Wednesday, September 17, 2008

These are a few of my favourite things!

Magazines:
Above Rubies
No Greater Joy
The Old Schoolhouse
Family Fun

Freebie Sights:
Hillbilly Housewife- great recipes and menus

Mom sight:
Elizabeth Foss blog- this lady is a devout Catholic who has 8 children. Although I do not share all of the same beliefs as the Catholic faith, she has a wonderful sight for teaching kids and much more with "real books."

Meme's:
The simple woman's day book
Homeschool Blog Awards

Organizing crafts:
http://www.motivatedmoms.com

Bible focused:
http://www.desiringgod.org/
http://rubies.articledirectoree.com/
http://www.elizabethgeorge.com/
http://www.elizabetheliot.org/

Business sights:
Marykaycosmetics.com

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Something New

This year I am using Sonlight's Church History with my 8th grader. We are studying the ancients this year and I have decided to tie in church history also. I really like it. It is intense but I wish I had this knowledge before now. So, I've decided to learn it along with my daughter. The other new curriculum that I am using is Beautiful Feets, American History for primarys. It uses a lot of the D'Auliare books with pictures. We are keeping a notebook and it is a very interesting program along with fun activities for a hands on kid. I am also using Considering God's Creation from Eagle's Wings with my 4th grader. It is another hands on approach with Science. Both the Beautiful Feet and Science Curriculum could easily be used with someone who has multi-level ages of children. Sometimes I have wished my children were a little closer together so I could teach them the same History and Science but there is a gap of 4 grade levels between my first two and 7 between my middle and youngest so it would be rather difficult.
I am enjoying what we are using and I love the idea of notebooking. The kids feel proud of their accomplishment because the fun projects make the notebook look so fun and interesting.