Our Adventures in Homeschooling

Quick Update August 11, 2008

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It’s been a while since I have posted on here.  I think it is just a crazy time of year.  Most people I talk to feel that way lately.  Anyway, just wanted to post a quick update on what is happening in the homeschool realm. 

A couple weeks ago I took the kids on a field trip to one of our police substations.  That was pretty interesting.  The kids’ favorite part was getting to see and sit in the police car.  My oldest even got to talk over the loudspeaker.  They really enjoyed it. 

Now, we are focusing our efforts on the Olympics.  We are keeping track and graphing the medal count for six different countries.  We are going to be learning more about China, the Ancient Olympics, and all kinds of Olympic trivia.  In a couple weeks we will cap it all off with our own little Kid Olympics.  It should be a ton of fun.

On Thursday, I got the official approval from the school district, so that’s good.

I have also edited and updated their educational plans. 

education-plan-kindergarten     education-plan-2nd-grade

 

Educational Plans May 27, 2008

Filed under: Our Progress, Resources, Start Up — denisethinks @ 11:11 pm
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In order to comply with Nevada Law, when we submit our Notice of Intent to Homeschool, we also have to submit an educational plan.  So, with a great deal of information taken from Rebecca Rupp’s Home Learning Year by Year, I’ve completed the plans for the boys.  I know this is much more detail than the school district requires, but this also serves as a great guide for me.  Anyway, I thought I’d post them, in case anyone was interested. 

 education-plan-kindergarten1     education-plan-2nd-grade

I also went to Barnes and Noble today and ordered Rebecca’s book.  Should be in next week.  I’m pretty excited.  Thank you to Erin for finding it for me!  What a blessing this book has turned out to be!