Tuesday, September 02, 2008

Our School Week


Here is a peak inside our school week.


Term 1

Day 1

Math- This year we are using Developmental Math: Book 8

History- Our Island Story By H E Marshall

Poetry- Walter De la Mare

Nature Walk and Observation


Day 2

Math

Poetry

Burgess Animal Book (this book is written in story form and tells about mammals)

Composer Study- Vivaldi

History Tale- The Little Duke by Charlotte Yonge


Day 3

Math

Poetry

Art Lesson/Nature Journal

Geography-Tree In the Trail by Holling C. Holling

Church History- Trial and Triumph by Richard Hannula (this does not happen every week, but about once every 3 weeks)


Day 4

Math

Poetry

Burgess Animal Book

Artist Study- Vincent van Gogh


Day 5

Math

Timeline (this is where we add to our timeline any new events or people we have read about during the week)

Art Lesson- Water Colors

Zoology- Birds


Added to all this my 2nd grader studies Latin and a Bible curriculum with his daddy each week and has a free reading time each afternoon. My Kindergarten student studies Phonics each day and joins his brother for Art, Nature, and Composer Studies.


For the most part we are finished with school by lunch time and the boys have the rest of the day to play and explore. This gives me the time to attend to meals and other homekeeping duties, not to mention my sweet 3 year old!


2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi Rachel! Blogspots are working in China at the moment ~ woohoo!!!
I like some of your ideas for homeschooling, and one of them in particular, so much that I'm borrowing it for my classroom. I already play classical music when the kids are doing serious work, but your composer focus gave me a low-maintenance idea for taking it further, and focusing on one composer at a time per month or so. Thanks!

Melissa said...

Thanks for posting this - it sounds exciting. And also encouraging that you can be finished by lunchtime. You are a great mother and teacher!