I realized today that we start school in 3 1/2 weeks! I have spent the summer getting things ready for N. and S.'s school year.
For S. this year is a little different. I only have to schedule 3 subjects for her since the rest she will be taking online as a dual enrollment student at Cedarville University. She has taken the initiative to get all of that setup and has her syllabi printed out. I am in charge of purchasing books and doing the lessons plans for the classes she is taking that are mom directed.
For N. the process is a little more involved. This year he will continue with HOD Revival to Revolution. I am really looking forward to this year. Since coming home he hasn't done an in depth study of American History. I have pre-read all the history spines as well as the science books and I think he is going to really enjoy them. I think it is vitally important that he learn about the Constitution and the founding of this country. He will study history up to the reconstruction after the Civil War. He also will learn about Church History starting with Jonathan Edwards.
In Science he will do an Inverntor Study as well as Exploration Educations Physical Science. I have his notebooks ready to go. This includes printing all the maps from Map Trek that he will do this year.
He also will do a 50 state study using "50 States Under God". I have marked with tabs where the important appendices are that he will need to complete the pages for each state.
I bought a rolling plastic cabinet to store all of our craft supplies and even went so far as to label them. We will see how long the organization lasts :).
As you can see the bookshelf is still messy. I've learned to live with it.
He is using Chalkdust PreAlgebra for math. This is a totally new program for him. It will be interesting to see how he does with using DVD's to teach him math.
I have my Drawn Into the Heart of Reading Books selected. He will start with a book in the Mystery Genre. It is the 3rd book in the Viking Quest Series. He loves this series so I figured it was a great book to start the year with.
He will also do a Classical Music study this year. He will eventually make a huge lapbook that will cover all the composers he studies and information he researches about them. It also will include all the instruments of the Orchestra and a study of the different time periods of music. There is a lot of cutting required. I knew that if he spent his time cutting out all the pieces he would not have enough endurance in his hands to do anything else, so I cut out many of the smaller pieces. He can now focus on assembling the project and the actual information contained in the study.
This year looks to be a fun and challenging year and I have to say I am excited to see what God has to teach all of us this year.
