Week in Review

In my life this week…I'm trying to get back on track after my weekend away at the Women of Faith conference. It's hard getting back to reality! I'm also working on my list of Christmas baking so I can start getting some cookie dough made and stashed in the freezer. We're planning to visit family in Maine this year so I'm trying to get a head start on baking and finish up our shopping.

In our homeschool this week…I found it hard to get back into the swing of things this week since we had a long weekend (Thursday and Friday off) but we still got a few things accomplished. TJ read her Bible and did daily recitation and drill. We did four math lessons - reviewing four-digit addition before tackling subtraction next week. We finished another week of writing lessons, a step in spelling, one grammar lesson, and a page of handwriting. TJ also did a French lesson with Nick. We did a bit of science too.

Places we’re going and people we’re seeing…It's shopping week so the only place I'm going is the grocery store! ;-)

My favorite thing this week was…reading Pippi Longstocking. TJ just giggles the whole time I read aloud. We're loving this book!

What’s working for us…using a binder for recitation and reviewing it daily. TJ has memorized piles of stuff (using this system). We use it to memorize Scripture, poetry, lists for grammar and history, French. The only change I've made - instead of writing everything on index cards, I type it up and we put it in a binder. Much easier than writing everything out!

Things I’m working on…history plans for next year. We use Story of the World one day a week in our weekly co-op. This year all I'm doing is adding in some extra reading during the week. I'm considering my options for next year. It looks like we'll continue Story of the World with the co-op but I'd like to ramp up what we do at home. Right now I'm looking at using Heart of Dakota's Bigger Hearts for His Glory. Decisions... decisions...

I’m reading…Pippi Longstocking to TJ. We just finished Pollyanna.

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