Not set in stone…is it ever, really? But, here are our plans for the 2011-2012 homeschool year; known in my head and in certain circles as
The Cliffs of Insanity Day Academy and St. Jenn’s School for Exceptional Teens…
Amie age 9, Demi-Sky age 11, Teddy (bonus student) age 11 {together}
Bible: Possessing the Land (5th grade) Positive Action for Christ Curriculum
Sonlight History Core D intro to American History (was called Core 3) [History, Geography and literature]
Wordly Wise (vocabulary) Abeka cursive handwriting
Writing with Ease 2 by Susan Wise Bauer
R.E.A.L. Science Odyssey Chemistry level 1- Pandia Press
outside art class – 1 semester
Amie age 9 {her own studies}
*Math: Math-U-See Gamma level *Horizons Math *Mad Dog Math (multiplication)
MCT Grammar Island , Sentence Island, Practice Island, Music of the Spheres (poetry) etc.
Fiction reading cards-teacher created resources
Irish Dance class, Piano, art class
Demi age 11 {his studies}
*Math: Math-U-See Delta Level *Horizons Math
*The Harry Potter Series -outloud w/mom *The Mysterious Benedict Society w/mom
Fiction reading cards-teacher created resources
*Chinese -Rosetta Stone
martial arts, piano, art class MCT Grammar Island, Sentence Island, etc.
Teddy age 11 (auditory processing disorder, etc.) {his studies}
*Math: Math-U-See Delta Level *Horizons Math * Mad Dog Math (multiplication)
Fiction reading cards-teacher created resources
various reading books, phonics games Linda Mood Bell phonics workbooks w/tutor
MCT Language arts (Grammar Island, etc) *modern dance *art class
Josie age 14 Freshman, High school
Bible: Route 66-travel through the Bible (middle school) Positive Action for Christ Curriculum
Math: Math-U-See -Algebra I Switched on Schoolhouse H.S. English (minus essay assignments)
Switched on Schoolhouse HS Earth Science
Intro to Composition: Biola Star Program
Teaching Writing: Structure and Style Seminar Workbook Institute for Excellence in Writing
Portable Wall Institute for Excellence in Writing
Word Web Vocabulary Workbook Vol. 1 Sage Education Enterprises, Inc. 1692927004
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth Speare Yearling 978-0440495963
Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes Yearling 978-0440942504
True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi Harper Collins College Division 978-0380714759
The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom Bantam Books 978-0553256697
Miracle Worker by William Gibson Scribner 978-1416590842
Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt
Fencing, Piano studies, Art
Meg age 16 High School Junior
Bible: Positive Action for Christ (high school) *haven’t decided which book yet
Math-U-See Algebra II Rosetta Stone Russian
Biola Star Program:Biology
Biology: God’s Living Creation, Student Text, 3rd Edition A Beka Catalog number 92878
Biology: Field/Laboratory Manual, 3rd Edition A Beka Catalog number 92932
Biology: God’s Living Creation, Student Test Book, 3rd Edition A Beka Catalog number 163457
Biology: God’s Living Creation, Student Quiz Book, 3rd Edition A Beka
Biola Star program: Torrey Academy
The Inklings class: (English composition/Literature/Humanities)
Brief Wadsworth Handbook, 6th Edition, 09 MLA Update Wadsworth Publishing 978-0495797524
How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth Gordon D. Fee & Douglas Stuart 978-0310246046
Genesis (ESV) (any publisher) —————
Mere Christianity C. S. Lewis 978-0060652920
The Great Divorce C. S. Lewis 978-0060652951
Descent Into Hell Charles Williams 978-0802812209
Orthodoxy G.K. Chesterton 978-0385015363
The Weight of Glory† C. S. Lewis 978-0060653200
Letters to a Diminished Church† Dorothy L. Sayers 978-0849945267
The Inklings Coursepack, 2011 Edition Torrey Academy **
The Abolition of Man C. S. Lewis 978-0060652944
That Hideous Strength C. S. Lewis 978-0743234924
The Gospel of John (ESV) (any publisher) —————
Gaudy Night* Dorothy L. Sayers 978-0061043499
Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold C. S. Lewis 978-0156904360
A Severe Mercy Sheldon Vanauken 978-0060688240
Lord of the Rings J. R. R. Tolkien 978-0618640157
How to Read a Book Mortimer Adler & Charles Van Doren 978-0671212094
Irish dance, horse care/riding, Violin studies
{ 3 comments… read them below or add one }
My cousin went to Biola University. I wonder if she knows about Biola Star…
noticed you did classical conversations a few years ago. How many years did you do it? Why did you stop if you don’t mind me asking. we did it this year and just curious. thanks. shelia
Hi Shelia,
we only did Classical Conversations one year. I think I just burnt out by being a tutor my very first year in. I also realized that my bonus student, who was behind in some subjects- really needed more time catching up at home, and CC was taking up too much of our week. Our CC day was tiring, so we did no other work on that day, and then the day before I had to spend the last half of our day preparing for CC and then I don’t have my bonus student at my house one day, so I was just losing too much time. I miss the close-knit community of CC, but it was a relief to slow down. That saying, we haven’t done anywhere near the amount of memory work that we did in CC – I miss having it all set out for me. I don’t mind questions at all, feel free to leave another comment or email me if you have more. :)