This was our second week back to full time homeschooling since summer vacation. I feel that we are getting back into the swing of things!
August 12th was both Herbert Hoover’s birthday and the statehood anniversary of Missouri, therefore we have a start to both timeline projects. And we celebrated with cupcakes.
B 15 had his 10th day of 10th grade. Hopefully, this upcoming week we can start on the new mural for the chalk board wall.
Our nature observations this week included the new seeds on the big maple tree in the front yard,
grasshoppers in the garden, and the mystery vine blooming and smelling wonderful.
I believe that we have adjusted to having character studies, math and language arts lessons daily again. Our pirate unit study is going well. The house is even slightly neater, now that we are back to our regular chore system, too. So all in all, I think we had a pretty good week.
Ha, no I didn’t. We went to the park twice.
We also attended the Back to School Youth Rally with around 200 teens from our area.
Silver Lining (our homeschool color guard) started practicing again. They are working on the marching and show routines for the Labor Day Parade.
My in-laws came for a visit and Z tried to teach his cousin to play chess. He got pretty good this past school year.
I’m looking forward to the upcoming week as we add more science and more pirate adventures to our studies. And I think things will run a bit smoother now that we’re back in the groove of full time homeschooling.
You have a good week, too.
Blessings.
betty jo
For another post about our color guard click here https://stilllearningsomethingnew.com/2013/03/16/silver-lining/
I so agree that things seem to run smoother once we start back to schooling. The house being neater….well, I cannot make that claim. 😉 Glad it is starting back well.
It helps that we preform 2 15 minute clean ups during our school day 😉
Thanks for linking with Collage Friday — I like the “10th day in 10th Grade” pic – great!
The 10th day photo is inspired by a song you probably know, Mary. Chris Rice – Billy Joe McGruffy
Glad things are falling into place for you. I’m not sure how I feel about starting up again on the 3rd.
I’m hoping everything falls into place for you too, Sylvia. You sure have had a lot going on these past few weeks.