Week 17 and 18th Week in Review

Well we finished up our last week of school work until after Thanksgiving I did this because co-op ends next Friday and we always have a lot of projects to do. The kids do have to finish up a CQLA unit this week but that should not take them much time to do and a 1920's project (the older are doing a biography and the youngest is doing a book report on a Babe Ruth biography). We have treats to cook for our co-op celebration and for their last class. We are so blessed to have our co-op it is a huge group of girls and we love it, our co-op has over 100 families that go.

With history the last two week we have studied the roaring 20's and the fall into the depression. Here are some of the books we read, the only other book not included in the picture that I remember is Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry.


Here are some of the history notebook pages we did, each kid did probably 3-4 pages total for the two weeks. I just don't show everything that we do. We just show samples

My 13yo is pluggin away in the Zeta book and is doing really well know that we have moved out of fractions. It is still not her favorite or most gifted subject but she is learning :)

Here is her health that she is using, we are using Total Health by Boe. I like it but I wish it was a little more in depth "health" wise, it does go very in depth with mental and spirtual issues. I just would like something more "health" she might end up doing Abeka health for her high school credit but this has been a good beginner type course
My oldest son is flying through the Delta book and will probably be in the dreaded fraction book by March. UGH didn't we just finish that book with another kid?
here are his current test:

and
(don't you love the extra drawing always included in his work?)

This is a sampling of our other work. I just grabbed the best sampling of the work they have done in the last 2 weeks. My report next week will be shorter, it will also include pictures of some of their projects for co-op. I am so glad I thought to have this has a week off so we can get our act together for the end of semester program. So this will be a two week break, even though they are finishing up some odds and ends for our homeschooling

Wordless Wednesday

This is named, Are you sure you need these kids?

Blogger Friend School #8

Part A
Well our dirty laundry is kept in everyones closet (unless it is on the floor :( and I have not caught it there yet)My kids are old enough to do all the sorting, right know we do not dry it on a clothes line although I would love to return to this. Our HOA does not allow this (they don't allow basketball hoops either aren't HOA great) but when our lease is up we will move and we can hopefully go back to this. We do an average of at least a load a day, although this is an average. We are lucky enough to have our own washer and dryer, no more laundrymat we use to have to do this when our kids where babies.

Part B
I think I am working on contentment. It is something I struggle with and sometime need some reminding that we are where God wants us. It is has been a huge struggle for both dh and I as he has gone back to work for an old employer. He really thought it was going to be just like it use to be but God put us there and it has changed so much, for the better! It is about being content with where God has us.

IF you loved the William Tell mom you will love this

week 15 and 16

Well we have finished WWI (yeah) and have moved into the roaring 20's. I am focusing on the history notebook pages because I haved some questions on how we do our notebook pages. So here are some samples


This is done by my 12yo son who really enjoys studying the icons of each era, especially any cartoons or political cartoons of the time. Geez no wonder he will end up one day being the cartoon artist I am fully convinced.

This is a graph of how many people died during WWI compared to how many died of the 1918 Flu Epidemic. IT was the first time any of them did so they got lots of help.
This is my 12yo notebook sheet by notebookpages.com.


This is my 13yo dd notebook on fads of the 20's she loves doing this kind of thing following the fashions of each era. It is a girl thing.


This is my dd's page on 2 of the 1920's presidents that we have studied we have not gotten to Hoover yet but will this week.

This is my 10yo same fashions of the 1920's notebook page, can you tell it is a boy?

This is his page on icons of the 1920's Felix the Cat



Our other work, I have been focusing on showing our history work because I have been getting so many questions lately about how we do our TOG work. But we do other work and here is a couple of samples.




This is my 13yo dd's math she really struggled with fractions but since moving onto decimals and percents she is doing great! I pray that it has finally started to click with her because she really struggled.



My 12yo geography notebook page it is on Mobile Alabama we are using Trail Guide to American Geography and I really like it, they don't care for the work but what kid does!



This is my 10yo notebook page on Florida, notice the drawings on the bottom, thanks to our cable company (East Pudunk Cable)our service is not realiable and he had to draw instead of printing out pictures.

Look what is living in our garage!

This little bugger was in our garage this morning and was still there this afternoon when we got back from co-op. The thing moved and flung my dh in front of me, it is very huge and scary as spiders go!

Silly Sunday

My stepson is honored today in our Silly Sunday picture of the week. Isn't he precious?