This week for the Not-Back-t0-School Blog hop the topic is back to school photos. I thought I’d combine photos with my students’ possible course of study this year since I missed that week of the hop (yes, I’m still working on the details—lol!) And if you are new here—WELCOME! I share homeschool curriculum reviews, early-childhood activities, free printables and more. I even have some giveaways planned for this week, so you might consider subscribing to this blog to keep up with all the happenings on Spell Outloud.
2011-2012 School Year
13yr. old DD
Bible/Devotional: Grapevine Studies (we do together as a family); Read through the New Testament; Read Do Hard Things by Alex and Brett Harris
Math: Teaching Textbooks
Science: Apologia General Science
Writing: Finish IEW Level B
Literature: Maybe Lightning Literature? Sonlight? Still looking at options.
Grammar: Easy Grammar Plus
Spanish: Rosetta Stone
History: She would like to do World History (Sonlight Core W?)—looking at options.
Logic: The Fallacy Detective
Art: Artistic Pursuits
DS 11.5
Bible/Devotional: Grapevine Studies (we do together as a family); Read through the New Testament; Read Do Hard Things by Alex & Brett Harris
Math: Teaching Textbooks
Science: Apologia General Science
Writing: Finish IEW Level B
Literature: Sonlight
Grammar: Easy Grammar 6 ?
Spelling: ?
Spanish: Rosetta Stone
History: American History based on Sonlight Core 3/4
Logic: The Fallacy Detective
Art: Artistic Pursuits
9yr. old DD
Bible/Devotional: Grapevine Studies (we do together as a family); Read through the New Testament with mom; virtue studies (hopefully this one)
Math: Teaching Textbooks
Science: Apologia Exploring Creation: Anatomy
Writing: Jump In
Literature: Sonlight
Grammar: Easy Grammar?
Spelling: All About Spelling
Spanish: Speekee
History: American History based on Sonlight Core 3/4 (probably a new letter name now-lol)
Art: Artistic Pursuits
4.5 yr. old DD
Bible/Devotional: Grapevine Studies (we do together as a family); SEEDS Family Worship songs and printables ; virtues study
Math: no formal program yet. Will be doing hands-on games.
Reading: All About Reading; Lots of Read-alouds with mom, some BFIAR/FIAR.
Phonics: Get Set for the Code/ Go for the Code (we finished book 1 last year)
Handwriting: Handwriting Without Tears
Spanish: Speekee
3 yr. old DD
Bible/Devotional: Grapevine Studies (we do together as a family); SEEDS Family Worship songs and printables ; virtues study
Math: no formal program yet. Will be doing hands-on games.
Reading: All About Reading; Lots of Read-alouds with mom, some BFIAR/FIAR.
Spanish: Speekee
almost 10mo. DD
Keeping up with her siblings! Will be trying to do activities from Active Baby, Healthy Brain.
We won’t be in full-school mode until September. Right now we are working on getting back into a routine. We are adding a new subject each week to our schedule which allows us to ease into our school-year and still be able to enjoy the nice weather.
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Love the pictures – It seems your youngest three have grown so much since I last saw pictures!
Our kids are the same age…or some of them. I have a 13 year old daughter, 11.5 year old son, 7 year old daughter, 3 (nearly) year old daughter, and a 9 month old daughter. Too funny!
They are beautiful children. God bless as you start your new school year.
Oh my goodness, you have 6! For some reason I thought you had 4. You are 30% more amazing then I thought!!!!
or maybe it's 50%…never was that great at math.
Have you used Artistic Pursuits before….I'm pondering that one….
🙂 Valerie
What a great looking bunch! And lots of great stuff to look forward to this year. We're doing anatomy too an we are LOVING it.
Thanks for sharing your photos!! We are also doing the Human A&P through Apologia! Take care and Happy Homeschooling.
Everyone is getting so big! So pretty and one little handsome man! 😀
I love the way you have your children's pictures with their curriculum, too. That's a great idea. You should be proud of them all – so beautiful!
What sweet pictures. Have a wonderful year.
Blessings,
Dawn
Great pictures! Do Hard Things is such a great book! Hope you have a great year!
So glad to find your blog.
I, too, love how you posted pictures of your children along with their curriculum. =)
I saw that 2 of your children are doing Apologia General, and I wanted to share that I have posted videos (that I found online, usually from youtube) to go along with the first module. I'll be posting for each module as we go.
For all the time invested in it, I just want it to be available for anyone who might need it.
http://homeschoolersresources.blogspot.com/p/general-science-fall-2011.html
I receive nothing for this; I'm pretty sure Apologia knows nothing about it. I just do it for my kids and their friends, and I like to let others know if I think they can use it. =)
adorable kids!! love the pictures!
What a beautiful family you have!
My daughter is also 13. We are doing Teaching Textbooks for the first time this year. Do Hard Things is an excellent book!