No Place Like Home

I started homeschooling 2 years ago, this is my third year. Everything seems to be falling in place. I'm familiar with our schedule. The kids know what to expect of me and I know what I can expect from them. I know the field trips and clubs and groups enough to pick and choose what is best for my kids and our schedule. I went to a kick of meeting for Haven home school support group. This group has supported me for now going on 3 years. It was so good to see so many people I knew and depend on for support and socialization. I'm so happy to be involved with them! My year is pretty much planned out. I feel well prepared. That is definitely a goal of mine this year to run my home smoother and to be more prepared and purposeful with our schooling with the children. After all, they are the reason we home school. To raise our children as God would have us to do in a godly environment equipping them with the tools to face the world around them.

Derek came home today recharged with confidence that he could accomplish the goals he set for himself. He was overwhelmed at first with the load of football and AP classes. The load of homework and practice was almost too much. His desire for being more involved with church ministry was more of a priority to him. He got his progress report showing good grades and encouraged him that he could do it and is doing it well. Go Derek!!! He has recently taken up another organization at school to reach students with the love of Christ. They have asked him to be on the leadership committee already. What a praise. Pray that he will be able to handle it and that if a door needs to be closed that we will recognize it and submit to God's will.

Amy

My Very Early Morning Just Started Under Nancy's Pancakes!

This year we are studying Astronomy from a christian perspective. We are participating in a co-op for this subject. The kids will put together a science lap book. These are cut out pages that they put together. These pages have questions that the children need to answer. The answers are found in the textbook. This is a great way for them to keep their hands busy and learn alot by listening to me read and finding the answers. Activities help them to take the lesson further.

So, this week they started by learning what a universe was, and who made it, and what NASA is and so forth. The activity called for stuff we didn't have so I changed it a bit. The main idea was to name the planets in order. I boiled eggs (they could be eaten later) and had the kids decorate them as planets. They could use egg dye or markers but they had to have the name of the planet on the egg. - we have learned the planets individually yet so there were no real expectations on what they looked like. But I requested that Saturn at least have a ring of some sort..lol. Then they played speed games to see who could put them in order the fastest. It was fun and they learned the order of the planets.

Yes they learned the sentence but it is different than what we learned.....