication tables. He can figure out the problem but doesn’t have them memorized and it is slowing down his math progression. So we have been working on them and hopefully get them memorized.
I made a game(bribe) for us to do. I bought 2 packages of Jumbo craft sticks and wrote a multiplication problem on each stick problems 0 – 12s using my pretty 1980’s Sharpie colors.
And here is the game(bribe). He pulls out one stick and if he answers the question correctly he gets to keep the stick if he gets the answer wrong the stick goes back into the jar. Once he collects all the sticks he gets a prize.
Good morning, I hope everyone had a good weekend. We have been busy on a few home improvement projects. Even though it is only February it looks like it is time to start mowing the yard and my roses are starting to come out. I am not ready for yard work just yet.
We had a good week last week, for lessons last week we did something we have done in a long time. A subject a day lessons, it is a great way to break up homeschool without taking a break for school. Kiddo likes the difference and makes school go faster it seems.
Today we are studying all things Presidents for Presidents Day and tomorrow will get back to a regular schedule.
Just a reminder if you if have not signed up yet for Six Flags reading program it is not too late. You get free tickets for child reading 6 hours and homeschoolers are eligible.
Here is the link to sign up.
Have a great week.
