Writing With Ease

I received my copy of Writing With Ease today. I've resisted the temptation for so long, but I'm glad I have it now. It really is a wonderful book, and I think it will complement LLATL very nicely.

When *B* started 1st grade I followed The Well-Trained Mind exactly. Since then, I've eased up a lot in the area of Language Arts. (Ruth Beechick helped me to see the error of my way.) So, when I saw that Susan Wise Bauer had come out with a writing program I was very hesitant.

I caved. I bought a copy and I LOVE it!! We're starting evaluations tomorrow. I'm pretty sure that *B* will be able to start on Level 2, I don't have high hopes for Level 3. I do think that this will help a lot before moving into Writing Strands, as I had planned.

Homeschool Notebooking

This is another former page... I need to fix the broken links.

*PLANNING*

Weekly Planner

*ANCIENT HISTORY*

Ancient History Timeline Figures

King Menes

Hammurabi

~ Famous Men of Greece
   Greek/Roman gods Chart

   Deucalion and the Flood

   Cadmus and the Dragon's Teeth

*REVOLUTIONARY WAR*

General Greene

*SCIENCE*
~ Biology
   Carl Linnaeus
   Mammal Report
   Phyla Flashcards
   Monotremes & Marsupials
   Biome Exploration

*BIOGRAPHY*
Blank Biography 
Flavius Josephus 
Titus (Roman Emperor)

I hope you find these useful!

End of Homeschooling

I'm changing my blog around so I wanted to convert this former page into a post so that the information is not lost.

These are the homeschool materials that we used at the end of our homeschool journey.

(Picture by: Michelle Lum Photography)

Left to Right: CJ, Levi, Rebekah, Trey Front: Zachary    *CURRENT FAMILY STUDIES* Theology ~ IPHC Articles of Faith Hymn Study  Art Instruction ~ Lamb's Book of ART I Composer Study ~Mozart Picture Study

*HISTORY*

My Father's World: Rome to the Reformation ~ We started in week 14, since we just finished studying Rome.

*SCIENCE*

Rebekah and Caleb are taking Anatomy at Co-op, so we won't start with MFW until we get to Astronomy.

*TREY ~ GRADE 1.5*

Phonics/Reading ~ Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading

Math ~ Singapore Primary Math 1A - Textbook, Workbook & Extra Practice

*CALEB ~ GRADE 4*

Language Arts ~ LLATL Orange

Math ~ Singapore Primary Math 3A - Textbook & Intensive Practice

*REBEKAH ~ GRADE 5*

Language Arts ~ LLATL Purple

Math ~ Saxon 5/4

*FOREIGN LANGUAGE*

Rebekah and Caleb are continuing Latin with Latina Christiana I.